The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 2nd study session on the late Bill Russell's 1979 publication, Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man. Russell passed away on July 31st of this year at the age of 88. The NBA titan won eleven championships and was elected to the basketball Hall of Fame. However, he is most known for his counter-racist efforts - which includes lots of writing. We previously discussed the abridged version of Russell's Louisiana childhood in Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns. Gus noted that Wilkerson omits key counter-violence elements to the narrative. Low and behold, the memoir - co-authored by White historian Taylor Branch, also omits significant episodes of counter-violence by Mr. Russell's father and grandfather. Our debut session on the book mentions a lynching in Ruston, Louisiana. Gus investigated, and the only lynching reported in Ruston, Louisiana during the 1930's is that of RC or WC Williams. This 19-year-old black male was killed after being accused of killing a White man and clubbing a White Woman. Pulitzer Prize winning historian Taylor Branch does not add one morsel of detail about this incident - not even Williams' name. A November 1938 report on this murder indicates that black residents of Ruston "agreed" not to discuss this lynching because too many "better-class Whites" participated in the murder. Stunningly, Russell said that his parents did not generally discuss White people or Racism. His mother worked to minimize Russell's contact with White people. Sounding like Neely Fuller, Jr., the NBA legend branded White people a mystery.
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