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 ...

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 ...

When Ali first met Malcolm X in June 1962, he had become Elijah Muhammad’s heir apparent. A gripping public speaker, Malcolm X brought the Nation thousands of new converts and provided a ...

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 ...