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“The Greatest” is a title which is very difficult to live up to, but the silver-tongued boxing legend Muhammad Ali is held in incredibly high esteem across almost all political, racial and demographic lines. On June 3rd, 2016, the world lost one of the greatest boxers of all time, an influential civil rights activist and one of the most well-known personalities of the last century. What is the Truth About Muhammad Ali? Includes: His childhood, schooling, boxing origin story, Golden Gloves championship, his Olympic gold medal, becoming world heavyweight champion, joining the Nation of Islam, his relationship with Malcolm X, leaving behind the name of Cassius Clay, opposition to the Vietnam War draft, college speaking tour, the infamous Supreme Court case, involvement with the Ku Klux Klan, his return to the ring, failed marriages, infidelities, his tragic physical decline, battle with Parkinson's disease and the incredible story he has left behind. The Greatest: My Own Story by Muhammad Ali http://www.amazon.com/dp/1631680498/?tag=freedradio-20 King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ILX9VJ4/?tag=freedradio-20 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006WP9NEG/?tag=freedradio-20 Sucker Punch: The Hard Left Hook That Dazed Ali and Killed King's Dream by Jack Cashill http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DX0IGW/?tag=freedradio-20 Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017QL8V74/?tag=freedradio-20 The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey by Muhammad Ali http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC2OEI/?tag=freedradio-20 Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties by Mike Marqusee http://www.amazon.com/dp/1844675270/?tag=freedradio-20 The Complete Muhammad Ali by Ishmael Reed http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010KN7GCG/?tag=freedradio-20 Bicycle Story/Boxing Origin Story http://www.businessinsider.my/how-muhammad-ali-got-his-start-2016-6/#4EE30kTpGRUPIuZY.97 http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-outsized-life-of-muhammad-ali https://books.google.com/books?id=2zKml-Yg16kC&pg=PA14 https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA29 Childhood https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA29 High School https://books.google.com/books?id=vkvoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 https://books.google.com/books?id=2zKml-Yg16kC&pg=PA16 Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA39 https://books.google.com/books?id=mgDK3q6GWI8C&pg=PA13 Gold Metal Story Myth https://books.google.com/books?id=QNKBj3Ee0IwC&pg=PA54 http://www.cashill.com/natl_general/sp3_10.htm Nation of Islam http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/ali5427.0743.004marc_record_interviewer_process.html http://fightland.vice.com/blog/cassius-x-when-muhammad-met-malcolm https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71 https://books.google.com/books?id=w9PgTKiU4boC&pg=PT140 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19640207&id=XF4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5091,2145696 Muhammad Ali Name Change http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/muhammad-ali-death-cassius-clay-why-did-he-change-his-name-nation-of-islam-a7065256.html https://books.google.com/books?id=rNrMilgHKKEC&pg=PA57 https://books.google.com/books?id=2zKml-Yg16kC&pg=PA40 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/01/21/history/post-perspective/religion-steps-boxing-ring.html https://books.google.com/books?id=w9PgTKiU4boC&pg=PT111 https://books.google.com/books?id=sG3i-8V-vcgC&pg=PA171 https://books.google.com/books?id=DfcPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT147 White Devil Comments http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/13/muhammad-jews-are-devils-ali-was-the-bbcs-sports-personality-of-the-century-but-tyson-fury-is-beyond-the-pale/ http://fightland.vice.com/blog/cassius-x-when-muhammad-met-malcolm Martin Luther King, Jr. https://books.google.com/books?id=vkvoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqWLcbpIlMC&pg=PA138 Malcolm X https://books.google.com/books?id=d4PVBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/muhammad-ali-dead-dies-one-regret-malcolm-x-a7066446.html Sonji Roi https://books.google.com/books?id=w9PgTKiU4boC&pg=PT184 https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA80 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/muhammad-alis-tangled-love-life-leaves-troubled-legacy/ http://heavy.com/sports/2016/06/sonji-roi-clay-muhammad-ali-first-wife-ex-photos-pics/ https://books.google.com/books?id=2zKml-Yg16kC&pg=PA41 Vietnam War-Draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_v._United_States https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA89 https://books.google.com/books?id=mO63CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 https://books.google.com/books?id=CxDzGOK8DbMC&pg=PA324 https://books.google.com/books?id=YNF75xexXKIC&pg=PA101 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/sports/in-alis-voice-from-the-past-a-stand-for-the-ages.html http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2016/06/04/3784751/rest-in-power-muhammad-ali/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFMyrWlZ68 http://heavy.com/sports/2016/06/muhammad-ali-dead-vietnam-war-draft/ Khalilah Camacho Ali http://www.inquisitr.com/3167876/khalilah-camacho-ex-wife-of-muhammad-ali-hints-at-battle-within-the-family-for-his-fortune/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/muhammad-ali-ex-wife-_n_4646970.html http://www.thewrap.com/muhammad-ali-ex-wife-tca-pbs-panel/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/muhammad-alis-tangled-love-life-leaves-troubled-legacy/ College Speeches/Quotes http://www.wnd.com/2001/12/12048/ https://books.google.com/books?id=oHoe8OMpooAC&pg=PA154 https://books.google.com/books?id=DfcPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT278 https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA113 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/muhammad-ali-on-not-all-white-people_us_563a5e9ee4b0307f2cabb2e6 Intermarriage Quotes https://books.google.com/books?id=7K6-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT225 https://books.google.com/books?id=T6nuBX_eIxUC&pg=PT94 Ku Klux Klan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUQNKb_1xlc#t=1530 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TPaAx2Kl6csC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/klan-stood-secretly-in-alis-corner/story-e6frg7mo-1111118172731 Nation of Islam Suspension https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA116 http://www.ibtimes.com/muhammad-ali-ties-muslim-faith-nation-islam-malcolm-x-2377913 https://books.google.com/books?id=gYLbF5qzlM0C&pg=PA189 Return to the Ring https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA123 Supreme Court Decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_v._United_States https://books.google.com/books?id=QtzJwMKcOoEC&pg=PA138 Divorce and Infidelity http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/06/muhammad-alis-tangled-love-life-leaves.html http://heavy.com/sports/2016/06/veronica-porsche-ali-muhammad-ex-wife-laila-mother-cheated-cheating-mistress-girlfriend/ https://books.google.com/books?id=wjeaQAmQ0FMC&pg=PA99 http://nypost.com/2016/06/05/remembering-muhammad-ali-as-a-husband-and-father/ https://books.google.com/books?id=w9PgTKiU4boC&pg=PT507 Physical Decline https://www.theguardian.com/sport/commentisfree/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-physical-decline-extraordinary-spirit http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-parkinsons/85399772/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/muhammad-ali-parkinsons-disease/ http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/20/parkinsons-disease-muhammad-ali https://books.google.com/books?id=7K6-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT567 https://books.google.com/books?id=7K6-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT567 http://sportspressnw.com/2219500/2016/alis-sacrifice-for-principle-was-his-finest-win 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