Dates

• Existence: 1942 - 2016

Biography

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist.

Citation:

found: His I am the greatest! [Phonodisc] 1963.

found: Kaletsky, R. Ali and me, c1982 (a.e.)p. 11 (Cassius Marcellus Clay)

found: Wikipedia, Oct. 14, 2011(Muhammad Ali; b. Jan. 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky; an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist) June 24, 2017 (Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942-June 3, 2016); American professional boxer and activist; born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky; won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome; converted to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay; in 1966, two years after winning the heavyweight title, Ali further antagonized the white establishment by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War. He was eventually arrested, found guilty of draft evasion charges, and stripped of his boxing titles. He successfully appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971; Ali's actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation; as a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI) and advocated their black separatist ideology. He later disavowed the NOI, adhering initially to Sunni Islam and later to Sufism, and supporting racial integration; in 1984, Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome, which his doctors attributed to boxing-related brain injuries. As the condition worsened, Ali made limited public appearances and was cared for by his family until his death on June 3, 2016, in Scottsdale, Arizona)

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