Muhammad+ali

Name of individual (1 pt)

He was born with the name Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. and later changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

When/where they lived (2 pts)

Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942. That was where he spent most of his life.

Early life (3-4 sentences) (4 pts)

He started boxing in middle school. He learned how to box from a policeman in louisville at a local gym. He knew he was going to be a boxer by the time he was in high school.

What they did to impact the Civil Rights Movement (4-5 sentences) (9 pts)

He converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He was drafted in the vietnam war. He said he had no hatred against the vietnamese because they didn't call him "nigger".He got let out of the war because of his belief towards war. He later had to pay ten thousand dollars and had to go to prison for five years. After four years his conviction was overturned.By the Supreme Court because of "procedural grounds".

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important do you think this person was to the movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (9 pts)

I think he would be a 7 because he didn't go directly for civil rights but for his religious beliefs. He was an African American That was against racism and spoke out very little against racism. He was an admired man, so him making a comment like that would make many people want to follow in his belief on racism. Some of those people were not against before and turned against and others just got stronger in there beliefs. Three Images (3 pts )

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