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Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.

Jim Brown

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Jim Brown
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: February 17
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