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From top down, Chiefs pushing for social justice initiatives

by AP Sports Writer
| August 31, 2020 11:27 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two years before Clark Hunt was born, the Kansas City Chiefs made history by taking Grambling State defensive tackle Buck Buchanan in the American Football League draft, making him the first Black player from any college — much less a historically Black one — to be the first player selected first overall.

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