04078cgdaa22005777i 4500 18889653 20250607065900.3 cr|||||||||||| 150728s2013 dcu187 o v|eng 18889653 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kste 2015-04-?? masmit 2019-09-19 masmit 2019-11-22 masmit 2020-02-20 2015669187 (DLC) afc2010039_crhp0088 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC n-us--- AFC 2010/039: 0088 Russell, Bill, 1934-2022, interviewee. Bill Russell oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Seattle, Washington, 2013 May 12. 2013. 11 video files of 11 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (187 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (60 pages). two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact. Recorded in Seattle, Washington, on May 12, 2013. Basketball player Bill Russell remembers his childhood in Louisiana and Oakland, California, in the 1940s. After winning two Final Fours with the University of San Francisco, he won an Olympic gold medal and an NBA championship playing for the Boston Celtics, one of thirteen Russell would win, including eight in a row. Russell had a difficult relationship with the sports media in Boston, but a better one with his Celtics teammates. He defends the organization as progressive on racial matters (as opposed to the Red Sox) and describes a post-retirement reconciliation with Boston that resulted in considerable Red Sox support for his mentoring organization and a statue of him, erected in 2013. Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.). Bill Russell was a leader in the sports arena as an advocate for justice and equality, both as a member of the basketball teams for the University of San Francisco and the Boston Celtics. The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 Russell, Bill, 1934-2022 Interviews. Boston Celtics (Basketball team) African American basketball players Interviews. Discrimination in sports United States. Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Branch, Taylor, interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Seattle (Wash.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0088 (DLC) 2012655221 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2010039_crhp0088_mv12 afc2010039 Bill Russell oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Seattle, Washington, 2013 May 12 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0088 afc2010039_crhp0088_Russell_transcript afc2010039text 1 transcript AFCCRHP Electronic Resource