NFL icon and social activist Jim Brown leaves a complicated legacy
- Written by Kenneth L. Shropshire, Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity, University of Pennsylvania
Jim Brown takes a break during a 1963 Cleveland Browns football game.Bettmann/Getty ImagesThroughout his celebrated life, Jim Brown was both praised for his community activism and vilified for his abuse of women.
But no one questions his incredible ability on the professional football field or his subsequent career in Hollywood during the...



