1 00:00:01,143 --> 00:00:03,176 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "MUHAMMAD ALI" 2 00:00:03,209 --> 00:00:05,376 WAS PROVIDED BY: DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN, 3 00:00:05,409 --> 00:00:07,609 {\an1}INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS 4 00:00:07,643 --> 00:00:11,943 {\an1}THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE PAST AND PREPARE US FOR THE FUTURE; 5 00:00:11,976 --> 00:00:14,443 {\an1}BY THE ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS, 6 00:00:14,476 --> 00:00:16,876 {\an1}INVESTING IN OUR COMMON FUTURE; 7 00:00:16,909 --> 00:00:19,876 {\an1}BY THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY AND ITS MEMBERS 8 00:00:19,909 --> 00:00:21,709 {\an1}ALAN AND MARCIA DOCTER, 9 00:00:21,743 --> 00:00:24,843 {\an1}MR. AND MRS. 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THANK YOU. 26 00:01:01,943 --> 00:01:03,876 {\an1}MALCOLM X, WHAT DO YOU THINK 27 00:01:03,909 --> 00:01:05,143 {\an1}OF CASSIUS' VICTORY IN MIAMI? 28 00:01:05,176 --> 00:01:06,352 I THINK IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY. 29 00:01:06,376 --> 00:01:07,676 HE PROVED HE WAS THE BEST MAN. 30 00:01:07,709 --> 00:01:09,776 {\an1}AND DO YOU THINK THAT CASSIUS' BEING 31 00:01:09,809 --> 00:01:12,309 {\an1}A BLACK MUSLIM HAS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS VICTORY? 32 00:01:12,343 --> 00:01:14,843 WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM SAY HE WAS A BLACK MUSLIM. 33 00:01:14,876 --> 00:01:17,243 HE'S A CLEAN-LIVING YOUNG MAN, 34 00:01:17,276 --> 00:01:20,076 {\an1}AND THIS IS THE MAIN THING THAT THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 35 00:01:20,109 --> 00:01:23,209 DOES TEACH IN SPREADING THE RELIGION OF ISLAM THROUGHOUT THE... 36 00:01:23,243 --> 00:01:24,909 AMONG OUR PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. 37 00:01:24,943 --> 00:01:28,676 {\an1}MR. X, HOW LONG HAS CASSIUS BEEN A BLACK MUSLIM? 38 00:01:28,709 --> 00:01:30,343 {\an1}DO YOU KNOW THAT? 39 00:01:30,376 --> 00:01:32,443 UH, WELL I DON'T KNOW. CASSIUS IS PROBABLY... 40 00:01:32,476 --> 00:01:34,376 PROBABLY MORE CAPABLE OF SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF 41 00:01:34,409 --> 00:01:36,643 THAN ANY OTHER MAN IN THIS COUNTRY. 42 00:01:36,676 --> 00:01:43,843 ♪ 43 00:01:43,876 --> 00:01:47,576 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 26, 1964, 44 00:01:47,609 --> 00:01:49,176 {\an1}CASSIUS CLAY RETURNED TO 45 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:51,009 THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, 46 00:01:51,043 --> 00:01:53,976 {\an1}WHERE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HE HAD BEATEN SONNY LISTON 47 00:01:54,009 --> 00:01:56,709 {\an1}TO CLAIM THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. 48 00:01:56,743 --> 00:01:59,943 {\an1}HE WAS JUST 22 YEARS OLD. 49 00:01:59,976 --> 00:02:03,843 {\an8}CLAY GAVE A VERY GENTLEMANLY INTERVIEW. 50 00:02:03,876 --> 00:02:06,409 {\an7}"I DON'T HAVE TO BE WILD AND CRAZY ANYMORE. 51 00:02:06,443 --> 00:02:09,343 {\an1}I CAN BE A NICE GENTLEMAN," 52 00:02:09,376 --> 00:02:15,409 {\an1}AND ALL THE OLDER REPORTERS LEFT VERY SATISFIED. 53 00:02:15,443 --> 00:02:19,776 {\an1}THE YOUNGER REPORTERS, WE STAYED TALKING TO HIM. 54 00:02:19,809 --> 00:02:23,476 {\an1}"WHAT'S THIS ABOUT YOU AND THE BLACK MUSLIMS?" 55 00:02:23,509 --> 00:02:28,309 {\an1}AND SUDDENLY HE SAID, "RED BIRDS STAY WITH RED BIRDS, 56 00:02:28,343 --> 00:02:31,176 "AND BLUE BIRDS WITH BLUE BIRDS. 57 00:02:31,209 --> 00:02:33,943 {\an1}"YOU STAY WITH PEOPLE OF YOUR OWN KIND. 58 00:02:33,976 --> 00:02:37,209 THAT'S NATURE." 59 00:02:37,243 --> 00:02:40,676 {\an1}I DON'T HAVE TO BE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE. 60 00:02:40,709 --> 00:02:42,252 {\an1}I'M FREE TO BE WHAT I WANT TO BE AND THINK 61 00:02:42,276 --> 00:02:44,209 {\an1}WHAT I WANT TO THINK, ALL RIGHT? 62 00:02:44,243 --> 00:02:47,209 {\an1}AND THAT REALLY SOUNDED LIKE AN ATHLETIC DECLARATION 63 00:02:47,243 --> 00:02:50,309 {\an1}OF INDEPENDENCE, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE 64 00:02:50,343 --> 00:02:52,376 IN ANY SPORT, 65 00:02:52,409 --> 00:02:55,443 {\an1}AND IT WAS A REALLY A VERY POWERFUL MOMENT, 66 00:02:55,476 --> 00:02:57,043 {\an1}AND THEN HE WENT ON. 67 00:02:57,076 --> 00:02:58,752 I WASN'T FORCING MYSELF IN NO NEIGHBORHOODS 68 00:02:58,776 --> 00:03:00,709 I'M NOT WANTED. 69 00:03:00,743 --> 00:03:03,076 {\an1}I WASN'T BUSTING DOWN NO SCHOOLS AND SHAMING AMERICA. 70 00:03:03,109 --> 00:03:04,676 {\an1}I WASN'T DOING NOTHING. 71 00:03:04,709 --> 00:03:06,476 I WAS JUST AROUND COLORED PEOPLE, 72 00:03:06,509 --> 00:03:08,909 {\an1}AND NOW I'M CATCHING MORE HELL THAN ALL THE PEOPLE 73 00:03:08,943 --> 00:03:10,743 {\an1}WHO'S RAISING HELL. 74 00:03:10,776 --> 00:03:13,976 I LIKE EVERYBODY, BUT ONE NEGRO COMING TO SCHOOL 75 00:03:14,009 --> 00:03:16,009 {\an1}AND THE POLICE FORCE IS OUT THERE AND THE MAYOR 76 00:03:16,043 --> 00:03:18,109 AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE FIREMEN WITH THE HOSES 77 00:03:18,143 --> 00:03:20,443 AND RACE RIOTS AND WHOOPING THEM. 78 00:03:20,476 --> 00:03:22,043 REPORTER: DO YOU THINK IT'S AWFUL? 79 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:24,009 YES, AWFUL. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT AROUND IT. 80 00:03:24,043 --> 00:03:27,376 {\an1}I MIGHT GET KILLED. 81 00:03:27,409 --> 00:03:30,209 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE NEXT DAY, HE TOLD A REPORTER, 82 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:32,109 {\an1}"MY RELIGION IS ISLAM. 83 00:03:32,143 --> 00:03:34,776 {\an1}"I BELIEVE ALLAH IS GOD. 84 00:03:34,809 --> 00:03:37,643 {\an1}"I THINK THIS IS THE TRUE WAY TO SAVE THE WORLD, 85 00:03:37,676 --> 00:03:40,676 {\an1}WHICH IS ON FIRE WITH HATE." 86 00:03:40,709 --> 00:03:43,343 {\an7}MAN: HE'S 22 YEARS OLD, 87 00:03:43,376 --> 00:03:46,743 {\an7}AND HE'S STANDING UP TO THE WHOLE ESTABLISHMENT. 88 00:03:46,776 --> 00:03:48,343 {\an1}"I AM THE WORLD CHAMPION. 89 00:03:48,376 --> 00:03:50,309 {\an1}"I HAVE CHANGED MY RELIGION, 90 00:03:50,343 --> 00:03:54,476 {\an1}AND YOU'RE SIMPLY GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT IT." 91 00:03:54,509 --> 00:03:57,309 {\an1}EARLY: HIS JOINING A FAITH COMMUNITY, 92 00:03:57,343 --> 00:03:59,676 {\an1}WHICH IS IN ESSENCE WHAT HE DID, 93 00:03:59,709 --> 00:04:01,543 {\an1}IT WASN'T ACCEPTED. 94 00:04:01,576 --> 00:04:03,776 {\an1}IT WAS SEEN MORE AS SOMETHING POLITICAL 95 00:04:03,809 --> 00:04:06,143 BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL ASPECT OF IT. 96 00:04:06,176 --> 00:04:09,309 {\an1}IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO MANY, MANY, WHITE PEOPLE, 97 00:04:09,343 --> 00:04:10,909 OF THE TIME. 98 00:04:10,943 --> 00:04:13,709 {\an8}HE WAS VILIFIED, AND IT WAS THOUGHT 99 00:04:13,743 --> 00:04:17,476 {\an8}THAT IT WAS, UM... HE WAS UN-AMERICAN. 100 00:04:17,509 --> 00:04:18,743 {\an1}THAT WAS THE BIG THING. 101 00:04:18,776 --> 00:04:20,276 {\an1}HE WAS UN-AMERICAN. 102 00:04:20,309 --> 00:04:26,743 ♪ 103 00:04:26,776 --> 00:04:28,576 [BARKING] 104 00:04:30,243 --> 00:04:31,719 {\an1}GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: DEMONSTRATIONS OF ALL TYPES 105 00:04:31,743 --> 00:04:33,176 ARE PROHIBITED. 106 00:04:33,209 --> 00:04:36,076 CURFEW AT 9 PM. 107 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,552 {\an1}REPORTER: GUARDSMEN USED TEARGAS TO BREAK UP 108 00:04:37,576 --> 00:04:39,676 {\an1}ANOTHER NEGRO PROTEST. 109 00:04:39,709 --> 00:04:41,909 {\an1}[INDISTINCT SHOUTING] 110 00:04:45,209 --> 00:04:47,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE 4 YEARS IT HAD TAKEN CASSIUS CLAY 111 00:04:47,376 --> 00:04:49,976 {\an1}TO RISE FROM LITTLE-KNOWN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL 112 00:04:50,009 --> 00:04:53,209 {\an1}TO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, AFRICAN-AMERICANS 113 00:04:53,243 --> 00:04:57,609 {\an1}HAD WAGED A NON-VIOLENT CAMPAIGN FOR INTEGRATION, 114 00:04:57,643 --> 00:05:00,343 {\an1}ORGANIZING FREEDOM RIDES, 115 00:05:00,376 --> 00:05:03,976 {\an1}CHALLENGING THE UNLAWFUL SEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS, 116 00:05:04,009 --> 00:05:06,476 {\an1}AND STAGING A MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION 117 00:05:06,509 --> 00:05:10,076 {\an1}ON THE MALL IN WASHINGTON D.C. 118 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:14,943 {\an1}KING: THERE WILL BE NEITHER REST NOR TRANQUILITY IN AMERICA 119 00:05:14,976 --> 00:05:18,809 {\an1}UNTIL THE NEGRO IS GRANTED HIS CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS. 120 00:05:18,843 --> 00:05:21,609 {\an1}[INDISTINCT CHATTER] 121 00:05:21,643 --> 00:05:26,009 ♪ 122 00:05:26,043 --> 00:05:28,443 [CHEERING] 123 00:05:28,476 --> 00:05:30,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: THEY WERE MET BY A WHITE AMERICA 124 00:05:30,809 --> 00:05:34,576 {\an1}VIOLENTLY DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN THE RACIAL STATUS QUO. 125 00:05:34,609 --> 00:05:38,309 MEN: 2-4-6-8, WE DON'T WANT TO INTEGRATE. 126 00:05:38,343 --> 00:05:40,376 {\an1}RING ANNOUNCER: THE WINNER BY A TKO 127 00:05:40,409 --> 00:05:44,376 {\an1}IN THE SEVENTH ROUND CASSIUS CLAY! 128 00:05:44,409 --> 00:05:46,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: CLAY THRILLED THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED 129 00:05:46,343 --> 00:05:49,143 {\an1}WITH HIS STRONG SENSE OF RACIAL PRIDE, 130 00:05:49,176 --> 00:05:51,143 BUT MANY OTHERS WERE ANGERED BY WHAT 131 00:05:51,176 --> 00:05:54,009 {\an1}THEY REGARDED AS HIS LACK OF HUMILITY, 132 00:05:54,043 --> 00:05:57,743 {\an1}HIS REFUSAL TO ABIDE BY THE OLD SOCIAL ORDER, 133 00:05:57,776 --> 00:06:00,409 {\an1}AND HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATION OF ISLAM, 134 00:06:00,443 --> 00:06:03,809 WHICH PREACHED THE SEPARATION OF THE RACES. 135 00:06:03,843 --> 00:06:08,409 {\an1}TO THEM, CASSIUS CLAY WAS UNGRATEFUL AND OFFENSIVE 136 00:06:08,443 --> 00:06:11,476 AND A THREAT THAT NEEDED TO BE STOPPED. 137 00:06:11,509 --> 00:06:15,476 ♪ 138 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:21,043 {\an1}MOSLEY: I WAS AS A CHILD AFRAID OF CASSIUS CLAY 139 00:06:21,076 --> 00:06:26,576 {\an1}BECAUSE HE CALLED UP VIOLENT EMOTIONS 140 00:06:26,609 --> 00:06:29,743 {\an1}IN BLACK MEN SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMMUNITY. 141 00:06:29,776 --> 00:06:32,176 {\an1}I LIVED IN WATTS AT THE TIME, 142 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:40,209 {\an7}AND WHAT I SAW IN HIM WAS SOMETHING THAT 143 00:06:41,209 --> 00:06:45,843 {\an1}COULD CAUSE ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, 144 00:06:45,876 --> 00:06:47,509 AND IT WAS TRUE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. 145 00:06:47,543 --> 00:06:50,009 {\an1}CERTAINLY EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID OF MALCOLM X 146 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,143 {\an1}BECAUSE HE SAID, "THEY'RE STEALING FROM US. 147 00:06:52,176 --> 00:06:53,709 {\an1}"THEY ROBBING FROM US. THEY HATE US. 148 00:06:53,743 --> 00:06:55,343 THEY KILL US." 149 00:06:55,376 --> 00:06:56,552 WE ALL KNEW IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED 150 00:06:56,576 --> 00:06:58,809 {\an1}TO BE SAYING THAT, 151 00:06:58,843 --> 00:07:01,909 {\an1}AND YOU COULD SEE IT RESONATING IN PEOPLE, 152 00:07:01,943 --> 00:07:04,443 {\an1}THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING IN THAT 500 YEARS 153 00:07:04,476 --> 00:07:07,309 OF OPPRESSION. 154 00:07:07,343 --> 00:07:11,243 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI WAS A SPARK, AND I WAS STANDING 155 00:07:11,276 --> 00:07:15,176 {\an1}IN A FIELD OF GASOLINE AND THINKING, "OH, NO." 156 00:07:15,209 --> 00:07:18,276 {\an1}I DON'T... I'M GONNA BE IN TROUBLE. 157 00:07:18,309 --> 00:07:20,843 [BELL RINGS] 158 00:07:20,876 --> 00:07:24,443 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 159 00:07:24,476 --> 00:07:28,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON FEBRUARY 26, 1964, AT AN ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 160 00:07:28,743 --> 00:07:32,076 {\an1}IN CHICAGO, THE NATION OF ISLAM'S HEAD MINISTER 161 00:07:32,109 --> 00:07:34,543 {\an1}ELIJAH MUHAMMAD PRAISED CASSIUS CLAY 162 00:07:34,576 --> 00:07:37,376 {\an1}FOR DEFEATING SONNY LISTON. 163 00:07:37,409 --> 00:07:42,109 {\an1}ELIJAH MUHAMMAD: HE WAS ABLE BY CONFESSING 164 00:07:42,143 --> 00:07:45,443 ALLAH IS GOD AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER. 165 00:07:45,476 --> 00:07:47,109 [CHEERING] 166 00:07:47,143 --> 00:07:51,176 THAT HE WHIPPED A MUCH TOUGHER MAN THAN HE. 167 00:07:51,209 --> 00:07:54,009 [CHEERING] 168 00:08:02,843 --> 00:08:06,709 {\an1}THE ENEMY WANTED HIM TO COME OUT ALL BLASTED. 169 00:08:06,743 --> 00:08:09,276 {\an1}YES, SIR! YES, SIR! 170 00:08:09,309 --> 00:08:12,176 {\an1}THEY HAD SAID THAT HE WOULD... HEH HEH... 171 00:08:12,209 --> 00:08:15,976 {\an1}LISTON WOULD TEAR UP THAT PRETTY FACE OF YOURS... 172 00:08:16,009 --> 00:08:18,576 [CHEERING] 173 00:08:18,609 --> 00:08:21,343 {\an1}BUT ALLAH AND MYSELF SAID NO, NO. 174 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:25,643 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 175 00:08:25,676 --> 00:08:27,576 NARRATOR: THOUGH ELIJAH MUHAMMAD HAD ALWAYS 176 00:08:27,609 --> 00:08:31,209 CONDEMNED SPORTS AS FRIVOLOUS ENTERTAINMENT, 177 00:08:31,243 --> 00:08:33,609 {\an1}HE NOW ORDERED THE EDITOR OF THE NATION OF ISLAM'S 178 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:37,943 {\an1}NEWSPAPER "MUHAMMAD SPEAKS" TO ADD 4 ADDITIONAL PAGES 179 00:08:37,976 --> 00:08:40,543 {\an1}DEDICATED TO THE NEW CHAMPION. 180 00:08:40,576 --> 00:08:43,176 {\an1}MAN: "MUHAMMAD SPEAKS." WHAT'S UP, MY BROTHER? 181 00:08:43,209 --> 00:08:45,249 {\an7}SUDDENLY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD HAS TO THINK ABOUT THIS GUY 182 00:08:45,276 --> 00:08:46,643 {\an7}A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY 183 00:08:46,676 --> 00:08:48,676 {\an7}BECAUSE HAD HE LOST TO SONNY LISTON, 184 00:08:48,709 --> 00:08:50,976 {\an7}AS EVERYONE EXPECTED, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD COULD'VE 185 00:08:51,009 --> 00:08:52,776 {\an1}BRUSHED HIM UNDER THE RUG, 186 00:08:52,809 --> 00:08:54,419 {\an1}BUT NOW HE'S THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, 187 00:08:54,443 --> 00:08:55,985 {\an1}AND SUDDENLY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD REALIZES THAT 188 00:08:56,009 --> 00:08:57,443 {\an1}THIS COULD BE AN ASSET. 189 00:08:57,476 --> 00:09:00,243 {\an1}THIS COULD HELP HIM WITH RECRUITING, 190 00:09:00,276 --> 00:09:04,676 {\an1}THAT MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T BE SO FAST TO DISMISS THIS KID. 191 00:09:04,709 --> 00:09:06,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON MARCH 1, CASSIUS CLAY DROVE 192 00:09:06,943 --> 00:09:08,952 {\an1}TO NEW YORK, WHERE HE CHECKED INTO THE HOTEL THERESA 193 00:09:08,976 --> 00:09:12,709 IN HARLEM, AND REUNITED WITH MALCOLM X, 194 00:09:12,743 --> 00:09:15,809 {\an1}THE MUSLIM MINISTER WHO HAD BECOME HIS SPIRITUAL ADVISOR 195 00:09:15,843 --> 00:09:17,743 AND CLOSE FRIEND. 196 00:09:17,776 --> 00:09:20,043 ELIJAH MUHAMMAD HAD SUSPENDED MALCOLM 197 00:09:20,076 --> 00:09:22,409 {\an1}FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM, AND WITH LITTLE CHANCE 198 00:09:22,443 --> 00:09:26,143 {\an1}OF BEING REINSTATED, HE HAD QUIETLY BEGUN MAKING PLANS 199 00:09:26,176 --> 00:09:29,509 {\an1}TO FORM HIS OWN MOVEMENT, ONE THAT HE HOPED 200 00:09:29,543 --> 00:09:33,209 {\an1}WOULD INCLUDE CASSIUS CLAY. 201 00:09:33,243 --> 00:09:36,709 {\an1}THAT EVENING, THE TWO MEN JOINED A CROWD OF 500 PEOPLE 202 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:39,076 {\an1}AT THE TRANS-LUX THEATRE IN MIDTOWN 203 00:09:39,109 --> 00:09:42,376 FOR A SCREENING OF CLAY'S FIGHT WITH LISTON. 204 00:09:42,409 --> 00:09:45,076 {\an1}IN THE MORNING, MALCOLM TOOK CASSIUS TO THE OFFICES 205 00:09:45,109 --> 00:09:48,909 {\an1}OF THE "AMSTERDAM NEWS," WHERE THE BOXER TOLD REPORTERS 206 00:09:48,943 --> 00:09:51,209 THAT HE HAD RENOUNCED THE NAME CLAY, 207 00:09:51,243 --> 00:09:54,943 {\an1}WHICH THE NATION OF ISLAM CONSIDERED A "SLAVE NAME," 208 00:09:54,976 --> 00:09:58,509 {\an1}AND WOULD NOW GO BY CASSIUS X. 209 00:09:58,543 --> 00:10:01,076 HERE'S MY BUDDY. 210 00:10:01,109 --> 00:10:04,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON MARCH 5, THEY VISITED THE UNITED NATIONS. 211 00:10:04,676 --> 00:10:07,309 {\an1}"I'M CHAMPION OF THE WHOLE WORLD," CASSIUS TOLD 212 00:10:07,343 --> 00:10:09,376 {\an1}DELEGATES FROM AFRICA AND ASIA, 213 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:13,076 {\an1}WHO EAGERLY OFFERED TO HOST HIM IN THEIR COUNTRIES. 214 00:10:13,109 --> 00:10:16,143 {\an1}THE BOXER ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HE INTENDED TO MOVE 215 00:10:16,176 --> 00:10:17,709 TO NEW YORK. 216 00:10:17,743 --> 00:10:20,509 WELL, YES, I'M LOOK... SCOUTING NOW, 217 00:10:20,543 --> 00:10:22,043 AND SOME HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN 218 00:10:22,076 --> 00:10:23,576 {\an1}I'LL SOON BE PICKING. 219 00:10:23,609 --> 00:10:24,852 {\an1}REPORTER: IS THIS THE REASON FOR YOUR... 220 00:10:24,876 --> 00:10:26,643 {\an1}THIS PARTICULAR TRIP TO NEW YORK? 221 00:10:26,676 --> 00:10:28,709 WELL, YES, I HAVE ENTERPRISE SET UP HERE. 222 00:10:28,743 --> 00:10:30,419 {\an1}I'M INCORPORATED NOW, AND I HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS 223 00:10:30,443 --> 00:10:32,009 TO ATTEND TO. 224 00:10:32,043 --> 00:10:33,352 {\an1}AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. 225 00:10:33,376 --> 00:10:35,443 A WHOLE LOT IS GOING ON HERE. 226 00:10:35,476 --> 00:10:38,843 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN CHICAGO, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD FUMED. 227 00:10:38,876 --> 00:10:42,543 {\an1}HE ORDERED CLAY TO STOP SEEING MALCOLM IMMEDIATELY. 228 00:10:42,576 --> 00:10:45,443 THE NEXT DAY, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD MADE A MOVE 229 00:10:45,476 --> 00:10:48,343 {\an1}INTENDED TO SECURE THE BOXER'S ALLEGIANCE 230 00:10:48,376 --> 00:10:51,609 {\an1}AND PERMANENTLY MARGINALIZE MALCOLM X. 231 00:10:51,643 --> 00:10:53,776 {\an1}"THIS CLAY NAME HAS NO DIVINE MEANING," 232 00:10:53,809 --> 00:10:56,209 {\an1}HE DECLARED IN A RADIO ADDRESS. 233 00:10:56,243 --> 00:10:57,676 "I HOPE HE WILL ACCEPT BEING CALLED 234 00:10:57,709 --> 00:11:00,076 "BY ANOTHER NAME. 235 00:11:00,109 --> 00:11:02,976 {\an1}"MUHAMMAD ALI IS WHAT I WILL GIVE TO HIM 236 00:11:03,009 --> 00:11:07,809 {\an1}AS LONG AS HE BELIEVES IN ALLAH AND FOLLOWS ME." 237 00:11:07,843 --> 00:11:10,243 {\an1}EIG: FOR ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, IT WAS A BRILLIANT STROKE 238 00:11:10,276 --> 00:11:13,443 {\an1}BECAUSE IT PULLED MUHAMMAD ALI TOWARD ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 239 00:11:13,476 --> 00:11:15,085 {\an1}AT A TIME WHEN HE COULD'VE GONE EITHER WAY. 240 00:11:15,109 --> 00:11:16,976 {\an1}HE COULD'VE GONE TOWARD MALCOLM. 241 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:19,276 HE COULD'VE SPLIT FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM, 242 00:11:19,309 --> 00:11:23,409 {\an1}BUT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, BY GRANTING ALI THIS HONOR, 243 00:11:23,443 --> 00:11:28,376 {\an1}THIS SPECIAL NAME WAS SAYING, "YOU'RE MY SON. 244 00:11:28,409 --> 00:11:33,743 {\an1}YOU ARE, SPECIAL TO ME," AND THAT CEMENTED THEIR BOND. 245 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:36,476 {\an1}NARRATOR: MEANWHILE, MALCOLM TRIED REPEATEDLY TO REACH 246 00:11:36,509 --> 00:11:39,676 {\an1}THE BOXER BY PHONE AT THE HOTEL THERESA, 247 00:11:39,709 --> 00:11:43,343 {\an1}BUT EACH CALL WAS ANSWERED BY ONE OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'S MEN. 248 00:11:43,376 --> 00:11:46,676 {\an1}THEY REFUSED TO LET MALCOLM SPEAK TO HIS FRIEND. 249 00:11:46,709 --> 00:11:48,243 WHY DO YOU INSIST ON BEING CALLED 250 00:11:48,276 --> 00:11:49,643 MUHAMMAD ALI NOW? 251 00:11:49,676 --> 00:11:51,243 {\an1}THAT'S THE NAME GIVEN TO ME BY MY LEADER 252 00:11:51,276 --> 00:11:52,919 {\an1}AND TEACHER, THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 253 00:11:52,943 --> 00:11:54,752 {\an1}THAT'S MY ORIGINAL NAME, THAT'S A BLACK MAN NAME. 254 00:11:54,776 --> 00:11:56,109 {\an1}CASSIUS CLAY WAS MY SLAVE NAME. 255 00:11:56,143 --> 00:11:57,976 {\an1}I'M NO LONGER A SLAVE. 256 00:11:58,009 --> 00:11:59,343 WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 257 00:11:59,376 --> 00:12:00,909 {\an1}MUHAMMAD MEANS "WORTHY OF ALL PRAISES," 258 00:12:00,943 --> 00:12:03,909 {\an1}AND ALI MEANS "MOST HIGH." 259 00:12:03,943 --> 00:12:05,476 DO YOU INTEND TO FIGHT UNDER THAT NAME? 260 00:12:05,509 --> 00:12:06,919 {\an1}YES, SIR. I WANT TO BE CALLED BY THAT NAME, 261 00:12:06,943 --> 00:12:08,609 {\an1}I WRITE AUTOGRAPHS WITH THAT NAME. 262 00:12:08,643 --> 00:12:10,676 {\an1}I WANT TO BE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD AS THAT NAME, 263 00:12:10,709 --> 00:12:12,476 {\an1}ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT ASIA AND AFRICA 264 00:12:12,509 --> 00:12:15,476 {\an1}BECAUSE THAT'S THE NAMES OF OUR PEOPLE OVER HOME. 265 00:12:15,509 --> 00:12:17,185 INTERVIEWER: MALCOLM X, YOU'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE 266 00:12:17,209 --> 00:12:19,543 TO THE NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CASSIUS CLAY. 267 00:12:19,576 --> 00:12:22,643 DO YOU EXPECT THAT HE MIGHT LEAVE THE NATION OF ISLAM WITH YOU? 268 00:12:22,676 --> 00:12:26,143 {\an1}NO. AS I STATED EARLIER TODAY, 269 00:12:26,176 --> 00:12:28,676 {\an1}IT'S NOT MY INTENTION TO ENCOURAGE ANY MUSLIM 270 00:12:28,709 --> 00:12:30,476 {\an1}WHO FOLLOWS THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 271 00:12:30,509 --> 00:12:32,109 {\an1}TO LEAVE HIM. 272 00:12:32,143 --> 00:12:34,276 {\an1}IN FACT, IT'S MY INTENTION TO ENCOURAGE ALL MUSLIMS 273 00:12:34,309 --> 00:12:36,509 {\an1}TO REMAIN UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE 274 00:12:36,543 --> 00:12:38,243 {\an1}OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 275 00:12:38,276 --> 00:12:40,909 {\an1}THAT INCLUDES CASSIUS CLAY. 276 00:12:40,943 --> 00:12:43,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: HAVING WON MUHAMMAD ALI'S LOYALTY, 277 00:12:43,576 --> 00:12:46,843 {\an1}ELIJAH MUHAMMAD CUT OFF MALCOLM X ENTIRELY, 278 00:12:46,876 --> 00:12:49,343 {\an1}FORCING HIM AND HIS FAMILY FROM THE HOME 279 00:12:49,376 --> 00:12:52,743 {\an1}THE NATION OF ISLAM HAD PROVIDED. 