RIP Muhammad

[political marxist]

Young people will not remember Ali in his time, but what he did for justice in America...what he said about the Vietnam war...what he embodied as a fighter, should be taught on every playground and in every school textbook in every classroom across the country. Goodnight, Muhammad.

[raging moderate]

1. Muhammad Ali was a giant among men.

[librarylu]

2. NBC has a good story on him

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776

[RoccoR5955]

3. RIP n/t

[malaise]

4. ESPN has great coverage on his life and activism

Nice post

[Lunabell]

5. RIP to the Greatest.

One of the greatest moments in Olympic history.

[Dustlawyer]

6. Ali had the courage of his convictions. He sacrificed a lot considering he could have either

avoided the war as the boxing Champ if he played along, or served some USO function like many celebrities did.

He was the first to really develop the head game in boxing and it served him well against George Foreman. He could fluster and tie Howard Cossell in knots, and turn around and whup whoever was in the ring against him.

[randr]

7. A world wide role model

You can travel the world over to the farthest reaches of human existence, enter the humblest of homes on any continent, and you will find a picture of Ali. Usually next to a picture of Marley.
A man who taught us how to love all mankind and who never took shit from anybody.

[sulphurdunn]

8. RIP champ.

[TBF]

9. We remember -

a young man of passion and courage - who wasn't afraid to speak out

Rest in Power, Muhammad

http://www.democraticunderground.com/102412326

[ancianita]

10. He was an American ahead of his time. Thank you for your tribute.

[AikenYankee]

11. ...

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I had a tremendous crush on him as a little girl!

[malaise]

14. LOL

join the line

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Oh, I am sure it is thousands of miles long. What a man among men!

[malaise]

16. Just spoke with my childhood friend

We were laughing at out crushes on Ali back when we were young. He didn't just have courage; he didn't just have convictions - he was beautiful and funny - he was the greatest.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. He really was!

[bigwillq]

13. RIP

K and R

[uppityperson]

18. k&r

[lunatica]

19. I remember when he was Cassius Clay

Everyone has loved him for years but he was incredibly controversial way back then. If the internets had existed then it would have exploded all over the cosmos.

[Go Vols]

20. Muhammad Ali - I shook up the world

RIP

[kentuck]

21. My first memory of Muhammad...

I was a freshman or sophomore in HS in the early Sixties and I was in the library at school and was reading the Louisville Courier Journal sports page and read about this young boxer named Cassius Marcellus Clay out of Louisville that was getting ready for the Golden Gloves. He was 17 years old at the time.

[political marxist]

22. I remember those days

Growing up in Brooklyn and following him through the Olympics and then the championship fight with Liston...he gave us courage and the belief we could stand up to anyone.