Item #15880 Muhammad Ali’s activism for Racial Equality in the civil rights movement. Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali’s activism for Racial Equality in the civil rights movement

Ali, Muhammad

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Broadside: Muhammad Ali for the Congress on Racial Equality CORE National Convention, June 30 - July 4, 1967 - Oakland, California. The Broadside is promoting Muhammad Ali for Black Power: “Blueprint for Survival”, at the Oakland Auditorium on June 30, 1967 for the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) National Convention. 8.5x11 inches. After his fight against Sonny Liston in 1964, Ali surprised the world when he announced he accepted the teachings of Islam under Malcolm X’s influence, denounced the name “Cassius Clay” as a slave name, calling himself Muhammad Ali. Ali shocked the world again in 1967 when he refused to report after being drafted into the US military, citing his religious beliefs and also pointed out that Black men were disproportionately drafted in Vietnam, while they still faced racism in their own country. As a result, 10 days prior to our document on June 20, 1967, Ali was convicted of a felony charge of violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act. Ali became a lightning rod for dissent. Ali’s message of black pride and black resistance to white domination was on the cutting edge of the civil rights movement. Very good condition. A piece of history that documents Muhammad Ali’s activism in the civil rights movement.

Item #15880

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