Liette Gidlow, Ph.D.Nov 23, 2022

Across town from #LittleRock Central HS, a young Jerry Jones joined a mob of white students trying to block Black students from integrating the school.

Yes, that Jerry Jones

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Jerry Jones has never hired a Black head coach. He could lead change.

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

The Washington Post