William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969.

Russell was born on February 12, 1934, to Charles Russell and Katie Russell in West Monroe, Louisiana.

Like almost all Southern towns and cities of that time, Monroe was very segregated and the Russells often struggled with racism in their daily lives.

Russell and Henri Richard of the National Hockey League are tied for the record of the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league.

Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Who is Bill Russell’s daughter Karen Kenyatta Russell?

Television Pundit and Lawyer Karen Russell is the only daughter of Bill Russell. Karen Russell a legal and political analyst was born Karen Kenyatta Russell on January 20, 1962, and graduated from Harvard Law School and Georgetown University.

She has contributed to the Huffington Post, served as Executive Director of Artists for a New South Africa, Development Director for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights.

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