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Cassius Clay was born in Luisville, Kentucky
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Cassius Clay wanders down to boxing gym by mistake, but he soon starts boxing. His coach, Joe Martin, is amazed by the boys speed and strength.
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North and South Vietnam went to war, dragging many countries in with them, such as the United States of America. Almost all American men had to fight in the war, many of which were African Americans.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, the law at the time was that African Americans were only allowed to sit in the back a bus. This gave many African-Americans hope to more rights
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Cassius is a succesful amateur boxer with 100 wins and only eight losses. He appered on local television "Tomorrow's Champions." Shortly after graduation, he won a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics in light-heavy-weight boxing. Decided to turn pro.
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Cassius Clay signes one of the most lucrative contracts in boxing history with eleven millionaires of Kentucky. He then hires Angelo Dundee as his personal trainer, and easily beats his first professional opponent, Tunney Hunsacker.
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Cassius Clay fights and wins 19 professional matches.
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Martin Luther King Jr. held a very famous speech in Waschington DC where he called for racial equality and an end to discimination.
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Cassius understands what it meens to be famous and takes full advantage of it. He stands model for Sports Illustrated and tells them, "If you wonder what the difference between [other boxers] and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. I'm not saying their not good boxers... I'm just saying you never heard of them."
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Sonny "Unbeatable" Liston agrees to fight Cassius Clay. Cassius trhows insults at Liston, breaking his confidence, and starts using "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." He defeats Liston and at 22, he was the World Heavyweight Champion.
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Cassius Clay, inspired by Malcom X, joins the Nation of Islam (a group of Black Muslims who are often hated and feared) and changes his "slave name" from Cassius Clay to Muhammed Ali. When he goes to public with this, many American feel betrayed because he did this.
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Ali marries Sonji Roi
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Malcom X, the man who inspired Ali to change his "slave name" is assasinated by a member of the Nation of Islam while holding a speech.
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Ali decides to divorce his wife Sonji Roi
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Ali marries Belinda Boyd
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Muhammed Ali refuses to join the US Army on religious grounds and soon is arrested, stripped off his Heavyweight title, and banned from boxing. Muhammed Ali is suddenly out of a job and a title.
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Muhammed Ali resieves a mass number of death threats and looses lhis usual livelyhood while his case flows through many courts. He manages to support himself by public speaking engagements on collage campuses.
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Martin Luther King was assasinated by James Earl Ray while standing on his balcony during a speech.
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The NAACP sucessfully sues the New York State Athletic Commision for the restoration of Muhammed Ali's boxing licinse.
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Muhammed Ali fought his first professional match in almost 4 years, in Atlanta, knocking out Jerry Quarry in the third round.
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Muhammed Ali returns to New York to meet the new Heavyweight Campion Joe Frazier. After a long and bloody battle, Frazier knocks out Muhammed Ali in the 15th battle. After one year, Muhammed Ali defeats Frazier in Madison Square Garden.
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Muhammed Ali and George Foreman meet in Kinshasha, Zaire. Muhammed Ali seems to love the African setting and, with millions of viewers, defeats Foreman. Ali is back on top.
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Ali and Frazier meet again and this battle is even bloodier than the last. They both do enough damage to kill any heavyweight boxer and since it was so bad, millions of fans sign a petition saying that these two boxer should never meet again. Though the damage, Ali wins again.
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Ali divorces Belinda Boyd
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Ali marries Veronica Porche (model at the time)
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Muhammed Ali took back his title from Leon Spinks, making him a three time champion.
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Ali couldn't decide wether to retire or not, so instead he took his time to find out while loosing to his opponents.
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Muhammed Ali likes to paint aswell as boxing and puts on a oneman show of his paintings
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People starts to notice the twist in Ali's health and find out that he suffers from Parkinson's Desease.
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Ali tours Africa in an attempt to drum up support for President Carters boycut of the Moscow Olympics
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Ali divorces his thrid wife, Veronica Porche
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Ali marries Yolanda "Lonnie" Williams
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Ali is choosen to light the Olympic Torch in Atlanta
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Muhammed Ali establishes the Muhammed Ali Center, Louisville, Kentuky.
