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YoungDemCA

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9. At a time when it was (still) quite dangerous, Mr. Ali refused to "know his place"
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 04:03 PM
Jun 2016

And for that, we can be eternally grateful.

RIP to a giant.

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"Muhammad Ali: Never the White Man’s Negro." [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 OP
Good article! Read it a couple of hours ago and Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #1
The paradox is though he was unapologetically and unabashedly black he loved everybody DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #3
Very, very powerful. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #7
He exemplifies freedom so much. That statement is so powerful. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #5
Yeah, the operative word is freedom. Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #10
Cheers to you! Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #11
... Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #12
ali was every racist white person's nightmare beachbum bob Jun 2016 #2
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Ali gave "respectabiltity politics" the finger before it even came to be known as such. Number23 Jun 2016 #8
At a time when it was (still) quite dangerous, Mr. Ali refused to "know his place" YoungDemCA Jun 2016 #9
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