Cassius Clay, a brash fighter, shot to fame in the early 1960s, just as the Civil Rights movement was gaining traction. Muhammad Ali's metamorphosis into a spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is renowned, yet this religious enlightenment also led to a protracted legal struggle with the United States government after he declined to participate in the Vietnam War. Race, religion, and politics came together in this film to create one of sports history's most well-known characters.
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Cassius Clay, a brash fighter, shot to fame in the early 1960s, just as the Civil Rights movement was gaining traction. Muhammad Ali's metamorphosis into a spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is renowned, yet this religious enlightenment also led to a protracted legal struggle with the United States government after he declined to participate in the Vietnam War. Race, religion, and politics came together in this film to create one of sports history's most well-known characters.
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