So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

Ali's wins in the boxing ring won him fans and adulation, but what cemented his position as one of the most respected ...

Aware that Cassius Clay was a slave name in Kentucky during the nineteenth century, Ali told a phalanx of reporters that Clay meant “dirt with no ingredients.” Malcolm X is also credited with ...