Exit the Latest Among Key D.C. Government Departures • Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Says He Wants to 'Shut Down the FBI' • Celtics Great Bill Russell Investigated by FBI in 1960s for Civil Rights Activism • Opinion: D.C. Should Heed Pleas of Outgoing Police Chief Robert J. Contee III INTERNATIONA

n African Americans. Jackie Robinson used his celebrity as first black in modern major league baseball as a platform to speak out for civil rights. Bill Russell led his teammates on boycotts of segregated facilities while starring for the Boston Celtics. Olympic track medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith c