Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name – it means 'beloved of God,' and I insist that people use it when they speak to me and of me.
Boxer, activist, greatest of all time
Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name – it means 'beloved of God,' and I insist that people use it when they speak to me and of me.
Boxer, activist, greatest of all time
Press conference after joining Nation of Islam
1964
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