-Muhammad Ali was originally born at Kentucky in the 1940's during segregation in the south. Kentucky was the last state in the South to introduce segregated schools and broken down racial barriers in higher education. In this time era of the 1930s and 1940s black humanity remained unable to attend higher level schools and universities. In Kentucky there were many instances where black colored people were told to walk around to the backs of schools, This was to simply be given less of quality materials and hand-me-downs from white schools. Not to mention, Kentucky still had an establishment of segregated transportation, theaters and restaurants.
- Ali became a symbol of dignity and self-determination for the generations of African-Americans. As Muhammad became the first black world heavyweight champion, white America was horrified. White society in this era was shocked of how a colored person could have possibly beaten the flower of white manhood. Blacks celebrated across the US, but racist reaction resulted in lynchings and white race riots. …show more content…
The founder of this movement was The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. This founder would teach Blacks they should have pride in themselves and that Whites were evil. Muhammad Ali met with the company of Malcolm X and acknowledged to the public that he was now a member of the Nation of Islam and along with many other things, he insisted to be known from that moment on forth by the name Muhammad Ali and renounced as he put it his slave name, Cassius Clay. This surprised and upset White America, as he was a colored world boxing champion, that proclaimed that he was not Christian but instead a Muslim who disowned the American racist slave
- Ali became a symbol of dignity and self-determination for the generations of African-Americans. As Muhammad became the first black world heavyweight champion, white America was horrified. White society in this era was shocked of how a colored person could have possibly beaten the flower of white manhood. Blacks celebrated across the US, but racist reaction resulted in lynchings and white race riots. …show more content…
The founder of this movement was The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. This founder would teach Blacks they should have pride in themselves and that Whites were evil. Muhammad Ali met with the company of Malcolm X and acknowledged to the public that he was now a member of the Nation of Islam and along with many other things, he insisted to be known from that moment on forth by the name Muhammad Ali and renounced as he put it his slave name, Cassius Clay. This surprised and upset White America, as he was a colored world boxing champion, that proclaimed that he was not Christian but instead a Muslim who disowned the American racist slave