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Cassius Clay: A Brief Story Of Muhammad Ali's Life

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Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 in a time of harsh racial segregation. While growing up, his parents could barely support their family of four. His father worked as a painter, painting billboards and signs. Cassius Clay Sr. had had his dreams crushed, and in result, resorted to drinking. Clay had said that his father caused his family a great deal of pain. He might not have been proud of his father, but Cassius was proud of was his great-grandfather who was a military commander and an Abolitionist whom he was also named after. Cassius would love to brag and tell stories about him to his friends about how great he was. In school Cassius wasn’t the best. His grades were slipping and was taken out
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