An American hero once said, “Life is not a spectator sport. If you 're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you 're wasting your life (Arrowood).” Jackie Robinson, a man who changed the face of American sports and freedom. Jackie Robinson was an African American baseball player in the major leagues. Before Robinson, there was no such thing as an African-American baseball player in the major leagues.…
The four historical athletes I would put on my Mount Rushmore are Curt Flood, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and . Curt Flood was a previous Major League Baseball (MLB) player who confronted the reserve clause issue. He made the Curt Flood Act as a way to ensure ball players received a livable wage. Society became outraged at the idea of major league players making more money when they already made so much. Curt Flood wanted to be a free agent to be able to stand up for the players, free of charge.…
This story is about the world champion Muhammad ali. He was an African american boxer that has won a lot of championships. He has also won Olympic gold medals. He is considered one of the greatest boxers in history. I agree with that.…
Though Muhammad Ali was not one to skirt with the concept of breaking the law and resorting to aggressive means to ensure his survival outside of the ring, but he was known to stir controversy when his opinions, often strong, were to clash with the established norms and issues of the time. One of the most notable examples was his eventual arrest and conviction upon refusing to serve in the armed forces during the Vietnam War. An institution that was one of the primary elements of the counter-culture of the 60s was the act of drafting soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War, a conflict that was waged with the objective of stopping the then-threat of communism throughout South East Asia. With the Johnson administration focusing on ending the war…
Muhammad Ali accelerated both self-defense and self-determination but his protest of American imperialism focused…
Even when people told him he couldn’t do something he worked his hardest everyday to achieve his goals. He did not let the color of skin get limit his achievements in life.…
People were fighting for their rights. It was a time where color of skin meant your place in the world, at least it meant that in America. It was 1942, the day Cassius Clay was born, and the country was in the middle of a battle. A vocal expression of anger, sweat, and tears that tore apart people that try to get their rights. With the birth of this child grew a new expression of hope and courage.…
After watching the movie Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, many of the events/situation that occurred between the Supreme Court Justices and law clerks surprised me. First, I was fascinated by Justice Harlan’s law clerk, Kevin Connolly’s tenacity and idealistic attitude during the process of rejecting and accepting the case, Clay v. the United States. For instance, Connolly’s bravery was demonstrated when he tried to dismiss his responsibility to write the brief directed by Justice Harlan due to his political ideology.…
With his defiance, he was refusing to participate in America’s plan for a nation far away from home, especially when that plan called for murdering the enemy and violated his faith. Ali couldn’t accept betraying his faith for America while in a foreign land, only to return home to a culture of racial bias and discrimination by the country he just served. 6 Civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s came to Ali’s defense. " He is giving up millions of dollars to do what his conscience tells him is right," King said. 7 The possibility of being killed or maimed in a war zone for a country that was hostile to black Americans was not worth the price of betraying his faith.…
He continued to merchandising drugs and was eventually seized for robbery and penalized for seven years in prison. In prison, he was nicknamed “Satan” because of his profane temper and inclination for private incarceration. While in jail, Malcolm began to show interest in religion, he was now concentrated on bettering himself and how society revealed him, reading encyclopedias, and studying Islam. He started to admire Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Islam. While incarcerated, Malcolm decided to get rid of the “slave name” little and took on a new last name, “X”.…
Muhammad Ali once said, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” A Good example would be Rosa parks. She took the risk to be punished when she didn’t give up her seat for a white person. It takes courage to stand up for people rights in spite of the consequences. For her courageous act she became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement.…
Martin Luther King Jr. also took many bold risk that helped the civil rights act. People can learn important lessons from others that take bold actions. In the greek myth Icarus, Daedalus and his son Icarus take a bold action by building wings and escaping the island they are imprisoned on. Icarus is bewitched by his new sense freedom and takes a risk by flying high.…
He connected with other oppressed blacks outside the USA and allowed for greater unity between other persecuted people. His thinking inspired one of the most influential people, Muhammed Ali. Originally named Cassius Clay, he looked up to X for spiritual and political guidance. He soon became one of the first successful black athletes to embrace his racial pride and willingly criticize white establishments. Through the help of Ali, black pride was able to be shown to the public by a figure most looked up to; gaining greater acceptance and sympathy for the cause.…
Tragic Heroes Why is it that some of the greatest athletes ruin their career when they are just starting to do amazing things in the sport? I would call these athletes tragic heroes. My example of a tragic hero would be Mike Tyson. On November 22, 1986, Mike Tyson made his debut for a world title as a professional boxer, and he would show everyone why he was going to be the next great boxer with a second round TKO. Just as everything was going Tysons way, he started his tragic fall by making poor decisions.…
Muhammad Ali was one of the most influential people to ever walk on Earth. He will always be known as one of, if not, the greatest boxer to ever step into the ring. During his life and after his death, Ali impacted the world greatly. Despite making a few controversial decisions, Muhammad Ali will always be an influence to everyone, because he defeated all odds set against him, he conquered the boxing world, and he became known as the self-proclaimed “greatest of all time”.…