Although he lacked great acting skills, Marshall enjoyed performing before an audience and learned the importance of publicity and showmanship. After graduating from Friends Select School in Washington, D.C., Marshall briefly attended Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, before beginning a theater apprenticeship as a stock company player. Hill Marshall, the publisher of West Virginia's Grafton Leader and the owner of a Washington, D.C., laundry, and Blanche Preston (Sebrell) Marshall, a homemaker. 9 August 1969 in Washington, D.C.), flamboyant businessman and professional sports entrepreneur who originated many of the ideas that made the National Football League a popular and commercial success. 11 October 1896 in Grafton, West Virginia d. “I think it’s past time for the team to deal with what offends so many people,” Mayor Muriel E. Some political leaders in Washington have also pushed for a change in recent weeks. This month, Goodell, in a mea culpa, admitted that the league had not listened to players who protested social injustice and police brutality against African-American people.Ī nonprofit group called IllumiNative, whose stated goal is to challenge stereotypes about Native Nations, has urged Snyder to change the team’s name. to remove the name have grown in recent weeks amid heightened scrutiny of racism in American society. spokesman did not return a request for comment on whether the league still maintains that support.īut calls for the N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has said he grew up rooting for the team, defended Snyder in the past. Snyder celebrated the decision, which centered on an Asian-American band called the Slants that had lost its trademark protection. The decision was largely symbolic because the team could still use its name and enforce its trademarks, using common-law rights.īut in 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the government may not deny a trademark registration for potentially offensive names. In 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, stripped the team of federal protections for six of its trademarks. The team said it would work with Native Americans “to create awareness and understanding, as well as celebrate the rich traditions of multiple tribes with a historic connection to our region.”
This year’s Super Bowl brought new scrutiny to the so-called tomahawk chop used by the Kansas City Chiefs to celebrate. In recent years, dozens of teams have dropped names and logos that referred to Native Americans, most notably the Cleveland Indians, which dropped its Chief Wahoo logo in 2018. The Texas Rangers, after consideration this week, said they have no plans to change their name or sever ties to the law enforcement agency with the same name, despite its history of violence toward Hispanic, Native American and black people. Outside Target Field in Minneapolis, home of the Minnesota Twins, a statue was removed last week of the team’s former owner Calvin Griffith, who had publicly made racist statements about black people in 1978 after moving the team there from Washington, D.C. Sports teams, too, have reassessed their monuments, logos and honoring of past owners. Stadium, the team’s former home, was removed by a city agency after being defaced.Īmid nationwide protests against police brutality and systematic racism, statues and monuments of figures with racist pasts are being criticized, re-examined and sometimes removed. The moves come less than a week after a memorial of Marshall, which had stood in front of R.F.K.
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