Black History Month Super Sunday 2007
Today is kickoff for the Super Bowl XLI in the Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida.
However because this month is Black History Month , today the game takes on more of a significant meaning as well as the football teams headed by, for the first time ever, two African-American coaches. Two teams have made it to the Super Bowl coached by Anthony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears.
For years, the African-American males has been viewed as a "player" in sports, but limited in certain positions, not as the shot caller or owner of a team. Today, it still something to celebrate a player's accomplishment beyond the stereotype.
Douglas Williams squashed the myth that an African-American could not lead a team as a quarterback. Fans celeberated when Williams became the first African American quarterback to win the Most Valuable Player Award in Super Bowl XXII.
Dungy and Smith will be celebrated, also. Not only for being a first, but for being the first African-Americans to reach the Superbowl as coache. One coach will be recorded in history as the first African-American coach to win the Super Bowl.
Fort Wayne Johnny Bright, Roosevelt Barnes, Vaughn Dunbar, Trai Essex, Bernard Pollard, Kevin "Rod" Woodson, retired NFL football player will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in Canton in 2009
However because this month is Black History Month , today the game takes on more of a significant meaning as well as the football teams headed by, for the first time ever, two African-American coaches. Two teams have made it to the Super Bowl coached by Anthony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears.
For years, the African-American males has been viewed as a "player" in sports, but limited in certain positions, not as the shot caller or owner of a team. Today, it still something to celebrate a player's accomplishment beyond the stereotype.
Douglas Williams squashed the myth that an African-American could not lead a team as a quarterback. Fans celeberated when Williams became the first African American quarterback to win the Most Valuable Player Award in Super Bowl XXII.
Dungy and Smith will be celebrated, also. Not only for being a first, but for being the first African-Americans to reach the Superbowl as coache. One coach will be recorded in history as the first African-American coach to win the Super Bowl.
Fort Wayne Johnny Bright, Roosevelt Barnes, Vaughn Dunbar, Trai Essex, Bernard Pollard, Kevin "Rod" Woodson, retired NFL football player will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in Canton in 2009
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