Before Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay achieved Olympic glory
by Gerry Brown Cassius Clay as a light heavyweight (second to right), flanked by medallists Wilbert McClure and Edward…
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Mike Tyson entered the professional boxing world in 1985 at age 18. He won the first 37 matches of his career, before finally losing to Buster Douglas in February, 1990. Muhammad Ali is the most…
(Encyclopedia) Black Muslims, African-American religious movement in the United States, split since the late 1970s into the American Society of Muslims and the Nation of Islam. The original group was…
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