The Washington Redskins are removing George Preston Marshall from the team's Ring of Fame, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. This comes a week after a statue of Marshall was removed.

The Redskins also plan to remove him for their history wall outside the locker room at the team's practice facility. The Redskins Ring of Fame is displayed on the middle level at FedEx Field. Marshall's name was displayed there, but it will now be taken down.

Marshall was the last owner to integrate his team, and he only did it because there was a chance he might lose his new stadium. In 1962, Bobby Mitchell was the first African-American to play for the team, but that probably wouldn't have happened if it would have been Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, who told Marshall if he didn't integrate the team, they would revoke the lease for the stadium which was on federal land.

That wasn't the only time that Marshall made racist comments. He once said that he would sign African Americans once the Harlem Globetrotters signed whites. The Redskins band also played the song “Dixie” on the field for 23 years.

This is the right first step for the Redskins, but it probably won't be the end of the pressure from outsiders with the team. There has been an increased push for many different groups to try and get the Redskins to change their team name.

Current Redskins owner Dan Snyder has said time and time again he won't change the name, but at some point, maybe he will change his mind.