Trials and Tribulations of Muhammad Ali
There is always a base image of a celebrity when said celebrity’s name is brought up; the name Muhammad Ali may project an image of a famous boxer who had his name chanted every time he stepped inside of a ring. However, many didn’t know that he had a struggle with the name he was given at birth and the name he had been given by his teacher Elijah Muhammad. As Richard B. Muhammad and Starla Muhammad points, “His name change, stand with Mr. Muhammad and stand against White supremacy and U.S. racial hypocrisy brought hate mail and death threats.” I’ve even heard stories about how people would call him a terrorist and coward just because he changed his name into something that did not suit their standards. Having to ignore the tomatoes thrown at you (hypothetically) while preparing and training for the next fight like it will be your last is something many people did not think about when they picture Muhammad Ali’s life daily. In the fight of Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell, there was animosity between the two because
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According to Hugo Pierre, “I’m the heavyweight champion of the world, but right now there are some neighborhoods I can’t move into.” During the times of Muhammad ali’s rise to greatness there were lynches so common in Georgia they went unrecorded and then there was the horrific murder of Emmett till a 14-year-old African-American kid. These were times of great oppression that honestly would make anyone just want to give up, but ali did the opposite. Ali funded for less fortunate blacks, went to less fortunate neighborhoods, went on visit to schools, and trips to Africa to help make the issue more prevalent so it could be addressed. It almost appears as though he was never sad or deterred and his light that he gave through his wisdom and charisma was infectious even through looking at videos of him on