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Edits to Cleveland Summit participants list.

Participants

 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then named Lew Alcindor and a college basketball player at UCLA, today widely considered among the best basketball players in the history of both college basketball and the NBA.
 * Muhammad Ali, then the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, today widely considered the greatest heavyweight boxer in history, and named by Sports Illustrated as the top American athlete of the 20th century.
 * Lorenzo Ashley, who then worked for Brown's Black Empowerment Union after retiring from playing football in the Canadian Football League.
 * Walter Beach, then a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns, later named to Central Michigan University Hall of Fame.
 * Jim Brown, then retired from playing fullback for the Cleveland Browns, today considered one of the greatest running backs on NFL history.
 * Willie Davis, then a defensive end with the Green Bay Packers, later elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Curtis McClinton, then a halfback with the Kansas City Chiefs, later named to the Chiefs' Hall of Fame.
 * Bobby Mitchell, then a star player for the Washington Redskins, later elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Bill Russell, then playing basketball for the Boston Celtics, today widely considered among the best basketball players in the history of both college basketball and the NBA.
 * Jim Shorter, then a defensive back for the Washington Redskins.
 * Carl Stokes then a candidate for Mayor of Cleveland; after his election known as one of the first elected African-American mayors of a major U.S. city.
 * Sidney Williams, then a linebacker with the Washington Redskins.
 * John Wooten, then a guard for the Cleveland Browns. Later elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, and various Cleveland Browns all-time team honors.

Ashley was in the background of many photos of the Summit press conference, saying ___. For this reason, many sources say that there were 12, not 13 participants, and lists of participants omit Ashley.