Today, in 1989, "Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders" (Today in Sports, n.d.).
References
By Mike Freeman , NFL National Lead Writer Oct 9, 2014. (2016). Shell the Perfect Pioneer for the NFL. Retrieved October 03, 2016, from http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2216541-25-years-later-shell-reflects-on-becoming-the-nfls-first-black-head-coach
Today in Sports History @ On-This-Day.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 03, 2016, from http://www.on-this-day.com/cgi-bin/otd/sportsotd/sportsotd.pl