280 00:12:52,776 --> 00:12:55,976 {\an1}FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE BY MEMBERS OF THE FRUIT OF ISLAM, 281 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:58,343 ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'S SECURITY FORCE, 282 00:12:58,376 --> 00:13:01,709 {\an1}MALCOLM X PUBLICLY QUIT THE SECT. 283 00:13:01,743 --> 00:13:03,743 {\an1}HE REMAINED A MUSLIM BUT WOULD CREATE 284 00:13:03,776 --> 00:13:05,809 {\an1}HIS OWN MOVEMENT COMMITTED TO REACHING 285 00:13:05,843 --> 00:13:09,543 {\an1}ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 286 00:13:09,576 --> 00:13:11,909 {\an1}IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, MALCOLM WOULD MAKE 287 00:13:11,943 --> 00:13:15,209 {\an1}A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA THAT WOULD RESHAPE HIS ATTITUDES 288 00:13:15,243 --> 00:13:17,243 TOWARD ISLAM. 289 00:13:17,276 --> 00:13:19,243 {\an1}HE WAS WILLING NOW TO COOPERATE 290 00:13:19,276 --> 00:13:22,709 WITH NON-VIOLENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, 291 00:13:22,743 --> 00:13:25,176 {\an1}AND HE WOULD LIVE EACH DAY UNDER THE THREAT 292 00:13:25,209 --> 00:13:29,943 OF VIOLENCE FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM. 293 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:32,043 REPORTER: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE HEADED FOR CHICAGO 294 00:13:32,076 --> 00:13:36,043 LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON TO MEET WITH ELIJAH MUHAMMAD? 295 00:13:36,076 --> 00:13:37,943 {\an1}YES, SIR. HAVING DINNER WITH HIM. 296 00:13:37,976 --> 00:13:41,043 UH-HUH. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS 297 00:13:41,076 --> 00:13:42,876 IS YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH MALCOLM X 298 00:13:42,909 --> 00:13:44,776 FOR YOU JOINING THE BLACK MUSLIMS, WASN'T IT? 299 00:13:44,809 --> 00:13:48,209 {\an1}NO, I WAS A MUSLIM 4 YEARS BEFORE I MET MALCOLM X. 300 00:13:48,243 --> 00:13:49,876 OH, REALLY? 301 00:13:49,909 --> 00:13:51,385 HE'S A FRIEND OF YOURS NOW THOUGH, ISN'T HE? 302 00:13:51,409 --> 00:13:53,776 {\an1}MM-HMM. YES. HE'S A BROTHER OF MINE. 303 00:13:53,809 --> 00:13:55,743 {\an1}HE'S MY BROTHER. WHATEVER HE DO, HE'S MY BROTHER. 304 00:13:55,776 --> 00:13:58,409 UH-HUH. NOW THAT HE'S SPLIT AWAY FROM THE MUSLIMS... 305 00:13:58,443 --> 00:14:00,076 {\an1}I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SPLITTING. 306 00:14:00,109 --> 00:14:02,443 {\an1}I'LL HAVE TO SEE A HIGHER AUTHORITY ON THAT. 307 00:14:02,476 --> 00:14:04,109 {\an1}THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN REASONS FOR GOING 308 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:05,843 {\an1}IS TO FIND OUT THE REAL STORY. 309 00:14:05,876 --> 00:14:10,809 {\an1}I DON'T BELIEVE NOTHING THE PRESS AND PEOPLE WRITE. 310 00:14:10,843 --> 00:14:13,576 {\an1}NARRATOR: AT HIS CHICAGO MANSION, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 311 00:14:13,609 --> 00:14:16,943 {\an1}LECTURED ALI AND HIS BROTHER RUDY ON ALLAH, 312 00:14:16,976 --> 00:14:19,609 {\an1}DISCUSSED THE BOXER'S FUTURE, AND PROMISED 313 00:14:19,643 --> 00:14:23,076 TO FIND HIM A MUSLIM WOMAN TO MARRY. 314 00:14:23,109 --> 00:14:26,109 {\an1}HE ALSO INTRODUCED ALI TO HIS SON HERBERT, THE OWNER 315 00:14:26,143 --> 00:14:31,476 {\an1}OF A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO AND EDITOR OF "MUHAMMAD SPEAKS." 316 00:14:31,509 --> 00:14:35,743 {\an1}IN TIME, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD AND HIS SON WOULD CONTROL 317 00:14:35,776 --> 00:14:39,209 {\an1}NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF ALI'S LIFE. 318 00:14:44,343 --> 00:14:46,276 {\an7}NARRATOR: BACK IN NEW YORK, THE NEW CHAMPION 319 00:14:46,309 --> 00:14:50,043 {\an1}WAS BESIEGED BY REPORTERS, MOST OF WHOM FORGOT... 320 00:14:50,076 --> 00:14:52,809 {\an1}OR DECLINED... TO CALL HIM BY HIS NEW NAME. 321 00:14:52,843 --> 00:14:54,785 {\an1}REPORTER: CASSIUS, WHEN THE FIGHT WAS OVER, YOU RAISED YOUR HANDS... 322 00:14:54,809 --> 00:14:57,176 {\an1}NARRATOR: ATTENDING A FIGHT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, 323 00:14:57,209 --> 00:15:01,043 {\an1}HE INSISTED ON BEING INTRODUCED AS MUHAMMAD ALI. 324 00:15:01,076 --> 00:15:04,009 {\an1}THE BOUT'S PROMOTERS REFUSED. 325 00:15:04,043 --> 00:15:06,909 {\an1}"I PITY CLAY AND ABHOR WHAT HE REPRESENTS," 326 00:15:06,943 --> 00:15:09,576 {\an1}WROTE THE VETERAN SPORTSWRITER JIMMY CANNON. 327 00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:12,109 {\an1}HE ACCUSED THE BOXER OF USING HIS FAITH 328 00:15:12,143 --> 00:15:16,476 {\an1}AS A "WEAPON OF WICKEDNESS IN AN ATTACK ON THE SPIRIT." 329 00:15:16,509 --> 00:15:19,343 {\an1}MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CHARGED THAT ALI 330 00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:23,643 {\an1}HAD BECOME "A CHAMPION OF RACIAL SEGREGATION." 331 00:15:23,676 --> 00:15:26,409 FORMER CHAMPION FLOYD PATTERSON, A CATHOLIC, 332 00:15:26,443 --> 00:15:29,543 {\an1}COMPARED THE NATION OF ISLAM TO THE KU KLUX KLAN 333 00:15:29,576 --> 00:15:32,309 {\an1}AND OFFERED TO FIGHT FOR FREE IN ORDER TO WREST 334 00:15:32,343 --> 00:15:35,909 {\an1}THE TITLE FROM CLAY AND THE BLACK MUSLIMS. 335 00:15:35,943 --> 00:15:37,676 {\an8}WELL, I MADE, THE CHALLENGE TO CASSIUS CLAY 336 00:15:37,709 --> 00:15:42,243 {\an7}BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 337 00:15:42,276 --> 00:15:46,943 {\an7}BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS, AND IT'S SOMETHING 338 00:15:46,976 --> 00:15:49,109 {\an7}THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF, 339 00:15:49,143 --> 00:15:51,376 {\an8}ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF. 340 00:15:51,409 --> 00:15:54,243 {\an7}I ALSO FEEL THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE HANDS OF ONE GROUP 341 00:15:54,276 --> 00:15:57,343 {\an8}OF PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE MUSLIMS. 342 00:15:57,376 --> 00:16:00,609 {\an1}NARRATOR: BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN, ALI LEARNED THAT, DUE 343 00:16:00,643 --> 00:16:03,276 TO HIS LOW SCORE ON AN APTITUDE TEST 344 00:16:03,309 --> 00:16:06,476 {\an1}HE WAS UNQUALIFIED TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY. 345 00:16:06,509 --> 00:16:09,843 {\an1}THE "NEW YORK TIMES: MADE IT FRONT PAGE NEWS. 346 00:16:09,876 --> 00:16:12,176 {\an1}"I JUST SAID I WAS THE GREATEST," ALI SAID. 347 00:16:12,209 --> 00:16:14,776 "I NEVER SAID I WAS THE SMARTEST." 348 00:16:14,809 --> 00:16:17,343 [CROWD CHEERING] 349 00:16:18,843 --> 00:16:21,976 NARRATOR: IN MAY, ALI BEGAN A MONTH-LONG TOUR 350 00:16:22,009 --> 00:16:24,209 {\an1}OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 351 00:16:24,243 --> 00:16:27,709 {\an1}IN ACCRA, THE CAPITAL OF GHANA, THOUSANDS GATHERED 352 00:16:27,743 --> 00:16:29,976 {\an1}AT THE AIRPORT TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD'S 353 00:16:30,009 --> 00:16:32,043 {\an1}NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. 354 00:16:32,076 --> 00:16:34,376 {\an1}[GENTLEMAN MIKE EJEAGHA SINGING IN IGBO] 355 00:16:34,409 --> 00:16:38,043 {\an1}OUTSIDE HIS HOTEL, ALI HEARD A FAMILIAR VOICE. 356 00:16:38,076 --> 00:16:40,443 {\an1}"BROTHER MUHAMMAD," CALLED MALCOLM X, WHO WAS 357 00:16:40,476 --> 00:16:42,809 {\an1}ON HIS OWN OVERSEAS TOUR. 358 00:16:42,843 --> 00:16:45,576 {\an1}HE GREETED ALI ENTHUSIASTICALLY. 359 00:16:45,609 --> 00:16:49,109 {\an1}"I STILL LOVE YOU," HE TOLD THE BOXER." 360 00:16:49,143 --> 00:16:52,976 {\an1}"YOU LEFT THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD," ALI SAID. 361 00:16:53,009 --> 00:16:56,443 {\an1}"THAT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO." 362 00:16:56,476 --> 00:16:58,843 {\an1}THERE WAS LITTLE ELSE TO SAY. 363 00:16:58,876 --> 00:17:03,076 {\an1}MALCOLM WALKED AWAY. 364 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:06,876 {\an1}ALI MET WITH GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KWAME NKRUMAH, 365 00:17:06,909 --> 00:17:10,043 {\an1}SPARRED WITH HIS BROTHER RUDY, NOW KNOWN AS RAHMAN, 366 00:17:10,076 --> 00:17:13,243 BEFORE THOUSANDS AT A LOCAL SPORTS STADIUM, 367 00:17:13,276 --> 00:17:17,076 {\an1}AND TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE ADMIRERS 368 00:17:17,109 --> 00:17:20,143 {\an1}WHO TURNED UP EVERYWHERE ALI WENT. 369 00:17:20,176 --> 00:17:22,276 HE ALSO SPOKE OUT AGAINST INTEGRATION 370 00:17:22,309 --> 00:17:24,343 {\an1}IN AMERICA, ADVOCATING 371 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,843 {\an1}FOR A SEPARATE STATE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, 372 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:28,976 {\an1}AND DISMISSED THE SWEEPING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL 373 00:17:29,009 --> 00:17:31,676 {\an1}UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE U.S. CONGRESS 374 00:17:31,709 --> 00:17:34,609 {\an1}AS "COUNTERFEIT MONEY." 375 00:17:34,643 --> 00:17:37,709 LATER, HE VISITED NIGERIA AND EGYPT, 376 00:17:37,743 --> 00:17:39,843 WHERE HE AND HERBERT MUHAMMAD MET 377 00:17:39,876 --> 00:17:43,809 {\an1}WITH PRESIDENT GAMAL ABDEL NASSER AND PRAYED 378 00:17:43,843 --> 00:17:48,843 {\an1}WITH 1,500 WORSHIPPERS AT CAIRO'S AL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE. 379 00:17:51,009 --> 00:17:53,409 {\an1}THE DEEP AFFECTION AFRICANS SHOWERED ON ALI 380 00:17:53,443 --> 00:17:57,643 {\an1}DURING HIS 5-WEEK TRIP SHOWED THAT HIS SUCCESS IN THE RING 381 00:17:57,676 --> 00:18:02,543 {\an1}AND OUTSPOKENNESS BEYOND IT HAD WON HIM AN ENORMOUS FOLLOWING 382 00:18:02,576 --> 00:18:05,409 {\an1}WELL BEYOND THE UNITED STATES. 383 00:18:05,443 --> 00:18:08,143 {\an7}MAN: WELL, REMEMBER THAT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT ITSELF 384 00:18:08,176 --> 00:18:10,743 {\an7}WAS IN THE THROWS OF LIBERATION, YOU KNOW, 385 00:18:10,776 --> 00:18:13,976 {\an7}FROM COLONIAL STATUS. 386 00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:17,109 {\an1}IT WAS LIBERATION TIME, AND MUHAMMAD ALI WAS 387 00:18:17,143 --> 00:18:19,943 {\an1}A FIGURE OF LIBERATION. 388 00:18:19,976 --> 00:18:22,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: BEFORE LEAVING AFRICA, ALI RECEIVED 389 00:18:22,709 --> 00:18:25,843 A CABLE FROM HIS FORMER FRIEND AND MENTOR. 390 00:18:25,876 --> 00:18:28,909 {\an1}"BECAUSE A BILLION OF OUR PEOPLE IN AFRICA, ASIA, 391 00:18:28,943 --> 00:18:32,409 {\an1}"AND ARABIA LOVE YOU BLINDLY, YOU MUST NOW BE 392 00:18:32,443 --> 00:18:35,276 {\an1}FOREVER AWARE OF YOUR TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM," 393 00:18:35,309 --> 00:18:37,443 MALCOLM X WROTE. 394 00:18:37,476 --> 00:18:39,943 {\an1}"YOU MUST NEVER DO OR SAY ANYTHING THAT WILL PERMIT 395 00:18:39,976 --> 00:18:43,109 {\an1}"YOUR ENEMIES TO DISTORT THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGE YOU HAVE 396 00:18:43,143 --> 00:18:45,909 {\an1}HERE AMONG OUR PEOPLE." 397 00:18:45,943 --> 00:18:48,009 {\an1}MALCOLM X: I FRANKLY BELIEVE THAT CASSIUS IS 398 00:18:48,043 --> 00:18:51,276 {\an1}IN A BETTER POSITION THAN ANYONE ELSE TO RESTORE 399 00:18:51,309 --> 00:18:55,443 {\an1}THE UH, UH... A SENSE OF RACIAL PRIDE 400 00:18:55,476 --> 00:18:57,276 {\an1}TO NOT ONLY OUR PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY 401 00:18:57,309 --> 00:18:58,909 {\an1}BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD, 402 00:18:58,943 --> 00:19:02,676 {\an1}AND HE IS TRYING HIS BEST TO LIVE A CLEAN LIFE 403 00:19:02,709 --> 00:19:05,943 {\an1}AND PROJECT A CLEAN IMAGE, BUT DESPITE THIS, 404 00:19:05,976 --> 00:19:08,543 {\an1}YOU FIND THE PRESS IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO PAINT HIM 405 00:19:08,576 --> 00:19:10,676 {\an1}AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT HE ACTUALLY IS. 406 00:19:10,709 --> 00:19:12,776 HE DOESN'T SMOKE, HE DOESN'T DRINK. 407 00:19:12,809 --> 00:19:15,043 {\an1}IN FACT, IF HE WAS WHITE, THEY WOULD BE REFERRING TO HIM 408 00:19:15,076 --> 00:19:16,676 {\an1}AS THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY. 409 00:19:16,709 --> 00:19:19,009 {\an1}[BILLIE HOLIDAY'S "I MUST HAVE THAT MAN!" PLAYING] 410 00:19:22,876 --> 00:19:24,809 {\an1}HOLIDAY: ♪ DON'T WANT MY MAMMY ♪ 411 00:19:24,843 --> 00:19:27,976 {\an1}♪ I DON'T NEED A FRIEND ♪ 412 00:19:28,009 --> 00:19:33,143 {\an1}♪ MY HEART IS BROKEN, IT WON'T EVER MEND ♪ 413 00:19:33,176 --> 00:19:38,309 {\an1}♪ I AIN'T MUCH CARING JUST WHERE I WILL END ♪ 414 00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:42,076 {\an1}♪ I MUST HAVE THAT MAN ♪ 415 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:45,176 {\an7}REMEMBER, FROM 12 YEARS OLD, HE'S THIS BOXER IN TRAINING, 416 00:19:45,209 --> 00:19:50,143 {\an7}AND I SUSPECT THAT UNTIL HE MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE 417 00:19:50,176 --> 00:19:57,543 HE HAD NOT HAD A LOT OF SEXUAL ADVENTURES. 418 00:19:57,576 --> 00:20:00,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: ONE AFTERNOON IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, 419 00:20:00,676 --> 00:20:03,443 {\an1}WHILE MUHAMMAD ALI WAS STAYING AT THE ROBERTS MOTEL 420 00:20:03,476 --> 00:20:06,043 IN CHICAGO, HERBERT MUHAMMAD STOPPED BY 421 00:20:06,076 --> 00:20:07,676 FOR A VISIT. 422 00:20:07,709 --> 00:20:10,209 HE WAS NOT ALONE. 423 00:20:10,243 --> 00:20:13,276 {\an1}SONJI ROI WAS A 27-YEAR-OLD COCKTAIL WAITRESS 424 00:20:13,309 --> 00:20:15,943 {\an1}AND SOMETIME FASHION MODEL WHO HAD POSED FOR HERBERT 425 00:20:15,976 --> 00:20:19,176 AT HIS SOUTH SIDE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. 426 00:20:19,209 --> 00:20:21,143 ALI LEAPT UP. 427 00:20:21,176 --> 00:20:23,376 {\an1}"I SWEAR TO GOD, HERBERT," HE EXCLAIMED, 428 00:20:23,409 --> 00:20:27,009 {\an1}"I WAS LYING ACROSS THE BED PRAYING TO ALLAH FOR A WIFE, 429 00:20:27,043 --> 00:20:30,643 {\an1}AND HERE SHE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR." 430 00:20:30,676 --> 00:20:33,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: THAT EVENING, THE TWO WENT FOR ICE CREAM, 431 00:20:33,843 --> 00:20:36,176 THEN DINNER, AND FINALLY RETURNED 432 00:20:36,209 --> 00:20:40,076 {\an1}TO SONJI'S APARTMENT, WHERE THEY SPENT THE NIGHT. 433 00:20:40,109 --> 00:20:42,076 {\an1}HERBERT HAD NOT MEANT FOR ALI TO FALL IN LOVE 434 00:20:42,109 --> 00:20:45,309 {\an1}WITH SONJI, A NON-MUSLIM, BUT THE TWO BECAME 435 00:20:45,343 --> 00:20:48,143 {\an1}INSTANTLY INSEPARABLE. 436 00:20:48,176 --> 00:20:51,009 {\an1}JUST 6 WEEKS AFTER MEETING, THEY WERE MARRIED 437 00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:55,009 IN GARY, INDIANA, BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 438 00:20:55,043 --> 00:20:58,376 LIPSYTE: HE WAS OBVIOUSLY INFATUATED. 439 00:20:58,409 --> 00:21:01,209 {\an1}I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WAS TALKING TO HIM 440 00:21:01,243 --> 00:21:03,376 {\an1}AND YOU WOULD HEAR THIS LITTLE VOICE 441 00:21:03,409 --> 00:21:08,043 {\an1}AT THE HOTEL DOOR SAYING, "ALI," 442 00:21:08,076 --> 00:21:11,276 {\an1}AND HE WOULD, "I'LL TALK TO YOU GUYS LATER." 443 00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:13,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON THEIR FIRST TRIP TO LOUISVILLE, 444 00:21:13,709 --> 00:21:16,909 {\an1}ALI'S PARENTS QUICKLY TOOK TO SONJI, WHO HELPED ODESSA 445 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:20,176 {\an1}PREPARE FRIED CHICKEN, PORED OVER ALI'S SCRAPBOOKS, 446 00:21:20,209 --> 00:21:22,576 AND BURST INTO LAUGHTER WHEN ODESSA CALLED 447 00:21:22,609 --> 00:21:27,409 HER SON BY AN OLD NICKNAME, "TINKY BABY." 448 00:21:27,443 --> 00:21:29,409 {\an1}FOR CASSIUS SR. AND ODESSA, 449 00:21:29,443 --> 00:21:32,509 {\an1}UNABLE TO ABIDE THEIR SON'S RELIGIOUS CONVERSION 450 00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:34,309 AND WORRIED THAT THE NATION OF ISLAM 451 00:21:34,343 --> 00:21:37,743 {\an1}WOULD TAKE HIS BOXING EARNINGS, SONJI OFFERED HOPE 452 00:21:37,776 --> 00:21:40,376 {\an1}THAT ALI'S DEVOTION TO ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 453 00:21:40,409 --> 00:21:42,543 {\an1}WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. 454 00:21:44,676 --> 00:21:48,343 {\an1}HIS PARENTS WERE NOT ALONE IN THEIR CONCERN. 455 00:21:48,376 --> 00:21:51,376 {\an1}EVER SINCE ALI HAD PUBLICLY CONFIRMED HIS MEMBERSHIP 456 00:21:51,409 --> 00:21:53,243 {\an1}IN THE NATION OF ISLAM, 457 00:21:53,276 --> 00:21:55,009 THE WEALTHY LOUISVILLE BUSINESSMEN 458 00:21:55,043 --> 00:21:57,909 {\an1}WHO MANAGED HIS CAREER HAD STRUGGLED 459 00:21:57,943 --> 00:22:00,276 TO ADJUST TO THEIR BOXER'S NEW FAITH. 460 00:22:00,309 --> 00:22:02,809 {\an7}FAVERSHAM: I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT IT HAS COST CASSIUS 461 00:22:02,843 --> 00:22:05,176 {\an7}A GREAT DEAL OF OUTSIDE MONEY. 462 00:22:05,209 --> 00:22:07,909 {\an7}BY OUTSIDE, I MEAN OF COURSE OUTSIDE THE RING. 463 00:22:07,943 --> 00:22:09,619 {\an1}EIG: MEMBERS OF THE LOUISVILLE SPONSORING GROUP TOLD HIM 464 00:22:09,643 --> 00:22:11,809 RIGHT AWAY "THIS IS CAREER SUICIDE. 465 00:22:11,843 --> 00:22:14,276 "WE HAVE BUSINESS DEALS ON OUR DESK. 466 00:22:14,309 --> 00:22:16,743 {\an1}COCA-COLA WANTS YOU TO DO ADS," 467 00:22:16,776 --> 00:22:19,076 {\an8}AND IN FACT, THOSE CONTRACTS ALL GO AWAY. 468 00:22:19,109 --> 00:22:21,476 {\an7}HE SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE. 469 00:22:21,509 --> 00:22:23,476 {\an7}HE'S DOING WHAT HE BELIEVES IN. 470 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:25,143 {\an1}WOULD YOU CARE TO MAKE AN ESTIMATE 471 00:22:25,176 --> 00:22:27,085 {\an1}OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU THINK IT MIGHT HAVE COST HIM? 472 00:22:27,109 --> 00:22:29,143 WELL, UH, MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION 473 00:22:29,176 --> 00:22:31,943 IS THAT WE COULD HAVE MADE FOR HIM... 474 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:34,776 AFTER TAXES... AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AS YOU KNOW, HARRY... 475 00:22:34,809 --> 00:22:38,109 I BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE MADE HIM $1.5 MILLION. 476 00:22:38,143 --> 00:22:40,076 {\an1}AND THIS HE HAS SACRIFICED? 477 00:22:40,109 --> 00:22:43,709 {\an1}AND THIS, I'M AFRAID, HE HAS SACRIFICED SO FAR. 478 00:22:43,743 --> 00:22:46,309 {\an1}DOES IT NOT ALSO EMBARRASS THE KENTUCKY BUSINESSMEN? 479 00:22:46,343 --> 00:22:49,743 {\an1}AFTER ALL, HERE YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OF KENTUCKY CHRISTIANS 480 00:22:49,776 --> 00:22:51,776 {\an1}WITH A MUSLIM MOUTHPIECE. 481 00:22:51,809 --> 00:22:57,543 WELL, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S BEEN THAT EMBARRASSING. 482 00:22:57,576 --> 00:23:00,609 NATURALLY, IT'S BEEN STARTLING. 483 00:23:00,643 --> 00:23:02,576 BUT, UH, IN THE FIRST PLACE, 484 00:23:02,609 --> 00:23:04,843 MOST OF US FEEL THAT A MAN HAS A RIGHT 485 00:23:04,876 --> 00:23:07,309 TO HIS OWN RELIGION, TO HIS OWN FAITH, 486 00:23:07,343 --> 00:23:12,176 AND SECOND PLACE... AND I HAVE REPEATED THIS MANY TIMES... 487 00:23:12,209 --> 00:23:15,376 IF THE BLACK MUSLIMS MEAN HATRED, 488 00:23:15,409 --> 00:23:18,476 THEN CASSIUS WILL NEVER BE A TRUE BLACK MUSLIM 489 00:23:18,509 --> 00:23:20,376 BECAUSE HE HAS NO HATRED FOR ANYBODY 490 00:23:20,409 --> 00:23:22,476 IN HIS SOUL OR IN HIS MIND. 491 00:23:22,509 --> 00:23:26,676 HE IS A VERY CLEAN, FINE, NICE YOUNG MAN. 492 00:23:26,709 --> 00:23:30,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: UNTIL THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED IN 1966, 493 00:23:30,343 --> 00:23:33,309 {\an1}IT REMAINED THE LOUISVILLE GROUP'S JOB TO ARRANGE 494 00:23:33,343 --> 00:23:38,376 {\an1}ALI'S FIGHTS, A TASK COMPLICATED BY SOME BOXING OFFICIALS 495 00:23:38,409 --> 00:23:43,109 {\an1}TROUBLED BY ALI'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATION OF ISLAM. 496 00:23:43,143 --> 00:23:44,643 "CLAY'S CONDUCT," THE PRESIDENT 497 00:23:44,676 --> 00:23:46,709 {\an1}OF THE WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION SAID, 498 00:23:46,743 --> 00:23:50,709 {\an1}"HAS BEEN UNBECOMING OF A CHAMPION." 499 00:23:50,743 --> 00:23:53,209 {\an1}WHEN ALI'S SPONSORS ANNOUNCED A NOVEMBER REMATCH 500 00:23:53,243 --> 00:23:56,609 WITH SONNY LISTON IN BOSTON, THE W.B.A. 501 00:23:56,643 --> 00:23:58,609 {\an1}REFUSED TO SANCTION THE BOUT 502 00:23:58,643 --> 00:24:02,276 {\an1}AND THEN STRIPPED ALI OF THEIR TITLE. 503 00:24:02,309 --> 00:24:03,619 DO YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING PERSECUTED 504 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:04,943 FOR SOME REASON? 505 00:24:04,976 --> 00:24:06,709 {\an1}IF I'M CONDEMNED FOR BEING A MUSLIM, 506 00:24:06,743 --> 00:24:08,552 {\an1}YOU CONDEMNING ME BECAUSE YOU HATE TO SEE A BLACK MAN 507 00:24:08,576 --> 00:24:10,276 {\an1}STAND ON HIS OWN TWO FEET. 508 00:24:10,309 --> 00:24:12,152 {\an1}YOU TELLING THE BLACK WORLD THAT YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE 509 00:24:12,176 --> 00:24:13,776 {\an1}A BLACK MAN INDEPENDENT, 510 00:24:13,809 --> 00:24:15,809 {\an1}AND THIS IS ALL YOU'RE DOING, AND JUST ONE... 511 00:24:15,843 --> 00:24:18,043 {\an1}THIS ONLY MAKES ME BIGGER. 512 00:24:18,076 --> 00:24:19,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: PROMOTERS WENT AHEAD WITH PLANS 513 00:24:19,743 --> 00:24:21,976 {\an1}FOR THE FIGHT ANYWAY. 514 00:24:22,009 --> 00:24:24,543 {\an1}OTHER BOXING ORGANIZATIONS AND MOST SPORTSWRITERS 515 00:24:24,576 --> 00:24:30,409 {\an1}AND FANS STILL RECOGNIZED HIM AS THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. 516 00:24:30,443 --> 00:24:33,243 {\an1}ALI RETURNED TO MIAMI TO TRAIN. 517 00:24:33,276 --> 00:24:35,909 {\an1}SINCE HIS FIRST FIGHT WITH LISTON IN FEBRUARY, 518 00:24:35,943 --> 00:24:39,009 {\an1}ALI HAD GROWN HALF AN INCH TO 6'3" 519 00:24:39,043 --> 00:24:41,376 {\an1}AND ADDED TWO INCHES TO HIS BICEPS 520 00:24:41,409 --> 00:24:43,543 {\an1}AND ONE INCH TO HIS FOREARMS. 521 00:24:43,576 --> 00:24:45,943 {\an1}"I'M SO BEAUTIFUL," ALI DECLARED, 522 00:24:45,976 --> 00:24:48,676 {\an1}"I SHOULD BE CHISELED IN GOLD." 523 00:24:48,709 --> 00:24:50,085 ALI: THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST PREDICTION 524 00:24:50,109 --> 00:24:52,109 {\an1}IN THE HISTORY OF ALL BOXING. 525 00:24:52,143 --> 00:24:54,509 {\an1}I'VE NEVER BEEN WRONG. 526 00:24:54,543 --> 00:24:58,776 TO ALL OF MIAMI, CHANNEL 4 MADE ME GREAT. 527 00:24:58,809 --> 00:25:01,476 THAT'S WHY I'LL STOP LISTON IN 8. 528 00:25:01,509 --> 00:25:03,509 {\an1}HOW WE GONNA GET HIM? GONNA DANCE. 529 00:25:03,543 --> 00:25:05,076 {\an1}FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY... BUTTERFLY... 530 00:25:05,109 --> 00:25:06,976 ALI AND BUNDINI: AND STING LIKE A BEE. AHH! 531 00:25:07,009 --> 00:25:10,276 RUMBLE, YOUNG MAN RUMBLE! AHH! 532 00:25:12,043 --> 00:25:14,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: SONNY LISTON, DETERMINED TO AVENGE 533 00:25:14,076 --> 00:25:18,276 {\an1}HIS EARLIER LOSS, TRAINED FURIOUSLY FOR THE REMATCH. 534 00:25:18,309 --> 00:25:21,276 {\an1}HE SWORE OFF ALCOHOL, RAN IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST 535 00:25:21,309 --> 00:25:23,876 {\an1}OF HIS DENVER HOME, AND TOOK INSTRUCTION 536 00:25:23,909 --> 00:25:26,209 IN MARTIAL ARTS. 537 00:25:26,243 --> 00:25:29,209 {\an1}BY NOVEMBER, HE WAS 10 POUNDS LIGHTER 538 00:25:29,243 --> 00:25:31,776 {\an1}THAN HE HAD BEEN IN MIAMI. 