Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died on Friday, June 3, at the age of 74. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali started boxing at age 12 ...

In 1942, a legend was born: Muhammad Ali ... espousing powerful messages of Black pride throughout his lifetime. To commemorate what would have been Ali’s eighty-first birthday on Jan. 17 ...