KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Elijah Muhammad
16 Mar 2016
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His life cuts across numerous themes in us history in the 20th century. His life is unique in the sense that, as an athlete, his life experiences reveal much about us history in terms of race relaions, religion, spectator sport, and the military. Ali was a three-ime heavyweight champion of the word who shocked and dismayed most whites and some african americans with his decision to abandon his. Chrisian roots, and become a muslim, ater having defeated sonny liston for the heavyweight itle in 1964, as well as his refusal to serve in the vietnam war. He missed the 3 best years of his prime ime in his career, when he came back he had less movement and had to become more of a technical ighter. Today, the visual image of ali, impaired by the ravages of parkinson"s syndrome, leads us to erroneously conclude that he is incapable of making a contribuion to society.
