bobby mitchel. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. i'm go od all day. [announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not 4, not 6 but 12 hours. let's end this >> axelrod: the nfl play-offs are kicking off today but if you think the players are facing challenges and pressures these days, consider what hall of famer bobby mitchell had to overcome. in 1962, mitchell became the first african american to join the last nfl team to integrate the washington redskins. mitchell, and his wife, gwen spoke with cbs news special correspondent and host of "nfl today" james brown about the challenge of just going to a restaurant in the nation's capital at the time. >> reporter: off the field things sometimes got ugly. >> gwen and i were having dinner, and these three guys come walking by, and they were dressed, you know, and the whole thing. and one of them, when they got to me here-- ( spit ) >> reporter: spit? >> yeah. >> reporter: he spit on the table where you were seated? >> on my foot. >> there were

think the players are facing challenges and pressures these days, consider what hall of famer bobby mitchel had to overcome. in 1962, mitchel became the first african american to join the last nfl team to integrate the washington redskins. mitchel, and his wife, gwen, spoke with cb correspondent and host of "nfl today" james brown about the challenge of just going to a restaurant in the nation's capital at the time. >> reporter: off the field things sometimes got ugly. >> gwen and i were having dinner, and these three guys come walking by, and they were dressed, you know, and the whole thing. and one of them, when they got to me here, ( spit ) >> reporter: spit? >> yeah. >> reporter: he spit on the table where you were seated? >> on my foot. >> there were times when i knew he came home, and i could see the pain in his eyes. i could feel the pain in his voice. he would come home and, you know, close the door and go upstairs and, you know, just rest for a while and he never ever screamed or shouted or anything like that. but i could see the pain in his eyes. and i knew it hurt. >> i think bob