In the smash hit documentary about the Chicago Bulls’ championship run in the 1990s, “The Last Dance,” Michael Jordan, the breakaway star of the championship team, is forced to explain why, at the height of his popularity, he did not use his star status to press for political change.
Jordan has been widely criticized — at least by Democrats — for failing to get involved in heated political races in the 1990s, particularly in the North Carolina Senate race between Harvey Gantt and incumbent Republican Jesse Helms, a noted segregationist.
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