gifted the new champion with the name Muhammad Ali on March 6, 1964. Aware that Cassius Clay was a slave name in Kentucky during the nineteenth century, Ali told a phalanx of reporters that Clay ...

Muhammad Ali rose from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky to become one of the most significant athletic and cultural figures of the 20th century. Born as Cassius Clay, he began boxing at ...

Mr Beattie said: "Clay's glove had a split seam ... “A year later he changed his name to Muhammad Ali so if not for this glove, we may never have heard of him.” The British Boxing Board ...

Norman Mailer wrote in 1975 that, upon seeing Muhammad Ali, "women draw an audible breath. Men look down. They are reminded again of their lack of worth." Cassius Clay made his professional debut ...

Ali had formally joined Elijah Muhammad’s Black Muslims and changed his name (from Cassius Clay) in between the two fights. The fight was conducted in an atmosphere of fear of violence – of ...

This lesson explores the life and legacy of boxer Muhammad Ali. The lesson, which features biographer Jonathan Eig speaking at the 2017 Southern Festival of Books, op ...

Acclaimed director and producer David Serero is set to bring Muhammad Ali's legendary life to the Off-Broadway stage this ...