Muhammad Ali

The Liturgists Podcast

The Liturgists

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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An African-American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, he changed his name in the early sixties after converting to Islam. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston at a major upset in 1964 at age 22. He later refused to be drafted into the military during the Vietnam War, and was then arrested, found guilty of draft evasion, and stripped of his boxing titles. The ruling was later overruled during an appeal to the Supreme Court. His actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counter culture generation and the civil rights movement. Sports Illustrated has called him the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time and the greatest athlete of the 20th century. He also received two Grammy nominations. Let's talk about Muhammad Ali. If you like this podcast, join The Liturgists to receive even more content like this and talk with other liturgists via our weekly video chat.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the liturgist podcast.
0:06.3	You are now listening to Black History is American History.
0:27.4	Thank you Black.
0:28.4	And I'm Anja Henry.
0:30.6	Today's moment in Black History, Muhammad Ali.
0:36.3	Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., also known as Muhammad Ali, was an African American professional
0:42.3	boxer, activist and philanthropist.
0:45.5	Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky and began training as an amateur boxer at age
0:50.9	12.
0:52.0	At 18, he won a gold medal in the lightweight heavyweight division at the 1960s Summer Olympics
0:59.0	and turned professional later that year.
1:01.8	He eventually took the name Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam and becoming a Muslim
1:05.7	in the early 60s.
1:07.4	He won the World Heavyweight Championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset at age 22 in
1:12.7	1964.
1:13.7	In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and
1:20.5	opposition to the Vietnam War.
1:22.6	He was arrested, found guilty of draft evasion and stripped of his boxing titles.
1:27.9	He appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but
1:32.8	he'd not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete.
1:37.6	His actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counter-culture
1:42.7	generation, and he was a high profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during
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