JIM BROWN
Football Hall of Famer and actor Jim Brown hugs some of the inmates at the St. Louis County Jail during a visit to the facility in Clayton, Mo on December 5, 2003. Brown, founder of Amer-I-Can, a foundation for social change, visited the jail to talk to inmates about self-esteem, acheiving success through self-determination and creating an attitude of change. Amer-I-Can is planning to initiate a program in the St. Louis area jails. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt
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