The purpose of this case study is to provide a historical overview of Doug Williams
legacy in collegiate and professional sports as well as to emphasize the racial disparities
in sports. Doug Williams, an All-American quarterback attended the Grambling State
University (GSU) in Grambling, Louisiana, which is an institution of the Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCU). A place where everybody is somebody has been
engraved in hearts of all students of GSU since 1901 when it was founded. HBCUs were
established to provide Black Americans with educational opportunities to acquire and to
develop skills for survival and upward mobility (Allen & Jewel, 2002; Fleming, 1984;
Gallien & Peterson, 2005; Henderson & Kritsonis, 2007; Roebuck & Murty, 1993). Williams
was a former GSU, Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion who became
the first Black quarterback drafted in the first round of the National Football League (NFL)
by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Consequently, what is the impact of introducing the first
high visibility Black NFL quarterback in light of racial barriers and systemic racism?
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