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Cassius Clay
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Elijah Muhammad
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famous athletes
Floyd Patterson
heavyweight boxers
Howard Cosell
Joe Frazier
Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali and civil rights
Muhammad Ali and draft board
Muhammad Ali and journalism
Muhammad Ali and media
Muhammad Ali and society
Muhammad Ali and sport history
Muhammad Ali and sports history
Muhammad Ali and TV
Muhammad Ali and Vietnam
Muhammad Ali antiwar
Muhammad Ali biography
Muhammad Ali Black Muslim
Muhammad Ali boxing
Muhammad Ali celebrity
Muhammad Ali essays
Muhammad Ali fame
Muhammad Ali image
Muhammad Ali influence
Muhammad Ali quotes
persona
public life
Sonny Liston
Product details
- ISBN 9780252067211
- Weight: 367g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1998
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For years recognized as the world's best-known athlete, Muhammad Ali played a fascinating role in American culture, with an influence that reached far beyond sports and, in many ways, defined his times. Ali the boxer stood side by side with Ali the vocal Black Muslim, Ali the cultural force, Ali the anti-war protestor, Ali the celebrity, Ali the narcissist, and more. In Muhammad Ali, the People's Champ, experts unpack Ali's various incarnations to build a vivid portrait of an iconic figure in the ring of public history and reveal how he touched people's lives in ways unprecedented by any sports figure before or since.
Elliot J. Gorn is the Joseph A. Gagliano Chair in American Urban History in the Department History at Loyola University. His books include Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till and The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America.
