Muhammad Ali
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- You should steal Cassius's bike.
- Yes I should. What's the worst that can happen?
- *Pant* Officer, some kids stole my bike. When I find them I'm gonna whup em. *Pant*
- It's officer Martin to you boy. If you want to beat some kids up you need to train.
- No one will tell me to leave the ring when I'm the champion
- Get out of that ring boy.
- Float like a butterfly sting like a bee Cassius.
- All this because I'm different? A different color
- At the age of 12 Muhammad Ali, nick named Clay got his bike stolen, this then caused him to go the authorities.
- THE NEW OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND NOW OFFICIAL MEMBER OF NATION OF ISLAM. CASSIUS X
- *Mumbles under breath* This is for MY people. I will fight for us. Inside and outside the ring.
- When talking to the authorities Clay says that he was going to "whup" the thief that stole his bike. Luckily the police officer was a boxing coach he stopped him, explained that he would need to train before saying he can fight anyone and began to train him at his gym.
- They want me to fight a war so that they can remain free, and keep my people in the shadows. This is not something I stand for, I will give up anything to make sure African Americans get the rights they deserve.
- Muhammad Ali received a ton of backlash for boxing, especially at professional levels. But he never let those things bring him down. He would bottle all the comments and the negative reactions he received and would let them out in the ring. He never let it affect him, stating he, floated like a butterfly, but stung like a bee.
- Muhammad Ali has Parkinson's and is now changing to become more of a philanthropists? This is some crazy stuff today.
- This panel is meant to represent Muhammad Ali's olympic championship fight. Making him a heavy weight boxing champion. Muhammad begins to use the fame he begins to receive as an incredible boxer as the perfect time to talk about his the issue with the segregation that was occurring in America.
- Muhammad Ali was drafted into war but refused to fight, he refused because he believed that the war only helped to help white interests and not the African Americans. This led to him being banned from boxing for three years.
- Why did Mr Ali give up his boxing career?
- Me and Mr. Ali are here for the people. We are working together to raise awareness for our people. Everyone here has a voice. Everyone. We will be your messengers of peace.
- This led to a lot of controversy, it made headlines and shocked a lot of people. He gave up everything he had because he thought something was racist. This was unprecedented. This was one of the first times people entirely gave up their careers because they believed that the Americans were being racist. Once he had returned Ali had returned he took his first loss.
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