The basketball legend Michael Jordan said he and the Nike-owned athletic wear and shoe company Jordan Brand plan to give a total of $100 million over 10 years to organizations that work to advance racial equality, social justice, and access to education, a Jordan spokeswoman announced late Friday afternoon on Twitter. Of the total pledged, Jordan will donate $50 million personally, and Jordan Brand will give the other half, the spokeswoman said.
The donation is Jordan’s biggest publicly disclosed gift. From 2016 through 2018 he gave a total of
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