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Hiring of Kevin Warren another win for progressive Bears

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Chicago Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey, left, shakes hands with new President & CEO Kevin Warren during an NFL football news conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.

Before the 2019 season, the Bears had a celebration for the 100th season of the NFL. It was fitting for the charter franchise of the league to throw a giant party. During the celebration George McCaskey announced the team would be wearing throwback jerseys modeled after ones the team wore in 1936. There was only one problem, those uniforms debuted during a period where the NFL was excluding Black players from playing the game.