In May 1964, Muhammad Ali had a chance meeting in Ghana, with his former friend and mentor Malcolm X. And he turned his back on him. “Turning my back on Malcolm,” wrote Ali in his 2004 ...

A new book, Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, chronicles the friendship between these two extraordinary men. Co-author Johnny Smith, a historian at Georgia ...

If a black writer recognized him at one of the rallies or noticed his picture in Muhammad Speaks, or a white writer caught wind of him shaking hands with Malcolm X, it could have ended his career.

“Muhammad Ali is what I will give to him as long as he believes in Allah and follows me.” By the night of the Clay-Liston match, Malcolm X was well aware of the talk that he would be ...

The two icons, once as close as brothers, were torn apart by outside forces during the Civil Rights era Malcolm X wasn't a fan of boxing until he met Muhammad Ali. But from the moment the Civil ...

‘The Greatest’: Amazon’s Muhammad Ali Limited Series Casts Michael Ealy As Malcolm X & Kai Parham As Boxer’s Brother Rosy Cordero Wed, April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM UTC ...

Prime Video continues to fill out its cast for the upcoming Muhammad Ali limited series, The Greatest, this time adding Michael Ealy as Malcolm X. Ealy has joined the cast in a recurring role.

The film follows the early years of Cassius Clay, from a bright-eyed rookie boxer from Louisville, Kentucky, to world heavyweight champion and from working class intellectual to one of America’s ...

As a result, the film also relates the burgeoning friendship between Clay and Malcolm X, who will eventually have a falling-out with Elijah Muhammad. Much like Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X has been ...

Michael Ealy has joined the cast of an upcoming limited series set to detail the life and experiences of Muhammad Ali. The actor has landed the role of Malcolm X in Prime Video‘s The Greatest ...

In a series regular role, Parham will play Rudy Clay, Ali’s younger brother. In a recurring role, Ealy will (finally) play Malcolm X. Watch on ... mouthed underdog Muhammad Ali (then known ...

Michael Ealy is the latest addition to the cast of “The Greatest,” Prime Video’s limited series chronicling the life of boxing legend Muhammad ... X, Deadline reports. Jaalen Best stars as ...