jct74
06-11-2016, 01:40 PM
Sen. Rand Paul | Ali a champion in more ways than one
Sen. Rand Paul, Guest Contributor
June 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwLKomPd3g
How did Kentucky end up with two great men both named Cassius Marcellus Clay?
The first Cassius Clay, cousin of Henry, was an abolitionist who refused to compromise on the issue of slavery. I spoke of him in my inaugural Senate speech and do so often.
The second Cassius Clay later became Muhammad Ali and also never compromised on anything. People should remember him as a great boxing champion, but also as a tireless fighter outside the ring.
Clay grew up in segregated Louisville in the 1940s and '50s and at the same time he was becoming a household name as the world’s greatest boxer, his fame would coincide with two of the most turbulent events of the 1960s: The civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
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read more:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/06/06/sen-paul-ali-champion-more-ways-than-one/85527308/
Sen. Rand Paul, Guest Contributor
June 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwLKomPd3g
How did Kentucky end up with two great men both named Cassius Marcellus Clay?
The first Cassius Clay, cousin of Henry, was an abolitionist who refused to compromise on the issue of slavery. I spoke of him in my inaugural Senate speech and do so often.
The second Cassius Clay later became Muhammad Ali and also never compromised on anything. People should remember him as a great boxing champion, but also as a tireless fighter outside the ring.
Clay grew up in segregated Louisville in the 1940s and '50s and at the same time he was becoming a household name as the world’s greatest boxer, his fame would coincide with two of the most turbulent events of the 1960s: The civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
...
read more:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/06/06/sen-paul-ali-champion-more-ways-than-one/85527308/