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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr, 1942–2016) was an American boxer, Olympic gold medalist, and three-time heavyweight champion of the world who became an international focal point in the 1960s amid tensions over racial injustices and the war in Vietnam. Stripped of his title in 1967 for refusing induction into the US armed services, Ali was only allowed to resume boxing following a 1971 US Supreme Court decision in his favor. During his career and well into his retirement, Ali was a prominent advocate of peace, understanding, and social justice.

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Muhammad Ali: Social Justice and Civil Rights Icon

Muhammad Ali’s advocacy for racial justice began with his awareness and experience of racism and white supremacy in Louisville, Kentucky. His dedication to his boxing career was accompanied by his profound conviction that he had a greater purpose.

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University of Louisville Library
2021
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Muhammad Ali and What It Takes to Achieve Greatness

The author says Muhammad Ali taught him that you can’t just make claims, you must train and prepare to be great.

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Grant Cardone
2016
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How Muhammad Ali Risked His Boxing Career to Protest the Vietnam War

Muhammad Ali paid a huge price for his principles. While he never served a prison sentence, he was unable to ply his trade for more than three years while his case worked its way through the courts. The Supreme Court eventually ruled 8-0 in Ali's favor in June 1971.

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James Barber
2021
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A Cache of Original Works by Muhammad Ali, Who Turned His Hand to Art Outside the Boxing Ring, Is Hitting the Auction Block

The drawings and prints, from the collection of Ali's friend Rodney Hilton Brown, are expected to set a new auction high for the boxer's art.

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Sarah Cascone
2021
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Muhammad Ali: A Poet in and Out of the Ring

Muhammad Ali was the greatest poet and performance artist to ever grace the professional ring. He was a truth teller in every sense, an anti-war pot-stirrer with a wry wit who would effortlessly kick into verse mid-conversation.

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Juan Vidal
2016
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The Outsized Life of Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016 at the age of seventy-four, was the most fantastical American figure of his era, a self-invented character of such physical wit, political defiance, global fame, and sheer originality that no novelist you might name would dare conceive him.

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David Remnick
2016
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When Muhammad Ali Wrote a Poem with Marianne Moore

The death of champion boxer Muhammad Ali is an occasion to remember one of the strangest moments in popular culture, when Ali collaborated with legendary poet Marianne Moore on a work of verse.

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Danny Heitman
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Muhammad Ali: 4 Ways He Changed America

From black pride to laying the groundwork for rap, how “The Greatest of All Time” left an impact on our nation

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Mike Rubin
2021
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Muhammad Ali and the Complexity of Black Identity

More than any athlete of his time, Ali challenged the nation’s limiting notions of black identity.

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Michael A. Fletcher
2016
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