Bill Russell at the March on Washington 8/28/1963. USIA, NARA ID 542073.
#RIP BILL RUSSELL
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
President Obama gets a sneak peek of the new Bill Russell statue & a hug from the @celtics great, 11/4/2013. Obama Library. NARA ID 222096181.
Excerpt from President Clinton's video tribute to Bill Russell, 5/11/1999, Clinton Library, NARA ID 134759190.
"Yours is a tradition of hard work, of teamwork, of dedication, a tradition of ``Celtics pride''... [A]winning tradition carried forth again and again down through the years by some of the greatest heroes in basketball history: Cousey, Sharman, Ramsey, Russell, Sam and Casey Jones, Heinsohn, Havlicek, Cowens, and White." Excerpt from President Reagan's remarks on meeting the Celtics, NBA World Champs 6/13/1984. Reagan Library.
Boston Celtics meet with JFK in the Oval Office, 1/31/1963, JFK Library.
Russell missed this visit! Reportedly he overslept thinking it was just a White House tour.
COMING SOON: ALL AMERICAN - THE POWER OF SPORTS
National Archives Museum in DC, 9/16/2022 - 1/7/2024
More online:
Gov and Basketball, The Text Record
Spinning the Globe: The History and Legacy of the Harlem Globetrotters, NARA Public Program