539 00:25:34,509 --> 00:25:37,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: 3 DAYS BEFORE THE FIGHT AT THE BOSTON GARDEN, 540 00:25:37,476 --> 00:25:39,143 {\an1}ALI AND HIS ENTOURAGE HAD DINNER 541 00:25:39,176 --> 00:25:43,276 IN HIS SUITE AT THE SHERRY BILTMORE HOTEL. 542 00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:48,643 {\an1}SOON, ALI BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. 543 00:25:48,676 --> 00:25:51,576 {\an7}AND HE SAID "GET ME... GET ME TO A DOCTOR." 544 00:25:51,609 --> 00:25:55,276 {\an7}SO AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY, WE WAS HATED. 545 00:25:55,309 --> 00:25:58,009 {\an7}I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD POISONED HIM. 546 00:25:58,043 --> 00:25:59,752 {\an1}REPORTER: HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CASSIUS CLAY IS 547 00:25:59,776 --> 00:26:02,009 {\an1}AT THIS MOMENT UNDERGOING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION 548 00:26:02,043 --> 00:26:04,643 {\an1}FOR AN INCARCERATED HERNIA AT BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL. 549 00:26:04,676 --> 00:26:07,743 {\an1}CLAY WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL EARLY TONIGHT. 550 00:26:07,776 --> 00:26:09,876 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS, 551 00:26:09,909 --> 00:26:11,876 BUT IT WOULD BE 3 MONTHS BEFORE ALI COULD 552 00:26:11,909 --> 00:26:14,376 {\an1}RESUME HEAVY TRAINING. 553 00:26:14,409 --> 00:26:16,609 {\an1}THE FIGHT WAS POSTPONED. 554 00:26:16,643 --> 00:26:19,409 MAN: MR. CLAY, YOU LET US KNOW IF YOU GET TIRED, OK? 555 00:26:19,443 --> 00:26:21,452 {\an1}NARRATOR: SONNY LISTON HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BEST SHAPE 556 00:26:21,476 --> 00:26:23,276 OF HIS LIFE. 557 00:26:23,309 --> 00:26:26,543 {\an1}"THAT DAMNED FOOL," HE SAID WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS. 558 00:26:26,576 --> 00:26:29,509 {\an1}THEN HE MIXED HIMSELF A SCREWDRIVER. 559 00:26:34,143 --> 00:26:36,576 MALCOLM, A STORY UNDER THE BYLINE OF AUBREY BARNETT 560 00:26:36,609 --> 00:26:39,176 IN A CURRENT ISSUE OF A NATIONAL MAGAZINE 561 00:26:39,209 --> 00:26:42,243 SAYS THAT THE BLACK MUSLIMS ARE A FRAUD. 562 00:26:42,276 --> 00:26:44,176 WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT ON THIS? 563 00:26:44,209 --> 00:26:49,643 {\an1}WELL, UH, AUBREY BARNETT IS A VERY INTELLIGENT, UH, PERSON, 564 00:26:49,676 --> 00:26:52,543 {\an1}AND HE HAS A FINE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND, 565 00:26:52,576 --> 00:26:56,243 {\an1}AND I THINK THAT THE STORY IN ITSELF WAS VERY ANALYTICAL, 566 00:26:56,276 --> 00:26:58,343 {\an1}AND IT WAS OBJECTIVE, AND IT WAS TRUE. 567 00:26:58,376 --> 00:27:00,416 HE SAYS THEY'RE ANOTHER LITTLE MONEY-GRABBING SCHEME, 568 00:27:00,443 --> 00:27:02,043 FEEDING ON NEGRO FRUSTRATIONS. 569 00:27:02,076 --> 00:27:03,243 IS THIS TRUE? 570 00:27:03,276 --> 00:27:05,309 {\an1}WELL, IF IT IS... AND IT IS... 571 00:27:05,343 --> 00:27:07,576 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT IT HAS DETERIORATED TO. 572 00:27:07,609 --> 00:27:10,243 {\an1}UH, YOU STILL CAN'T, UH, BLAME THE NEGRO, 573 00:27:10,276 --> 00:27:12,309 {\an1}AND YOU CAN'T BLAME THE MOVEMENT. 574 00:27:12,343 --> 00:27:14,009 {\an1}YOU HAVE TO BLAME THE SOCIETY THAT LETS 575 00:27:14,043 --> 00:27:18,009 {\an1}SUCH FRUSTRATIONS DEVELOP UNTIL, UH, THIS IS 576 00:27:18,043 --> 00:27:20,576 {\an1}THE RESULT OF IT. 577 00:27:20,609 --> 00:27:24,576 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON FEBRUARY 21, 1965, WHILE ADDRESSING 578 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:27,576 {\an1}A CROWD AT THE AUDUBON BALLROOM IN MANHATTAN, 579 00:27:27,609 --> 00:27:29,409 {\an1}MALCOLM X WAS SHOT DEAD. 580 00:27:29,443 --> 00:27:30,919 {\an1}REPORTER: AT 3:21 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, 581 00:27:30,943 --> 00:27:32,776 {\an1}8:21 IN THE EVENING OVER HERE, 582 00:27:32,809 --> 00:27:36,009 {\an1}MALCOLM X ROSE TO SPEAK TO HIS FOLLOWERS IN HARLEM. 583 00:27:36,043 --> 00:27:39,609 {\an1}ONE MINUTE LATER, HE WAS SHOT DOWN BY 10 BULLETS. 584 00:27:39,643 --> 00:27:41,776 {\an1}18 MINUTES LATER, HE WAS DEAD. 585 00:27:41,809 --> 00:27:44,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: THOUGH IT WAS UNCLEAR WHO ORDERED THE ASSASSINATION, 586 00:27:44,576 --> 00:27:47,609 {\an1}ALL 3 OF THE GUNMEN WHO WERE ARRESTED WERE MEMBERS 587 00:27:47,643 --> 00:27:49,876 {\an1}OF THE NATION OF ISLAM. 588 00:27:52,276 --> 00:27:56,109 ELIJAH MUHAMMAD: THE WAY I SEE IT MALCOLM IS 589 00:27:56,143 --> 00:27:58,809 {\an1}THE VICTIM OF HIS OWN PREACHING. 590 00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:00,509 {\an1}HE PREACHED VIOLENCE, 591 00:28:00,543 --> 00:28:02,309 AND SO HE BECOME THE VICTIM OF IT. 592 00:28:02,343 --> 00:28:04,843 {\an1}MAN: MR. MEL FISHER HERE FROM UNITED PRESS. 593 00:28:04,876 --> 00:28:06,676 MRS. MALCOLM X, YOUR HUSBAND 594 00:28:06,709 --> 00:28:09,276 HAD A GREAT MANY FOLLOWERS. 595 00:28:09,309 --> 00:28:11,176 WHAT WILL BE THEIR REACTION TO WHAT 596 00:28:11,209 --> 00:28:12,509 HAS HAPPENED TO HIM? 597 00:28:12,543 --> 00:28:14,543 {\an1}MAN: NEXT QUESTION. 598 00:28:14,576 --> 00:28:16,843 DO YOU FEEL THAT THE POLICE NOW HAVE IN THEIR CUSTODY 599 00:28:16,876 --> 00:28:19,909 THE MAN OR MEN WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH 600 00:28:19,943 --> 00:28:22,309 OF, UH, YOUR HUSBAND? 601 00:28:25,943 --> 00:28:27,809 NARRATOR: THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL, 602 00:28:27,843 --> 00:28:30,509 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI BOXED IN AN EXHIBITION MATCH 603 00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:34,809 {\an1}AT A NATION OF ISLAM EVENT IN CHICAGO. 604 00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:39,043 {\an1}ALI: MALCOLM X AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO ATTACKS OR TALKS 605 00:28:39,076 --> 00:28:42,643 ABOUT ATTACKING ELIJAH MUHAMMAD WILL DIE. 606 00:28:42,676 --> 00:28:46,876 NO MAN CAN OPPOSE THE MESSENGER OF ALMIGHTY GOD 607 00:28:46,909 --> 00:28:50,343 {\an1}VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY AND GET AWAY WITH IT. 608 00:28:50,376 --> 00:28:56,809 ♪ 609 00:28:56,843 --> 00:28:59,876 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN MAY OF 1965, MUHAMMAD ALI 610 00:28:59,909 --> 00:29:03,243 {\an1}AND HIS ENTOURAGE RETURNED TO MASSACHUSETTS, 611 00:29:03,276 --> 00:29:06,543 {\an1}WHERE HE CONTINUED TRAINING FOR HIS REMATCH WITH SONNY LISTON. 612 00:29:06,576 --> 00:29:08,343 I'M GONNA RUN THE BEAR UP A TREE. 613 00:29:08,376 --> 00:29:09,919 IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET HIM OUT OF THE TREE. 614 00:29:09,943 --> 00:29:11,343 {\an1}JUST POINT HIM OUT. 615 00:29:11,376 --> 00:29:13,009 {\an1}I'LL SHOW HIM TO YOU. 616 00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:15,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: BUT LESS THAN 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE BOUT, 617 00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:17,909 BOSTON'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CONCERNED 618 00:29:17,943 --> 00:29:22,276 {\an1}ABOUT THE PROMOTERS' MOB TIES, SUED TO STOP THE FIGHT. 619 00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:27,143 {\an1}BEFORE A JUDGE COULD RULE, A PAWNSHOP OWNER 620 00:29:27,176 --> 00:29:30,409 {\an1}AND SOMETIME BOXING PROMOTER IN LEWISTON, MAINE, 621 00:29:30,443 --> 00:29:34,209 {\an1}OFFERED THE TOWN'S HOCKEY RINK. 622 00:29:34,243 --> 00:29:37,109 {\an1}IZENBERG: THE MATCH IS SET FOR THE ARENA THAT IS 623 00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:42,043 {\an7}THE HOME ICE OF THE FLYING DOM'S CYO HOCKEY TEAM, 624 00:29:42,076 --> 00:29:44,709 {\an1}AND NOBODY IN LEWISTON WAS OPPOSED TO ALI. 625 00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:46,419 {\an1}I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE WAS 626 00:29:46,443 --> 00:29:48,743 AT THAT POINT. 627 00:29:48,776 --> 00:29:52,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: 3 DAYS BEFORE THE FIGHT, ABC's HOWARD COSELL, 628 00:29:52,809 --> 00:29:55,176 A LAWYER TURNED SPORTSCASTER FROM BROOKLYN, 629 00:29:55,209 --> 00:29:58,776 {\an1}BROUGHT A CAMERA CREW TO ALI'S TRAINING CAMP. 630 00:29:58,809 --> 00:30:02,776 {\an7}REMNICK: HOWARD COSELL CALLED HIM CASSIUS CLAY FOR A WHILE, 631 00:30:02,809 --> 00:30:04,909 {\an7}BUT HE GOT IT EARLY. 632 00:30:04,943 --> 00:30:07,709 {\an7}HE GOT IT EARLIER, CERTAINLY THAN MOST, 633 00:30:07,743 --> 00:30:11,376 {\an7}CERTAINLY THAN MOST WHITE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ON TELEVISION, 634 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:13,743 {\an1}AND ALI APPRECIATED THIS, 635 00:30:13,776 --> 00:30:16,243 AND ALI STARTED GIVING HIM ACCESS 636 00:30:16,276 --> 00:30:20,809 {\an1}AND STARTED MAKING HIM HIS KIND OF MEDIA WINGMAN. 637 00:30:20,843 --> 00:30:24,543 {\an1}THEY WERE GOOD FOR EACH OTHER, AND THEY BOTH KNEW IT. 638 00:30:24,576 --> 00:30:26,543 COSELL: AND HERE FULLY ROBED AFTER THE WORKOUT 639 00:30:26,576 --> 00:30:28,809 {\an1}YOU'VE JUST SEEN COMES THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 640 00:30:28,843 --> 00:30:30,109 {\an1}OF THE WORLD HIMSELF. 641 00:30:30,143 --> 00:30:31,643 GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHAMP. 642 00:30:31,676 --> 00:30:33,543 {\an1}HOWARD COSELL, THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSCASTER. 643 00:30:33,576 --> 00:30:34,743 {\an1}HOW'RE YOU FEELING? 644 00:30:34,776 --> 00:30:36,043 YOU'RE VERY KIND, CHAMP, 645 00:30:36,076 --> 00:30:37,476 BUT LET'S GET TO CASES. 646 00:30:37,509 --> 00:30:38,752 YOU LOOK ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE READY 647 00:30:38,776 --> 00:30:40,143 FOR THE FIGHT RIGHT NOW. 648 00:30:40,176 --> 00:30:41,285 {\an1}YOU ABOUT RIGHT. ALMOST READY. 649 00:30:41,309 --> 00:30:42,776 {\an1}AFTER ANOTHER WEEK. 650 00:30:42,809 --> 00:30:44,776 {\an1}I'M A LITTLE TIRED NOW, I'M WORKING HARD, 651 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:47,076 {\an1}BUT FOR THE BIG NIGHT, I'LL BE READY. 652 00:30:47,109 --> 00:30:49,043 {\an8}I NOTICED YOU'VE STOPPED WITH THE POETRY. 653 00:30:49,076 --> 00:30:51,409 {\an8}YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY PREDICTIONS. HOW COME? 654 00:30:51,443 --> 00:30:55,176 {\an7}WELL, I'M JUST... I HAVE A PREDICTION FOR THE FIGHT, 655 00:30:55,209 --> 00:31:00,809 {\an7}BUT, UH, I'M... I THINK I'LL BE WISE NOT TO RELEASE IT 656 00:31:00,843 --> 00:31:03,909 {\an1}BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN MY PREDICTIONS, 657 00:31:03,943 --> 00:31:06,443 {\an1}AND THEY HAVE BEEN ACCURATE UP TO DATE. 658 00:31:06,476 --> 00:31:08,509 {\an1}I'M AFRAID THAT I MIGHT HURT THE GATE IF I LET THEM 659 00:31:08,543 --> 00:31:10,843 {\an1}KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, SO I'LL JUST HOLD 660 00:31:10,876 --> 00:31:12,576 {\an1}THE SURPRISE FOR THEM. 661 00:31:12,609 --> 00:31:14,609 LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU. GOOD LUCK. 662 00:31:14,643 --> 00:31:16,509 I HOPE IT'S NOT AN ACT. I HOPE YOU MEAN IT. 663 00:31:16,543 --> 00:31:19,109 {\an1}IF IT'S AN ACT, JUST LOOK AT MY RECORD AND SEE. 664 00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:21,376 {\an1}HAVE THE OTHER FIGHTS BEEN ACTS? 665 00:31:21,409 --> 00:31:23,309 {\an1}HAVE THEY BEEN ACTS? NOT SO FAR. 666 00:31:23,343 --> 00:31:26,276 {\an1}WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M ACTING? 667 00:31:26,309 --> 00:31:28,176 {\an1}AHH! 668 00:31:28,209 --> 00:31:31,543 COSELL: AND WITH THAT FINAL STAGE OF THE ACT, 669 00:31:31,576 --> 00:31:33,776 {\an1}WE LEAVE THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 670 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:36,176 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI OR CASSIUS CLAY, AS YOU WILL, 671 00:31:36,209 --> 00:31:39,143 {\an1}HERE AT HIS TRAINING CAMP IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS. 672 00:31:39,176 --> 00:31:40,809 {\an1}WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU FOR A VISIT 673 00:31:40,843 --> 00:31:43,676 {\an1}TO THE CHALLENGER'S CAMP IN POLAND SPRING, MAINE, 674 00:31:43,709 --> 00:31:45,609 {\an1}RIGHT AFTER THIS MESSAGE. 675 00:31:47,009 --> 00:31:49,376 {\an1}NARRATOR: AS THE MATCH NEARED, RUMORS FLEW 676 00:31:49,409 --> 00:31:51,409 {\an1}THAT SONNY LISTON WOULD BE KILLED BY MEMBERS 677 00:31:51,443 --> 00:31:54,909 {\an1}OF THE NATION OF ISLAM UNLESS HE THREW THE FIGHT 678 00:31:54,943 --> 00:31:57,476 {\an1}AND THAT A CARLOAD OF MALCOLM X's FOLLOWERS, 679 00:31:57,509 --> 00:32:00,709 {\an1}BENT ON REVENGE, WERE DRIVING NORTH WITH PLANS 680 00:32:00,743 --> 00:32:02,676 TO SHOOT ALI. 681 00:32:02,709 --> 00:32:04,376 {\an1}ALI: WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT SOME PISTOLS? 682 00:32:04,409 --> 00:32:07,409 CAN'T SCARE ME WITH NO PISTOLS. 683 00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:10,376 {\an1}I WALK THROUGH HELL EVERY DAY, NO GUARDS, 684 00:32:10,409 --> 00:32:12,076 DON'T NEED THEM. 685 00:32:12,109 --> 00:32:14,043 {\an1}THIS ONLY PROPAGANDA TO MAKE ME THINK THAT I HAVE 686 00:32:14,076 --> 00:32:16,076 {\an1}AN ENEMY IN THE RING AND ONE BEHIND MY BACK 687 00:32:16,109 --> 00:32:19,409 {\an1}BECAUSE COMMON NATURE TELLS YOU AND THE NEGRO HERE IN AMERICA 688 00:32:19,443 --> 00:32:21,676 {\an1}YOU HAVE PUT FEAR IN HIM EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE, 689 00:32:21,709 --> 00:32:23,876 {\an1}AND THE ONLY THING YOU HOPE IS SOME OF IT'S STILL 690 00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:27,076 {\an1}IN ME, BUT IT AIN'T. 691 00:32:27,109 --> 00:32:29,509 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON THE DAY OF THE BOUT, OFFICIALS COMBED 692 00:32:29,543 --> 00:32:33,576 {\an1}THE ARENA ONE LAST TIME IN SEARCH OF POISON GAS BOMBS 693 00:32:33,609 --> 00:32:37,876 {\an1}THAT HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN HIDDEN AMONG THE SUPPORTS. 694 00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:40,676 {\an1}"IT WILL BE A SHORT FIGHT," ALI TOLD A REPORTER 695 00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:45,243 WHO RODE WITH HIM FROM HIS HOTEL TO THE ARENA. 696 00:32:45,276 --> 00:32:48,743 {\an1}SONNY LISTON HAD SPENT THE DAY GRIPPED BY DIARRHEA, 697 00:32:48,776 --> 00:32:51,576 {\an1}HIS WIFE CONCERNED THAT HE WASN'T HIMSELF. 698 00:32:51,609 --> 00:32:54,243 {\an1}RECENT TRAINING SESSIONS HAD BEEN LACKLUSTER, 699 00:32:54,276 --> 00:32:57,976 {\an1}AND HE HAD RESUMED DRINKING. 700 00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,643 {\an1}COSELL: LET'S GO TO THE CENTRAL MAINE YOUTH CENTER 701 00:33:00,676 --> 00:33:04,209 {\an1}AND FIGHT ANNOUNCER JOHNNY ADDIE. 702 00:33:04,243 --> 00:33:08,443 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: FROM ST. DOMINIC'S ARENA, LEWISTON, MAINE. 703 00:33:08,476 --> 00:33:12,776 {\an7}THE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP. 704 00:33:12,809 --> 00:33:16,109 {\an1}CASSIUS CLAY, NOW BOUNCING IN FROM THE DRESSING ROOM 705 00:33:16,143 --> 00:33:19,309 {\an1}ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ARENA, LOOSE AND LIMBER 706 00:33:19,343 --> 00:33:22,243 {\an1}WITH HIS VERY SHORT TERRYCLOTH ROBE. 707 00:33:22,276 --> 00:33:25,443 {\an1}COMING INTO THE RING, UP THE RING STAIRS, 708 00:33:25,476 --> 00:33:28,009 {\an1}AND HE'S BEING BOOED. 709 00:33:28,043 --> 00:33:30,143 {\an8}[BOOING] 710 00:33:32,176 --> 00:33:34,076 {\an7}COSELL: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO GO. 711 00:33:34,109 --> 00:33:35,509 {\an7}MUHAMMAD ALI SAYING A PRAYER 712 00:33:35,543 --> 00:33:36,783 {\an7}IN HIS CORNER BEFORE COMING OUT 713 00:33:36,809 --> 00:33:38,743 {\an7}TO MEET THE CHALLENGER, 714 00:33:38,776 --> 00:33:40,443 {\an7}AND NOW LET'S GET TO 715 00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:41,609 {\an7}THE OTHER TELEVISION 716 00:33:41,643 --> 00:33:44,143 {\an7}COMMENTATOR STEVE ELLIS. 717 00:33:44,176 --> 00:33:46,576 {\an1}ELLIS: AS YOU KNOW, 15 ROUNDS OR LESS, 718 00:33:46,609 --> 00:33:48,743 {\an1}THE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, THE BIG FIGHT, 719 00:33:48,776 --> 00:33:51,976 {\an1}THE BIG NIGHT, UNUSUAL LOCALE, LEWISTON, MAINE. 720 00:33:52,009 --> 00:33:54,009 ROUND NUMBER ONE. 721 00:33:54,043 --> 00:33:56,809 {\an1}IF YOU'RE GONNA SCORE WITH US, WELL, GET YOUR PENCIL 722 00:33:56,843 --> 00:33:59,909 AND PAD HANDY. 723 00:33:59,943 --> 00:34:01,609 WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT BELL FOR ROUND ONE. 724 00:34:01,643 --> 00:34:03,176 HERE WE GO. 725 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:05,943 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE FIGHT BEGAN AT 10:40 P.M. 726 00:34:05,976 --> 00:34:09,543 {\an1}LISTON WAS AGAIN THE FAVORITE, 9-TO-5. 727 00:34:09,576 --> 00:34:12,009 {\an1}HE KNEW THAT THE ONLY WAY HE COULD WIN 728 00:34:12,043 --> 00:34:15,643 {\an1}WAS TO GET TO ALI EARLY. 729 00:34:15,676 --> 00:34:17,509 {\an1}IZENBERG: LISTON COMES TEARING OUT THE CORNER, 730 00:34:17,543 --> 00:34:18,976 {\an1}AND HE'S THROWING PUNCHES, 731 00:34:19,009 --> 00:34:20,219 {\an1}AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOO... YOU KNOW. 732 00:34:20,243 --> 00:34:21,876 {\an1}WHEN HE MISSES A PUNCH... 733 00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:24,009 {\an1}ANYBODY MISSES A PUNCH, THEY'RE OFF BALANCE. 734 00:34:24,043 --> 00:34:26,609 {\an1}ELLIS: YOU'LL NOTE THAT CASSIUS WANTS TO STAY OUT 735 00:34:26,643 --> 00:34:28,643 {\an1}IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, WHERE HE HAPPENS 736 00:34:28,676 --> 00:34:30,709 TO BE THE KING. 737 00:34:37,843 --> 00:34:40,343 {\an1}BEAUTIFUL RIGHT-HAND SHOT THAT YOU SAW. 738 00:34:40,376 --> 00:34:42,243 {\an1}THAT WAS THE BEST PUNCH THUS FAR LANDED 739 00:34:42,276 --> 00:34:45,209 BY THE CHAMPION. 740 00:34:45,243 --> 00:34:47,843 {\an1}WE NOTE THAT EARLY, HALFWAY THROUGH THIS FIRST ROUND, 741 00:34:47,876 --> 00:34:52,043 {\an1}THAT SONNY IS SHOOTING MOSTLY TOWARD THAT BODY. 742 00:34:52,076 --> 00:34:53,709 {\an1}YOU KNOW THE OLD STORY. 743 00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:56,543 {\an1}YOU KILL THE BODY, AND THE HEAD MIGHT FOLLOW. 744 00:35:14,643 --> 00:35:16,243 KNOCKED DOWN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 745 00:35:16,276 --> 00:35:17,843 {\an1}WITH A RIGHT-HAND SHOT. 746 00:35:17,876 --> 00:35:20,843 A RIGHT-HAND SHOT ON THE CHIN. 747 00:35:20,876 --> 00:35:23,676 NARRATOR: 2:12 INTO THE FIRST ROUND, 748 00:35:23,709 --> 00:35:25,609 {\an1}SONNY LISTON WENT DOWN. 749 00:35:25,643 --> 00:35:26,876 {\an1}ELLIS: SONNY CANNOT MOVE. 750 00:35:26,909 --> 00:35:29,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: IT WAS ALL OVER. 751 00:35:29,843 --> 00:35:31,576 {\an1}IZENBERG: THERE WAS A PUNCH. 752 00:35:31,609 --> 00:35:34,076 {\an1}WAS IT GONNA KEEP HIM DOWN? HELL, NO. 753 00:35:34,109 --> 00:35:36,243 HE LOOKED UP, AND THIS GUY WOULD NOT GO 754 00:35:36,276 --> 00:35:37,909 {\an1}TO A NEUTRAL CORNER, AND HE'S SCREAMING. 755 00:35:37,943 --> 00:35:39,876 "GET UP SUCKER, NO ONE'S GONNA BELIEVE IT." 756 00:35:39,909 --> 00:35:41,543 {\an1}ALI: HE GOT HIT HARD. 757 00:35:41,576 --> 00:35:43,285 {\an1}I HIT HIM WITH A PUNCH THAT JACK JOHNSON USED 758 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:44,943 {\an1}CALLED THE ANCHOR PUNCH. 759 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,643 HOW DOES IT GO? 760 00:35:46,676 --> 00:35:48,776 {\an1}ALI: IT'S A SNAP PUNCH, AND YOU CAN'T PUNCH IT 761 00:35:48,809 --> 00:35:52,609 UNTIL THE MAN IS COMING IN AT YOU. 762 00:35:52,643 --> 00:35:54,943 {\an1}THAT'S ALL. JUST TWIST. 763 00:35:54,976 --> 00:35:56,819 {\an1}AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT IF YOU WERE HIT WITH IT, 764 00:35:56,843 --> 00:35:59,443 {\an1}ALL OF YOU WOULD BE OUT. 765 00:35:59,476 --> 00:36:01,343 {\an1}COSELL: SONNY, DID THE PUNCH SURPRISE YOU? 766 00:36:01,376 --> 00:36:02,643 {\an1}CLAY SAYS... YES, IT DID. 767 00:36:02,676 --> 00:36:04,176 {\an1}CLAY SAYS IT WAS A NEW TACTIC... 768 00:36:04,209 --> 00:36:05,576 {\an1}THE COUNTER RIGHT. 769 00:36:05,609 --> 00:36:07,443 IT WAS A SURPRISING PUNCH. 770 00:36:07,476 --> 00:36:09,743 {\an1}BENTT: IT WAS CLEAN SHOT, BUT IT WASN'T THE KIND OF 771 00:36:09,776 --> 00:36:12,576 CLEAN SHOT TO KNOCK OUT SONNY LISTON. 772 00:36:12,609 --> 00:36:15,909 {\an7}WHEN HE GETS KNOCKED DOWN, IT'S... IT'S BAD ACTING, MAN. 773 00:36:15,943 --> 00:36:18,343 {\an7}YOU KNOW, LIKE, HORRIBLE ACTING, AND HE'S, LIKE, 774 00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:20,809 {\an1}TURNING OVER ON THE... 775 00:36:20,843 --> 00:36:23,009 {\an1}COME ON, MAN. REALLY SERIOUSLY? 776 00:36:23,043 --> 00:36:25,743 THERE WAS NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT MUHAMMAD ALI, 777 00:36:25,776 --> 00:36:28,109 {\an1}NO MATTER HOW GREAT HE WAS, WOULD EVER KNOCK OUT 778 00:36:28,143 --> 00:36:30,209 {\an1}SONNY LISTON WITH ONE SHOT. 779 00:36:32,076 --> 00:36:34,876 {\an7}TO THIS DAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES 780 00:36:34,909 --> 00:36:37,443 {\an7}OF THE HISTORY OF SPORTS. 781 00:36:37,476 --> 00:36:39,476 {\an7}WAS THAT FIGHT FIXED? 782 00:36:39,509 --> 00:36:41,843 {\an7}DID... DID LISTON TAKE A FALL? 783 00:36:41,876 --> 00:36:44,976 {\an1}WAS, IN FACT, THE PUNCH SO IMMENSELY SWIFT 784 00:36:45,009 --> 00:36:46,985 {\an1}AND DEVASTATING AND HIT AT JUST THE RIGHT POINT THAT 785 00:36:47,009 --> 00:36:49,476 IT, IN FACT, WAS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH? 786 00:36:49,509 --> 00:36:51,943 DID LISTON SEE AFTER WATCHING ALI DANCE 787 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:53,443 AROUND THE RING, "YOU KNOW WHAT? 788 00:36:53,476 --> 00:36:54,709 {\an1}"I'M NOT GONNA CHASE THIS GUY. 789 00:36:54,743 --> 00:36:56,809 "ENOUGH'S ENOUGH, 790 00:36:56,843 --> 00:36:59,376 {\an1}AND THE FIRST TIME HE HITS ME, I'M OUT OF HERE." 791 00:36:59,409 --> 00:37:01,876 {\an1}SO I... I CAN'T PRETEND TO KNOW FOR CERTAINTY. 792 00:37:01,909 --> 00:37:03,743 {\an1}I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 793 00:37:03,776 --> 00:37:05,652 {\an1}IT'LL HAVE... I THINK, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS 794 00:37:05,676 --> 00:37:08,543 {\an1}THAT'S GONNA REMAIN A MYSTERY. 795 00:37:08,576 --> 00:37:12,309 {\an1}NARRATOR: LISTON BOXED FOR 5 MORE YEARS. 796 00:37:12,343 --> 00:37:17,909 {\an1}ON JANUARY 5, 1971, HIS WIFE GERALDINE RETURNED HOME 797 00:37:17,943 --> 00:37:21,743 {\an1}TO FIND HER HUSBAND DEAD AT THE FOOT OF THEIR BED. 798 00:37:21,776 --> 00:37:24,176 {\an1}THOUGH DRUGS HAD BEEN FOUND AT THE SCENE 799 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:28,143 {\an1}AND SOME SPECULATED THAT THE MOB HAD ORDERED A HIT ON THE BOXER, 800 00:37:28,176 --> 00:37:32,076 {\an1}THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THAT SONNY LISTON HAD DIED 801 00:37:32,109 --> 00:37:34,843 {\an1}OF A HEART ATTACK. 