jim brown. [ applause ] and the fourth is the absolutely unconquerable, miss billie jean king. [ applause ] i want to focus on the struggle at the interface of race, sport and society. i went back and read jim and bill's first two books. jim brown's "off my chest and out of bounds" and bill russell's "goal for glory and second win." i think that those are four books that should be required reading for all athletes entering college and professional sports today because they say so much about where we have come from and the sacrifices that were made in order for them to be where they are today. the things that stuck with me about those books and reading them was, first, how well the philosophies, the perspectives, the ethical arguments and so forth of jim and bill have stood up over the last 50 years. the second thing is that they were superstar athletes when they stood up. they were superstar athletes when they stood up. the third thing that struck me was they never were willing to exchange white racism for black orthodoxy. they were always about the people and their argument was that i, a

looking at a book entitled "the 100 most important people in t american sports" and quite fittingly billy jean kingis on the cover. there was a statement that you made early on in one of your earliest books where you stated had never been a time when you h were not conscious of the civild rights movement. i was veryee conscious of the civil rights movement and very active in what i called the s movement for dignity equality o and justice. it superseded my interest in sports. sports gave me an opportunity to help the cause. and that is what i dedicated myself to doing. theights m now, i know that you supported c the civil rights movement. but you were ahead of the civil rights movement in terms of youd focus on economic development. what led you to move beyond blk simple desegregation to economic development, to starting the ees black economic union, setting ua professional athletes talking to small -- black small business ah people in georgia, alabama, tennessee? what led i you to that sense th that was the direction things had to go into? >> well, it was understanding that people had to get off of

billie jean king who was a good friend of hers told me that billie jean had heard it for the first timeradio and every time billie jean would hear the song billie jean still turns up the volume so she can catch sally's name. and i.d. too. why all the tributes and why all the fuss about this woman? i want to start with a cartoon. when sally died two years of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61 there are a number of political cartoons and papers paying tribute to her. most of them would show a consolation with her initials or they would be a woman symbol or whatever but this is the one that i really liked. it's a teenage girl's bedroom and on the walls are pictures of space shuttles and rocketships and on the shelves are physics textbooks. it's a surprisingly neat bedroom for a teenage girl. she's sitting there with her ponytail and looking at the tv monitor and on the tv -- excuse me the computer monitor and on the computer monitor is sally's obituary. there's a picture of sally, sally ride 1951 to 2012. standing behind her is her mom and her mom jeans. the girl is talking to her mom and

billie jean king told me that she heard it for the first time and that every time she would hear thisstill turns up the volume so she can catch her name. i do, too. so why all the tributes and the fuss? i want to just start with a cartoon beavis this as -- when sally died two years ago of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61 there were a number of political cartoons in the papers paying tribute. most of them would show a constellation in the sky shaped with her initials or the woman cymbal or never, but this is the one that i really liked. it is a picture, a teenage girl's bedroom. on the walls are pictures of space shuttles and rocket ships. on the shelves are textbooks and astrophysics test -- textbooks. surprisingly neat bedroom. sitting there with her ponytail looking at the tv monitor pcs they, the computer monitor. and on the computer monitor is sally's obituary. 19512012. and standing before her it is for mom. and the growth is talking to her mom. what she says, wait, are you saying there was a time when there weren't any women *? yes, indeed. this is really what her story is abo

billie jean king told me that she heard it for the first time and that every time she would hear thistill turns up the volume so she can catch her name. i do, too. so why all the tributes and the fuss? i want to just start with a cartoon beavis this as -- when sally died two years ago of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61 there were a number of political cartoons in the papers paying tribute. most of them would show a constellation in the sky shaped with her initials or the woman cymbal or never, but this is the one that i really liked. it is a picture, a teenage girl's bedroom. on the walls are pictures of space shuttles and rocket ships. on the shelves are textbooks and astrophysics test -- textbooks. surprisingly neat bedroom. sitting there with her ponytail looking at the tv monitor pcs they, the computer monitor. and on the computer monitor is sally's obituary. 19512012. and standing before her it is for mom. and the growth is talking to her mom. what she says, wait, are you saying there was a time when there weren't any women *? yes, indeed. this is really what her story is abou

. >> billy jean king. >> correct. 300 points for l. joy. 200 points there.t zero. l. joy on the board at 200. this moves us to the final round the 300-point round. the ph.d round. we'll dim the lights for dramatic effect. play dramatic music. we'll crown a champion at the end of the round. points can add up fast here. everybody is still in the game. 300-point round begins now. this former senator who single handedly shifted control of the senate when he defected -- john. >> jim jeffords. >> died this week. 300 points for john. top of bankers around the world including federal reserve chair janet yellin are gathered this weekend for the federal reserve bank of kansas city's annual -- josh. >> jackson hole. >> is in jackson hole. correct. 300-point question. in a new ad georgia senate candidate democrat michelle nunn is touting the endorsement of this former governor and u.s. senator who famously challenged chris matthews to a dual. josh? >> zell miller. >> that's correct. 300 points. 300-point tossup. president obama's former campaign manager david plouffe wa

tennis pro billie jean king says this could be the start of bigger things for bellis.step up into the pros. i hope it will continue for bellis, just because you have one big win you have to be careful. see how good she can be, give her time to develop. >> let her have time to develop, bellis will have to pass on the $60,000 prize that goes to first round winners at the u.s. open in order to maintain her amateur status. if she gets on, those are bragging rights >> they're worth every single thing. >> she won't maintain amateur status very long. >> let's celebrate after. >> thank you. >>> next up on "new day," breaking news out of ukraine. this is serious, the states between russia and tthe stakes between russia and the rest of the world even higher. russian troops, 1,000 of them, heavily armed fighting in ukraine this morning. what does this mean for that situation for vladimir putin, for the united states? >>> and a mother directs a desperate video message to isis in an effort to free her son. will this plea work? we'll ask a former cia counterterrorism official. ♪ [ d

her good friend billy jean king told me that she would always turn up the volume to catch sally froms on the radio. i have to tell you, i do the same thing. while -- why all the tributes and why all of the fuss about this extraordinary woman? let me start with the cartoon. this was a cartoon published just after sally died. there were a number of cartoons commemorating her life and death in july 2012. the one i liked the best was a teenage girl's bedroom -- a surprisingly neat teenage girl's bedroom -- and it is bursting with science textbooks and physics and astronomy and there is a poster of the space shuttle and models of rocket ships all over the place. and the teenage girl with her ponytail is sitting at her desk looking at her computer, and on the monitor is sally's obituary. 1951-2012.ly ride, there is a picture. the girl's mom is standing behind her. the girl is talking with a look of shock on her face. it was not that sally died. it is the back story. and the caption is the girl "wait. to her mom -- -- it reads, "are you saying there was a time when there were not any women