After beating Liston in 1964, Ali went public with his conversion, first calling himself Cassius X before Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad named him Muhammad Ali. Ali’s spiritual path twisted.

All their lives, the great boxer and activist Muhammad ... connection to Ali. “The relations and connections are clear,” Clark said in a recent interview with the Herald-Leader.

More than a week later, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad gave him the name Muhammad Ali. Ali was in the local news for a 1965 closed-circuit showing of the Muhammad Ali-Floyd Patterson fight ...

Muhammad Ali was a fighter ... his conviction sprang up in Pakistan, Egypt and Ghana. "Boxing is nothing, just satisfying to some bloodthirsty people," Ali said at the time.

Although this will be the first time Ealy will embody the Civil Rights and Black Muslim movement leader in fiction ... 1964 to loud-mouthed underdog Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay).

Compassion for one another - and the ability to see someone is valuable no matter who they are - is one of the rarest gifts a person can have. When that person is also one of the most famous ...