802 00:37:34,876 --> 00:37:36,752 {\an1}MOSLEY: I DON'T THINK THAT LISTON COULD'VE AVOIDED 803 00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:39,109 WHAT HE BECAME. 804 00:37:39,143 --> 00:37:42,009 {\an7}THERE WAS SOMETHING, THERE WAS AN INNER LIGHT TO ALI, 805 00:37:42,043 --> 00:37:43,709 {\an7}AND THAT LIGHT WAS GOING TO SHINE, 806 00:37:43,743 --> 00:37:45,343 {\an7}AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO LOVE HIM, 807 00:37:45,376 --> 00:37:47,676 {\an8}AND THERE WAS AN INNER DARKNESS TO LISTON, 808 00:37:47,709 --> 00:37:51,409 {\an1}PUT IN IT BY 500 YEARS OF PICKING COTTON. 809 00:37:51,443 --> 00:37:53,109 YOU KNOW? 810 00:37:53,143 --> 00:37:56,876 {\an1}AND, YOU KNOW, THEY... THEY PLAYED THE CARDS 811 00:37:56,909 --> 00:38:00,043 THEY WERE DEALT. 812 00:38:00,076 --> 00:38:02,343 ♪ 813 00:38:02,376 --> 00:38:06,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: MEANWHILE, ALI'S MARRIAGE WAS UNRAVELING. 814 00:38:06,576 --> 00:38:09,409 {\an1}ALONE IN THEIR CHICAGO APARTMENT, ALI HAD ALLOWED 815 00:38:09,443 --> 00:38:12,376 SONJI TO WEAR THE MINI-SKIRTS SHE PREFERRED, 816 00:38:12,409 --> 00:38:14,376 {\an1}AND HE WOULD SERENADE HER WITH SONGS 817 00:38:14,409 --> 00:38:19,476 {\an1}BY SAM COOKE AND BEN E. KING WHILE SHE COOKED DINNER, 818 00:38:19,509 --> 00:38:22,543 {\an1}BUT HE NOW GREW UPSET WHEN SHE APPEARED IN PUBLIC 819 00:38:22,576 --> 00:38:25,643 {\an1}DRESSED IN A FASHION HE BELIEVED INAPPROPRIATE 820 00:38:25,676 --> 00:38:28,876 FOR THE WIFE OF A PRACTICING MUSLIM. 821 00:38:28,909 --> 00:38:34,143 {\an1}IN JUNE OF 1965, ALI FILED TO HAVE THEIR MARRIAGE ANNULLED, 822 00:38:34,176 --> 00:38:36,909 COMPLAINING THAT SONJI HAD FALSELY PROMISED 823 00:38:36,943 --> 00:38:39,809 {\an1}TO CONVERT TO ISLAM. 824 00:38:39,843 --> 00:38:42,776 {\an1}"THEY'VE STOLEN MY MAN'S MIND," SAID SONJI, 825 00:38:42,809 --> 00:38:44,843 {\an1}WHO BLAMED ELIJAH MUHAMMAD FOR THE COLLAPSE 826 00:38:44,876 --> 00:38:47,076 {\an1}OF THEIR MARRIAGE. 827 00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:49,276 {\an1}"I LOVED HER ONLY IF SHE WOULD FOLLOW ME 828 00:38:49,309 --> 00:38:51,409 {\an1}"IN MY WAY OF LIFE. 829 00:38:51,443 --> 00:38:54,443 {\an1}NEXT TIME I MARRY, IT'LL BE A GIRL OF 17 OR 18," 830 00:38:54,476 --> 00:38:58,743 {\an1}ALI VOWED, "ONE I RAISE TO MY WAY OF THINKING." 831 00:38:58,776 --> 00:39:03,009 ♪ 832 00:39:03,043 --> 00:39:05,009 ALI'S COMMITMENT TO THE NATION OF ISLAM 833 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,909 {\an1}CONTINUED TO DEEPEN. 834 00:39:06,943 --> 00:39:09,309 {\an1}HE HAD GROWN ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'S 835 00:39:09,343 --> 00:39:12,143 {\an1}SON HERBERT, WHO WAS PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY 836 00:39:12,176 --> 00:39:16,776 DECISIVE ROLE IN ALI'S BOXING CAREER. 837 00:39:16,809 --> 00:39:19,009 {\an1}HERBERT HAD A KNACK FOR MAKING MONEY, 838 00:39:19,043 --> 00:39:22,509 {\an1}SOMETIMES IN WAYS THAT VIOLATED HIS FATHER'S TEACHINGS. 839 00:39:22,543 --> 00:39:25,643 {\an1}ACCORDING TO FBI AGENTS, HE PHOTOGRAPHED WOMEN 840 00:39:25,676 --> 00:39:29,143 IN THE NUDE, MADE PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS, 841 00:39:29,176 --> 00:39:33,976 {\an1}AND SIPHONED MONEY FROM HIS FATHER'S BUSINESSES. 842 00:39:34,009 --> 00:39:35,985 {\an1}EIG: HERBERT MUHAMMAD IS THE SON OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 843 00:39:36,009 --> 00:39:39,709 {\an8}SO IN MANY WAYS, HE'S ALI'S CONNECTION 844 00:39:39,743 --> 00:39:43,843 {\an8}TO THE RELIGION, AND HE MENTORS ALI IN THE WAYS 845 00:39:43,876 --> 00:39:45,876 {\an7}OF THE NATION OF ISLAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 846 00:39:45,909 --> 00:39:48,209 {\an1}HE'S A BUSINESSMAN WHO REALLY LIKES MONEY, 847 00:39:48,243 --> 00:39:51,709 {\an1}REALLY LIKES FOOD, REALLY LIKES WOMEN. 848 00:39:51,743 --> 00:39:53,009 HE LOVED ALI, AND THEY DEVELOPED 849 00:39:53,043 --> 00:39:55,476 {\an1}THIS UNBELIEVABLE CLOSENESS. 850 00:39:55,509 --> 00:39:58,076 {\an1}NARRATOR: DURING TRIPS TO LOUISVILLE, ALI NOW STAYED 851 00:39:58,109 --> 00:40:02,143 {\an1}AT A HOTEL AND SPENT LESS TIME WITH HIS PARENTS. 852 00:40:02,176 --> 00:40:04,016 {\an1}"THE MUSLIMS KEEP HIM AWAY FROM ME," COMPLAINED 853 00:40:04,043 --> 00:40:07,643 {\an1}CASSIUS SR., WHO CALLED HERBERT "DIRTY" 854 00:40:07,676 --> 00:40:11,576 {\an1}AND WARNED HIS SON THAT HE WAS GOING TO WIND UP BROKE. 855 00:40:13,843 --> 00:40:18,043 {\an1}IN SEPTEMBER 1965, ALI TRAVELED TO NEW YORK 856 00:40:18,076 --> 00:40:20,143 TO ANNOUNCE THAT HIS NEXT OPPONENT 857 00:40:20,176 --> 00:40:24,543 {\an1}WOULD BE THE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION FLOYD PATTERSON. 858 00:40:24,576 --> 00:40:27,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: PATTERSON, NOW 30, HAD BEEN CAMPAIGNING 859 00:40:27,376 --> 00:40:30,943 {\an1}FOR A SHOT AT ALI EVER SINCE HE WON THE TITLE. 860 00:40:30,976 --> 00:40:34,609 {\an1}HE SAW HIS CHALLENGE AS A MORAL CRUSADE. 861 00:40:34,643 --> 00:40:36,943 {\an1}"THE IMAGE OF A BLACK MUSLIM AS CHAMPION 862 00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:39,276 {\an1}IS NOT GOOD," HE TOLD THE PRESS. 863 00:40:39,309 --> 00:40:41,643 {\an1}"CASSIUS MUST BE BEATEN." 864 00:40:41,676 --> 00:40:44,543 {\an1}PATTERSON SAID HE INTENDED TO "WIN THE TITLE BACK 865 00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:46,209 FOR AMERICA." 866 00:40:46,243 --> 00:40:47,909 ALI WAS LIVID. 867 00:40:47,943 --> 00:40:50,009 {\an1}"I'M AN AMERICAN," HE SAID, 868 00:40:50,043 --> 00:40:53,309 {\an1}"BUT HE'S A DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND SO-CALLED NEGRO 869 00:40:53,343 --> 00:40:55,976 {\an1}WHO NEEDS A SPANKING." 870 00:40:56,009 --> 00:40:57,876 {\an1}THE PRESS ATE IT UP. 871 00:40:57,909 --> 00:41:00,409 "IT IS CHRISTIAN AGAINST BLACK MUSLIM. 872 00:41:00,443 --> 00:41:03,543 {\an1}IT IS GOOD GUY AGAINST BAD GUY," WROTE DICK YOUNG 873 00:41:03,576 --> 00:41:05,476 {\an1}OF THE "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS," 874 00:41:05,509 --> 00:41:07,043 {\an1}WHO CALLED THE MATCHUP 875 00:41:07,076 --> 00:41:09,609 A HOLY WAR. 876 00:41:09,643 --> 00:41:13,509 {\an8}FLOYD CAME ACROSS AS THE WHITE MAN'S APOLOGIST, 877 00:41:13,543 --> 00:41:16,709 {\an7}AND FOR US AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS ENOUGH. 878 00:41:16,743 --> 00:41:19,843 {\an1}THIS WAS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE LONG, HOT SUMMER RIOTS. 879 00:41:19,876 --> 00:41:21,543 {\an1}REBELLION WAS IN THE AIR. 880 00:41:21,576 --> 00:41:22,752 {\an1}PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT REVOLUTION WAS 881 00:41:22,776 --> 00:41:24,443 {\an1}A REAL POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW? 882 00:41:24,476 --> 00:41:27,009 {\an1}THE SMELL OF BURNING CITIES MADE THAT 883 00:41:27,043 --> 00:41:29,109 {\an1}A SERIOUS PLAUSIBILITY, 884 00:41:29,143 --> 00:41:32,676 {\an1}AND SO THIS WAS A DIFFERENT ERA. 885 00:41:32,709 --> 00:41:36,076 {\an1}EDDIE FISHER: ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ 886 00:41:36,109 --> 00:41:41,076 ♪ THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ 887 00:41:41,109 --> 00:41:48,409 ♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ♪ 888 00:41:48,443 --> 00:41:52,443 ♪ YET WAVE ♪ 889 00:41:52,476 --> 00:41:59,076 {\an1}♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ 890 00:41:59,109 --> 00:42:07,109 {\an1}♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ 891 00:42:07,676 --> 00:42:09,643 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 892 00:42:09,676 --> 00:42:12,276 RING ANNOUNCER: FROM NEW YORK CITY, 893 00:42:12,309 --> 00:42:15,076 {\an7}WEARING BLACK TRUNKS 894 00:42:15,109 --> 00:42:18,909 {\an7}THE CHALLENGER FLOYD PATTERSON. 895 00:42:18,943 --> 00:42:21,143 {\an7}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 896 00:42:21,176 --> 00:42:23,943 {\an7}FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 897 00:42:23,976 --> 00:42:26,809 {\an1}WEARING WHITE TRUNKS, 898 00:42:26,843 --> 00:42:33,509 {\an7}THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD MUHAMMAD ALI. 899 00:42:33,543 --> 00:42:36,176 {\an8}[BOOING] 900 00:42:36,209 --> 00:42:38,609 {\an7}ELLIS: ROUND 1, 15 ROUNDS, 901 00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:41,609 {\an1}WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. 902 00:42:41,643 --> 00:42:46,043 ♪ 903 00:42:46,076 --> 00:42:47,209 [BELL RINGS] 904 00:42:47,243 --> 00:42:50,376 {\an1}NOW THE ROUND BEGINS. 905 00:42:50,409 --> 00:42:58,409 ♪ 906 00:43:00,043 --> 00:43:02,376 {\an1}NARRATOR: AT FIRST, ALI JEERED HIS CHALLENGER 907 00:43:02,409 --> 00:43:06,176 {\an1}AS HE DANCED PLAYFULLY AND THREW SOFT, GLANCING PUNCHES. 908 00:43:06,209 --> 00:43:08,943 {\an1}"COME ON, AMERICAN!" ALI TAUNTED PATTERSON. 909 00:43:08,976 --> 00:43:11,843 {\an1}"COME ON, WHITE AMERICAN!" 910 00:43:11,876 --> 00:43:15,243 {\an1}MUWAKKIL: WE THOUGHT THAT FLOYD NEEDED TO BE TORTURED. 911 00:43:15,276 --> 00:43:18,476 {\an1}HE NEEDED HIS COMEUPPANCE, AND WHO BETTER THAN ALI 912 00:43:18,509 --> 00:43:20,709 {\an1}TO GIVE IT TO HIM? 913 00:43:20,743 --> 00:43:23,409 IT INDICATED SOME OF THE CRUELTY THAT WOULD LATER 914 00:43:23,443 --> 00:43:27,876 {\an1}SURFACE IN ALI'S LIFE, YOU KNOW, 915 00:43:27,909 --> 00:43:30,176 {\an7}BUT I THINK AS A BOXER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 916 00:43:30,209 --> 00:43:32,809 {\an8}AN INHERENT SENSE OF CRUELTY SOMEWHERE 917 00:43:32,843 --> 00:43:34,419 {\an7}IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I THINK. 918 00:43:34,443 --> 00:43:36,309 [BELL RINGS] 919 00:43:36,343 --> 00:43:39,143 {\an1}NARRATOR: AS THE FIGHT ADVANCED, ALI ADDED HOOKS 920 00:43:39,176 --> 00:43:42,743 {\an1}AND UPPERCUTS TO HIS ASSAULT, WHILE PATTERSON 921 00:43:42,776 --> 00:43:45,976 STRUGGLED TO LAND ANY BLOWS OF HIS OWN. 922 00:43:46,009 --> 00:43:48,609 {\an1}LIPSYTE: I LOVED MUHAMMAD ALI. 923 00:43:48,643 --> 00:43:53,076 I DID NOT LIKE EVERYTHING HE DID AND SAID. 924 00:43:53,109 --> 00:44:00,309 {\an1}HE PUNCHED FLOYD JUST HARD ENOUGH TO HURT HIM 925 00:44:00,343 --> 00:44:03,243 {\an1}BUT NOT TO KNOCK HIM OUT. 926 00:44:03,276 --> 00:44:07,109 {\an1}HE KEPT THE FIGHT GOING ROUND AFTER ROUND, 927 00:44:07,143 --> 00:44:09,476 PUNISHING HIM. 928 00:44:09,509 --> 00:44:11,276 {\an1}FLOYD PATTERSON REFUSED TO CALL HIM 929 00:44:11,309 --> 00:44:14,643 {\an1}BY HIS NEW RIGHTFUL NAME MUHAMMAD ALI, 930 00:44:14,676 --> 00:44:18,909 {\an1}UH, YOU KNOW, REFUSED TO GIVE HIM ANY KIND OF RESPECT. 931 00:44:18,943 --> 00:44:20,409 [BELL RINGS] 932 00:44:20,443 --> 00:44:23,643 {\an1}ELLIS: FLOYD'S STILL IN THERE. 933 00:44:23,676 --> 00:44:27,076 {\an1}DR. DONALD ROMEO IS IN THE CORNER AT THE PRESENT TIME 934 00:44:27,109 --> 00:44:30,143 {\an1}TALKING WITH FLOYD, ASKING ABOUT HIS BACK. 935 00:44:30,176 --> 00:44:32,143 {\an1}THAT'S THE DOCTOR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING. 936 00:44:32,176 --> 00:44:34,809 {\an1}NARRATOR: BEFORE ROUND 11, A DOCTOR WAS ORDERED 937 00:44:34,843 --> 00:44:37,709 TO EXAMINE THE CHALLENGER IN HIS CORNER. 938 00:44:37,743 --> 00:44:40,676 {\an1}PATTERSON INSISTED THAT THE MATCH GO ON. 939 00:44:42,943 --> 00:44:45,543 {\an1}ELLIS: NUMBER 12 COMING UP. 940 00:44:45,576 --> 00:44:48,376 [BELL RINGS] 941 00:44:48,409 --> 00:44:56,409 ♪ 942 00:44:57,443 --> 00:45:00,543 {\an1}THIS MAN IS THROWING A VARIETY OF SHOTS. 943 00:45:00,576 --> 00:45:08,576 ♪ 944 00:45:15,343 --> 00:45:17,009 BEAUTIFUL PUNCHES BY CASSIUS CLAY, 945 00:45:17,043 --> 00:45:18,676 {\an1}THE WORLD CHAMPION. 946 00:45:18,709 --> 00:45:20,476 {\an1}BEAUTIFUL SHOTS ALL THE WAY. 947 00:45:20,509 --> 00:45:24,809 {\an1}LIPSYTE: IT WAS CRUEL, AND IT WAS HUMILIATING, 948 00:45:24,843 --> 00:45:28,043 {\an1}AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY REALLY DESERVED THAT, 949 00:45:28,076 --> 00:45:33,609 {\an1}EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, FLOYD HAD BROUGHT IT ON HIMSELF. 950 00:45:33,643 --> 00:45:35,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: ANGELO DUNDEE, TIRED OF WATCHING 951 00:45:35,809 --> 00:45:39,143 {\an1}HIS FIGHTER TOY WITH PATTERSON, SCREAMED, "KNOCK HIM OUT 952 00:45:39,176 --> 00:45:43,009 {\an1}FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!" 953 00:45:43,043 --> 00:45:44,476 {\an1}ELLIS: HE'S WOBBLING. 954 00:45:44,509 --> 00:45:47,143 HE'S HURT. 955 00:45:47,176 --> 00:45:48,976 {\an1}HE'S ON THE RECEIVING END OF GOOD PUNCHES 956 00:45:49,009 --> 00:45:51,176 ALL THE WAY. 957 00:45:51,209 --> 00:45:54,976 ♪ 958 00:45:55,009 --> 00:45:57,743 WHAT A MARKSMAN. A MINUTE TO GO IN NUMBER 12. 959 00:45:57,776 --> 00:46:02,643 {\an1}WHAT A MARKSMAN CASSIUS CLAY IS. 960 00:46:02,676 --> 00:46:04,943 I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO STOP IT. 961 00:46:04,976 --> 00:46:07,476 {\an1}[CHEERING AND BOOING] 962 00:46:12,609 --> 00:46:15,443 SOMEBODY GET A CHAIR DOWN THERE, PLEASE. 963 00:46:15,476 --> 00:46:18,809 {\an1}[INDISTINCT CHATTER] 964 00:46:18,843 --> 00:46:22,376 [APPLAUSE] 965 00:46:22,409 --> 00:46:26,243 {\an1}I'M VERY, VERY SORRY BECAUSE 966 00:46:26,276 --> 00:46:28,776 {\an1}OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT. 967 00:46:28,809 --> 00:46:33,109 {\an1}I HAD HOPED THAT I COULD GIVE ALL OF YOU, 968 00:46:33,143 --> 00:46:36,943 {\an7}AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN THE AUDIENCE, 969 00:46:36,976 --> 00:46:39,376 {\an7}A MUCH BETTER FIGHT. 970 00:46:39,409 --> 00:46:41,676 {\an7}NO, I COULDN'T KNOCK HIM OUT. REPORTER: WHY NOT? 971 00:46:41,709 --> 00:46:43,743 {\an7}I TOOK MY BEST PUNCHES. HE WOULDN'T FALL. 972 00:46:43,776 --> 00:46:44,943 {\an8}SURPRISED ME. 973 00:46:44,976 --> 00:46:46,343 {\an7}HE'S A GOOD FIGHTER, 974 00:46:46,376 --> 00:46:50,276 {\an7}DETERMINED... GOOD FIGHTER. 975 00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:51,876 {\an1}STRONG, SURPRISED ME. 976 00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:55,009 {\an1}I GOT TWO SWOLLEN HANDS. SEE? 977 00:46:55,043 --> 00:46:56,776 {\an1}REPORTER: WHO ARE YOU FIGHTING NEXT? 978 00:46:56,809 --> 00:46:58,576 WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT? 979 00:46:58,609 --> 00:47:00,076 {\an1}YOU PICK WHO YOU WANT TO FIGHT. 980 00:47:00,109 --> 00:47:01,452 WHO DOES THE PRESS WANT ME TO FIGHT? 981 00:47:01,476 --> 00:47:02,809 {\an1}WHO DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD FIGHT? 982 00:47:02,843 --> 00:47:04,343 {\an8}THE BEST MAN. WHO IS THE BEST MAN? 983 00:47:04,376 --> 00:47:07,476 {\an8}WHO DO YOU THINK? I DON'T KNOW. FIND HIM. 984 00:47:07,509 --> 00:47:10,176 {\an7}[INDISTINCT CHATTER] 985 00:47:10,209 --> 00:47:14,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI WAS IRREFUTABLY IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN. 986 00:47:14,076 --> 00:47:16,309 "COMPARISONS WITH HEAVYWEIGHTS OF THE PAST 987 00:47:16,343 --> 00:47:19,709 {\an1}ARE HARDLY RELEVANT," WROTE ONE SPORTSWRITER. 988 00:47:19,743 --> 00:47:22,309 {\an1}"PATTERSON HAD AS MUCH CHANCE OF BEATING HIM 989 00:47:22,343 --> 00:47:27,676 {\an1}AS THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS WOULD HAVE HAD AGAINST A JET FIGHTER." 990 00:47:27,709 --> 00:47:29,085 {\an8}YOU'RE PLANNING ON FIGHTING THIS YEAR 991 00:47:29,109 --> 00:47:30,643 {\an8}BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT? 992 00:47:30,676 --> 00:47:32,076 {\an1}WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I MIGHT RETIRE. 993 00:47:32,109 --> 00:47:33,476 {\an1}I'M CONSIDERING RETIRING. 994 00:47:33,509 --> 00:47:34,943 I'M REALLY TIRED OF FIGHTING. 995 00:47:34,976 --> 00:47:36,309 {\an8}AT YOUR AGE? YEAH. I'M TIRED. 996 00:47:36,343 --> 00:47:38,176 I DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT NO MORE. 997 00:47:38,209 --> 00:47:39,352 {\an1}DO YOU THINK YOU'LL RETIRE BEFORE YOU HAVE ANOTHER FIGHT? 998 00:47:39,376 --> 00:47:40,909 {\an1}I'M GETTING TOO GREAT. 999 00:47:40,943 --> 00:47:41,909 {\an1}I CAN'T EVEN FLY PLANES WITHOUT CROWDS 1000 00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:43,676 WAITING FOR ME. 1001 00:47:43,709 --> 00:47:45,685 {\an1}DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RETIRE WITHOUT ANOTHER FIGHT? 1002 00:47:45,709 --> 00:47:47,109 THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T LIKE BOXING. 1003 00:47:47,143 --> 00:47:49,509 BOXING MEANS NOTHING TO ME. 1004 00:47:49,543 --> 00:47:52,909 {\an8}WHAT DO YOU LIKE? 1005 00:47:52,943 --> 00:47:56,443 {\an1}AH, WELL I LIKE JUST... I LIKE WHAT ALL NEGROES LIKE, 1006 00:47:56,476 --> 00:47:59,043 AND WHAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR IS FREEDOM. 1007 00:47:59,076 --> 00:48:00,785 {\an1}REPORTER: IF YOU QUIT FIGHTING, WOULD YOU GO 1008 00:48:00,809 --> 00:48:03,709 {\an1}FULL-TIME INTO CIVIL RIGHTS WORK? 1009 00:48:03,743 --> 00:48:07,009 {\an1}NO, I DON'T KNOW IF I CALL IT CIVIL RIGHTS. 1010 00:48:07,043 --> 00:48:09,243 {\an1}WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR AN OCCUPATION 1011 00:48:09,276 --> 00:48:10,609 {\an1}IF YOU STOP FIGHTING? 1012 00:48:10,643 --> 00:48:12,009 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. 1013 00:48:12,043 --> 00:48:13,409 GOD'S GOT ME HERE FOR SOMETHING. 1014 00:48:13,443 --> 00:48:16,409 I CAN FEEL IT. 1015 00:48:16,443 --> 00:48:19,843 {\an1}I WAS BORN FOR EVERYTHING THAT I'M DOING NOW. 1016 00:48:19,876 --> 00:48:24,209 {\an1}[CHARLES BRADLEY'S "THE WORLD (IS GOING UP IN FLAMES)" PLAYING] 1017 00:48:24,243 --> 00:48:26,043 BRADLEY: ♪ OHH ♪ 1018 00:48:26,076 --> 00:48:27,952 {\an1}BOYD: RIGHT AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 1019 00:48:27,976 --> 00:48:30,643 IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WATTS RIOTS, 1020 00:48:30,676 --> 00:48:34,009 {\an7}AND THE WATTS RIOTS COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE FACT 1021 00:48:34,043 --> 00:48:37,076 {\an7}THAT THINGS ARE FAR FROM BEING SOLVED. 1022 00:48:37,109 --> 00:48:41,076 {\an1}THERE'S UNREST THAT THESE BILLS WON'T REACH. 1023 00:48:41,109 --> 00:48:45,376 {\an1}MUWAKKIL: IN THE URBAN NORTH, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT ESTRANGED 1024 00:48:45,409 --> 00:48:49,343 {\an1}FROM THE STYLISTIC METHODS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1025 00:48:49,376 --> 00:48:51,643 {\an1}WHICH WAS PRIMARILY A SOUTHERN-BASED 1026 00:48:51,676 --> 00:48:54,143 {\an1}AND AGRARIAN-BASED KIND OF THING. 1027 00:48:54,176 --> 00:48:55,843 {\an1}THEY WOULD HAVE OVERALLS ON. 1028 00:48:55,876 --> 00:48:57,709 {\an1}THEY WOULD BE SINGING HYMNS AND APPEAL 1029 00:48:57,743 --> 00:49:00,843 {\an1}TO CLERGY-ORIENTED KINDS OF THINGS. 1030 00:49:00,876 --> 00:49:02,476 THIS WASN'T OUR STYLE, YOU KNOW. 1031 00:49:02,509 --> 00:49:04,109 {\an1}WE WERE MORE SECULAR. 1032 00:49:04,143 --> 00:49:06,776 {\an1}WE DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR OVERALLS, YOU KNOW? 1033 00:49:06,809 --> 00:49:11,109 {\an1}AND SO WE WANTED ANOTHER FORM OF ACTIVISM, 1034 00:49:11,143 --> 00:49:15,009 {\an1}AND THE NATION OF ISLAM AND AND MALCOLM X HAD ALREADY BEEN 1035 00:49:15,043 --> 00:49:17,809 VERY INFLUENTIAL IN THE URBAN NORTH, 1036 00:49:17,843 --> 00:49:19,909 {\an1}AND BLACK... UH, I THINK, BLACK ACTIVISTS 1037 00:49:19,943 --> 00:49:22,243 {\an1}WERE MORE ATTRACTED TO THAT KIND OF ACTIVISM 1038 00:49:22,276 --> 00:49:25,176 THAN THEY WERE TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MODE, 1039 00:49:25,209 --> 00:49:29,209 {\an1}AND SO MUHAMMAD ALI FIT PERFECTLY WITH THAT MODEL. 1040 00:49:30,843 --> 00:49:33,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: BY 1966, MUHAMMAD ALI HAD BECOME 1041 00:49:33,809 --> 00:49:37,976 {\an1}THE HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE IN THE WORLD. 1042 00:49:38,009 --> 00:49:40,709 {\an1}EAGER TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT SUCCESS, 1043 00:49:40,743 --> 00:49:42,743 {\an1}ALI AND HERBERT MUHAMMAD, 1044 00:49:42,776 --> 00:49:44,943 {\an1}ALONG WITH FOOTBALL STAR JIM BROWN 1045 00:49:44,976 --> 00:49:48,709 {\an1}AND A FORMER PROSECUTOR FROM QUEENS NAMED BOB ARUM, 1046 00:49:48,743 --> 00:49:50,909 {\an1}FORMED MAIN BOUT, INC. 1047 00:49:50,943 --> 00:49:54,376 {\an1}TO MANAGE SUPPLEMENTAL RIGHTS TO ALL OF ALI'S FIGHTS, 1048 00:49:54,409 --> 00:49:57,909 INCLUDING CLOSED-CIRCUIT BROADCASTS. 1049 00:49:57,943 --> 00:50:01,709 {\an1}MAN: CLOSED-CIRCUIT WAS, IN THE SIXTIES, 1050 00:50:01,743 --> 00:50:05,676 THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT PAY-PER-VIEW IS TODAY. 1051 00:50:05,709 --> 00:50:10,409 {\an7}WE WERE LIMITED AT THE TIME TO 350 LOCATIONS... 1052 00:50:10,443 --> 00:50:13,809 {\an7}THEATERS, ARENAS... WHERE WE COULD SHOW 1053 00:50:13,843 --> 00:50:16,976 {\an1}THE TELECAST OF THE FIGHT. 1054 00:50:17,009 --> 00:50:19,476 {\an1}WHILE THERE HAD BEEN CLOSED-CIRCUIT 1055 00:50:19,509 --> 00:50:24,743 {\an1}BEFORE MUHAMMAD ALI, MUHAMMAD ALI PUT CLOSED-CIRCUIT 1056 00:50:24,776 --> 00:50:27,176 {\an1}INTO ANOTHER PLATEAU. 1057 00:50:28,476 --> 00:50:30,509 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE LOUISVILLE GROUP WAS NOT A PART 1058 00:50:30,543 --> 00:50:32,243 {\an1}OF THE NEW ENTERPRISE. 1059 00:50:32,276 --> 00:50:35,443 {\an1}ALI HAD TOLD HIS BACKERS THAT HE INTENDED TO RENEW 1060 00:50:35,476 --> 00:50:39,076 THEIR AGREEMENT WHEN IT EXPIRED LATER THAT YEAR, 1061 00:50:39,109 --> 00:50:42,309 {\an1}BUT IT WAS CLEAR TO EVERYONE THE NEAR-TOTAL INFLUENCE 1062 00:50:42,343 --> 00:50:46,243 {\an1}THE NATION OF ISLAM HAD OVER THEIR BOXER. 1063 00:50:46,276 --> 00:50:48,143 "WE HAD HOPED TO BE COMPLETELY FREE 1064 00:50:48,176 --> 00:50:51,276 {\an1}OF UNDERWORLD CONNECTIONS," ONE MEMBER WROTE THE GROUP, 1065 00:50:51,309 --> 00:50:54,776 {\an1}"BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE NEW ONES IN CHICAGO." 1066 00:50:56,443 --> 00:50:58,243 {\an1}EIG: ALI STILL LIKES THESE GUYS, AND HE STILL 1067 00:50:58,276 --> 00:51:01,143 {\an1}REALLY TRUSTS THEM, AND THEY'VE TREATED HIM WELL, 1068 00:51:01,176 --> 00:51:03,943 {\an1}AND HE CONTINUES TO SAY HE LOVES AND SUPPORTS THESE GUYS, 1069 00:51:03,976 --> 00:51:05,909 {\an1}AND FOR A WHILE, HERBERT WORKS 1070 00:51:05,943 --> 00:51:07,576 {\an1}WITH THE LOUISVILLE SPONSORING GROUP, 1071 00:51:07,609 --> 00:51:09,509 {\an1}BUT THAT BECOMES TOO DIFFICULT AFTER A WHILE 1072 00:51:09,543 --> 00:51:12,509 AND, EVENTUALLY, THE LOUISVILLE SPONSORING GROUP 1073 00:51:12,543 --> 00:51:15,709 {\an1}GIVES UP, CUTS ITS TIES, AND HERBERT BECOMES 1074 00:51:15,743 --> 00:51:18,576 {\an1}ALI'S FULL-TIME MANAGER. 1075 00:51:18,609 --> 00:51:20,809 {\an1}[MACHINE GUNS FIRING] 1076 00:51:24,109 --> 00:51:26,043 {\an7}[HELICOPTER FLYING] 1077 00:51:28,909 --> 00:51:31,709 {\an7}MAN: FIRST ONE, SET UP A RING OF SECURITY. 1078 00:51:34,176 --> 00:51:36,043 NARRATOR: AFTER THE UNITED STATES ESCALATED 1079 00:51:36,076 --> 00:51:39,343 {\an1}ITS INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM BY COMMITTING COMBAT SOLDIERS 1080 00:51:39,376 --> 00:51:44,876 {\an1}IN 1965, THE DEMAND FOR TROOPS INCREASED. 