Before They Let Us Play Vol. 2 — The Gridiron Door: Football's Color Line and the Men Who Broke It (Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition)

Football once had Black players, then shut the door without ever writing the rule down. In 1946 — a year before Jackie Robinson in baseball — four men walked back through it, in this order: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Bill Willis, and Marion Motley. Young readers follow Fritz Pollard, the quarterbacks who were told to change positions, and Doug Williams, who started and won a Super Bowl. Every chapter ends with one short Receipt a child can repeat.

Inside the Interactive Edition: the complete kid-friendly book — all 6 chapters, same topics, people, and facts as the standard edition, rebuilt for young readers and reading aloud; recorded narration by Marcus — 24.42 minutes; picture-led chapter openings; a chronological timeline; a 10-question educator quiz drawn strictly from the text; every chapter ends with a Receipt and a "Where we learned this" source note. For educators: a TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Before They Let Us Play Educator materials — the sheet notes both editions. The chapters: Fritz Pollard and the First Years · The Ban Nobody Signed (1934–1945) · 1946 — A Year Before Jackie · The Quarterback Door · Washington Holds Out · The Coaching Door (Bridge Chapter). Before They Let Us Play is a companion series to Left Out of the History Books, from The Digital Black Voice. They built their own game. Then they took the whole game. Edition and price: Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition $11.99 (this listing) · EPUB $7.99 (separate listing) · Free Sample, Chapter 1 (separate listing).