In 1966- Bill Russell named head coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the first African American to coach an NBA team
To Inspire You
We talk a lot about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., but it's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were mortal men like us and every one of us can be like them. I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do. I say what's on my mind.