Images from 'Black Bombers: Doug Williams, Vince Evans and the NFL’s Most Important Game' Inaugural Lecture

On November 3 Dr. Louis Moore, Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, delivered the inaugural Fogelman Sports Museum Lecture, “Black Bombers: Doug Williams, Vince Evans and the NFL’s Most Important Game.” Dr. Moore’s talk explored the social and cultural background to the 1979 contest between the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which was the first occasion on which two Black quarterbacks started an NFL game. The event, organized by Dr. Jermaine Scott on behalf of the Dorothy F Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, was attended by about one-hundred students, faculty, staff, and community members. 

The Avron B. Fogelman museum offers visitors a visual progression of American sports alongside vignettes of the country’s growth, providing historical context, opportunities for intergenerational connections and unique storytelling. 

The 3,500 square-foot exhibit houses 562 pieces of memorabilia from baseball, basketball, football and more!  

Image: Louis Moore; (middle) Louis Moore, Avron B. Fogelman; Jermaine Scott;