Perhaps the only modern major public figure with a similar improbable evolution is former heavyweight champion Cassius ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the ...

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The True American was famous for its opposition to the institution of slavery but also printed news and op-eds on a wide ...

All the crow in China wouldn't be enough to satisfy the appetites of the cognoscenti of the boxing world tonight as young Cassius Marcellus Clay demolished the legend of Sonny Liston with a seven ...

Ali was known as Cassius Clay when he stopped Sonny Liston in 1964. Cassius Clay. He was Cassius Marcellus Clay when he "shook up the world" and beat Sonny Liston on Feb. 25, 1964. The next ...

Men look down. They are reminded again of their lack of worth." Cassius Clay made his professional debut on Oct. 29, 1960, before 6,000 fans at Freedom Hall. Muhammad Ali, the Louisville-born ...

In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, Cassius Clay, explodes on to the scene. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sports with his proud, public self confidence and ...

Perhaps the only modern major public figure with a similar improbable evolution is former heavyweight champion Cassius ...