NBA legend Bill Russell's Oakland high school names renovated gym in his honor
As the NBA's biggest talent descends on San Francisco for All-Star weekend, a high school across the Bay is joining in on the ...
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Bill Russell and 7 Black players refused to play in a game after a restaurant denied them service: "I told coach I'm not going to play tonight"
Bill Russell was a trailblazer who carried the weight of being Black in a deeply segregated America. Growing up in Monroe, Louisiana, the basketball Hall of Famer grew up surrounded by racial ...
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William Fenton Russell was born in Monroe, La., on Feb. 12, 1934. His family moved to Oakland, Calif., during World War II, when the 9-year-old Russell started playing basketball. Russell didn't ...