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Philadelphia 76er star Wali Wonder Jones had a big decision to make the day after MLK s assassination.
Speaker in Diversity in Hospitality series tells students to remember the past
March 1, 2021 at 12:00am
It was Nov.4, 1968 the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. A thousand miles away, NBA player Wali Wonder Jones, his teammate and NBA legend Wilt Chamberlin, the entire reigning NBA Championship team and the Philadelphia 76ers had a huge decision to make: play the game or sit out in protest. Jones and Chamberlin voted not to play.