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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHappy 70th Birthday Muhammad Ali
Thank you fearless one - you inspired me!!
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bigtree
(85,813 posts)Watch the debate about the date of birth
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)and could box.
Magoo48
(4,652 posts)Happy Birthday Muhammad!
TheKentuckian
(24,904 posts)Response to malaise (Original post)
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malaise
(267,455 posts)Mike Marqusee.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
(307 posts)he was the thinking man's boxer.
FarPoint
(12,179 posts)His birthday party is in February ....a huge gala event. A good friend of mine will be one of the executive chefs. ...Oh, it's in Las Vegas.
malaise
(267,455 posts)spanone
(135,586 posts)bmbmd
(3,086 posts)Mr. Ali and yours truly are both January 17 babies.
malaise
(267,455 posts)so I'll start the celebrations today and continue until your birthday - he earned it
muriel_volestrangler
(101,082 posts)http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/muhammad_ali.html 17th
http://www.newsday.com/news/muhammad-ali-returning-to-ky-for-70th-birthday-1.3435591 17th
http://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Ali-Muhammad.html 17th
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/ali98.htm 17th
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/ali_m.htm 17th
http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/muhammadali.htm 17th
and so on.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Hope you float like a butterfly.
Booster
(10,021 posts)Archae
(46,246 posts)When he was still Cassius Clay, he was refused service in a restaurant because he was black, right after winning a gold at the Olympics.
He was so furious he threw his medal into the nearest river.
But Ali is the "poster child" for the outlawing of boxing, and Howard Cosell agreed.
Boxing is a "sport" where two people pound on each other, and knocking someone out giving them brain damage is an ultimate goal.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Happy Birthday!!!
madokie
(51,076 posts)He is a man of principles, I like that
malaise
(267,455 posts)Which I also loved from way back when.
madokie
(51,076 posts)He won my heart when he said NO I won't go and by damn he didn't. Myself I was too lilly livered to do the same so I go and come back a wreck as many of my brothers and sisters have/did.
malaise
(267,455 posts)for the self-esteem of African people across the globe - many did not know they too were beautiful.
madokie
(51,076 posts)he was a champion 100%