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Boxing's legendary story-teller Bert Sugar narrates the entire story of "The Greatest." Witness Ali's colorful rhetoric and highlights of his biggest fights including "the Fight of the Century" with Joe Frazier; "the Rumble in the Jungle" where Ali beat George Foreman to regain the title, and "the Thrilla in Manila," the Ali/Frazier rematch and more of his epic battles and "pearls of wisdom."
3) I am Ali
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend as we've never seen Ali before. The documentary is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of voice recordings combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.
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Muhammad Ali's considerable skills as a boxer earned him the world heavyweight championship, a title that he lost and regained twice. But it was the force of his personality and his unwavering personal convictions that made him a lightning rod of the turbulent 1960s and elevated him to the status of the most recognized, controversial, and admired athlete in the world. He stunned the public early on by declaring his conversion to the Black Muslim religion....
6) Muhammad Ali
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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English
7) Facing Ali
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ten boxing champs pay tribute to Ali and discuss their encounters with him in and out of the ring.
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Criterion collection volume 998
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (17 cm x 70 cm folded to 17 cm x 12 cm).
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English
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"In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title -- 'a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks,' as a Kinshasa billboard put it. When the main event was delayed, extending Ali's...
10) Muhammad Ali
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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Presents the life of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his religious conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War due to his religious beliefs and his life after boxing.
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160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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"A biography of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, discussing his early struggles with racism, rise to fame as a world heavyweight champion, personal hardships, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
17) Muhammad Ali
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4 videodiscs (approximately 7.5 hrs.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
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xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam--a sect many white Americans deemed a hate cult--saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation's message. The two became fast friends, keeping their interactions secret from the...
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Killing volume 12
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In the next book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali.
The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more.
Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across
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Thank you for reading this book. It's been a long journey. My spiritual teacher has passed on to the afterlife. Allah has blessed my life because as time goes on, I still have many journeys, envisions to encounter with Allah and Jesus. As I received the Holy Spirit, Jesus has blessed me to go through a mental transformation that has changed my life also. Allah has given me the spiritual gift to bless his children along the way. The calling that has...
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