Personal Foul Against the NFL: Roughing Black Bodies

The beacon of racial opportunity which is the National Football League (NFL) inclusive of 32 professional football teams have advanced beyond racially plagued issues related to African American athlete player representation and position segregation. However, when it comes to employing Black men as head coaches, the National Football League has continuously been engaged in contesting Blacks’ equitable humanity.

Steven Randolph Cureton is currently a Professor and Department Head of the Sociology, Criminology and Justice Department at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Dr. Cureton has authored five books covering Race in America, liberation movements, black masculinity, homicide, and gangs.