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 ...

The original Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), nicknamed Cash, was the son of Kentucky Revolutionary War veteran, politician and slave-owner General Green Clay. While at Yale College, Cash heard ...

Americans Should Know the Story of Abolitionist Cassius Clay. Muhammad Ali’s namesake risked his career, wealth and life to promote emancipation. By . Michael Medved. Share. Resize. Listen ...

Cassius Marcellus Cornelius Clay is named for a distant relative, a 19th century American politician and abolitionist. Growing up, he attended elite schools; Dexter School in Brookline, Mass ...

Fifty years ago Tuesday, Cassius Clay shocked Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight title. In the decades afterward, the man later known as Muhammad Ali would politicize sports and transform the art ...

He wasn't the greatest of all-time although he was still pretty when he beat Tunney Hunsaker on this day in 1960. In fact, he wasn't even Muhammad Ali. Sixty-two years ago he was Cassius Clay when ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, at the Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla., Cassius Clay — not yet known as Muhammad Ali — defeated Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world. That’s ...

Cassius Clay was not a complete unknown. He had won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics, but no one had any idea that the 22-year-old boxer stepping into the ring 50 years ago Tuesday in Miami ...

Cassius Clay was known as the greatest because of how he dominated in the boxing ring, but it was his personal and spiritual transformation that led him to become the icon known as Muhammad Ali. A ...

Cassius And Clay, originally ordered to pilot in May, has been picked up to series for comedy-centric FXX. Continue to Deadline SKIP AD You will be redirected back to your article in seconds ...