Excerpt from article on CNN Online: NFL legend Jim Brown stopped by Trump Tower Tuesday for a meeting pegged as a discussion about issues facing the African-American community, and he came away from the gathering with the President-elect having his admiration. "When he goes through what he went through to become the president, he got my admiration," Brown said. "No one gave him a chance."
A 1971 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and eight-time NFL rushing leader, Brown is well known for his work in the African-American community. However, as the subject turned to race on Tuesday, he revealed some lesser-known details. "The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent, and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island," he said.
So, in vocally supporting Trump, Brown sees no conflict of ideology. He maintains that his work focuses on the human race above all. "When I come out of the box, I don't come out of the box as racial," he said. "I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings."
Though Brown voted for Hillary Clinton in November, he told CNN's Brooke Baldwin later Tuesday he left the meeting which also included Pastor Darrell Scott with a heart-warming sense of positivity.
