American Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate, is remembered as 'a cultural figure who helped promote change'.
abc.net.au/news/jim-brown-dies/102372348American Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died.
In June 1967, Brown organised The Cleveland Summit, a meeting of the nation's top black athletes, including basketballers Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor, who later became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to support boxer Muhammad Ali's fight against serving in Vietnam. "During his nine-year NFL career, which coincided with the civil rights movement here at home, he became a forerunner and role model for athletes being involved in social initiatives outside their sport."While he had a soft spot for those in need, and his generosity changed lives, he also was arrested a half-dozen times, mostly on charges of hitting women.
The Los Angeles judge sentenced Brown to six months in jail when he refused to attend domestic violence counseling.When his playing days ended, Brown set off for Hollywood and eventually settled there.
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