"Antawn Jamison enjoys playing professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He knows the opportunity to be paid millions of dollars to play the game he loves would not be possible without years of hard work, practice and conditioning.

It also might not be a reality without the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

King never appeared in an NBA game, but his role as a civil-rights activist for African-Americans was much more important to the United States and the world."