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Podcast: The C.O.W.S.
Episode: The C. O. W. S. w/ Ben Green: Spinning The Globe, The Harlem Globetrotters #Kyrie #BillRussell #TheLynchingofArthurYoung #SweetGeorgiaBrown
Description: The C.O.W.S. (Context of White Supremacy) Radio Program welcomes Ben Green. We're at the cusp of finishing Bill Russell's astounding autobiography, Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man. Russell is an amazing representation of attempted counter-racism, and his book is chock full of basketball history. He spends a substantial amount of time discussing Abe Saperstein and the Harlem Globetrotters. Russell rejected a job offer to suit up for the "clown princes of basketball" and indicted the White owner of the ball club as a Racist/White Supremacist. In fact, Russell mentions Saperstein by name when he...