1081 00:51:44,909 --> 00:51:47,843 {\an1}THE SELECTIVE SERVICE LOWERED ITS STANDARDS. 1082 00:51:49,976 --> 00:51:53,476 MUHAMMAD ALI, ONCE DISQUALIFIED, WAS NOW 1083 00:51:53,509 --> 00:51:55,909 {\an1}ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT. 1084 00:51:58,009 --> 00:52:04,543 {\an1}LIPSYTE: I WAS IN MIAMI TO DO SOME FEATURE STORY ABOUT HIM, 1085 00:52:04,576 --> 00:52:09,076 AND HE COMES OUT, AND HE IS STEAMING. 1086 00:52:09,109 --> 00:52:14,909 {\an1}HE HAD JUST HEARD THAT HE HAD BEEN RECLASSIFIED 1-A. 1087 00:52:14,943 --> 00:52:17,409 ALI: I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD 1088 00:52:17,443 --> 00:52:20,876 {\an1}RECLASSIFY ME AS 1-A WHEN THEY WERE THE ONES 1089 00:52:20,909 --> 00:52:23,543 {\an1}WHO SAID... THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE THE ONES 1090 00:52:23,576 --> 00:52:27,243 {\an1}WHO SAID THAT I WAS 1-Y, AND THAT I WASN'T QUALIFIED. 1091 00:52:27,276 --> 00:52:28,909 {\an1}IT WAS THEIR DECISION. 1092 00:52:28,943 --> 00:52:31,709 {\an1}NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M 1-A WITHOUT ANY TEST, 1093 00:52:31,743 --> 00:52:33,909 {\an1}WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME OR CHECKING TO SEE 1094 00:52:33,943 --> 00:52:36,909 {\an1}IF I'M ANY WISER THAN I WAS THE LAST TIME OR ANY WORSER. 1095 00:52:36,943 --> 00:52:38,185 {\an1}INTERVIEWER: IF YOU ARE DRAFTED WILL YOU FIGHT 1096 00:52:38,209 --> 00:52:39,709 {\an1}FOR YOUR COUNTRY? 1097 00:52:39,743 --> 00:52:41,343 {\an1}I'M NOT SAYING NOTHING ABOUT THINGS 1098 00:52:41,376 --> 00:52:42,909 {\an1}THAT I DON'T HAVE TO SAY. 1099 00:52:42,943 --> 00:52:44,452 {\an1}I DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT. 1100 00:52:44,476 --> 00:52:46,509 {\an1}UH, THEY HAVEN'T DRAFTED ME YET, 1101 00:52:46,543 --> 00:52:48,943 {\an1}AND IT'S A TOUCHY THING, A TOUCHY QUESTION, 1102 00:52:48,976 --> 00:52:52,743 AND I RATHER NOT SAY NOTHING. 1103 00:52:52,776 --> 00:52:55,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE NEXT MORNING, MUHAMMAD ALI OFFERED 1104 00:52:55,309 --> 00:52:59,609 {\an1}A MORE COHERENT ARGUMENT AGAINST JOINING THE MILITARY. 1105 00:52:59,643 --> 00:53:03,509 {\an1}"I AM A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIMS, AND WE DON'T GO TO WARS 1106 00:53:03,543 --> 00:53:06,409 UNLESS THEY ARE DECLARED BY ALLAH HIMSELF," 1107 00:53:06,443 --> 00:53:09,109 {\an1}HE TOLD A REPORTER FOR THE "CHICAGO DAILY NEWS." 1108 00:53:09,143 --> 00:53:13,776 {\an1}"I DON'T HAVE NO PERSONAL QUARREL WITH THOSE VIET CONGS." 1109 00:53:13,809 --> 00:53:17,309 {\an1}LIPSYTE: "I AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' AGAINST THEM VIET CONG," 1110 00:53:17,343 --> 00:53:20,343 AND IT WAS LIKE THE WORLD STOPPED. 1111 00:53:20,376 --> 00:53:23,709 {\an1}THERE WAS A REAL FEELING THAT HE WAS NOT 1112 00:53:23,743 --> 00:53:27,643 {\an1}THE RIGHT CHAMPION FOR AMERICA. 1113 00:53:27,676 --> 00:53:33,043 {\an1}HOW COULD A BOXER, A VIOLENT MAN, 1114 00:53:33,076 --> 00:53:36,843 {\an1}REFUSE TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY? 1115 00:53:36,876 --> 00:53:40,609 {\an1}WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WAS JUST HOW DESPISED 1116 00:53:40,643 --> 00:53:45,076 MUHAMMAD ALI WAS THROUGHOUT AMERICA. 1117 00:53:45,109 --> 00:53:47,509 {\an7}PEOPLE WHO FELT THAT THEY WERE PATRIOTS, 1118 00:53:47,543 --> 00:53:53,076 {\an7}YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WERE SENDING THEIR SONS TO WAR, 1119 00:53:53,109 --> 00:53:56,643 {\an7}WHO HAD FOUGHT THEMSELVES IN WORLD WAR II AND KOREA, 1120 00:53:56,676 --> 00:53:58,943 {\an1}WHICH WAS NOT THAT FAR BACK, 1121 00:53:58,976 --> 00:54:03,376 REALLY SAW THIS REPREHENSIBLE CHARACTER 1122 00:54:03,409 --> 00:54:05,743 WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, MAKING MILLIONS, 1123 00:54:05,776 --> 00:54:08,209 {\an1}TAKING EVERYTHING FROM AMERICA, 1124 00:54:08,243 --> 00:54:11,743 {\an1}AND GIVING NOTHING BACK. 1125 00:54:11,776 --> 00:54:15,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN 1966, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY 1126 00:54:15,076 --> 00:54:19,409 {\an1}OF AMERICAN CITIZENS SUPPORTED THE VIETNAM WAR. 1127 00:54:19,443 --> 00:54:21,776 JIM MURRAY OF THE "LOS ANGELES TIMES" 1128 00:54:21,809 --> 00:54:24,376 {\an1}CALLED ALI "THE GREATEST AMERICAN PATRIOT 1129 00:54:24,409 --> 00:54:26,543 {\an1}SINCE BENEDICT ARNOLD." 1130 00:54:26,576 --> 00:54:29,743 {\an1}"GO TO SOME MOTHER IN IOWA," MURRAY URGED ALI, 1131 00:54:29,776 --> 00:54:33,043 {\an1}AND "SUGGEST SHE SEND HER SON INSTEAD." 1132 00:54:33,076 --> 00:54:35,109 {\an1}ANOTHER WRITER CALLED HIM THE WORST INFLUENCE 1133 00:54:35,143 --> 00:54:39,076 {\an1}ON PEOPLE SINCE ADOLF HITLER. 1134 00:54:39,109 --> 00:54:41,909 LATER THAT MONTH, MUHAMMAD ALI APPLIED 1135 00:54:41,943 --> 00:54:44,643 {\an1}FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS BASED 1136 00:54:44,676 --> 00:54:47,143 {\an1}ON HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 1137 00:54:47,176 --> 00:54:49,176 {\an1}MUWAKKIL: HE WAS EMULATING ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 1138 00:54:49,209 --> 00:54:52,976 {\an1}WHO HAD REFUSED TO ENTER THE SERVICE HIMSELF 1139 00:54:53,009 --> 00:54:54,843 IN THE FORTIES. 1140 00:54:54,876 --> 00:54:57,543 {\an7}HE WAS FOLLOWING THE DICTATES OF THE NATION OF ISLAM, 1141 00:54:57,576 --> 00:55:02,243 {\an7}AND THAT DEFINITELY DIMINISHED HIS POPULARITY 1142 00:55:02,276 --> 00:55:05,076 {\an7}IN AMERICA IN GENERAL 1143 00:55:05,109 --> 00:55:07,309 AND NOT JUST IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY. 1144 00:55:07,343 --> 00:55:08,819 THERE WERE A LOT OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, 1145 00:55:08,843 --> 00:55:10,609 {\an1}A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT 1146 00:55:10,643 --> 00:55:13,943 {\an1}THAT HE WAS INSUFFICIENTLY LOYAL 1147 00:55:13,976 --> 00:55:17,176 {\an1}AND INAPPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES HE'S HAD 1148 00:55:17,209 --> 00:55:19,409 AS AN AMERICAN, AND HE SHOULD SHOW 1149 00:55:19,443 --> 00:55:24,176 {\an1}HIS DEDICATION TO THE COUNTRY AND BE WILLING TO FIGHT. 1150 00:55:27,176 --> 00:55:29,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI'S NEXT FIGHT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED 1151 00:55:29,376 --> 00:55:32,776 {\an1}FOR MARCH 29, 1966, IN CHICAGO 1152 00:55:32,809 --> 00:55:35,409 {\an1}AGAINST THE 6'6" ERNIE TERRELL, 1153 00:55:35,443 --> 00:55:36,843 {\an1}THE BOXER WHO HAD BEEN AWARDED 1154 00:55:36,876 --> 00:55:38,909 {\an1}THE WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION TITLE 1155 00:55:38,943 --> 00:55:41,809 {\an1}AFTER THEY HAD STRIPPED IT FROM ALI. 1156 00:55:42,976 --> 00:55:45,909 {\an1}MOST BOXING FANS STILL VIEWED ALI 1157 00:55:45,943 --> 00:55:49,776 {\an1}AS THE REAL CHAMP, AND A DEFEAT OF TERRELL 1158 00:55:49,809 --> 00:55:52,309 {\an1}WOULD CEMENT HIS CLAIM. 1159 00:55:52,343 --> 00:55:54,743 {\an1}"I WANT OUR SOLDIERS AND MARINES TO SEE 1160 00:55:54,776 --> 00:55:57,709 {\an1}WHAT A REAL CHAMPION LOOKS LIKE," SAID TERRELL, 1161 00:55:57,743 --> 00:55:59,809 {\an1}WHO PROMISED TO SIGN UP FOR AN EXHIBITION TOUR 1162 00:55:59,843 --> 00:56:03,876 {\an1}IN VIETNAM AFTER DEFEATING ALI. 1163 00:56:03,909 --> 00:56:05,976 {\an1}ARUM: AND WE ANNOUNCED THE FIGHT, 1164 00:56:06,009 --> 00:56:08,376 {\an1}AND TICKETS WERE GOING VERY WELL, 1165 00:56:08,409 --> 00:56:11,476 {\an1}AND WE WERE SECURING CLOSED-CIRCUIT EXHIBITORS 1166 00:56:11,509 --> 00:56:13,376 {\an1}AROUND THE COUNTRY. 1167 00:56:13,409 --> 00:56:18,309 {\an7}I HAD HOPED IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST ALI PROMOTION EVER 1168 00:56:18,343 --> 00:56:20,243 {\an8}AT THAT POINT. 1169 00:56:20,276 --> 00:56:23,909 {\an1}WHEN ALI, SAID, "I GOT NOTHING AGAINST THE VIET CONG," 1170 00:56:23,943 --> 00:56:26,543 MAYOR DALEY IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED 1171 00:56:26,576 --> 00:56:30,043 {\an1}THE ILLINOIS ATHLETIC COMMISSION AND TOLD THEM TO 1172 00:56:30,076 --> 00:56:32,809 {\an1}THROW US OUT OF CHICAGO. 1173 00:56:32,843 --> 00:56:35,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: TO SALVAGE THE FIGHT, ALI BACKED AWAY 1174 00:56:35,376 --> 00:56:37,543 {\an1}FROM HIS STATEMENTS AND OFFERED TO COME 1175 00:56:37,576 --> 00:56:40,143 {\an1}BEFORE THE ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION 1176 00:56:40,176 --> 00:56:41,876 TO APOLOGIZE, 1177 00:56:41,909 --> 00:56:43,876 {\an1}BUT AFTER HAVING BREAKFAST WITH ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 1178 00:56:43,909 --> 00:56:48,176 {\an1}BEFORE THE HEARING, HE REVERSED COURSE. 1179 00:56:48,209 --> 00:56:50,609 COMMISSIONER: I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU APOLOGIZE 1180 00:56:50,643 --> 00:56:53,376 {\an1}FOR THE UNPATRIOTIC REMARKS THAT YOU MADE. 1181 00:56:53,409 --> 00:56:55,052 {\an1}ANYTHING... I'M NOT APOLOGIZING FOR NOTHING 1182 00:56:55,076 --> 00:56:56,809 {\an1}LIKE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO. 1183 00:56:56,843 --> 00:56:59,943 {\an1}I'M APOLOGIZING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 1184 00:56:59,976 --> 00:57:01,843 {\an1}IN CHARGE OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE. 1185 00:57:01,876 --> 00:57:03,552 {\an1}THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'LL TAKE THIS UP WITH THEM. 1186 00:57:03,576 --> 00:57:05,343 {\an1}I'M NOT IN COURT NOW FOR THAT. 1187 00:57:05,376 --> 00:57:07,876 {\an1}I'M A CHAMP OF THE WORLD, THIS IS ATHLETIC COMMISSIONER, 1188 00:57:07,909 --> 00:57:09,676 {\an1}AND I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE TITLE, 1189 00:57:09,709 --> 00:57:11,776 {\an1}AND I'M JUST APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT I SAID 1190 00:57:11,809 --> 00:57:14,243 {\an1}TO THE NEWSPAPERS AND TO THE PRESS 1191 00:57:14,276 --> 00:57:16,443 {\an1}WHEN I SHOULD'VE HAD THESE THINGS TO SAY, 1192 00:57:16,476 --> 00:57:17,943 {\an1}AND THEY WILL FROM NOW ON BE SAID 1193 00:57:17,976 --> 00:57:21,576 {\an1}WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS. 1194 00:57:21,609 --> 00:57:22,809 {\an1}MR. CLAY, WHEN YOU... 1195 00:57:22,843 --> 00:57:24,276 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI, SIR. 1196 00:57:24,309 --> 00:57:25,409 MR. CLAY... 1197 00:57:25,443 --> 00:57:26,809 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI, SIR. 1198 00:57:26,843 --> 00:57:28,052 {\an1}OR MR. MUHAMMAD ALI, EITHER ONE. 1199 00:57:28,076 --> 00:57:29,709 {\an1}I'M JUST MUHAMMAD ALI, SIR. 1200 00:57:29,743 --> 00:57:32,276 {\an1}WHEN YOU APPEARED BEFORE THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, 1201 00:57:32,309 --> 00:57:34,076 {\an1}IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU SAID 1202 00:57:34,109 --> 00:57:36,409 YOU WERE THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION. 1203 00:57:36,443 --> 00:57:37,909 {\an1}YES, SIR. 1204 00:57:37,943 --> 00:57:39,119 DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE 1205 00:57:39,143 --> 00:57:40,443 {\an1}A PEOPLE'S CHAMPION? 1206 00:57:40,476 --> 00:57:42,476 {\an1}YES, SIR. 1207 00:57:42,509 --> 00:57:48,943 {\an1}OTIS REDDING: ♪ I WAS BORN BY THE RIVER ♪ 1208 00:57:48,976 --> 00:57:51,543 {\an1}MAN: IS THE FIGHT ON OR OFF? IS THE FIGHT ON OUR OFF? 1209 00:57:51,576 --> 00:57:54,743 {\an1}NARRATOR: THAT SAME DAY, THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL 1210 00:57:54,776 --> 00:57:57,709 {\an1}DECLARED THE FIGHT ILLEGAL. 1211 00:57:57,743 --> 00:57:59,776 {\an7}WE DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICATION 1212 00:57:59,809 --> 00:58:02,476 {\an8}AND THE LICENSE VIOLATED STATE LAW. 1213 00:58:02,509 --> 00:58:05,576 {\an1}I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF STATEMENTS CLAY MADE. 1214 00:58:05,609 --> 00:58:07,452 {\an1}THE ONLY THING I CAN FIGURE OUT ABOUT CLAY IS HE'S 1215 00:58:07,476 --> 00:58:09,343 {\an1}GUILTY OF BEING STUPID. 1216 00:58:09,376 --> 00:58:13,443 {\an1}AND ONCE WE GOT OUT OF CHICAGO, EVERY CITY 1217 00:58:13,476 --> 00:58:17,176 {\an1}IN THE UNITED STATES VIRTUALLY DID A PILE-ON, 1218 00:58:17,209 --> 00:58:21,843 {\an1}AND THE PILE-ON WAS, "KALAMAZOO WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FIGHT!" 1219 00:58:21,876 --> 00:58:25,009 {\an1}YOU KNOW, NOBODY ASKED THEM, SO IT BECAME OBVIOUS TO ME 1220 00:58:25,043 --> 00:58:29,376 {\an1}THAT WE COULDN'T DO THE FIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES. 1221 00:58:29,409 --> 00:58:31,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: ARUM EVENTUALLY FOUND A VENUE FOR THE FIGHT 1222 00:58:31,743 --> 00:58:33,509 {\an1}IN TORONTO, CANADA, 1223 00:58:33,543 --> 00:58:36,476 {\an1}BUT TERRELL REJECTED THE TERMS OF THE NEW CONTRACT 1224 00:58:36,509 --> 00:58:38,543 AND PULLED OUT. 1225 00:58:38,576 --> 00:58:41,543 {\an1}WITH LESS THAN 3 WEEKS TO GO, PROMOTERS SCRAMBLED 1226 00:58:41,576 --> 00:58:44,843 {\an1}TO FIND ANOTHER OPPONENT. 1227 00:58:44,876 --> 00:58:47,943 {\an1}GEORGE CHUVALO, THE CANADIAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, 1228 00:58:47,976 --> 00:58:50,676 {\an1}AGREED TO TAKE TERRELL'S PLACE. 1229 00:58:50,709 --> 00:58:52,909 {\an8}HE'S GONNA FIGHT GEORGE CHUVALO IN TORONTO 1230 00:58:52,943 --> 00:58:56,309 {\an7}BECAUSE THAT PATRIOTIC MAYOR DALEY OF CHICAGO 1231 00:58:56,343 --> 00:58:58,443 {\an7}HAD SAID HE CAN'T ABIDE A TRAITOR'S 1232 00:58:58,476 --> 00:59:00,209 {\an1}FIGHTING IN HIS MIDST. 1233 00:59:00,243 --> 00:59:04,743 SO I GO UP THERE, AND I COME TO SULLY'S AC GYM. 1234 00:59:04,776 --> 00:59:06,309 I GO IN THE BACK. 1235 00:59:06,343 --> 00:59:07,843 AND LUIS SARRIA, THE CUBAN EXILE, 1236 00:59:07,876 --> 00:59:10,043 {\an1}IS GIVING HIM A MASSAGE. 1237 00:59:10,076 --> 00:59:11,809 {\an1}HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" 1238 00:59:11,843 --> 00:59:13,709 {\an1}I SAID, "WELL, SOMEBODY SAID THERE'S A FIGHT." 1239 00:59:13,743 --> 00:59:16,209 {\an1}HE SAID, "NO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT MUCH OF A FIGHT." 1240 00:59:16,243 --> 00:59:17,843 I SAID, "WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 1241 00:59:17,876 --> 00:59:20,509 {\an1}"MUHAMMAD, I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO YOU. 1242 00:59:20,543 --> 00:59:24,043 {\an1}"A LOT OF YOUNG AMERICAN MEN WHO DO NOT WANT TO FIGHT 1243 00:59:24,076 --> 00:59:29,176 {\an1}"IN THIS WAR FOR REASONS OF CONSCIENCE OR RELIGION 1244 00:59:29,209 --> 00:59:31,509 {\an1}"OR WHATEVER ELSE ARE COMING TO CANADA, 1245 00:59:31,543 --> 00:59:34,743 {\an1}"AND THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED POLITICAL ASYLUM, 1246 00:59:34,776 --> 00:59:37,243 {\an1}SO I'M HERE TO SEE IF YOU GO HOME." 1247 00:59:37,276 --> 00:59:39,376 {\an1}HE GOT OFF THAT THING SO FAST AND GOT IN MY FACE, 1248 00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:40,909 I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA HIT ME. 1249 00:59:40,943 --> 00:59:42,543 {\an1}HE SAID, "YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT." 1250 00:59:42,576 --> 00:59:44,543 {\an1}HE SAID, "LOOK"... AND THESE ARE THE WORDS. 1251 00:59:44,576 --> 00:59:46,076 {\an1}I REMEMBER THEM SO WELL. 1252 00:59:46,109 --> 00:59:48,443 {\an1}"AMERICA IS MY BIRTH COUNTRY. 1253 00:59:48,476 --> 00:59:51,209 {\an1}"NO ONE'S GONNA CHASE ME OUT OF MY BIRTH COUNTRY. 1254 00:59:51,243 --> 00:59:53,509 "I BELONG IN MY BIRTH COUNTRY. 1255 00:59:53,543 --> 00:59:56,709 "NOW I DON'T MAKE THE LAWS IN MY BIRTH COUNTRY. 1256 00:59:56,743 --> 00:59:58,409 {\an1}"SO IF THE LAW SAYS I GOT TO GO TO JAIL, 1257 00:59:58,443 --> 00:59:59,709 "I'LL GO TO JAIL. 1258 00:59:59,743 --> 01:00:01,643 "ELIJAH DID. I WILL DO IT, 1259 01:00:01,676 --> 01:00:03,219 {\an1}"BUT I'M GOING HOME TO MY BIRTH COUNTRY, 1260 01:00:03,243 --> 01:00:05,543 {\an1}AND YOU COULD TELL THAT TO EVERYBODY." 1261 01:00:05,576 --> 01:00:08,143 {\an1}I WAS POSITIVE HE'D GO TO JAIL IF HE HAD TO. 1262 01:00:08,176 --> 01:00:09,909 {\an1}REDDING: ♪ THAT I KNOW ♪ 1263 01:00:09,943 --> 01:00:13,543 {\an1}NARRATOR: GEORGE CHUVALO LASTED ALL 15 ROUNDS, 1264 01:00:13,576 --> 01:00:17,043 {\an1}GIVING ALI WHAT HE CALLED HIS "TOUGHEST FIGHT YET." 1265 01:00:18,443 --> 01:00:21,809 {\an1}SINCE DEFEATING LISTON, ALI HAD DEFENDED HIS TITLE 1266 01:00:21,843 --> 01:00:25,709 {\an1}ONLY 3 TIMES IN 2 YEARS, BUT NOW, 1267 01:00:25,743 --> 01:00:29,209 BROKE AND BEHIND ON ALIMONY PAYMENTS TO SONJI, 1268 01:00:29,243 --> 01:00:33,076 {\an1}ALI FOUGHT 6 TIMES OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. 1269 01:00:33,109 --> 01:00:36,009 {\an1}["RULE BRITANNIA!" PLAYING] 1270 01:00:36,043 --> 01:00:39,243 {\an1}ARUM: WE WENT TO ENGLAND TO FIGHT HENRY COOPER AGAIN. 1271 01:00:39,276 --> 01:00:42,243 {\an1}WE GOT UP AROUND NOON. 1272 01:00:42,276 --> 01:00:44,443 THE HOTEL WAS IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS. 1273 01:00:44,476 --> 01:00:48,743 CAME OUTSIDE, AND THERE WERE 5,000 PEOPLE 1274 01:00:48,776 --> 01:00:51,843 {\an1}CHANTING HIS NAME, 1275 01:00:51,876 --> 01:00:55,743 {\an1}AND YOU CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT A TONIC THAT WAS... 1276 01:00:55,776 --> 01:01:00,776 {\an1}BECAUSE HE WAS SO UNPOPULAR IN THE UNITED STATES... 1277 01:01:00,809 --> 01:01:06,409 {\an1}TO GO OVER TO ENGLAND AND TO BE GREETED BY THE PEOPLE 1278 01:01:06,443 --> 01:01:11,043 {\an1}IN LONDON WITH THAT TYPE OF ADMIRATION. 1279 01:01:11,076 --> 01:01:13,876 {\an1}I MEAN, THAT REALLY PRESAGED 1280 01:01:13,909 --> 01:01:18,109 {\an1}THE WAY HE WOULD BE LOVED YEARS LATER. 1281 01:01:20,743 --> 01:01:24,543 [CROWD CHEERING] 1282 01:01:24,576 --> 01:01:26,119 REG GUTTERIDGE: YES, HENRY COOPER'S LEFT EYE 1283 01:01:26,143 --> 01:01:27,743 IS BADLY CUT. 1284 01:01:27,776 --> 01:01:29,976 A REALLY BAD ONE, WHICH IS A RIGHT-HAND CLIP THERE 1285 01:01:30,009 --> 01:01:32,143 {\an1}IN THE FAR CORNER. 1286 01:01:32,176 --> 01:01:35,509 ♪ 1287 01:01:35,543 --> 01:01:37,609 {\an1}NO. IT'S ALL OVER. 1288 01:01:37,643 --> 01:01:39,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: ALI DEFEATED HENRY COOPER 1289 01:01:39,443 --> 01:01:40,976 {\an1}BY TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT 1290 01:01:41,009 --> 01:01:43,576 JUST AS HE HAD IN THEIR PREVIOUS MATCH 1291 01:01:43,609 --> 01:01:46,076 {\an1}AND WENT ON TO BEAT TWO MORE MEDIOCRE OPPONENTS 1292 01:01:46,109 --> 01:01:47,909 IN EUROPE. 1293 01:01:47,943 --> 01:01:55,943 {\an1}CHOIR: ♪ NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES ♪ 1294 01:01:55,976 --> 01:01:59,109 {\an7}NARRATOR: BETWEEN FIGHTS, ALI HAD RETURNED TO LOUISVILLE 1295 01:01:59,143 --> 01:02:00,776 {\an7}FOR A HEARING ON HIS APPLICATION 1296 01:02:00,809 --> 01:02:03,376 {\an8}FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS. 1297 01:02:03,409 --> 01:02:07,376 {\an7}ALI WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO ALL WARS, 1298 01:02:07,409 --> 01:02:10,476 {\an1}THAT HIS OPPOSITION WAS BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, 1299 01:02:10,509 --> 01:02:14,343 {\an1}AND THAT HE WAS SINCERE IN HOLDING THOSE BELIEFS. 1300 01:02:14,376 --> 01:02:17,709 {\an1}THE FBI HAD INTERVIEWED HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, 1301 01:02:17,743 --> 01:02:20,276 {\an1}MANY OF WHOM QUESTIONED HIS JUDGMENT FOR JOINING 1302 01:02:20,309 --> 01:02:24,843 {\an1}THE NATION OF ISLAM BUT NOT HIS SINCERITY. 1303 01:02:24,876 --> 01:02:26,676 {\an7}THE HEARING EXAMINER, WHO WAS A RETIRED 1304 01:02:26,709 --> 01:02:29,709 {\an7}KENTUCKY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, CONCLUDED THAT ALI WAS 1305 01:02:29,743 --> 01:02:32,676 {\an7}INDEED ENTITLED TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS 1306 01:02:32,709 --> 01:02:35,709 {\an8}AND RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE GIVEN A C.O. 1307 01:02:35,743 --> 01:02:37,909 {\an1}THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, NOTWITHSTANDING 1308 01:02:37,943 --> 01:02:41,843 {\an1}THAT RECOMMENDATION, SENT A LONG LETTER TO THE DRAFT BOARD, 1309 01:02:41,876 --> 01:02:46,043 {\an1}UM, ARGUING THAT ALI SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN 1310 01:02:46,076 --> 01:02:49,343 {\an1}CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR STATUS. 1311 01:02:49,376 --> 01:02:51,052 {\an1}THE KENTUCKY APPEAL BOARD COULD HAVE REJECTED 1312 01:02:51,076 --> 01:02:52,709 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LETTER, 1313 01:02:52,743 --> 01:02:54,309 BUT IT DIDN'T. 1314 01:02:54,343 --> 01:02:57,043 {\an1}IT CONTINUED TO DENY HIS C.O. APPLICATION 1315 01:02:57,076 --> 01:02:59,343 {\an1}AND DIDN'T GIVE ANY REASONS WHY. 1316 01:02:59,376 --> 01:03:02,543 {\an1}IT JUST SAID, "NO. YOU'RE STILL 1-A," 1317 01:03:02,576 --> 01:03:06,109 {\an1}AND AS THE CASE UNFOLDED, IT BECAME IMPORTANT 1318 01:03:06,143 --> 01:03:09,009 {\an1}THAT THE KENTUCKY APPEAL BOARD HADN'T EXPLAINED 1319 01:03:09,043 --> 01:03:12,043 {\an1}WHY IT DID WHAT IT DID. 1320 01:03:12,076 --> 01:03:14,943 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE DECISION MEANT THAT THE ARMY COULD DRAFT 1321 01:03:14,976 --> 01:03:17,643 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI AT ANY TIME. 1322 01:03:19,543 --> 01:03:22,776 {\an1}AFTER 4 FIGHTS ABROAD, ALI'S PROMOTERS 1323 01:03:22,809 --> 01:03:25,943 {\an1}HAD FINALLY MANAGED TO SECURE AN AMERICAN VENUE, 1324 01:03:25,976 --> 01:03:28,843 {\an1}THE ASTRODOME IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, 1325 01:03:28,876 --> 01:03:31,043 A BRAND-NEW AND FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND 1326 01:03:31,076 --> 01:03:36,543 {\an1}DOMED STADIUM DUBBED THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD. 1327 01:03:36,576 --> 01:03:39,943 {\an1}ALI HAD AGREED TO FIGHT CLEVELAND "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS, 1328 01:03:39,976 --> 01:03:42,376 AN ARMY VETERAN WHO'D ONCE BEEN SHOT 1329 01:03:42,409 --> 01:03:45,943 {\an1}BY A POLICE OFFICER DURING A DRUNK DRIVING ARREST. 1330 01:03:45,976 --> 01:03:51,309 {\an1}WILLIAMS HAD KNOCKED OUT 51 OF HIS 71 OPPONENTS. 1331 01:03:51,343 --> 01:03:53,076 {\an1}IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST AUDIENCE 1332 01:03:53,109 --> 01:03:56,043 {\an1}FOR AN INDOOR BOXING MATCH IN HISTORY. 1333 01:03:56,076 --> 01:03:58,309 {\an8}[JIMI HENDRIX'S "ARE YOU EXPERIENCED" PLAYING] 1334 01:04:00,309 --> 01:04:02,509 {\an7}BENTT: I THINK HIS MASTERPIECE 1335 01:04:02,543 --> 01:04:05,176 {\an7}IS WITH CLEVELAND WILLIAMS. 1336 01:04:05,209 --> 01:04:07,176 {\an1}THAT'S PICASSO, RIGHT? 1337 01:04:07,209 --> 01:04:09,276 {\an1}THAT'S BARYSHNIKOV, RIGHT? 1338 01:04:09,309 --> 01:04:12,143 {\an1}THAT'S MILES DAVIS. 1339 01:04:12,176 --> 01:04:14,443 HE THROWS, LIKE, A 10-PUNCH COMBINATION. 