Six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has paid tribute to the late Bill Russell, his mentor and friend who he said “leaves a giant example for us all.”
Six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has paid tribute to the late Bill Russell, his mentor and friend who he said"leaves a giant example for us all."
Russell, an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the league's first Black head coach, died on Sunday aged 88. He was also a prominent civil rights activist, marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the"I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, denouncing racial segregation and supporting Muhammad Ali's refusal to be drafted in the Vietnam War.
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NBA legend Bill Russell dead at 88Bill Russell, one of the greatest NBA players of all time, has died, his family announced on Sunday. He was 88.
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Photos: NBA legend Bill Russell through the yearsBill Russell, the skinny Oakland high schooler who grew into the leader of basketball dynasties in San Francisco and Boston, died Sunday at the age of 88.
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Bill Russell was a champion of activism before winning NBA titlesBill Russell never had to find his voice as an activist.
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As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the courtBill Russell's won a record 11 NBA titles, all with the Celtics. Outside of basketball, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., stood up for Muhammad Ali and boycotted a game in Kentucky after Black teammates were refused service in a coffee shop.
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