Cassius Marcellus Clay

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Cassius Marcellus Clay - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

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Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali (or Cassius Marcellus Clay Jnr as he was known until 1964) had much in common, but also had many differences.

Once they were brothers: Stephen Williams reviews a new work on the tragic friendship between two icons

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Ali came from a Christian household.

Muhammad Ali

Cassius Marcellus Clay, born in the segregated South of the United States, emerged as a boxing legend in the 1960s.

Muhammad Ali's Message: Fight For Your Vision And Change The System

Next is King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, which Ali attended with his parents Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr and Odessa Grady Clay.

Landmarks on the legend's final journey

This word I use to describe the man that passed away on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jnr on January 17, 1942, and departing this world as the LEGEND that was Muhammad Ali.

We have lost a hero of humanity - a true legend

Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Marcellus Clay, 'the greatest boxer of all time', died at 74 in Phoenix, according to his family spokesman.

Iranian Spokesman Hails Muhammad Ali as Pioneer in Fighting Racial Discrimination

Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., was hospitalized twice in recent months.

'World' Invited To Bid 'The Greatest' Adieu

Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr in Louisville.

Ali's birth city Louisville honors its hometown hero

Cassius Marcellus Clay, the Emperor, gave the "thumbs down" to Henry Cooper all day.

I'm a tough Scotch girl; Muhammad Ali, 21 and still then Cassius Clay, flew into Britain in June 1963 before his fight in London with Henry Cooper. The Sunday Mail's Duncan Lamont was there to meet him. This is his report. Just as he wrote it, just as we published it, on Sunday 2 June 1963

He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in the racially segregated Kentucky city of Louisville.

The skinny kid who stood up to racist white America with his courage, charisma, wit and wisdom; MUHAMMAD ALI 1942-2016; How he beat bigots and became a legend

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, Ali changed his name in 1964 when he converted to Islam.