1340 01:04:14,476 --> 01:04:17,143 {\an7}HE'S GOING BACKWARDS, MAN. 1341 01:04:17,176 --> 01:04:20,609 {\an7}NOW LOOK. HA HA! LOOK. 1342 01:04:20,643 --> 01:04:23,776 {\an7}I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEFINE THAT. I'M NOT A SCIENTIST, 1343 01:04:23,809 --> 01:04:26,309 {\an1}BUT, LIKE, THAT, THAT KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARTISTRY 1344 01:04:26,343 --> 01:04:29,243 {\an1}WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN. 1345 01:04:29,276 --> 01:04:34,843 WHEN HE DID THAT, UM, IT LOOKED EFFORTLESS, 1346 01:04:34,876 --> 01:04:38,876 {\an1}AND, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE, UM... 1347 01:04:38,909 --> 01:04:41,109 {\an1}HE CAME OUT OF THE WOMB DOING THAT. 1348 01:04:44,143 --> 01:04:46,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: INTRODUCING A NEW MOVE HE'D DUBBED 1349 01:04:46,309 --> 01:04:50,276 {\an1}THE "ALI SHUFFLE," HE PEPPERED WILLIAMS WITH JAB AFTER JAB 1350 01:04:50,309 --> 01:04:54,543 {\an1}AS THE "BIG CAT" STRUGGLED TO LAND A SINGLE PUNCH. 1351 01:04:54,576 --> 01:04:56,709 {\an1}ALI FLOORED HIS CHALLENGER 3 TIMES 1352 01:04:56,743 --> 01:04:58,809 {\an1}IN THE SECOND ROUND. 1353 01:04:58,843 --> 01:05:01,776 {\an1}IT WAS "A TWO-FISTED ASSAULT OF VICIOUS EFFECTIVENESS," 1354 01:05:01,809 --> 01:05:04,043 {\an1}WROTE FREQUENT CRITIC ARTHUR DALEY, 1355 01:05:04,076 --> 01:05:09,409 {\an1}WHO DECLARED THAT ALI HAD "WON OVER ALL THE DOUBTERS." 1356 01:05:09,443 --> 01:05:12,009 {\an1}A MINUTE INTO THE THIRD ROUND, 1357 01:05:12,043 --> 01:05:14,476 {\an1}THE REFEREE ENDED THE FIGHT. 1358 01:05:17,676 --> 01:05:20,743 {\an1}DON DUNPHY: THE CHAMPION CASSIUS CLAY WILL DEFEND 1359 01:05:20,776 --> 01:05:23,809 {\an1}THAT TITLE ONCE AGAIN, 1360 01:05:23,843 --> 01:05:26,376 {\an1}AND TONIGHT HE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED IT 1361 01:05:26,409 --> 01:05:31,143 {\an1}AGAINST THE MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HARDEST HITTER. 1362 01:05:31,176 --> 01:05:35,809 {\an7}I INTENDED TO TAKE A REST AFTER THE HARD, UH, 1363 01:05:35,843 --> 01:05:41,009 {\an7}6 TITLE FIGHTS I JUST HAD, AT LEAST 6 MONTHS' REST, 1364 01:05:41,043 --> 01:05:43,676 {\an7}BUT I JUST COULDN'T REST AT NIGHT STAYING HOME SLEEPING 1365 01:05:43,709 --> 01:05:48,409 {\an7}AND THINKING ABOUT TERRELL CLAIMING HALF OF THE TITLE. 1366 01:05:48,443 --> 01:05:50,443 {\an8}TERRELL: ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT. 1367 01:05:50,476 --> 01:05:52,076 {\an8}[LAUGHTER] 1368 01:05:52,109 --> 01:05:54,576 {\an7}I SAY THAT'LL MAKE IT WORSER. 1369 01:05:54,609 --> 01:05:57,576 {\an7}CLAIMING ALL THE TITLE, AND EVERYWHERE I GO SINCERELY 1370 01:05:57,609 --> 01:06:00,476 {\an7}THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF AMERICA, NORTH AND SOUTH, 1371 01:06:00,509 --> 01:06:02,743 {\an1}BLACK AND WHITE, AS FAR AS RACE IS CONCERNED, 1372 01:06:02,776 --> 01:06:04,576 OLD AND YOUNG, WOMEN AND MEN, 1373 01:06:04,609 --> 01:06:06,743 {\an1}EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT. 1374 01:06:06,776 --> 01:06:08,443 {\an1}"WHAT ABOUT ERNIE TERRELL?" 1375 01:06:08,476 --> 01:06:10,143 {\an7}"WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT TERRELL? 1376 01:06:10,176 --> 01:06:12,076 {\an8}"WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT TERRELL?" 1377 01:06:12,109 --> 01:06:15,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN DECEMBER, ALI AND ERNIE TERRELL APPEARED 1378 01:06:15,943 --> 01:06:18,609 {\an1}ON ABC's "WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS" TO PROMOTE 1379 01:06:18,643 --> 01:06:22,809 {\an1}THEIR BOUT, SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 6, 1967, 1380 01:06:22,843 --> 01:06:24,309 AT THE ASTRODOME. 1381 01:06:24,343 --> 01:06:26,576 {\an1}WHY DON'T YOU CALL ME BY MY NAME, MAN? 1382 01:06:26,609 --> 01:06:28,609 WELL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 1383 01:06:28,643 --> 01:06:30,319 YOU TOLD ME YOUR NAME WAS CASSIUS CLAY A FEW YEARS AGO. 1384 01:06:30,343 --> 01:06:32,243 {\an1}I NEVER TOLD YOU MY NAME WAS CASSIUS CLAY. 1385 01:06:32,276 --> 01:06:34,076 WELL... MY NAME IS MUHAMMAD ALI, 1386 01:06:34,109 --> 01:06:35,809 {\an1}AND YOU WILL ANNOUNCE IT RIGHT THERE 1387 01:06:35,843 --> 01:06:37,943 {\an1}IN THE CENTER OF THAT RING AFTER THE FIGHT 1388 01:06:37,976 --> 01:06:39,576 {\an1}IF YOU DON'T DO IT NOW. 1389 01:06:39,609 --> 01:06:41,109 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS BROADCAST, 1390 01:06:41,143 --> 01:06:43,276 HIM, ALL RIGHT? UH... 1391 01:06:43,309 --> 01:06:46,609 {\an1}YOU ACTING JUST LIKE A OLD UNCLE TOM, 1392 01:06:46,643 --> 01:06:48,609 {\an1}ANOTHER FLOYD PATTERSON. 1393 01:06:48,643 --> 01:06:50,152 {\an4}I'M GONNA PUNISH YOU... LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, MAN. 1394 01:06:50,176 --> 01:06:51,485 YOU AIN'T GOT NO BUSINESS CALLING ME NO... 1395 01:06:51,509 --> 01:06:52,909 {\an1}BACK OFF OF ME, BACK OFF OF ME. 1396 01:06:52,943 --> 01:06:54,183 DON'T CALL ME NO UNCLE TOM, MAN. 1397 01:06:54,209 --> 01:06:55,643 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. AN UNCLE TOM. 1398 01:06:55,676 --> 01:06:57,409 WHY YOU GONNA CALL ME A UNCLE TOM? 1399 01:06:57,443 --> 01:06:59,143 {\an5}I DIDN'T DO NOTHING TO YOU... YOU HEARD ME. 1400 01:06:59,176 --> 01:07:00,819 {\an5}FOR YOU TO CALL ME NO UNCLE TOM. JUST BACK OFF OF ME! 1401 01:07:00,843 --> 01:07:02,643 {\an5}AND SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... UNCLE TOM! 1402 01:07:02,676 --> 01:07:05,376 {\an1}AS THE TWO CONTESTANTS PREPARE FOR BATTLE RIGHT NOW... 1403 01:07:05,409 --> 01:07:08,643 {\an1}BACK OFF OF ME, MAN. BACK OFF OF ME, MAN! 1404 01:07:08,676 --> 01:07:10,152 {\an1}COSELL: ANOTHER INTERVIEW HAS BEEN RECORDED 1405 01:07:10,176 --> 01:07:11,609 FOR POSTERITY... 1406 01:07:11,643 --> 01:07:12,719 {\an1}NARRATOR: "I WANT TO TORTURE HIM," 1407 01:07:12,743 --> 01:07:14,343 {\an1}ALI SAID BEFORE THE FIGHT. 1408 01:07:14,376 --> 01:07:16,343 {\an1}"I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE PATTERSON HUMILIATION 1409 01:07:16,376 --> 01:07:18,476 AND PUNISH HIM." 1410 01:07:18,509 --> 01:07:19,976 {\an1}COSELL: PERFECT, THAT'S IT. 1411 01:07:20,009 --> 01:07:21,476 [SMACK] 1412 01:07:21,509 --> 01:07:24,609 {\an1}ALI: COME ON, MAN. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 1413 01:07:24,643 --> 01:07:27,209 COME ON, COME. KEEP SHOOTING. 1414 01:07:27,243 --> 01:07:28,676 [BELL RINGS] 1415 01:07:28,709 --> 01:07:30,809 {\an7}["ARE YOU EXPERIENCED" PLAYING] 1416 01:07:30,843 --> 01:07:33,343 {\an7}COSELL: THE BELL FOR ROUND ONE. 1417 01:07:33,376 --> 01:07:37,109 {\an8}♪ 1418 01:07:37,143 --> 01:07:41,343 {\an1}BENTT: THIS GUY WANTED TO CRUCIFY THIS "UNCLE TOM." 1419 01:07:43,209 --> 01:07:48,076 {\an1}HE WOULD THROW A JAB AND TWIST IT. 1420 01:07:48,109 --> 01:07:50,143 IT'S DAMAGING. 1421 01:07:50,176 --> 01:07:51,676 {\an1}YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THREW A JAB, 1422 01:07:51,709 --> 01:07:53,576 {\an1}HE'S, LIKE, SAYING, "[BLEEP] YOU." 1423 01:07:53,609 --> 01:07:57,143 [BELL RINGS] 1424 01:07:57,176 --> 01:08:00,909 {\an1}I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SEEN MUHAMMAD DISPLAY 1425 01:08:00,943 --> 01:08:05,276 {\an1}THAT KIND OF CONTEMPT FOR SOMEBODY. 1426 01:08:05,309 --> 01:08:07,219 {\an1}CARPENTER: MUHAMMAD ALI NOW AT HIS MOST TAUNTING. 1427 01:08:07,243 --> 01:08:09,976 {\an1}GOT HIM WITH A RIGHT HAND AT THE END OF THAT FLURRY. 1428 01:08:10,009 --> 01:08:12,076 {\an1}SOME SOUTHPAW IN HIM. 1429 01:08:12,109 --> 01:08:13,776 REALLY TRYING TO PERPLEX AND WORRY 1430 01:08:13,809 --> 01:08:16,843 {\an1}AND TORMENT TERRELL. 1431 01:08:16,876 --> 01:08:18,676 {\an1}BENTT: AT THAT POINT IN MUHAMMAD'S LIFE, 1432 01:08:18,709 --> 01:08:23,043 {\an1}HIM NOT BEING CALLED MUHAMMAD ALI FROM A BLACK MAN, 1433 01:08:23,076 --> 01:08:26,109 {\an1}HOW DO WE DEAL WITH UNCLE TOMS? 1434 01:08:26,143 --> 01:08:28,776 {\an1}WE'RE GONNA PUBLICLY HUMILIATE YOU, 1435 01:08:28,809 --> 01:08:30,909 {\an1}AND THAT'S WHAT MUHAMMAD DID. 1436 01:08:33,143 --> 01:08:36,509 {\an1}ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU'RE GONNA RESPECT ME. 1437 01:08:39,643 --> 01:08:42,609 {\an1}ALI: WHAT'S MY NAME? 1438 01:08:42,643 --> 01:08:45,443 {\an1}CARPENTER: AND NOW ALI TELLING TERRELL TO FIGHT, 1439 01:08:45,476 --> 01:08:47,876 "COME ON, FIGHT" HE SAYS, OPEN UP. 1440 01:08:50,243 --> 01:08:56,043 {\an1}THIS IS WHEN MUHAMMAD ALI IS AT HIS LEAST SPORTSMAN-LIKE. 1441 01:08:56,076 --> 01:08:58,043 {\an1}THIS IS HIS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A MAN HE KNOWS 1442 01:08:58,076 --> 01:09:00,809 {\an1}HE'S GOT WHIPPED I THINK. 1443 01:09:00,843 --> 01:09:03,709 {\an1}"COME ON, TERRELL" HE SAYS, "FIGHT, FIGHT." 1444 01:09:06,376 --> 01:09:07,943 {\an1}HEY! 1445 01:09:07,976 --> 01:09:13,809 ♪ 1446 01:09:13,843 --> 01:09:15,843 {\an1}WHAT'S MY NAME? 1447 01:09:15,876 --> 01:09:17,309 "WHAT'S MY NAME?" 1448 01:09:17,343 --> 01:09:19,276 HE'S ASKING HIM "WHAT'S MY NAME?" 1449 01:09:19,309 --> 01:09:22,509 {\an1}IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT. 1450 01:09:22,543 --> 01:09:26,743 ♪ 1451 01:09:26,776 --> 01:09:28,743 WHAT'S MY NAME HUH? 1452 01:09:28,776 --> 01:09:31,576 WHAT'S MY NAME? WHAT'S MY NAME? 1453 01:09:31,609 --> 01:09:33,309 {\an1}CARPENTER: TERRELL GOES FOR HIM. 1454 01:09:33,343 --> 01:09:38,309 OH, DEAR. THIS IS NOT SPORT, 1455 01:09:38,343 --> 01:09:40,643 {\an1}BUT THIS IS MUHAMMAD ALI NOW DOING JUST 1456 01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:42,443 {\an1}WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO, 1457 01:09:42,476 --> 01:09:44,909 {\an1}AND THE CORNER... THE TERRELL CORNER NOW HAVING TO WORK 1458 01:09:44,943 --> 01:09:47,943 {\an1}DESPERATELY, FURIOUSLY FAST TO STAUNCH THE FLOW 1459 01:09:47,976 --> 01:09:49,709 {\an1}OF BLOOD FROM THE RIGHT EYE. 1460 01:09:49,743 --> 01:09:51,843 {\an1}LOOKS LIKE A BAD CUT TO ME, RIGHT UP OVER THE EYE 1461 01:09:51,876 --> 01:09:53,943 {\an1}JUST UNDER THE EYEBROW. 1462 01:09:53,976 --> 01:09:56,109 {\an1}RING ANNOUNCER: ROUND 9. 1463 01:09:56,143 --> 01:09:58,309 CARPENTER: AND THERE HE GOES AGAIN. 1464 01:09:58,343 --> 01:10:06,343 ♪ 1465 01:10:06,809 --> 01:10:09,176 {\an1}THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST ASTONISHING SCENES 1466 01:10:09,209 --> 01:10:10,685 {\an1}THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT 1467 01:10:10,709 --> 01:10:12,943 {\an1}CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT. 1468 01:10:12,976 --> 01:10:19,976 ♪ 1469 01:10:20,009 --> 01:10:21,909 {\an1}THE CHANCES HE TAKES. 1470 01:10:21,943 --> 01:10:29,943 ♪ 1471 01:10:35,643 --> 01:10:37,843 [BELL RINGS] 1472 01:10:37,876 --> 01:10:40,576 {\an7}I WAS THRILLED THAT HE HE WAS... HE BEAT UP TERRELL 1473 01:10:40,609 --> 01:10:42,443 {\an7}AND SAID, "WHAT'S MY NAME? WHAT'S MY NAME?" 1474 01:10:42,476 --> 01:10:46,409 {\an7}I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SIGN THAT A NEW KIND 1475 01:10:46,443 --> 01:10:49,209 {\an1}OF BLACK ATHLETE HAD APPEARED, 1476 01:10:49,243 --> 01:10:51,809 {\an1}A WHOLE NEW KIND OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS HAD APPEARED. 1477 01:10:51,843 --> 01:10:53,785 {\an1}IT WAS A WHOLE NEW KIND OF BLACK MALE DISPENSATION 1478 01:10:53,809 --> 01:10:56,376 {\an1}THAT HAD COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THAT FIGHT, 1479 01:10:56,409 --> 01:10:58,376 {\an1}SO THAT THAT FIGHT TO ME... AND I THINK 1480 01:10:58,409 --> 01:10:59,943 FOR MANY OTHER YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE 1481 01:10:59,976 --> 01:11:01,176 {\an1}SUCH AS MYSELF AT THAT TIME... 1482 01:11:01,209 --> 01:11:04,243 {\an1}WAS A KIND OF TURNING POINT. 1483 01:11:04,276 --> 01:11:06,609 NARRATOR: AFTER 15 PUNISHING ROUNDS, 1484 01:11:06,643 --> 01:11:08,743 {\an1}THE DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS. 1485 01:11:08,776 --> 01:11:12,409 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI WAS NOW 28-0. 1486 01:11:12,443 --> 01:11:14,943 {\an1}ALI'S PERFORMANCE WAS "A BARBAROUS DISPLAY 1487 01:11:14,976 --> 01:11:18,709 {\an1}OF CRUELTY," WROTE TEX MAULE IN "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED." 1488 01:11:18,743 --> 01:11:22,143 {\an1}OTHER COLUMNISTS CALLED HIM "MEAN AND MALICIOUS," 1489 01:11:22,176 --> 01:11:24,543 {\an1}"COCKY" AND "ARROGANT." 1490 01:11:24,576 --> 01:11:26,409 {\an1}THE "NEW YORK TIMES" RECOMMENDED THAT 1491 01:11:26,443 --> 01:11:31,076 {\an1}THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE OUTLAW BOXING ALTOGETHER. 1492 01:11:31,109 --> 01:11:32,909 AND I THINK THIS PROVES TO THE PUBLIC 1493 01:11:32,943 --> 01:11:34,819 {\an1}AND ALL OF THE DOUBTERS OUT THERE THAT ERNIE TERRELL 1494 01:11:34,843 --> 01:11:37,676 {\an1}HAS NO CLASS WHATSOEVER AND YOU CANNOT COMPARE HIM 1495 01:11:37,709 --> 01:11:39,476 {\an1}EVEN IN MY, UH, RANKING. 1496 01:11:39,509 --> 01:11:41,176 I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT REALLY, 1497 01:11:41,209 --> 01:11:43,043 THE MAN FOUGHT A COURAGEOUS FIGHT. 1498 01:11:43,076 --> 01:11:44,419 YOU WOULD SAY EVERYTHING IF I HAD LOST, 1499 01:11:44,443 --> 01:11:46,076 ESPECIALLY YOU. 1500 01:11:46,109 --> 01:11:47,843 {\an1}NOW, I WON AND LET ME HAVE MY SAY. 1501 01:11:47,876 --> 01:11:50,043 {\an1}TERRELL... LOOK. I PROVED THAT HE WASN'T NOTHING. 1502 01:11:50,076 --> 01:11:52,443 {\an5}ALL RIGHT. IT'S A JOKE CALLING HIM A CHAMPION, 1503 01:11:52,476 --> 01:11:54,676 {\an1}AND HE BETTER PRONOUNCE MY NAME RIGHT FROM NOW ON. 1504 01:11:54,709 --> 01:11:56,076 {\an1}I'M TIRED OF TALKING. ALL RIGHT. 1505 01:11:56,109 --> 01:11:57,276 THE CHAMP IS TIRED. 1506 01:11:57,309 --> 01:11:59,276 MUHAMMAD, COME HERE. 1507 01:11:59,309 --> 01:12:01,143 LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU. 1508 01:12:01,176 --> 01:12:03,576 {\an1}JOE LOUIS TONIGHT SAID YOU'RE "A GREAT FIGHTER". 1509 01:12:03,609 --> 01:12:05,252 {\an1}I DON'T NEED JOE LOUIS TO TELL ME I'M A GREAT FIGHTER. 1510 01:12:05,276 --> 01:12:07,809 {\an1}I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. 1511 01:12:07,843 --> 01:12:11,009 ♪ 1512 01:12:11,043 --> 01:12:13,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN MARCH, HE WOULD FACE ZORA FOLLEY 1513 01:12:13,809 --> 01:12:16,843 {\an1}AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 1514 01:12:16,876 --> 01:12:19,009 WHILE TRAINING IN THE ARENA'S BASEMENT, 1515 01:12:19,043 --> 01:12:20,776 {\an1}ALI WAS APPROACHED BY AN UP-AND-COMING 1516 01:12:20,809 --> 01:12:23,609 {\an1}23-YEAR-OLD HEAVYWEIGHT FROM PHILADELPHIA 1517 01:12:23,643 --> 01:12:27,476 {\an1}WHO'D WON HIS FIRST 14 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS. 1518 01:12:27,509 --> 01:12:29,243 {\an1}"I THOUGHT YOU WERE MUCH LARGER," 1519 01:12:29,276 --> 01:12:30,876 {\an1}JOE FRAZIER SAID TO ALI. 1520 01:12:30,909 --> 01:12:33,543 "YOU LOOK PRETTY SMALL TO ME." 1521 01:12:33,576 --> 01:12:36,043 {\an1}WHEN ALI SAID HE'D BE HAPPY TO FIGHT FRAZIER 1522 01:12:36,076 --> 01:12:40,109 {\an1}IN TWO YEARS, THE YOUNGER BOXER PROMISED TO BE READY. 1523 01:12:40,143 --> 01:12:43,043 {\an1}BEFORE LEAVING, FRAZIER BOUGHT A $2.00 GLOSSY PRINT 1524 01:12:43,076 --> 01:12:46,543 OF ALI AND HAD THE CHAMPION SIGN IT. 1525 01:12:46,576 --> 01:12:49,909 MAGIC SAM: ♪ HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS ♪ 1526 01:12:49,943 --> 01:12:53,143 {\an1}IZENBERG: HIS LAST FIGHT WAS WITH ZORA FOLLEY. 1527 01:12:53,176 --> 01:12:56,509 {\an1}HE KNOCKED HIM OUT. TOOK 6 OR 7 ROUNDS. 1528 01:12:56,543 --> 01:13:01,709 {\an1}THE NEXT MORNING, WE'RE IN THE LOWE'S MIDTOWN HOTEL, 1529 01:13:01,743 --> 01:13:03,185 AND HE COMES IN, AND I REMEMBER HE CUT 1530 01:13:03,209 --> 01:13:04,809 HIMSELF SHAVING. 1531 01:13:04,843 --> 01:13:06,743 {\an1}HE'S GOT A BAND AID HERE, AND HE LOOKS AT US, 1532 01:13:06,776 --> 01:13:10,143 {\an1}AND HE SAYS, "FELLAS, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY NEXT FIGHT 1533 01:13:10,176 --> 01:13:13,143 {\an1}BECAUSE I GOT A MUCH BIGGER FIGHT COMING." 1534 01:13:13,176 --> 01:13:16,176 {\an1}NARRATOR: BEFORE THE FOLLEY FIGHT, ALI HAD RECEIVED WORD 1535 01:13:16,209 --> 01:13:18,409 THAT HE HAD BEEN DRAFTED AND WOULD HAVE 1536 01:13:18,443 --> 01:13:22,543 {\an1}TO REPORT FOR INDUCTION THE FOLLOWING MONTH. 1537 01:13:22,576 --> 01:13:25,943 {\an1}WHILE HIS LAWYERS PREPARED TO CHALLENGE THE DRAFT ORDER, 1538 01:13:25,976 --> 01:13:29,109 ALI MET PRIVATELY WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 1539 01:13:29,143 --> 01:13:30,876 IN LOUISVILLE. 1540 01:13:30,909 --> 01:13:32,776 {\an1}KING WAS IN TOWN TO PROTEST THE CITY'S 1541 01:13:32,809 --> 01:13:34,676 {\an1}SEGREGATED HOUSING. 1542 01:13:34,709 --> 01:13:38,143 {\an1}THOUGH THE TWO MEN DIFFERED ABOUT BLACK SEPARATISM, 1543 01:13:38,176 --> 01:13:40,209 {\an1}THEY FOUND COMMON GROUND IN THEIR VIEWS 1544 01:13:40,243 --> 01:13:42,309 {\an1}ON THE WAR IN VIETNAM. 1545 01:13:42,343 --> 01:13:44,209 {\an1}WHAT DID YOU DISCUSS BACK IN THE HOTEL ROOM? 1546 01:13:44,243 --> 01:13:45,643 {\an1}NOTHING. JUST FRIENDS. 1547 01:13:45,676 --> 01:13:48,176 {\an1}JUST LIKE KHRUSHCHEV AND KENNEDY 1548 01:13:48,209 --> 01:13:49,943 AND EVERYBODY. 1549 01:13:49,976 --> 01:13:51,943 WHEN PEOPLE... POLITICIANS 1550 01:13:51,976 --> 01:13:54,109 {\an1}OF ALL OTHER WHITE RACES COME TOGETHER, 1551 01:13:54,143 --> 01:13:56,209 {\an1}AND THEY, ALTHOUGH THEY BELIEVE DIFFERENT, 1552 01:13:56,243 --> 01:13:58,343 {\an1}THEY THINK DIFFERENT, WHITES CAN COME TOGETHER 1553 01:13:58,376 --> 01:14:00,043 AND DISCUSS THE COMMON CAUSE, 1554 01:14:00,076 --> 01:14:01,743 {\an1}BUT WHENEVER A FEW OF US COME TOGETHER, 1555 01:14:01,776 --> 01:14:03,576 {\an1}THE WORLD IS SHOOK UP, 1556 01:14:03,609 --> 01:14:05,485 {\an1}AND I SAY WHATEVER WENT BACK THERE IS OUR BUSINESS. 1557 01:14:05,509 --> 01:14:06,876 {\an1}REVEREND KING, DO YOU AGREE? 1558 01:14:06,909 --> 01:14:08,543 OH, YES, YES. 1559 01:14:08,576 --> 01:14:13,376 WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ON MANY MATTERS, 1560 01:14:13,409 --> 01:14:14,743 AND OF COURSE THESE ARE NOT THINGS 1561 01:14:14,776 --> 01:14:16,643 THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS HERE, 1562 01:14:16,676 --> 01:14:19,143 BUT WE DO HAVE COMMON PROBLEMS 1563 01:14:19,176 --> 01:14:20,976 AND COMMON CONCERNS, 1564 01:14:21,009 --> 01:14:25,809 AND ABOVE ALL, AS MUHAMMAD ALI HAS JUST SAID, 1565 01:14:25,843 --> 01:14:29,576 WE ARE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SAME SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION, 1566 01:14:29,609 --> 01:14:34,343 AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, 1567 01:14:34,376 --> 01:14:36,909 THIS DOES NOT AT ALL BRING ABOUT 1568 01:14:36,943 --> 01:14:38,419 A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR CONCERNS. 1569 01:14:38,443 --> 01:14:40,043 {\an1}ALI: STILL BROTHERS, STILL BROTHERS. 1570 01:14:40,076 --> 01:14:41,619 {\an1}DO YOU SHARE THE SAME... ONE MORE QUESTION. 1571 01:14:41,643 --> 01:14:44,209 {\an1}DO YOU SHARE THE SAME CONCERN THAT MUHAMMAD HAS 1572 01:14:44,243 --> 01:14:45,876 {\an1}FOR HIS DRAFT STATUS? 1573 01:14:45,909 --> 01:14:47,776 OH, I CERTAINLY DO. 1574 01:14:47,809 --> 01:14:49,509 MY VIEWS ON THE DRAFT ARE VERY CLEAR. 1575 01:14:49,543 --> 01:14:51,176 I'M AGAINST IT, 1576 01:14:51,209 --> 01:14:54,276 AND I THINK THE SOONER OUR COUNTRY DOES AWAY 1577 01:14:54,309 --> 01:14:57,709 WITH THE DRAFT, THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR EVERYBODY. 1578 01:14:57,743 --> 01:15:00,643 {\an1}PROTESTERS: GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT OF VIETNAM... 1579 01:15:00,676 --> 01:15:03,776 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN APRIL OF 1967, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 1580 01:15:03,809 --> 01:15:08,309 {\an1}OF ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS MARCHED IN NEW YORK CITY, 1581 01:15:08,343 --> 01:15:11,676 {\an1}BUT MOST AMERICANS STILL SUPPORTED THE WAR, 1582 01:15:11,709 --> 01:15:15,209 {\an1}AND CRITICIZING U.S. POLICY ON VIETNAM REMAINED 1583 01:15:15,243 --> 01:15:17,009 {\an1}POLITICALLY TREACHEROUS, 1584 01:15:17,043 --> 01:15:19,576 ESPECIALLY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 1585 01:15:21,676 --> 01:15:24,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: MEANWHILE, MUHAMMAD ALI'S LAWYERS 1586 01:15:24,476 --> 01:15:27,809 {\an1}HAD DELAYED HIS INDUCTION DATE BY CLAIMING THE BOXER RESIDED 1587 01:15:27,843 --> 01:15:32,176 {\an1}IN HOUSTON, WHERE HE HAD TRAINED FOR HIS RECENT FIGHTS. 1588 01:15:32,209 --> 01:15:34,943 {\an1}NOW A NEW ORDER REQUIRED HIM TO REPORT 1589 01:15:34,976 --> 01:15:37,343 {\an1}TO LOCAL DRAFT BOARD NUMBER 47 1590 01:15:37,376 --> 01:15:42,143 IN HOUSTON AT 8:30 A.M. ON APRIL 28. 1591 01:15:42,176 --> 01:15:45,643 {\an1}BEFORE HE LEFT LOUISVILLE, ALI GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE 1592 01:15:45,676 --> 01:15:49,409 {\an1}EXPLAINING HIS POSITION AND HIS PLANS. 1593 01:15:49,443 --> 01:15:52,809 {\an1}ALI: WHY SHOULD ME AND OTHER SO-CALLED NEGROES GO 1594 01:15:52,843 --> 01:15:57,576 10,000 MILES AWAY FROM HOME HERE IN AMERICA 1595 01:15:57,609 --> 01:16:01,243 {\an1}TO DROP BOMBS AND BULLETS ON OTHER INNOCENT 1596 01:16:01,276 --> 01:16:04,876 BROWN PEOPLE WHO'S NEVER BOTHERED US? 1597 01:16:04,909 --> 01:16:10,843 {\an1}AND I WILL SAY DIRECTLY, NO, I WILL NOT GO 10,000 MILES 1598 01:16:10,876 --> 01:16:16,576 {\an1}TO HELP KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE. 1599 01:16:16,609 --> 01:16:19,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: 5 DAYS LATER, MUHAMMAD ALI, FLANKED 1600 01:16:19,309 --> 01:16:22,709 {\an1}BY HIS LAWYERS, ARRIVED AT THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING 1601 01:16:22,743 --> 01:16:25,276 IN HOUSTON. 1602 01:16:25,309 --> 01:16:28,276 INSIDE, AS ALI UNDERWENT HIS PHYSICAL, 1603 01:16:28,309 --> 01:16:30,943 {\an1}HE JOKED WITH HIS FELLOW RECRUITS, DEMONSTRATING 1604 01:16:30,976 --> 01:16:34,176 THE ALI SHUFFLE IN HIS UNDERWEAR. 1605 01:16:34,209 --> 01:16:37,643 {\an1}THEN AT THE INDUCTION CEREMONY, ALI REFUSED TO 1606 01:16:37,676 --> 01:16:41,409 STEP FORWARD WHEN HIS NAME WAS CALLED. 1607 01:16:41,443 --> 01:16:43,976 {\an1}A NAVY LIEUTENANT EXPLAINED THE PENALTY 1608 01:16:44,009 --> 01:16:47,209 {\an1}SHOULD HE BE FOUND GUILTY OF REFUSING INDUCTION... 1609 01:16:47,243 --> 01:16:52,043 {\an1}A $10,000 FINE AND UP TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON. 1610 01:16:52,076 --> 01:16:54,876 {\an1}GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO STEP FORWARD, 1611 01:16:54,909 --> 01:16:57,476 {\an1}ALI REFUSED AGAIN. 1612 01:16:57,509 --> 01:16:58,976 ARMY OFFICIAL: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 1613 01:16:59,009 --> 01:17:01,409 MR. MUHAMMAD ALI HAS JUST REFUSED TO BE 1614 01:17:01,443 --> 01:17:05,009 INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. 1615 01:17:05,043 --> 01:17:08,109 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE REACTION WAS SWIFT AND SEVERE. 