Early Childhood | In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali

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In Their Own Words biography documentary biopic Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay boxing Vietnam War civil rights Islam Muslims Nation of Islam Malcolm X Vietnam draft Jim Crow segregation Louisville Kentucky sports
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History-Social Science
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Early Childhood | In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali

Learn how Muhammad Ali's early life growing up in Louisville, Kentucky influenced his passion for boxing in this excerpt from In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali. Louisville was a segregated city in the Jim Crow South. Ali was raised in a struggling black middle class family. He was introduced to boxing in 1954.
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PBS Learning Media

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