The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

I ain’t got nothing against no Vietcong; no Vietcong never called me nigger. Muhammad Ali

Former Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown presides over a meeting of top African American athletes on June 4, 1967, to show support for boxer Muhammad Ali’s refusal to fight in Vietnam. Those present are: front row, from left, Bill Russell, Ali, Brown, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; back row: Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Williams, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter and John Wooten. Photo: Tony Tomsic/Getty Images.