1616 01:17:08,143 --> 01:17:10,743 {\an1}WITHIN HOURS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK STATE 1617 01:17:10,776 --> 01:17:13,309 {\an1}ATHLETIC COMMISSION DENOUNCED HIS CONDUCT 1618 01:17:13,343 --> 01:17:16,076 AS "DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF BOXING," 1619 01:17:16,109 --> 01:17:19,676 {\an1}STRIPPING HIM OF HIS LICENSE TO FIGHT IN NEW YORK. 1620 01:17:19,709 --> 01:17:21,809 {\an1}ALMOST EVERY OTHER BOXING COMMISSION 1621 01:17:21,843 --> 01:17:25,076 {\an1}IN THE UNITED STATES FOLLOWED SUIT. 1622 01:17:25,109 --> 01:17:27,743 THE WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION TOOK AWAY ALI'S 1623 01:17:27,776 --> 01:17:30,976 {\an1}TITLE FOR A SECOND TIME. 1624 01:17:31,009 --> 01:17:33,376 {\an7}WELL, AT THE TIME, I WAS IN THE SERVICE, 1625 01:17:33,409 --> 01:17:38,443 {\an7}AND, UM, I... ONE WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD... WOULD THINK OF HIM 1626 01:17:38,476 --> 01:17:40,909 {\an7}AS A TRAITOR OR SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO DO 1627 01:17:40,943 --> 01:17:42,776 {\an1}WHAT I'M DOING, YOU KNOW, 1628 01:17:42,809 --> 01:17:44,643 {\an1}BUT I WAS ALL FOR IT. 1629 01:17:44,676 --> 01:17:47,076 {\an1}AND I FOUND THAT MANY OF THE BLACK SERVICEMEN 1630 01:17:47,109 --> 01:17:49,643 {\an1}WERE ALL FOR IT, AS WELL. 1631 01:17:49,676 --> 01:17:51,943 {\an1}THEY APPRECIATED HIM SPEAKING UP BECAUSE 1632 01:17:51,976 --> 01:17:54,209 {\an1}AT THE TIME THERE WAS A LOT OF DISSENT 1633 01:17:54,243 --> 01:17:56,576 {\an1}AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVICEMEN. 1634 01:17:56,609 --> 01:17:59,609 {\an1}THIS WAS THE VIETNAM ERA, A LOT OF BLACK MEN WERE 1635 01:17:59,643 --> 01:18:01,309 BEING KILLED. 1636 01:18:01,343 --> 01:18:04,443 {\an1}THEY WERE THINKING OF THEMSELVES AS CANNON FODDER, 1637 01:18:04,476 --> 01:18:07,676 {\an1}AND I MET SOME OF THE MORE... 1638 01:18:07,709 --> 01:18:11,043 {\an1}SOME OF THE MOST RADICAL FIGURES I'VE EVER MET 1639 01:18:11,076 --> 01:18:14,243 IN THE RANKS OF THE AIR FORCE AND THE ARMY. 1640 01:18:14,276 --> 01:18:19,243 {\an1}SO UH, WE... WE APPRECIATED HIM SPEAKING OUT 1641 01:18:19,276 --> 01:18:21,376 {\an1}AND SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT. 1642 01:18:21,409 --> 01:18:23,419 {\an1}AS MUCH AS I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD PULL THEIR TOUR, 1643 01:18:23,443 --> 01:18:27,209 I THINK THEY ARE OVEREMPHASIZING 1644 01:18:27,243 --> 01:18:29,409 {\an1}THE NEED TO BRING CASSIUS CLAY INTO THE SERVICE 1645 01:18:29,443 --> 01:18:31,676 IF HE PROFESSES TO BE A MUSLIM MINISTER. 1646 01:18:31,709 --> 01:18:33,576 {\an1}HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE HIS OWN. 1647 01:18:33,609 --> 01:18:36,843 {\an1}THIS COUNTRY WAS SET UP ON THE BASIC CONCEPT 1648 01:18:36,876 --> 01:18:39,543 {\an1}OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. 1649 01:18:39,576 --> 01:18:41,876 {\an1}I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD BE PERSECUTED 1650 01:18:41,909 --> 01:18:44,376 {\an1}OR RIDICULED BECAUSE OF HIS BELIEFS. 1651 01:18:44,409 --> 01:18:46,909 SIMPLY BECAUSE MUHAMMAD ALI HAS THESE BELIEFS, 1652 01:18:46,943 --> 01:18:50,576 {\an1}IT'S NO REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD... SHOULD GO AGAINST HIM. 1653 01:18:50,609 --> 01:18:52,176 I THINK HE IS A GREAT CHAMPION, 1654 01:18:52,209 --> 01:18:54,143 {\an1}AND, UH, THEY SHOULD RESPECT HIS BELIEFS. 1655 01:18:54,176 --> 01:18:55,909 {\an1}THAT'S WHY I'M HERE RIGHT NOW. 1656 01:18:55,943 --> 01:18:57,919 DO YOU THINK THEY'RE BEING UNNECESSARILY HARSH ON HIM? 1657 01:18:57,943 --> 01:18:59,543 I THINK THEY ARE. 1658 01:18:59,576 --> 01:19:02,076 {\an1}EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IF HE HAD BEEN DRAFTED 1659 01:19:02,109 --> 01:19:07,609 {\an1}INTO THE ARMY HE WOULD... LIKE JOE LOUIS AND JACK DEMPSEY 1660 01:19:07,643 --> 01:19:11,509 {\an1}AND EVERY OTHER BOXER, HE'D GIVE SHOWS. 1661 01:19:11,543 --> 01:19:13,276 {\an1}HE'D GO AND SHAKE HANDS. 1662 01:19:13,309 --> 01:19:15,676 HE'D BE IN CHARGE OF MORALE. 1663 01:19:15,709 --> 01:19:19,443 {\an1}HE WASN'T GONNA BE FIGHTING THE VIET CONG, 1664 01:19:19,476 --> 01:19:20,709 AND HE KNEW THAT. 1665 01:19:20,743 --> 01:19:22,443 {\an1}EVERYBODY KNEW THAT. 1666 01:19:22,476 --> 01:19:25,776 {\an1}SO WHAT HE WAS GIVING UP HAD TO BE FOR PRINCIPLE, 1667 01:19:25,809 --> 01:19:29,443 {\an1}COULDN'T BE FOR FEAR. 1668 01:19:29,476 --> 01:19:33,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON JUNE 4, 1967, JIM BROWN, 1669 01:19:33,443 --> 01:19:36,543 {\an1}THE RETIRED FOOTBALL STAR, CONVENED A CLOSED-DOOR SUMMIT 1670 01:19:36,576 --> 01:19:39,343 {\an1}OF BLACK ATHLETES IN CLEVELAND. 1671 01:19:39,376 --> 01:19:42,176 {\an1}THEY INVITED MUHAMMAD ALI IN HOPES THAT HE MIGHT 1672 01:19:42,209 --> 01:19:45,943 {\an1}ENTERTAIN A BACK-CHANNEL OFFER FROM PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON 1673 01:19:45,976 --> 01:19:50,543 {\an1}THAT WOULD KEEP HIM OUT OF JAIL AND IN THE BOXING RING. 1674 01:19:50,576 --> 01:19:52,385 {\an7}ABDUL-JABBAR: A NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE MEMBERS 1675 01:19:52,409 --> 01:19:53,676 {\an7}OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. 1676 01:19:53,709 --> 01:19:55,876 {\an7}BILL RUSSELL WAS THERE, MYSELF, 1677 01:19:55,909 --> 01:19:59,709 {\an8}AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE RELATED 1678 01:19:59,743 --> 01:20:03,076 TO SPORTS, BUT WE ALL WANTED TO JUST SEE 1679 01:20:03,109 --> 01:20:06,009 {\an1}WHAT MUHAMMAD ALI WAS ALL ABOUT WITH REGARD 1680 01:20:06,043 --> 01:20:08,209 {\an1}TO HIS STANCE ON VIETNAM. 1681 01:20:08,243 --> 01:20:10,109 REPORTER: JIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK 1682 01:20:10,143 --> 01:20:13,643 OF THE POSSIBILITY OF AH THE CHAMP GOING TO JAIL, 1683 01:20:13,676 --> 01:20:15,943 AND WHAT AH, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE IMAGE 1684 01:20:15,976 --> 01:20:18,976 THIS MIGHT CREATE AMONG NEGRO ATHLETES? 1685 01:20:19,009 --> 01:20:22,743 {\an1}BROWN: WELL AS YOU KNOW, RELIGION IS BASED ON BELIEF. 1686 01:20:22,776 --> 01:20:26,309 {\an1}WE'RE ALL ARE OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS IN HERE, 1687 01:20:26,343 --> 01:20:29,143 {\an1}AND ONCE THE CHAMP CONVINCED US THAT IT WAS 1688 01:20:29,176 --> 01:20:34,143 {\an1}SOLELY A RELIGIOUS MATTER AND THAT HE BELIEVED COMPLETELY, 1689 01:20:34,176 --> 01:20:36,643 {\an1}THEN I HAD TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND GIVE HIM 1690 01:20:36,676 --> 01:20:40,276 {\an1}RESPECT AS FAR AS HIS BELIEF. 1691 01:20:40,309 --> 01:20:41,576 WE WERE UNIFIED. 1692 01:20:41,609 --> 01:20:43,443 YOU KNOW, WE STOOD BEHIND HIM. 1693 01:20:43,476 --> 01:20:46,576 {\an1}WE WISHED HIM SUCCESS, 1694 01:20:46,609 --> 01:20:50,043 {\an1}BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD SAY 1695 01:20:50,076 --> 01:20:54,743 {\an1}FORMALLY THAT WAS GONNA MITIGATE WHAT HE HAD TO GO THROUGH. 1696 01:20:54,776 --> 01:20:56,485 {\an1}NARRATOR: "I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI," 1697 01:20:56,509 --> 01:20:58,376 {\an1}BILL RUSSELL SAID. 1698 01:20:58,409 --> 01:21:01,176 {\an1}"HE IS BETTER EQUIPPED THAN ANYONE I KNOW TO WITHSTAND 1699 01:21:01,209 --> 01:21:03,443 {\an1}"THE TRIALS IN STORE FOR HIM. 1700 01:21:03,476 --> 01:21:07,809 {\an1}WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THE REST OF US." 1701 01:21:07,843 --> 01:21:10,143 {\an1}ABDUL-JABBAR: ALL THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM FOCUSED 1702 01:21:10,176 --> 01:21:11,543 ON HIM IT SEEMED. 1703 01:21:11,576 --> 01:21:14,109 YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF ATTRACTED LIGHT. 1704 01:21:14,143 --> 01:21:17,243 {\an1}YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, UH, WHO HE WAS. 1705 01:21:17,276 --> 01:21:19,409 AND I SAW IN MUHAMMAD ALI'S CHARACTER 1706 01:21:19,443 --> 01:21:22,909 {\an1}THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THE BURDENS 1707 01:21:22,943 --> 01:21:26,476 {\an1}OF ALL BLACK AMERICANS IN CONFRONTING THE RACISM 1708 01:21:26,509 --> 01:21:28,143 {\an1}THAT WE ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 1709 01:21:28,176 --> 01:21:31,343 {\an1}HE WAS WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON, 1710 01:21:31,376 --> 01:21:36,309 AND I WANTED TO SUPPORT HIM IN THAT. 1711 01:21:36,343 --> 01:21:39,943 {\an1}TO ME, IT FELT JUST LIKE I FELT ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON. 1712 01:21:39,976 --> 01:21:44,143 {\an1}YOU KNOW, I WATCHED HIM, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, 1713 01:21:44,176 --> 01:21:45,809 AND IT SEEMED TO ME THAT MUHAMMAD ALI 1714 01:21:45,843 --> 01:21:50,243 {\an1}JUST TOOK UP THAT MANTLE. 1715 01:21:50,276 --> 01:21:53,176 {\an1}NARRATOR: TWO WEEKS LATER, AN ALL-WHITE HOUSTON JURY 1716 01:21:53,209 --> 01:21:56,576 FOUND ALI GUILTY OF REFUSING THE DRAFT. 1717 01:21:56,609 --> 01:21:59,576 {\an1}THE JUDGE, IGNORING THE MORE LENIENT RECOMMENDATION 1718 01:21:59,609 --> 01:22:03,676 {\an1}OF THE PROSECUTOR, SENTENCED HIM TO THE MAXIMUM... 1719 01:22:03,709 --> 01:22:08,043 5 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $10,000 FINE, 1720 01:22:08,076 --> 01:22:11,143 {\an1}AND HE WOULD HAVE TO SURRENDER HIS PASSPORT. 1721 01:22:12,576 --> 01:22:16,076 {\an1}ALI'S LAWYERS IMMEDIATELY FILED AN APPEAL, 1722 01:22:16,109 --> 01:22:18,543 {\an1}PREPARED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT 1723 01:22:18,576 --> 01:22:22,743 {\an1}IF NECESSARY, A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE YEARS. 1724 01:22:22,776 --> 01:22:26,176 ALI REMAINED FREE BUT WITHOUT HIS TITLE 1725 01:22:26,209 --> 01:22:29,409 {\an1}OR A LICENSE TO BOX. 1726 01:22:29,443 --> 01:22:32,909 {\an1}HE FULLY EXPECTED THAT HE WOULD ONE DAY GO TO JAIL 1727 01:22:32,943 --> 01:22:34,943 FOR HIS BELIEFS. 1728 01:22:34,976 --> 01:22:37,276 {\an1}WE, WHO ARE FOLLOWERS OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 1729 01:22:37,309 --> 01:22:38,452 {\an1}THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, WE BELIEVE 1730 01:22:38,476 --> 01:22:40,943 {\an1}IN OBEYING THE LAWS OF THE LAND. 1731 01:22:40,976 --> 01:22:43,509 {\an1}WE ARE TAUGHT TO OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND 1732 01:22:43,543 --> 01:22:47,776 {\an1}AS LONG AS IT DON'T CONFLICT WITH OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 1733 01:22:47,809 --> 01:22:49,943 REPORTER: WILL YOU GO INTO SERVICE AS SUCH? 1734 01:22:49,976 --> 01:22:51,776 THIS WOULD BE A THOUSAND PERCENT 1735 01:22:51,809 --> 01:22:53,952 {\an1}AGAINST THE TEACHINGS OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 1736 01:22:53,976 --> 01:22:56,276 {\an1}THE RELIGION OF ISLAM, AND THE HOLY QURAN, 1737 01:22:56,309 --> 01:22:57,843 THE HOLY BOOK THAT WE BELIEVE IN. 1738 01:22:57,876 --> 01:23:00,309 THIS WOULD ALL BE DENOUNCING AND DEFYING 1739 01:23:00,343 --> 01:23:02,309 {\an1}EVERYTHING THAT I STAND FOR. 1740 01:23:02,343 --> 01:23:04,776 THIS WOULD MEAN OF COURSE THAT YOU STAND THE CHANCE 1741 01:23:04,809 --> 01:23:06,609 OF GOING TO JAIL AS A RESULT 1742 01:23:06,643 --> 01:23:08,109 OF NOT GOING INTO SERVICE. 1743 01:23:08,143 --> 01:23:10,176 {\an1}WELL, WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT, 1744 01:23:10,209 --> 01:23:12,576 {\an1}WHATEVER THE PERSECUTION IS FOR STANDING UP 1745 01:23:12,609 --> 01:23:15,476 {\an1}FOR MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, EVEN IF IT MEANS FACING 1746 01:23:15,509 --> 01:23:17,543 {\an1}MACHINE GUN FIRE THAT DAY, 1747 01:23:17,576 --> 01:23:20,476 {\an1}I WILL FACE IT BEFORE DENOUNCING ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 1748 01:23:20,509 --> 01:23:21,943 {\an1}AND THE RELIGION OF ISLAM. 1749 01:23:21,976 --> 01:23:24,443 I'M READY TO DIE. MM-HMM. 1750 01:23:25,609 --> 01:23:29,243 {\an1}JACKSON: WHEN I THINK ABOUT HIM SAYING, "IF THEY WAN TO PUT ME 1751 01:23:29,276 --> 01:23:32,609 {\an7}"BEFORE A FIRING SQUAD TOMORROW, I'M READY TO DIE 1752 01:23:32,643 --> 01:23:34,976 {\an8}BEFORE I ABANDON MY RELIGION," 1753 01:23:35,009 --> 01:23:36,876 {\an8}UM... 1754 01:23:39,776 --> 01:23:42,809 {\an8}THAT'S IT. 1755 01:23:42,843 --> 01:23:46,309 {\an1}YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT KIND OF THING IN LECTURES, IN BOOKS. 1756 01:23:46,343 --> 01:23:48,809 {\an1}THAT KIND OF THING HAS TO BE MODELED, 1757 01:23:48,843 --> 01:23:51,409 {\an1}AND MODELS TURN INTO TRADITIONS, 1758 01:23:51,443 --> 01:23:55,876 {\an1}AND TRADITIONS PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE MECHANICAL MEMORY 1759 01:23:55,909 --> 01:23:58,276 {\an1}TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 1760 01:23:58,309 --> 01:24:01,509 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT MUHAMMAD ALI REPRESENTED IN THAT MOMENT. 1761 01:24:01,543 --> 01:24:05,609 {\an1}I MEAN, ANYBODY NOW FACED WITH A MAJOR DECISION 1762 01:24:05,643 --> 01:24:08,809 {\an1}IN WHICH THE RIGHT WAY IS CLEAR AND THE WRONG WAY IS CLEAR 1763 01:24:08,843 --> 01:24:12,543 {\an1}BUT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE DIRE, NOW THEY HAVE A MODEL 1764 01:24:12,576 --> 01:24:15,043 {\an1}THAT THEY CAN FALL BACK ON PSYCHOLOGICALLY, 1765 01:24:15,076 --> 01:24:16,809 {\an1}EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY. 1766 01:24:16,843 --> 01:24:19,343 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT MUHAMMAD ALI REPRESENTED IN THAT MOMENT, 1767 01:24:19,376 --> 01:24:23,443 {\an1}AND THAT TO ME, THAT MOMENT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. 1768 01:24:28,543 --> 01:24:31,043 {\an8}NARRATOR: BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 1966, 1769 01:24:31,076 --> 01:24:33,876 {\an7}WHILE IN CHICAGO BETWEEN FIGHTS, ALI HAD BEEN DRIVING 1770 01:24:33,909 --> 01:24:38,543 {\an1}AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE WITH A GERMAN PHOTOJOURNALIST. 1771 01:24:38,576 --> 01:24:41,243 {\an1}AFTER ALI REQUESTED THAT HIS DRIVER RETURN 1772 01:24:41,276 --> 01:24:44,709 {\an1}TO A NATION OF ISLAM BAKERY FOR A THIRD TIME, 1773 01:24:44,743 --> 01:24:48,243 {\an1}THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOLLOWED HIM INSIDE AND REALIZED 1774 01:24:48,276 --> 01:24:52,176 THE REASON FOR THE FREQUENT VISITS. 1775 01:24:52,209 --> 01:24:55,876 {\an1}BEHIND THE COUNTER STOOD A STRIKING 16-YEAR-OLD 1776 01:24:55,909 --> 01:24:58,809 {\an1}NAMED BELINDA BOYD. 1777 01:24:58,843 --> 01:25:00,452 {\an1}BELINDA BOYD: ALI WAS A VERY GORGEOUS GUY, 1778 01:25:00,476 --> 01:25:01,943 GOOD-LOOKING. 1779 01:25:01,976 --> 01:25:04,143 I WAS ATTRACTED TO HIM RIGHT AWAY. 1780 01:25:04,176 --> 01:25:09,543 {\an1}HE WAS A VERY WARM, DOWN-TO-EARTH, KIND PERSON. 1781 01:25:09,576 --> 01:25:11,876 {\an1}ALI IS VERY FLIRTATIOUS, TOO. 1782 01:25:11,909 --> 01:25:15,209 {\an7}I THINK THAT... I THINK THAT'S THE CHARM 1783 01:25:15,243 --> 01:25:16,876 {\an7}THAT I LIKED ABOUT HIM. 1784 01:25:16,909 --> 01:25:18,743 {\an1}HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY. 1785 01:25:18,776 --> 01:25:21,043 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE DAUGHTER OF MUSLIMS, BOYD HAD ATTENDED 1786 01:25:21,076 --> 01:25:24,276 {\an1}ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ISLAM 1787 01:25:24,309 --> 01:25:26,709 {\an1}IN CHICAGO AND HAD BEEN A FREQUENT GUEST 1788 01:25:26,743 --> 01:25:29,843 {\an1}AT THE HOME OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 1789 01:25:29,876 --> 01:25:33,343 {\an1}HERBERT MUHAMMAD HAD ENCOURAGED ALI TO PURSUE HER, 1790 01:25:33,376 --> 01:25:35,243 {\an1}AND SOON THE TWO WERE SEEING EACH OTHER 1791 01:25:35,276 --> 01:25:38,076 {\an1}AWAY FROM THE BAKERY. 1792 01:25:38,109 --> 01:25:42,243 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON AUGUST 18, 1967, MUHAMMAD AND BELINDA 1793 01:25:42,276 --> 01:25:45,009 {\an1}WERE MARRIED AND MOVED INTO A SMALL BRICK HOUSE 1794 01:25:45,043 --> 01:25:47,876 {\an1}ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 1795 01:25:47,909 --> 01:25:50,043 {\an1}BOTH WERE TALL AND ATHLETIC, 1796 01:25:50,076 --> 01:25:51,943 {\an1}VOLUBLE AND CHARMING, 1797 01:25:51,976 --> 01:25:54,176 AND BELINDA, WHO HAD LOVED MUHAMMAD 1798 01:25:54,209 --> 01:25:55,943 SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG TEENAGER, 1799 01:25:55,976 --> 01:25:58,376 {\an1}COULD MIMIC HIS CADENCE. 1800 01:25:58,409 --> 01:26:01,576 {\an1}THE COUPLE WERE SO MUCH ALIKE THAT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 1801 01:26:01,609 --> 01:26:06,776 {\an1}ONCE JOKED THAT ALI HAD MARRIED HIS TWIN. 1802 01:26:06,809 --> 01:26:09,676 {\an1}RASHEDA: MY MOM AND MY DAD WERE A LOT ALIKE. 1803 01:26:09,709 --> 01:26:13,676 {\an1}I THINK SHE WAS GOOD FOR HIM IN THE SENSE 1804 01:26:13,709 --> 01:26:15,343 {\an1}THAT SHE WASN'T QUIET AND SHY. 1805 01:26:15,376 --> 01:26:17,976 SHE WAS STRONG, AND SHE SPOKE HER MIND. 1806 01:26:18,009 --> 01:26:21,609 {\an7}I THINK MY DAD WAS ATTRACTED TO HER BECAUSE 1807 01:26:21,643 --> 01:26:23,676 {\an7}SHE WAS A STRONG WOMAN 1808 01:26:23,709 --> 01:26:26,876 {\an7}AND SHE WAS A MUSLIM 1809 01:26:26,909 --> 01:26:32,009 {\an1}AND SHE HAD VALUES THAT MY DAD RESPECTED AND LOVED. 1810 01:26:32,043 --> 01:26:34,009 {\an1}NARRATOR: WITHOUT INCOME FROM FIGHTS, 1811 01:26:34,043 --> 01:26:35,676 MONEY WAS TIGHT. 1812 01:26:35,709 --> 01:26:38,143 {\an1}BELINDA SEWED HER OWN CLOTHES AND DIPPED 1813 01:26:38,176 --> 01:26:41,876 {\an1}INTO HER COLLEGE FUND TO COVER EXPENSES. 1814 01:26:41,909 --> 01:26:43,643 {\an7}ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'D GIVE US MONEY. 1815 01:26:43,676 --> 01:26:45,976 {\an8}HE WOULD GIVE ME MONEY TO SURVIVE, 1816 01:26:46,009 --> 01:26:47,819 {\an7}AND I WOULDN'T LET HIM KNOW IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HIM 1817 01:26:47,843 --> 01:26:50,809 {\an7}TO FEEL BAD AS A MAN, NOT BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT US. 1818 01:26:50,843 --> 01:26:52,309 THEY STRUGGLED. 1819 01:26:52,343 --> 01:26:54,676 {\an1}MY DAD COULDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY, 1820 01:26:54,709 --> 01:26:58,809 {\an1}BUT MY MOM JUST DEEPLY, JUST TRULY LOVED HIM, 1821 01:26:58,843 --> 01:27:02,409 {\an1}AND SHE WOULD'VE... SHE DIDN'T CARE 1822 01:27:02,443 --> 01:27:04,009 {\an1}ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF. 1823 01:27:04,043 --> 01:27:05,409 {\an1}SHE JUST REALLY LOVED HIM, 1824 01:27:05,443 --> 01:27:07,376 AND SHE'D FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE. 1825 01:27:07,409 --> 01:27:10,609 {\an8}SO MY DAD WENT ON THE SPEAKING CIRCUIT, 1826 01:27:10,643 --> 01:27:12,576 {\an7}AND HE STARTED TO SPEAK AT COLLEGES 1827 01:27:12,609 --> 01:27:14,976 {\an7}AS A WAYS TO MAKE MONEY. 1828 01:27:16,609 --> 01:27:19,509 WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INTRODUCTION, 1829 01:27:19,543 --> 01:27:23,576 {\an1}THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION MUHAMMAD ALI! 1830 01:27:23,609 --> 01:27:26,109 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1831 01:27:36,676 --> 01:27:38,576 FIRST OF ALL... 1832 01:27:38,609 --> 01:27:40,076 [MAN SHOUTS] 1833 01:27:40,109 --> 01:27:41,876 FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 1834 01:27:41,909 --> 01:27:47,509 {\an1}THE STUDENT GOVERNING BODY FOR INVITING ME HERE 1835 01:27:47,543 --> 01:27:53,543 {\an1}TO SPEAK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL AND WORTHY OCCASION TONIGHT. 1836 01:27:53,576 --> 01:27:55,709 I WENT TO SOME OF HIS COLLEGE CONCERTS, 1837 01:27:55,743 --> 01:27:58,376 {\an1}AND IN THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE TERRIBLE, 1838 01:27:58,409 --> 01:28:02,309 {\an1}BUT THEN HE REALLY STARTED EVOLVING. 1839 01:28:02,343 --> 01:28:04,809 {\an7}NARRATOR: HE HAD PREPARED HALF A DOZEN SPEECHES BASED 1840 01:28:04,843 --> 01:28:07,543 {\an8}ON THE TEACHINGS OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 1841 01:28:07,576 --> 01:28:09,776 {\an1}AND THE POLITICAL HUMOR OF THE ACTIVIST 1842 01:28:09,809 --> 01:28:12,743 {\an1}AND COMEDIAN DICK GREGORY. 1843 01:28:12,776 --> 01:28:15,943 {\an1}THE BLACK AND WHITE PROBLEM IN AMERICA IS DIVINE. 1844 01:28:15,976 --> 01:28:18,809 {\an1}IT'S NOT A RACIAL THING WHERE SOME ORGANIZATION 1845 01:28:18,843 --> 01:28:20,309 {\an1}IS GOING TO FREE US. 1846 01:28:20,343 --> 01:28:22,043 BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEIR CULTURE. 1847 01:28:22,076 --> 01:28:23,452 {\an1}BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEIR NAME. 1848 01:28:23,476 --> 01:28:25,409 {\an1}BLACK PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY DEAD. 1849 01:28:25,443 --> 01:28:28,109 {\an1}THIS IS WHY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD TEACHES US THAT JESUS SAID, 1850 01:28:28,143 --> 01:28:29,676 {\an1}"YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, 1851 01:28:29,709 --> 01:28:31,343 {\an1}AND THE TRUTH ALONE WILL MAKE YOU FREE." 1852 01:28:31,376 --> 01:28:32,776 JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1853 01:28:32,809 --> 01:28:34,109 {\an1}WILL MAKE YOU FREE." 1854 01:28:34,143 --> 01:28:35,576 {\an1}JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "THE CONGRESS 1855 01:28:35,609 --> 01:28:36,776 {\an1}GONNA MAKE YOU FREE." 1856 01:28:36,809 --> 01:28:38,176 {\an1}JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "INTEGRATION 1857 01:28:38,209 --> 01:28:39,519 AND OPEN HOUSING WILL MAKE YOU FREE." 1858 01:28:39,543 --> 01:28:40,943 JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "INTERMARRIAGE 1859 01:28:40,976 --> 01:28:42,416 WITH WHITE FOLKS WILL MAKE YOU FREE." 1860 01:28:42,443 --> 01:28:43,843 {\an1}JESUS SAID, "TRUTH MAKE YOU FREE," 1861 01:28:43,876 --> 01:28:45,309 {\an1}AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT FREE TODAY 1862 01:28:45,343 --> 01:28:46,843 {\an1}BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH, 1863 01:28:46,876 --> 01:28:48,319 {\an1}AND ELIJAH MUHAMMAD IS THE ONLIEST MAN 1864 01:28:48,343 --> 01:28:50,143 WITH THAT TRUTH. 1865 01:28:50,176 --> 01:28:52,643 {\an1}MUWAKKIL: I WORKED FOR "MUHAMMAD SPEAKS" AT THE TIME. 1866 01:28:52,676 --> 01:28:54,743 {\an1}WE FOLLOWED HIM PERIODICALLY. 1867 01:28:54,776 --> 01:28:58,443 {\an7}WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO REVERENTIAL TOWARD HIM 1868 01:28:58,476 --> 01:29:01,376 {\an8}BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE OFFICIAL LINE OF THE NATION 1869 01:29:01,409 --> 01:29:03,376 {\an7}WAS ANTI-SPORT AND PLAY, 1870 01:29:03,409 --> 01:29:04,485 {\an7}AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, 1871 01:29:04,509 --> 01:29:06,543 {\an1}PUSH THAT TOO FAR. 1872 01:29:06,576 --> 01:29:08,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: HE PREACHED AT MUSLIM MOSQUES 1873 01:29:08,376 --> 01:29:12,176 {\an1}IN SAN FRANCISCO AND MIAMI, HOUSTON AND NEW YORK, 1874 01:29:12,209 --> 01:29:15,543 {\an1}LECTURED AT SCHOOLS, INCLUDING APPALACHIAN STATE, 1875 01:29:15,576 --> 01:29:19,543 {\an1}HOWARD UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1876 01:29:19,576 --> 01:29:21,809 AND ADDRESSED ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS 1877 01:29:21,843 --> 01:29:25,309 {\an1}AND A BLACK PANTHER RALLY. 