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Muhammad Ali In Media And Popular Culture
This article covers the boxer Muhammad Ali's appearances in media and popular culture. Literature Books *''The Cassius Clay Story'', by George Sulivan (1964) *''Black is Best: The Riddle of MUHAMMAD ALI'', by Jack Olsen (1967) *''Muhammad Ali, who once was Cassius Clay'', by John Cottrell (1968) *''Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story'', by José Torres (1971) *''Loser and Still Champion: Muhammad Ali'', by Budd Schulberg (1972) *'' The Fight'', by Norman Mailer (1975) *''The Greatest: My Own Story'', by Muhammad Ali, with Richard Durham (1975) *''Free to Be Muhammad Ali'', by Robert Lipsyte (1979) *"The Muhammad Ali Cookbook" with Lana Shabazz (1980) *''Muhammad Ali, the People's Champ'', by Elliott J. Gorn (1988) *''Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight Champion (Black Americans of Achievement)'', by Jack Rummel (1989) *''Muhammad Ali: The Fight for Respect'', by Thomas Conklin (1992) *''Clay V. United States: Muhammad Ali Objects to War (Landmark Supreme Court Cases)'', by Suz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by '' Sports Illustrated'' and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, he began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship, defeating Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. During that year, he denounced his birth name as a " slave name" and formally changed his name to Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Latimer
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay particles, but become hard, brittle and non–plastic upon drying or firing. Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities, such as a reddish or brownish colour from small amounts of iron oxide. Clay is the oldest known ceramic material. Prehistoric humans discovered the useful properties of clay and used it for making pottery. Some of the earliest pottery shards have been dated to around 14,000 BC, and clay tablets were the first known writing medium. Clay is used in many modern industrial processes, such as paper making, cement production, and chemical filtering. Between one-half and two-thirds of the world's population live or work in buildings made with clay, often bak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, '' The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' Song of Solomon'' (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for '' Beloved'' (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. She earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor in fiction at Random House in New York City in the late 1960s. She developed her own reputation as an author in the 1970s and '80s. Her work ''Beloved'' was made into a film in 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Williams (American Author) (born 1986), American basketball ...
Sean or Shawn Williams may refer to: * Sean Williams (author) (born 1967), Australian author *Sean Williams (basketball) (born 1986), American basketball player *Sean Williams (cricketer) (born 1986), Zimbabwean all-rounder *Sean Williams (ethnomusicologist) (born 1959), American college professor *Sean Williams (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey center *Sean Price Williams, American cinematographer *Shawn Williams (lacrosse) (born 1974), Canadian lacrosse player * Shawn Williams (American football) (born 1991), American football player *Shawn Williams, 7-year-old child murdered in 1993. Colin Hatch was convicted for the murder See also *Shaun Williams (other) *Shawne Williams Shawne Brian Williams (born February 16, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis before being selected 17th overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers. High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Louise Beale
Michal (; he, מיכל , gr, Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel. In the Bible identifies Saul's elder daughter as Merab and younger daughter as Michal. Michal's story is recorded in the first Book of Samuel, where it is said in and that Michal loved David. The narrative does not indicate whether this is reciprocated. After David's success in battle against the Philistine giant Goliath, Merab was given in marriage to Adriel. Later, after Merab had married Adriel the Meholathite, Saul invited David to marry Michal. David replied, "I am a poor and lightly esteemed man", meaning that he was unable to provide a bride price. Saul then advised him that no bride price was required except for the foreskins of 100 Philistines. David took part in a further battle, killed 200 Philisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin, born 1974, is an American political sportswriter. He is the sports editor for ''The Nation'', a weekly progressive magazine dedicated to politics and culture, and writes a blog named ''Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin''. As of January 2022, he has authored eleven books. Early life and education Zirin was born in New York City.Bleacher Report: "The B/R Interview: Dave Zirin" by Max Tcheyan" November 4, 2008 He is of descent. He graduated from in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hauser
Thomas C. Hauser (born February 27, 1946) is an American author known for his biographies and novels. Biography Hauser graduated from Columbia College in 1967 and Columbia Law School in 1970. He made his debut as a writer in 1978 with ''The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice''. Horman's wife, Joyce Horman, and his parents, Edmund and Elizabeth Horman, cooperated with Hauser on the book describing both the fate of Charles and his family's quest to uncover the truth in Chile. It was adapted as Costa-Gavras's 1982 film ''Missing'', starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. A later book by Hauser, ''Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl'' (co-authored with Robert Peter Gale), served as the basis for the 1991 television film '' Chernobyl: The Final Warning'', starring Jon Voight and Jason Robards.'' In 1981, Hauser published a novel, ''Ashworth & Palmer'', set in a fictional law firm, which was inspired by his experience as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Ali
Hana or HANA may refer to: Places Europe * Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period * Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway West Asia * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province, Iran * Hana, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Hana, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran ** Hana Rural District (other), in Iran Pacific * Hana, Hawaii, a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, USA **Hana Highway, long and winding road connecting Hana, Hawaiʻi to the rest of the island of Maui Africa * Hana, Ethiopia, a town in the woredas of Selamago in Ethiopia People * Hana (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Ben Hana (1957–2012), New Zealand activist * Marion Tait, British ballerina Entertainment * ''Hana'' (film), a 2006 Japanese black comedy by Hirokazu Koreeda Music Musicians * Hana (American musician), stage name of American singer-songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Soul Of A Butterfly
''The Soul of a Butterfly'' (2003) is the autobiography of Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a former heavyweight boxer who was a three time World Heavyweight Champion and is considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight of all time. It is written in collaboration with his daughter, Hana Yasmeen Ali. It is not a comprehensive autobiography but a breakdown of the important events and experiences in his life; this is suggested in the book's subtitle, ''Reflections on Life's Journey''. The book includes some of his and his daughter's poetry, and snippets of Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ... thought. A chapter of the book is written solely by his daughter, Hana, where she recounts an experience with her father, and goes on to reflect upon what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lemert
Charles Lemert (born 1937) is an American born social theorist and sociologist. He has written extensively on social theory, globalization and culture. He has contributed to many key debates in social thought, authoring dozens of books including his best-selling text ''Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life'', 5th edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011), which the historian Howard Zinn, the author of ''A People's History of the United States'', has called "one of those rare ruminations on the human condition that makes you want to return to it after your first reading to ponder its ideas." From 1982 to 2010, he taught at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut with his family. Lemert is distinguished as a theorist in the US, most notably for introducing French theory to American sociology. His first book ''Sociology and the Twilight of Man: Homocentrism and Discourse in Sociological Theory'' (Southern Illinois Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael J
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= * Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kram
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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