Ali & co. at the African American Athletes at News Conference. (1967)
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African American Athletes at News Conference
Nation’s top Negro athletes gathered for a meeting at the Negro Industrial and Economic Union to hear Cassius Clay’s view for rejecting Army induction. News conference shows (front row) Bill Russell, Boston Celtics; Cassius Clay; Jim Brown and Lew Alcindor. Back row (left to right): Carl Stokes, Democratic State Rep.; Walter Beach, Cleveland Browns; Bobby Mitchell, Washington Redskins; Sid Williams, Cleveland Browns; Curtis McClinton, Kansas City Chiefs; Willie Davis, Green Bay Packers; Jim Shorter, former Brown and John Wooten, Cleveland Browns.
Date: June 04, June 04,1967.
Location: Cleveland, Ohio.
Image: Bettmann Collection
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