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Long Shot: The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter
HISTORY MAN: Craig Hodges

IN OCTOBER 1991, the legendary Chicago Bulls were invited to the White House to meet president George Bush, having just won the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals.

Shooting guard Craig Hodges, with years of experience in the NBA players’ union, civil activism in the causes of employment rights, brutal poverty and racial discrimination, used the opportunity to personally hand Bush a letter calling for greater governmental effort to tackle those burning issues.

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