Essay On Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali made a difference in the world and his career was a big part in him doing so, he stood his ground for his religion, he gave hope to the black community… including Africa, and he changed history in the sport of boxing. Muhammad Ali had a lot of power and it wasn’t only in his fist. Muhammad Ali didn’t start out as being Muhammad Ali his real name was Cassius Marcellus Clay. That is his family name and he wasn’t proud of it because that was his slave name given to his ancestors by their slave owners. Clay was a muslim all his life he believes but his father and mother were born again christians and he didn’t believe in, as he says, “A blonde haired blue eyed baby Jesus”.( Ali Movie) He didn’t really care what his father thought about his religion. Clay’s best friend was Malcolm X, he was a muslim pastor. Malcolm was going to Africa to speak at a church and he wanted Clay to go with him. Africa is a big country and it has many religions in it but Muslim is the most populated there. The Islamic Leaders in America suspended Malcolm X from being Muslim and they would not allow Clay to join him on …show more content…
He gave the people hope and as he says to the reporter 's live on T.V., “ I might not be the champion that you want me to be but I will be the people 's Champion.” He also said on live T.V. that he will no longer be called Cassius Clay because he didn 't want to be called by his ancestors slave name so he changed his name to Cassius X. After Cassius X’s statement of changing his name the Islamic Leaders wanted to speak to him and they wanted to make him a true Muslim. When you are rebirthed into Muslim they grant you a new name and they granted him the name Muhammad Ali and that was the last time that he hanged his name. Muhammad’s father was furious about him changing his name to an islamic name because he didn 't think there was anything wrong with having the same name as his