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Title: How Muhammad Ali decided on his new name
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on June 07, 2016, 11:20:41 AM

How Muhammad Ali decided on his new name

In "Muhammad Ali: Athlete of the Century," a collection of Associated Press stories and visuals, AP reporters and photographers captured the life of the boxing champion as he made news in the sports world and far beyond. Here are two excerpts from the book, http://www.ap.org/books/muhammad-ali/index.html , that discuss what Ali called the 'slave name' that he rejected when he converted to Islam. The first exce...
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