What is Breaking Barriers?
If you have not seen the video above, take a few minutes and watch it. Breaking Barriers is the next masterpiece to come out of the mind of Ray Simon. This piece tells the story of the first four men to break the color barrier in the NFL.
The story of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color line in 1947 is one of legend. Every sports fan in America knows the story of Jackie Robinson. Fans usually don't know that one year earlier, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, Woody Strode, and Kenny Washington broke the NFL's color barrier and forever changed the game.
The signing of these four payers was later viewed as monumental stepping stones on America's path to racial equality.
The painting Breaking Barriers is Ray Simons' tribute to these four legendary athletes.
