Word: muhammad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prison and locked his people up in the teeming ghettos of America. With Malcolm the realization was as unequivocal as the attack of a vicious police dog tearing at his leg. While in prison, Malcolm was introduced to the teachings of the Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad. The two corresponded, and upon leaving prison. Malcolm became Elijah's right hand...
...Born. To Muhammad Ali, 30, doggerel-spouting former heavyweight boxing champ, and Belinda Ali, 22 their fourth child, first son; in Philadelphia. Name: Muhammad Eban...
...feel any different than I did at 20," mused 30-year-old Muhammad Ali, "only I have more sense. If I hadn't talked as much as I did, I would be a billionaire today. A lot of things you say can be true, but they can be said at the wrong time. Now I know when to say certain things." Thereupon the former champion proceeded to say certain things about his financial expectations for a rematch with his successor, Joe Frazier: "Frazier and I must be paid. The slave days are over. We want $6,000,000 each...
THIS INCIDENT illustrates the gap between whit and black justice. Of the 28 draft resister cases reviewed by the Supreme Court since 1965, only three of the appellants were black. Muhammad Ali has been the only black draft resister in this group to win at this highest level, but the fight caused the destruction of his career. In addition to Collins's case the Supreme Court has refused to hear many other cases of the Supreme Court has refused to hear many other cases black activists convicted of draft evasion, including those better-known cases of Fred Brooks, Nashville black...
...Vancouver for an exhibition bout, ex-Champ Muhammad Ali was asked whether he had noticed any differences between Canada and the U.S. Yes, he said, Canada was more peaceful. "But I got up here two days ago and I can't wait to get back home. It's my culture. The bowling alley. The cafe. My friends. The music-James Brown, the Temptations, the Supremes, B.B. King. Bluebirds like to be together, eagles hang out with eagles, sparrows stick with sparrows, buzzards go with buzzards. They're all birds, but they go with their...