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2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient - Bill Russell

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Bill Russell is the Boston Celtics' Hall of Fame center who almost single-handedly redefined the game of basketball. He led the Boston Celtics to eleven league championships in thirteen years, a string that is virtually unparalleled in professional sport, including eight consecutive NBA titles between 1959 and 1966, and two in 1968 and 1969 while himself the Celtics coach. The first African American to coach in the NBA—indeed he was the first to coach a major sport at the professional level in the United States—Bill Russell is also an impassioned advocate of civil rights. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has been a consistent advocate of equality.

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  • Man Bill Russell had no idea 50 years ago that this moment in would come in 2011. Receiving a medal of freedom from a black president. It's crazy when you think about it...when you think about all that Russell went through in his life. He started playing in the NBA when it was dominated by whites and racism. I read about the troubles and the tribulations he went through during his NBA years, and at some point he got fed up with everybody because they were racist. This is so great!!

  • good to see honoring a remarkable person like them. I adore people who has a good heart and no matter how big or small a person like them can do doesnt matter

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