From his youth in segregated Louisville, Kentucky, to his victory in the 1960 Olympics, to the controversy that surrounded his conversion to Islam and refusal of the draft during the Vietnam War, Ali's life was closely linked to the major social and political struggles of the 1960s and 70s...
including his opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali was drafted by the United States military in 1966 and called up for induction in 1967. He attended the induction but refused to answer to his name or take the oath. This led to Ali’s arrest and conviction, which in June 1971 was overtu...
But his career took a hit in 1967, when Ali refused to be drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, citing religious and ethical reasons. As a consequence, he was stripped of his titles, fined, and banned from boxing for three years, per history.com. During this period, Al...
on the outlook of the Vietnam War was influential for many, and it motivated others to push for civil rights like he did. A lot of fellow activists approved of his actions, while others were very against what he believed in. Clearly,Muhammad Ali, otherwise known as Cassius Clay, was a ...
Then he joined the Black Muslim religion and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.In 1967, Ali refused to serve in the United States army during the Vietnam War. The World Boxing Association took away his title as champion and refused to let him fight again. A court later found him guilty ...
Ali was venting his anger at the local gym, when the perceptive policeman Joe Martin admonished, “You better learn to box first.” And box he did. Within a week he had his first match and first win. This feisty, 89-pound young man was ready to take on the world. And before his ...
In a world filled with fear and hatred, Troy Yocum, a veteran of the Iraq War, captured the power of Muhammad Ali that night when he made a toast. Yocum told us that when he was a teenager, his mother bought him a poster of Ali and explained to him how hard Ali worked to beat ...
On April 28, 1967, with the United States at war in Vietnam, Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, saying “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” On June 20, 1967, Ali was convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000 and ...
Ali said he supports Trump and that his father — who went to jail for refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War on the basis of his religious beliefs — would have too. Ali, who was ravaged by Parkinson’s disease and died at 74, appeared to be politically ambivalent most of his...
Ali ,MuhammadOriginallyCassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.(klā)1942-2016. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight title in 1964, but was stripped of his title and banned from competing (1967-1970) as a result of his refusal to be inducted into the army during the Vietnam War. He later...