Tuesday, 7 June 2016

How Muhammad Ali decided on his new name (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 1965, file photo, Muhammad Ali arrives at the home of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. Person at left is unidentified. In Muhammad Ali: Athlete of the Century, a collection of Associated Press stories and visuals about of the boxing champion, AP reporters and photographers captured the life of Ali as he made news both professionally and personally over several decades. (AP Photo/Paul Cannon, File)

In ''Muhammad Ali: Athlete of the Century,'' a collection of Associated Press stories and visuals, AP reporters and photographers captured the life of the boxing champion as he made news in the sports world and far beyond. Here are two excerpts from the book, http://ift.tt/1Y46vAe , that discuss what Ali called the 'slave name' that he rejected when he converted to Islam. The first excerpt, by reporter Rick Warner, looks back on Ali's defeat of Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964.



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