4 jun 1967 año - The Cleveland Summit Meets

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The Cleveland Summit, also known as the Muhammad Ali Summit, was a meeting on Sunday, June 4, 1967, among twelve leading African-American men, eleven athletes, and one politician on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. Football star Jim Brown organized it in response to Muhammad Ali's refusal, a month earlier, to enter the draft for the Vietnam War. The participants supported Ali's decision in a press conference following the summit.

Other athletes in attendance spanned multiple major leagues. Names include Kareem Abdul Jabar, Bill Russell, Bobby Mitchell and more.

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