Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam War on ...

January 19, 1967: On this day, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, who had recently changed his name from Cassius Clay, was in his final stages of training at the Astrodome in preparation for his fight ...

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In 1967, Muhammad Ali didn't just fight Ernie Terrell for the heavyweight championship, he fought for something far more personal, his identity, his name, and his right to define himself on his own ...

Thanks to Will Smith and Michael Mann, Muhammad Ali is the talk of the town again -- like he was in Rome in 1960, Miami in 1964, nationwide in 1971, Zaire in 1974, and Atlanta in 1996. Muhammad Ali ...

On June 25, 1967, anchorman Harold Keen and cameraman Carl Gilman were on assignment to interview Muhammad Ali. He was in San Diego as part of a nationwide tour to spread the word of Elijah Muhammad.