Cassius Clay, a brash fighter who burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, well ahead of the Civil Rights movement, became a cultural icon. However, his transition into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary. However, Ali's religious enlightenment also resulted in a protracted legal struggle with the United States government after he declined to participate in the Vietnam War. An unprecedented convergence of race, religion, and politics formed one of the most recognizable individuals in sports history, as revealed in this video.
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Cassius Clay, a brash fighter who burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, well ahead of the Civil Rights movement, became a cultural icon. However, his transition into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary. However, Ali's religious enlightenment also resulted in a protracted legal struggle with the United States government after he declined to participate in the Vietnam War. An unprecedented convergence of race, religion, and politics formed one of the most recognizable individuals in sports history, as revealed in this video.
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