From Childhood In Louisiana Through Legendary Career With Celtics Bill Russell Never Lost Passion In Fight For Racial Equality
Those are the questions that Bill Russell asked himself in the foreword of his book “Go Up for Glory,” published in 1965. Everyone knows that Russell was one of sports’ greatest winners. But what else made him so special? Upon his passing in July, I picked up a copy of his book in the hopes of learning what he was like as a basketball player. Instead, I learned who he was as a man....