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Jesse Jackson: Bill Russell was a champion and a hero

When Bill Russell passed away this weekend at the age of 88, America lost not only a champion but a hero, a star who lit the way for others to follow. Bill Russell supported Muhammad Ali when he resisted the draft on religious grounds. He stood with me as we opened PUSH in Chicago in 1971. Russell followed in the footsteps of baseball's Jackie Robinson, whom he admired and emulated. Russell ...

When Bill Russell passed away this weekend at the age of 88, America lost not only a champion but a hero, a star who lit the way for others to follow.

Bill Russell supported Muhammad Ali when he resisted the draft on religious grounds. He stood with me as we opened PUSH in Chicago in 1971. Russell followed in the footsteps of baseball's Jackie Robinson, whom he admired and emulated.

Russell was, without a doubt, not just one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but surely the

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