On Friday night, the nation lost two heroes of the Civil Rights movement – Reverend Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian and Representative John Lewis. Both were members of the historic Freedom Riders, worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King in the racially-charged 1960s and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former U.S. President Barack Obama honoring their valiant battles for justice.
While speaking to the media on Saturday morning after practice, Thunder point guard and National Basketball Players Association President Chris Paul explained his determination to not allow their monumental legacies or their decades-long fight for racial equality to be forgotten or overshadowed by basketball.