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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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United States of America V. Ali
Author: Clay V. United States
Author: Suzanne FreedmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780894908552
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, based his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War on his religious beliefs. After he was stripped of his boxing license and convicted on draft evasion charges, the Supreme Court overturned his conviction and his conscientious objector status was upheld.
Sting Like a Bee
Author: Leigh MontvillePublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385536062
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military—and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative as any in the twentieth century. With the death of Muhammad Ali in June, 2016, the media and America in general have remembered a hero, a heavyweight champion, an Olympic gold medalist, an icon, and a man who represents the sheer greatness of America. New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville goes deeper, with a fascinating chronicle of a story that has been largely untold. Muhammad Ali, in the late 1960s, was young, successful, brash, and hugely admired—but with some reservations. He was bombastic and cocky in a way that captured the imagination of America, but also drew its detractors. He was a bold young African American in an era when few people were as outspoken. He renounced his name—Cassius Clay—as being his 'slave name,' and joined the Nation of Islam, renaming himself Muhammad Ali. And finally in 1966, after being drafted, he refused to join the military for religious and conscientious reasons, triggering a fight that was larger than any of his bouts in the ring. What followed was a period of legal battles, of cultural obsession, and in some ways of being the very embodiment of the civil rights movement located in the heart of one man. Muhammad Ali was the tip of the arrow, and Leigh Montville brilliantly assembles all the boxing, the charisma, the cultural and political shifting tides, and ultimately the enormous waft of entertainment that always surrounded Ali. Muhammed Ali vs. the United States of America is an important and incredibly engaging book.
United States of America V. Ali
Author: The American Law Institute
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019768534X
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Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
The centennial of the American Law Institute is a landmark event. A lifespan of one hundred years is significant for a law reform project. Most such initiatives terminate when they achieve their limited goals, they fail, or members lose interest when their funding runs out. Instead, the American Law Institute is the preeminent legal reform organisation in the United States and remains an enterprise in full vigour, with an enormous number of projects completed and an impressive array of projects in forward motion. The American Law Institute: A Centennial History brings together an outstanding group of expert scholars, several of them current or former Reporters for the ALI Restatements of Law, to provide an in-depth scholarly history of the ALI, its role in legal reform, and the various ways it has impacted law in the United States. The resulting collection of essays provides original and important perspectives on both the ALI and its relevance for American Law. This book offers a window into the course of legal thought over the past century and is a must-read for academics, practitioners, and all those interested in the way laws are shaped within the United States.
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Author: Howard L. BinghamPublisher: M. Evans
ISBN: 1590772105
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Now an HBO film! Catch the premiere this fall. In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a five-year battle that would strip him of his world heavyweight title, bar him from boxing, and nearly send him to prison—all at the peak of his career as the greatest boxer in history. Ali defiantly proclaimed his refusal to go to war with the assertion that it violated his beliefs as a black Muslim. The subsequent legal battle proved to be a test tougher than fighting Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman combined. Framed with photos from Ali's photographer and good friend Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight is the extraordinary story of the greatest challenge to the greatest champion of the century.
Clay V. United States and how Muhammad Ali Fought the Draft
Author: Thomas StreissguthPublisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766023932
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Examines the prosecution of Muhammad Ali, the first three-time boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world, for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War.
United States of America V. Khalil
Author: Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr., Also Known as Muhammad Ali, Petitioner, V. United States of America on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Author: Muhammad AliPublisher:
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Category : Conscientious objectors
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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