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In fact, he routinely called out the likes of Michael Jordan and others for “bailing out” of our plight as a people and staying quiet.
After one of the championships, President Bush invited the Chicago Bulls to the White House. Hodges appeared wearing a dashiki and handed the President a letter that asked him to end the injustice toward the African-American community.
These actions and Hodges outspoken nature rubbed many in the NBA community and administration the wrong way. They felt his actions embarrassed the league and as a result Hodges never played in the NBA again. He was black balled.
After filing a lawsuit against the NBA in 1996 for being black balled by all 29 teams, Hodges accepted his fate as a civilian, but never stopped fighting for the black community.
We salute you Craig Hodges for being a man of principal and fighting for justice in the black community as the athletes of the 40s, 50s, and 60s did long before you.
Source: NYTimes.com
Steven Marbury also called out Jordan and said he had been robbing the hood for decades! Watch the video below:
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To the best that I can recollect being a Chicago native, every word in this article is true, I do concur.