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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
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/muhammad-alis-tangled-love-life-leaves-troubled-legacy/

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~3 days, ~40 sources, ~1 hour long video, essentially a mini Biography and analysis.

 

Stefan (and his team?)  is a role model reporter and researcher. Well done.

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