La'Tevin Alexander as a young Cassius Clay in "And in This Corner: Cassius Clay," onstage at Oregon Children's Theatre through March 25. (Owen Carey) By Amy Wang | The Oregonian/OregonLive Before ...

This article originally appeared in the October 1963 issue of Esquire. To read every Esquire story ever published, upgrade to All Access. One thing that stuck in my mind, for some reason, was the way ...

On October 19, 1810, Green Clay, cousin of former Senator Henry Clay, and Sally Lewis welcomed their son, Cassius Marcellus Clay, into the world. Little did they know how colorful a character their ...

*After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship defeating Sonny Liston in 1964, Cassius Clay – influenced by the Nation of Islam teachings – changed his name to Muhammad Ali (meaning “beloved ...

Larry Boeck was a longtime sports journalist for the Louisville Courier-Journal who covered Muhammad Ali for years. He died in 1972. Here is an excerpt from a profile Boeck wrote in 1966. Some people ...

From left, Leon Thomas III (Sam Cooke), Kieron J. Anthony (Cassius Clay), Jason Delane (Malcolm X) and Esau Pritchett (Jim Brown) star in Miami New Drama’s season opener, “One Night In Miami …” Miami ...

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“Godfather of Harlem” takes an historic turn in Sunday’s episode — as Cassius Clay starts his journey to become Muhammad Ali. Clay has beaten Sonny Liston for the heavyweight crown and is has been ...

One thing about Cassius Clay. He is a man of his word. “I’m gonna shake up this town,” said the world’s heavy weight champion last week — and he did. The town was New York. Announcing that he had ...