Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter organized a group of star athletes and provided the start-up cash for a non-profit geared towards fighting voter suppression and getting out the Black vote in the United States, entitled “More Than A Vote.” A week after the news broke of LeBron’s plans to start an organization dedicated to fighting voter suppression, James announced more big-name athletes, including Tony Hawk, Allyson Felix, WNBA stars A’Ja Wilson and Arike Ogunbowale and retired NBA star Caron Butler, who is part of the Vera Institute for Justice, as well as ESPN’s Maria Taylor.
In the announcement, James ended it with a quote from his mother, “Don’t talk about it, be about it.”
It remains to be seen what else the organization will do in the future, but seeing as they are two weeks old, this is only the beginning.
