Andy Piascik’s newest book tells the story of the black players who broke the color line in modern pro football in the 1940s.

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Four African-Americans played on the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams in 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson did the same in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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