Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain are Hall of Fame centers whose careers helped pave the way for the modern NBA. But what most don’t know is they were also the prototype for the activist athlete.

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“The education of the Negroes, then, the most important thing in the uplift of the Negroes, is almost entirely in the hands of those who have enslaved them and now segregate them.” ― Carter G. Woodson, "The Mis-Education of the Negro"

Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy centers people of color and mirrors the experiences students find at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

In the years since his still-jarring assassination, Dr. King’s legacy has remained largely intact.