CBSN's Josh Elliot talks about Muhammad Ali's legacy with Dr. Todd Boyd, a professor at USC and expert on race and pop culture, and CBS News special correspondent James Brown.
NOI leader Elijah Muhammad — who would become the surrogate father to Ali — was the one who announced the man formerly known as Cassius Clay was to be called “Muhammad Ali."Before landing on the name Muhammad Ali, he briefly went by the name Cassius X, a nod to his friend and spiri...
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In 2002 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce placed Ali's star at 6801 Hollywood Blvd., honoring him in the live performances category for his remarkable success in the boxing ring. But breaking from tradition, Ali did not want people to walk on his name, citing ...
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Rogan interrupted Welsh to assert that O’Malley in that fight reminded him of Muhammad Ali. The commentator spoke of the champion’s fighting style, saying,“The result was amazing. That was probably one of the prettiest right-hands I have ever seen in my life. I mean ...
hands in prayer. The clown wigs are silent. One sits down. The local reporter puts up his notebook. The Indian bowler winds up, the English batsman swings, makes contact, crack, it's happening so fast, the fielder rushes over, gets the ball in. England scores only one. India did it...
Congressman Doug Lamborn’s retirement announcement means that for the first time that we can remember, all of Colorado’s Republican-held Congressional seats will be open in the same election cycle. There will likely be at least two dozen Republicans ru