First

For change to happen, there has to be someone daring enough to suffer through the negativity of being first. The three players profiled here, beat the odds and changed the game.

Profiled in this book:

Jackie Robinson — The first African-American baseball player

Fritz Pollard — The first African-American coaches in the NFL and one of the first African-American players in the NFL

Nathaniel Clifton — One of the first African-American NBA players

These biographies may also be purchased separately.