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**FILE** Nichelle Nichols (Super Festivals via Wikimedia Commons)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Rest in Power

by WI Editorial Staff August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Rest in peace to the icons Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols.

**FILE** President Obama presents NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell with the Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon U.S. citizens, at the White House on Feb. 15, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: Bill Russell Paved the Way for Two Generations of Social Activist Athletes

by Marc H. Morial August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

**FILE** President Obama presents NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell with the Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon U.S. citizens, at the White House on Feb. 15, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bill Russell, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 88

by Stacy M. Brown July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Vote Is Unanimous to Change Finals

by Washington Informer October 25, 2013October 30, 2020

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