Basketball legend Michael Jordan committed to donating $100 million over 10 years to organizations advancing racial justice amid protests nationwide over systemic racism.
The 57-year-old former Chicago Bulls player and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets made his pledge on the 11th day of protests after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Last week, Jordan responded to Floyd’s death in a statement, saying he was “deeply saddened” and “plain angry.”
Earlier this week, rapper Kanye West joined a protest in his native Chicago and reportedly donated $2 million to Black-owned businesses there and to support the families of Floyd; Breonna Taylor, a Black woman shot dead by Louisville, Kentucky, police in March; and Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man killed in February while jogging after being followed by two white men in Georgia.
“I can no longer stay silent,” Jordan said the month both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot dead by police, also spurring protests.
