CHICAGO - JANUARY 6: Luol Deng (2L) of the Chicago Bulls talks to Sudanese-American children during a Hope for Sudan Celebration hosted by Deng and CALBOS (the Chicago Association for the Lost Boys of Sudan) at Truman College January 6, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Deng, a native of Sudan, helped lead a celebration of the third anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement and official birthday of the refugee Lost Boys. Immigration paperwork marks January 1 as the birthday of all Sudanese boys. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Randy Belice/NBAE via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Luol Deng
Bulls forward Luol Deng charges the basket for two of his ten first half points while Bobcat center Nazr Mohammed defends as the Chicago Bulls host the Charlotte Bobcats Tuesday February 15, 2011 at the United Center. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
We are a nation of immigrants. How many of us wouldn’t be here if not for a potato famine or a pogrom, a religious inquisition or economic chaos? For Luol Deng, it was a civil war — the civil war in the Darfur region of …