1878 01:29:25,343 --> 01:29:27,509 {\an1}MUWAKKIL: SO THERE WERE THESE CLASHING SENSIBILITIES 1879 01:29:27,543 --> 01:29:30,076 OUT THERE, AND MUHAMMAD ALI COMING 1880 01:29:30,109 --> 01:29:32,443 {\an1}FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM, WHICH KIND OF REPRESENTED 1881 01:29:32,476 --> 01:29:37,609 {\an1}THE BLACK MILITANT ASPECT BUT YET RESISTING THE WAR, 1882 01:29:37,643 --> 01:29:41,476 WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE HIPPIE THING, 1883 01:29:41,509 --> 01:29:43,843 {\an1}AND SO I THINK THAT WAS INDEED PART OF THE REASON 1884 01:29:43,876 --> 01:29:46,376 {\an1}WHY HE BECAME SUCH A GALVANIZING FIGURE. 1885 01:29:46,409 --> 01:29:47,876 [APPLAUSE] 1886 01:29:47,909 --> 01:29:51,843 {\an1}HIS ABILITY TO EMBRACE OTHER GROUPS, 1887 01:29:51,876 --> 01:29:56,309 {\an1}EVEN AS HE PROFESSED THE KIND OF RACIALIST DOCTRINE HIMSELF. 1888 01:29:56,343 --> 01:29:57,619 ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS 1889 01:29:57,643 --> 01:29:59,976 {\an1}TO THAT KIND OF COMPLEXITY. 1890 01:30:00,009 --> 01:30:02,709 {\an1}ALI: WE HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED. 1891 01:30:02,743 --> 01:30:04,876 WHEN YOU WENT TO CHURCH TO LOOK AT JESUS, 1892 01:30:04,909 --> 01:30:07,276 YOU SAW A WHITE. 1893 01:30:07,309 --> 01:30:10,209 {\an1}WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE ANGELS, YOU SAW WHITES. 1894 01:30:10,243 --> 01:30:14,476 EVERYTHING WHITE. EVERYTHING OF AUTHORITY WHITE. 1895 01:30:14,509 --> 01:30:17,976 WHITE OWL CIGARS, WHITE SWAN SOAP, 1896 01:30:18,009 --> 01:30:20,343 KING WHITE SOAP, WHITE CLOUD TISSUE PAPER, 1897 01:30:20,376 --> 01:30:24,376 {\an1}WHITE RAIN HAIR RINSE... WSHEWWW... WHITE TORNADO. 1898 01:30:24,409 --> 01:30:27,009 [LAUGHTER] 1899 01:30:27,043 --> 01:30:29,876 WHO EVER HEARD OF A WHITE TORNADO? 1900 01:30:29,909 --> 01:30:31,309 {\an1}TORNADOS ARE BLACK. 1901 01:30:31,343 --> 01:30:32,452 YOU CAN SEE THEM WHEN THEY'RE COMING. 1902 01:30:32,476 --> 01:30:33,543 {\an1}TORNADOS ARE BLACK. 1903 01:30:33,576 --> 01:30:34,909 {\an1}AIN'T NO WHITE TORNADOS. 1904 01:30:34,943 --> 01:30:37,209 {\an1}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1905 01:30:40,409 --> 01:30:43,009 {\an1}WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BLACK? 1906 01:30:43,043 --> 01:30:44,976 {\an1}SEE, YOU'VE BEEN TRICKED. 1907 01:30:45,009 --> 01:30:48,243 {\an1}YOU'VE BEEN TRICKED TO LOVE OTHERS AND HATE YOURSELF. 1908 01:30:48,276 --> 01:30:52,143 {\an7}WHAT MUHAMMAD ALI DID WAS REALLY TEAR THE MASK OFF 1909 01:30:52,176 --> 01:30:55,009 {\an7}OF COMFORT OF WHITE PEOPLE IN BEING 1910 01:30:55,043 --> 01:30:57,143 {\an1}IN THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 1911 01:30:57,176 --> 01:31:01,643 {\an1}COMFORT OF OUR OWN PRIVILEGE AND OUR OWN INABILITY 1912 01:31:01,676 --> 01:31:03,943 TO IDENTIFY WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR, 1913 01:31:03,976 --> 01:31:08,109 AND HE DID IT WITH ALL THE TOOLS THAT HE HAD. 1914 01:31:08,143 --> 01:31:10,443 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 1915 01:31:10,476 --> 01:31:12,443 {\an1}ALI: I'M NOT GONNA HELP NOBODY GET SOMETHING 1916 01:31:12,476 --> 01:31:13,976 {\an1}MY NEGROES DON'T HAVE. 1917 01:31:14,009 --> 01:31:15,119 {\an1}IF I'M GONNA TO DIE, I'LL DIE RIGHT NOW 1918 01:31:15,143 --> 01:31:16,576 {\an1}RIGHT HERE FIGHTING YOU. 1919 01:31:16,609 --> 01:31:18,076 IF I WANT TO DIE. 1920 01:31:18,109 --> 01:31:19,809 YOU MY ENEMY. 1921 01:31:19,843 --> 01:31:21,452 {\an1}MY ENEMY IS THE WHITE PEOPLE, NOT VIET CONGS 1922 01:31:21,476 --> 01:31:23,743 {\an1}OR CHINESE OR JAPANESE. 1923 01:31:23,776 --> 01:31:25,309 YOU MY OPPOSER WHEN I WANT FREEDOM. 1924 01:31:25,343 --> 01:31:27,143 {\an1}YOU MY OPPOSER WHEN I WANT JUSTICE. 1925 01:31:27,176 --> 01:31:28,776 YOU MY OPPOSER WHEN I WANT EQUALITY. 1926 01:31:28,809 --> 01:31:30,643 {\an1}YOU WON'T EVEN STAND UP FOR ME IN AMERICA 1927 01:31:30,676 --> 01:31:32,943 {\an1}FOR MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND YOU WANT ME TO GO SOMEWHERE 1928 01:31:32,976 --> 01:31:34,285 AND FIGHT, BUT YOU WON'T EVEN STAND UP 1929 01:31:34,309 --> 01:31:36,509 {\an1}FOR ME HERE AT HOME. 1930 01:31:39,376 --> 01:31:43,409 {\an1}BOYD: HE USED HIS TONGUE TO LACERATE RACISM 1931 01:31:43,443 --> 01:31:45,709 {\an1}AND WHITE SUPREMACY AND OPPRESSION 1932 01:31:45,743 --> 01:31:47,243 {\an1}IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. 1933 01:31:47,276 --> 01:31:51,009 {\an1}HE BECAME MORE MILITANT, NOT LESS. 1934 01:31:51,043 --> 01:31:53,276 {\an7}HE BECAME MORE ASSERTIVE, NOT LESS. 1935 01:31:53,309 --> 01:31:55,943 {\an8}HE BECAME MORE CONFRONTATIONAL, NOT LESS. 1936 01:31:55,976 --> 01:31:58,743 {\an1}HE'S NOT SUGAR COATING IT. 1937 01:31:58,776 --> 01:32:02,443 {\an7}ALI: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY WE TAKE SO MUCH HELL? HUH? 1938 01:32:02,476 --> 01:32:05,443 {\an7}SERVED THE COUNTRY SO FAITHFUL FOR 400 YEARS? 1939 01:32:05,476 --> 01:32:08,176 {\an7}FOUGHT IN ALL OF THE WARS AND STILL DYING IN THE WARS, 1940 01:32:08,209 --> 01:32:11,143 {\an7}AND RIGHT IN MY OWN HOMETOWN, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 1941 01:32:11,176 --> 01:32:14,509 {\an7}TODAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEAT UP, KICKED AROUND, 1942 01:32:14,543 --> 01:32:16,276 {\an7}PREGNANT WOMEN KNOCKED AROUND 1943 01:32:16,309 --> 01:32:19,243 {\an7}JUST FOR TRYING TO GET A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN. 1944 01:32:19,276 --> 01:32:22,176 {\an7}HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY? 1945 01:32:22,209 --> 01:32:24,609 {\an7}BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TRUTH, 1946 01:32:24,643 --> 01:32:26,576 {\an7}AND TRUTH MAKES YOU FREE. 1947 01:32:26,609 --> 01:32:28,776 {\an7}CAN'T YOU LOOK AT ME AND TELL THAT I'M FREE? 1948 01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:30,976 {\an7}CAN'T YOU HEAR THE WAY I TALK AND SEE THAT I'M FREE? 1949 01:32:31,009 --> 01:32:33,476 {\an7}I DON'T HAVE NO BOSSES. 1950 01:32:33,509 --> 01:32:35,243 {\an8}I HAVE ONE BOSS, AND THIS IS HIM, 1951 01:32:35,276 --> 01:32:37,609 {\an7}THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. 1952 01:32:37,643 --> 01:32:41,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN APRIL 1968, "ESQUIRE" MAGAZINE PUT ALI 1953 01:32:41,676 --> 01:32:45,043 {\an1}ON ITS COVER, PORTRAYING THE EXILED BOXER 1954 01:32:45,076 --> 01:32:48,876 AS ST. SEBASTIAN, A CHRISTIAN MARTYR PERSECUTED 1955 01:32:48,909 --> 01:32:51,976 {\an1}FOR HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 1956 01:32:52,009 --> 01:32:53,852 {\an1}ALI: YOU HAVE TO BE SICK MENTALLY TO WANT TO FORCE 1957 01:32:53,876 --> 01:32:55,676 {\an1}YOURSELF INTO PLACES WHERE YOU'RE NOT WANTED. 1958 01:32:55,709 --> 01:32:57,209 {\an1}YOU SEE THE MAN HATE YOU. 1959 01:32:57,243 --> 01:32:59,209 {\an1}YOU SEE THEY DON'T WANT YOU DOWN THERE. 1960 01:32:59,243 --> 01:33:00,785 {\an1}WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE? WE'LL GO ON SOMEWHERE ELSE. 1961 01:33:00,809 --> 01:33:02,776 YOU BECAME CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, 1962 01:33:02,809 --> 01:33:04,352 EVERYBODY THOUGHT. "THIS IS A REFRESHING YOUNG MAN." 1963 01:33:04,376 --> 01:33:06,009 WE FOUND OUT YOU WERE A MUSLIM, 1964 01:33:06,043 --> 01:33:07,276 AND PEOPLE GOT SCARED. 1965 01:33:07,309 --> 01:33:08,676 {\an1}I GOT BAD ALL OF A SUDDEN. 1966 01:33:08,709 --> 01:33:09,885 {\an1}I WAS A GOOD BOY WHEN I WAS HOLLERING, 1967 01:33:09,909 --> 01:33:11,343 {\an1}"I AM THE GREATEST! 1968 01:33:11,376 --> 01:33:13,343 {\an1}"I CANNOT BE BEAT! 1969 01:33:13,376 --> 01:33:16,376 {\an1}I AM PRETTY! I'M THE KING! HEE HEE HEE!" 1970 01:33:16,409 --> 01:33:18,676 {\an1}I WAS A GOOD BOY, 1971 01:33:18,709 --> 01:33:20,243 {\an1}BUT WHEN I SAID, "I'M A MUSLIM, 1972 01:33:20,276 --> 01:33:22,509 {\an1}MY RELIGION IS ISLAM," WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? 1973 01:33:22,543 --> 01:33:24,043 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW 1974 01:33:24,076 --> 01:33:26,109 AS ONE OF THE PROMINENT BLACK PERSONS? 1975 01:33:26,143 --> 01:33:28,609 {\an1}I CAN'T BE A LEADER, BUT I CAN TELL THEM ABOUT THE LEADER. 1976 01:33:28,643 --> 01:33:31,176 {\an1}ALL I CAN TELL THEM IS TO JOIN ONTO THEIR OWN KIND, 1977 01:33:31,209 --> 01:33:32,709 {\an1}ACCEPT THEIR OWN KIND. 1978 01:33:32,743 --> 01:33:35,009 {\an1}JOIN ONTO THEIR TRUE RELIGION, WHICH IS ISLAM. 1979 01:33:35,043 --> 01:33:37,743 {\an1}JOIN ONTO THE MUSLIM TEACHINGS, WHICH IS TAUGHT TO US 1980 01:33:37,776 --> 01:33:39,609 {\an1}BY THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, 1981 01:33:39,643 --> 01:33:41,485 {\an1}THE ONLIEST BLACK MAN PREACHING THE TRUTH TO BLACK PEOPLE. 1982 01:33:41,509 --> 01:33:42,843 {\an1}CLEAN UP YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS 1983 01:33:42,876 --> 01:33:44,409 {\an1}AND DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF. 1984 01:33:44,443 --> 01:33:47,076 {\an1}QUIT BEGGING TO INTEGRATE AND BEG TO SEPARATE. 1985 01:33:47,109 --> 01:33:49,409 YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHITES. 1986 01:33:49,443 --> 01:33:50,509 I DON'T THINK YOU ARE. 1987 01:33:50,543 --> 01:33:52,376 {\an1}NO, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE. UH... 1988 01:33:52,409 --> 01:33:53,852 ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ME RIGHT NOW? 1989 01:33:53,876 --> 01:33:55,343 {\an1}NO, I'M COMFORTABLE. 1990 01:33:55,376 --> 01:33:57,476 {\an1}I'M REAL COMFORTABLE WITH YOU BECAUSE I KNOW 1991 01:33:57,509 --> 01:33:58,809 {\an1}HOW FAR TO GO WITH YOU. 1992 01:33:58,843 --> 01:34:00,085 {\an1}I'M NOT GOING TO GO HOME WITH YOU NOW 1993 01:34:00,109 --> 01:34:01,576 {\an1}AND FLIRT WITH YOUR DAUGHTER. 1994 01:34:01,609 --> 01:34:02,785 {\an1}I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO PUSH YOU OUT 1995 01:34:02,809 --> 01:34:04,043 {\an1}OF YOUR SUBURB. 1996 01:34:04,076 --> 01:34:05,709 {\an1}I INTEGRATE SO FAR. 1997 01:34:05,743 --> 01:34:06,985 {\an1}SEE, WE DON'T... THAT'S WHY I LIKE GOVERNOR WALLACE. 1998 01:34:07,009 --> 01:34:08,543 {\an1}HE TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT THINGS. 1999 01:34:08,576 --> 01:34:09,719 YOU LIKE GEORGE WALLACE? YES, SIR. 2000 01:34:09,743 --> 01:34:11,243 {\an1}THAT TRUTH HE TELLS WE LIKE. 2001 01:34:11,276 --> 01:34:12,576 {\an1}HE TELLS THE TRUTH. 2002 01:34:12,609 --> 01:34:13,743 YOU BELIEVE THAT? 2003 01:34:13,776 --> 01:34:15,709 {\an1}I SEE HIM TELLING THE TRUTH. 2004 01:34:15,743 --> 01:34:17,576 YOU DON'T BELIEVE HE'S BEEN A TOUGH INFLUENCE 2005 01:34:17,609 --> 01:34:19,143 IN THIS COUNTRY AND A BAD INFLUENCE? 2006 01:34:19,176 --> 01:34:20,985 {\an1}WELL, I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING NOBODY SAY, 2007 01:34:21,009 --> 01:34:23,243 {\an1}BUT I LIKE WHAT HE SAY WHEN HE SAYS THAT NEGROES 2008 01:34:23,276 --> 01:34:25,443 {\an1}SHOULDN'T FORCE THEMSELVES INTO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS 2009 01:34:25,476 --> 01:34:27,643 {\an1}AND WHITE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO AH MOVE OUT 2010 01:34:27,676 --> 01:34:30,043 {\an1}OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST BECAUSE ONE NEGRO COMES. 2011 01:34:30,076 --> 01:34:31,419 {\an1}THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE TO HIM, 2012 01:34:31,443 --> 01:34:32,943 {\an1}THEY SHOULDN'T, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. 2013 01:34:32,976 --> 01:34:34,876 {\an1}IF A PERSON DON'T WANT YOU. WHY ARE YOU GOING 2014 01:34:34,909 --> 01:34:36,276 {\an1}TO PUSH YOURSELF ON HIM? 2015 01:34:36,309 --> 01:34:38,076 {\an1}AND WALLACE IS ADMITTING THIS AIN'T RIGHT 2016 01:34:38,109 --> 01:34:40,209 {\an1}AND LET THE PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 2017 01:34:40,243 --> 01:34:42,309 WE WANT... WHITE POWER! 2018 01:34:42,343 --> 01:34:44,509 {\an1}EARLY: I THINK HIS TALK ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE 2019 01:34:44,543 --> 01:34:46,943 {\an1}RACIALLY SEGREGATING HAS A RESONANCE 2020 01:34:46,976 --> 01:34:50,509 {\an1}BECAUSE OF THE WHITE BACKLASH THAT'S OCCURRING 2021 01:34:50,543 --> 01:34:52,976 WITH THIS ATTEMPT AT INTEGRATION, 2022 01:34:53,009 --> 01:34:54,285 {\an1}THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE SAYING, "LOOK. 2023 01:34:54,309 --> 01:34:55,452 {\an1}"THESE WHITE PEOPLE DON'T WANT US. 2024 01:34:55,476 --> 01:34:57,409 {\an1}DO YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON?" 2025 01:34:57,443 --> 01:34:59,409 {\an1}I DON'T EVEN THINK HE EVER SAW IT IN THAT WAY. 2026 01:34:59,443 --> 01:35:04,976 {\an1}HE JUST SAW IT AS BLACK PEOPLE, UM, WANTING TO BECOME PEOPLE 2027 01:35:05,009 --> 01:35:07,476 {\an1}OUT HERE IN THIS WORLD THAT MATTERED 2028 01:35:07,509 --> 01:35:10,143 AND THAT THEY... AND IN ORDER TO MATTER, 2029 01:35:10,176 --> 01:35:11,809 {\an1}WE HAD TO HAVE OUR OWN LAND, 2030 01:35:11,843 --> 01:35:14,243 {\an1}AND WE HAD TO BUILD UP OURSELVES AS A PEOPLE. 2031 01:35:14,276 --> 01:35:17,709 {\an1}MARTHA BASS: ♪ WALK WITH ME ♪ 2032 01:35:17,743 --> 01:35:21,243 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON APRIL 4, 1968, WHILE STANDING 2033 01:35:21,276 --> 01:35:23,243 ON THE BALCONY OF THE LORRAINE MOTEL 2034 01:35:23,276 --> 01:35:26,376 {\an1}IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, MARTIN LUTHER KING 2035 01:35:26,409 --> 01:35:28,076 WAS ASSASSINATED. 2036 01:35:28,109 --> 01:35:31,176 {\an1}BASS: ♪ WALK WITH ME ♪ 2037 01:35:31,209 --> 01:35:33,176 ♪ LORD ♪ 2038 01:35:33,209 --> 01:35:35,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: "I AM IN MOURNING," ALI TOLD THE PRESS, 2039 01:35:35,709 --> 01:35:39,409 {\an1}"FOR MY BLACK BROTHER." 2040 01:35:39,443 --> 01:35:41,376 {\an1}BASS: ♪ ALL ALONG ♪ 2041 01:35:41,409 --> 01:35:43,509 ♪ WALK WITH ME ♪ 2042 01:35:43,543 --> 01:35:49,443 {\an1}♪ THIS OLD, TEDIOUS JOURNEY ♪ 2043 01:35:49,476 --> 01:35:51,009 ♪ LORD ♪ 2044 01:35:51,043 --> 01:35:55,809 ♪ I WANT JESUS ♪ 2045 01:35:55,843 --> 01:36:00,243 {\an1}♪ JUST TO WALK WITH ME ♪ 2046 01:36:00,276 --> 01:36:05,576 ♪ WALK WITH ME ♪ 2047 01:36:09,443 --> 01:36:13,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN JUNE, BELINDA GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL. 2048 01:36:13,709 --> 01:36:15,843 {\an1}AT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'S SUGGESTION, 2049 01:36:15,876 --> 01:36:20,376 {\an1}THEY NAMED HER MARYUM. 2050 01:36:20,409 --> 01:36:23,776 {\an1}IN AUGUST, A REPORTER VISITED ALI'S HOME, 2051 01:36:23,809 --> 01:36:27,876 {\an1}WHERE HE WAS SPENDING SOME QUIET TIME WITH HIS DAUGHTER. 2052 01:36:27,909 --> 01:36:30,576 {\an1}HIS LAWYERS HAD JUST FILED A PETITION ASKING 2053 01:36:30,609 --> 01:36:34,409 {\an1}THE SUPREME COURT TO RECONSIDER HIS CONVICTION. 2054 01:36:34,443 --> 01:36:36,409 "I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO TO JAIL. 2055 01:36:36,443 --> 01:36:37,909 I'M READY TO DIE FOR MY PEOPLE," 2056 01:36:37,943 --> 01:36:39,609 {\an1}HE TOLD THE REPORTER. 2057 01:36:39,643 --> 01:36:42,009 {\an1}THEN HE PICKED UP MARYUM. 2058 01:36:42,043 --> 01:36:44,343 {\an1}"YOUR DADDY'S FIGHTING FOR YOU," HE SAID. 2059 01:36:44,376 --> 01:36:46,843 {\an1}"SOMEDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK WITH YOUR HEAD 2060 01:36:46,876 --> 01:36:49,976 {\an1}"HIGH AND NOT BEG FOR A JOB, 2061 01:36:50,009 --> 01:36:52,343 {\an1}AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT." 2062 01:36:54,776 --> 01:36:57,709 {\an1}NARRATOR: THAT WINTER, THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES 2063 01:36:57,743 --> 01:37:00,843 {\an1}VOTED PRIVATELY TO REJECT ALI'S PETITION, 2064 01:37:00,876 --> 01:37:02,776 {\an1}A DECISION THAT SHOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY SENT 2065 01:37:02,809 --> 01:37:04,709 HIM TO PRISON. 2066 01:37:04,743 --> 01:37:07,543 {\an1}KRATTENMAKER: THE CLERK WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD 2067 01:37:07,576 --> 01:37:09,376 {\an1}THAT THE CASE HAD BEEN DENIED REVIEW, 2068 01:37:09,409 --> 01:37:12,309 {\an7}WHICH WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING'S OVER, HE'S GOING TO JAIL, 2069 01:37:12,343 --> 01:37:14,109 {\an7}BUT OVER THE WEEKEND, A LETTER CAME IN 2070 01:37:14,143 --> 01:37:16,376 {\an7}FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 2071 01:37:16,409 --> 01:37:20,976 {\an7}AND THAT LETTER STATED THAT, UM, THEY HAD RECENTLY 2072 01:37:21,009 --> 01:37:27,709 {\an1}DISCOVERED THAT MUHAMMAD ALI HAD BEEN OVERHEARD ON WIRETAPS 2073 01:37:27,743 --> 01:37:30,143 {\an1}THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN RUNNING 2074 01:37:30,176 --> 01:37:33,676 {\an1}ON ELIJAH MUHAMMAD AND ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, 2075 01:37:33,709 --> 01:37:37,476 {\an1}AND THAT MEANT THAT ALI WAS ENTITLED TO BE INFORMED 2076 01:37:37,509 --> 01:37:40,509 {\an1}ABOUT THOSE WIRETAPS TO SEE WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE 2077 01:37:40,543 --> 01:37:45,309 {\an1}ANYTHING IN THEM THAT IS EXCULPATORY TO HIS CASE. 2078 01:37:45,343 --> 01:37:48,043 {\an1}THE SUPREME COURT SAYS, "WE ARE SENDING THIS CASE 2079 01:37:48,076 --> 01:37:50,076 {\an1}"BACK DOWN TO BE REEXAMINED IN LIGHT 2080 01:37:50,109 --> 01:37:51,943 {\an1}OF THE WIRETAPPING ISSUE." 2081 01:37:51,976 --> 01:37:55,609 {\an1}SO AT THE VERY 11th HOUR, ALI IS MORE OR LESS 2082 01:37:55,643 --> 01:38:00,243 {\an1}PULLED OUT OF JAIL AND TOLD YOU CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN. 2083 01:38:00,276 --> 01:38:03,343 {\an1}NARRATOR: IT HAD BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE ALI'S LAST FIGHT. 2084 01:38:03,376 --> 01:38:05,376 {\an1}REPORTERS WERE EAGER TO KNOW IF THIS MEANT 2085 01:38:05,409 --> 01:38:07,243 {\an1}THAT HE WOULD FIGHT AGAIN. 2086 01:38:07,276 --> 01:38:09,543 {\an1}"I'M JUST THANKFUL," HE TOLD THEM. 2087 01:38:09,576 --> 01:38:12,809 {\an1}"IT'S ALL IN THE HANDS OF ALLAH." 2088 01:38:12,843 --> 01:38:14,885 {\an1}REPORTER: YOU'RE STILL CONTENT, YOU'RE STILL DETERMINED 2089 01:38:14,909 --> 01:38:16,676 {\an1}TO RETURN TO THE RING AND FIGHT ONCE AGAIN 2090 01:38:16,709 --> 01:38:18,076 {\an1}REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS? 2091 01:38:18,109 --> 01:38:20,376 {\an8}OH, YES, MAINLY TO PAY BILLS, YOU KNOW. 2092 01:38:20,409 --> 01:38:23,476 {\an8}THIS IS MY MAIN MEANING OF LIVELIHOOD, 2093 01:38:23,509 --> 01:38:25,743 {\an8}AND AH I WOULD RETURN MAINLY 2094 01:38:25,776 --> 01:38:27,709 {\an8}TO PAY A LOT OF UNPAID DEBTS. 2095 01:38:27,743 --> 01:38:29,985 {\an7}REPORTER: IF THE GOVERNMENT CLEARED THIS THING UP, SAY, TONIGHT 2096 01:38:30,009 --> 01:38:31,976 {\an7}AND YOU COULD FIGHT A MONTH FROM NOW, 2097 01:38:32,009 --> 01:38:34,176 {\an7}NAME ME ONE PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO FIGHT RIGHT AWAY. 2098 01:38:34,209 --> 01:38:35,476 {\an8}WELL, UH... 2099 01:38:35,509 --> 01:38:36,885 {\an7}I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL THESE... 2100 01:38:36,909 --> 01:38:38,319 I'M NOT OUT TO FIGHT ANY OF THEM REALLY. 2101 01:38:38,343 --> 01:38:39,909 THEY ALL REALLY WANT TO FIGHT ME BECAUSE 2102 01:38:39,943 --> 01:38:41,809 I CAN'T GAIN NO PRESTIGE... 2103 01:38:41,843 --> 01:38:42,919 {\an7}WHICH ONE WOULD MAKE THE BEST FIGHT, 2104 01:38:42,943 --> 01:38:44,176 {\an7}AND DRAW THE BIGGEST CROWD? 2105 01:38:44,209 --> 01:38:46,176 JOE FRAZIER. 2106 01:38:46,209 --> 01:38:48,509 {\an1}NARRATOR: DESPITE HIS EXILE, MUHAMMAD ALI 2107 01:38:48,543 --> 01:38:51,009 {\an1}HAD BEEN CLOSELY WATCHING THE BOXING RANKS, 2108 01:38:51,043 --> 01:38:54,543 {\an1}WHERE, IN HIS ABSENCE, JOE FRAZIER WAS NOW RECOGNIZED 2109 01:38:54,576 --> 01:38:58,443 {\an1}AS THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IN 5 STATES. 2110 01:38:58,476 --> 01:39:02,009 {\an1}"IF THE CONVICTION IS OVERTURNED AND FRAZIER OFFERS, 2111 01:39:02,043 --> 01:39:04,976 {\an1}I'LL FIGHT," ALI PROMISED. 2112 01:39:05,009 --> 01:39:08,309 {\an1}BUT ALI'S CLAIM THAT ANY FIGHT WOULD ONLY BE TO PAY 2113 01:39:08,343 --> 01:39:12,176 {\an1}OFF HIS DEBTS UNDERCUT ELIJAH MUHAMMAD'S TEACHING 2114 01:39:12,209 --> 01:39:16,009 {\an1}THAT ALLAH WOULD ALWAYS PROVIDE. 2115 01:39:16,043 --> 01:39:18,976 THE NEXT DAY, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD SUMMONED 2116 01:39:19,009 --> 01:39:22,176 {\an1}ALI AND BELINDA TO HIS HOME. 2117 01:39:22,209 --> 01:39:25,109 {\an1}HE SUSPENDED THE FAMILY FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM 2118 01:39:25,143 --> 01:39:28,909 {\an1}AND REVOKED MUHAMMAD ALI'S NAME. 2119 01:39:28,943 --> 01:39:30,643 BELINDA: "WE FIGHT FOR OUR FAMILIES, 2120 01:39:30,676 --> 01:39:32,009 {\an1}"WE FIGHT FOR A LIVING. 2121 01:39:32,043 --> 01:39:33,909 {\an1}WE DON'T FIGHT FOR MONEY." 2122 01:39:33,943 --> 01:39:36,909 {\an1}SO IT'S JUST... IT'S JUST A WAY YOU SAY THINGS, 2123 01:39:36,943 --> 01:39:38,476 {\an1}AND HE GOT KICKED OUT, 2124 01:39:38,509 --> 01:39:39,952 {\an1}AND WHEN HE GOT KICKED OUT, I GOT KICKED OUT 2125 01:39:39,976 --> 01:39:42,143 {\an1}BECAUSE WE'RE ONE. 2126 01:39:42,176 --> 01:39:44,276 {\an1}IT WAS TORTURE TO ME 2127 01:39:44,309 --> 01:39:45,909 {\an1}NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE MOSQUE, 2128 01:39:45,943 --> 01:39:49,009 {\an1}NOT BEING ABLE TO GO PRAY WITH EACH OTHER. 2129 01:39:49,043 --> 01:39:51,576 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN "MUHAMMAD SPEAKS," WHICH HAD ONCE 2130 01:39:51,609 --> 01:39:54,476 {\an1}CELEBRATED THE BOXER FOR HIS SUCCESS IN THE RING, 2131 01:39:54,509 --> 01:39:56,476 ELIJAH MUHAMMAD NOW CHASTISED HIM 2132 01:39:56,509 --> 01:39:59,543 {\an1}FOR HIS DESIRE TO FIGHT. 2133 01:39:59,576 --> 01:40:02,143 {\an1}"CASSIUS CLAY MADE A COMPLETE FOOL OF HIMSELF 2134 01:40:02,176 --> 01:40:04,776 {\an1}FOR ACCEPTING THE SPORT WHICH ALLAH CONDEMNS," 2135 01:40:04,809 --> 01:40:06,876 THE LEADER WROTE. 2136 01:40:06,909 --> 01:40:09,809 {\an1}ALI WAS OUTWARDLY REPENTANT. 2137 01:40:09,843 --> 01:40:13,209 {\an1}"WHAT I SAID WAS OUT OF PLACE," HE TOLD A REPORTER. 2138 01:40:13,243 --> 01:40:14,943 "HE IS THE BOSS. 2139 01:40:14,976 --> 01:40:17,476 {\an1}"I WILL BE A MUSLIM UNTIL THE DAY I DIE. 2140 01:40:17,509 --> 01:40:19,776 "I ONLY PRAY THAT HE WILL FORGIVE ME 2141 01:40:19,809 --> 01:40:22,043 AND LET ME BACK." 2142 01:40:22,076 --> 01:40:25,409 ALI INSISTED THAT HE WAS RETIRED. 2143 01:40:25,443 --> 01:40:27,476 "I'LL NEVER CLIMB INTO THE RING 2144 01:40:27,509 --> 01:40:31,143 {\an1}OR GO IN AN ARENA AGAIN," 2145 01:40:31,176 --> 01:40:35,976 {\an1}BUT HE NEVER STOPPED PLOTTING HIS RETURN TO BOXING. 2146 01:40:36,009 --> 01:40:39,443 {\an1}NARRATOR: MEANWHILE, IGNORING HIS OWN FATHER, 2147 01:40:39,476 --> 01:40:42,309 {\an1}HERBERT MUHAMMAD CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR A VENUE 2148 01:40:42,343 --> 01:40:44,943 WHERE THE BOXER WOULD NOT BE BARRED. 2149 01:40:44,976 --> 01:40:47,576 {\an1}HE TRIED CITY AFTER CITY. 2150 01:40:47,609 --> 01:40:49,776 {\an1}NOTHING WORKED OUT. 2151 01:40:49,809 --> 01:40:52,709 {\an1}THEN ATLANTA BEGAN TO SHOW PROMISE. 2152 01:40:53,943 --> 01:40:57,309 {\an1}LEROY JOHNSON, GEORGIA'S FIRST BLACK STATE SENATOR 2153 01:40:57,343 --> 01:41:00,343 {\an1}SINCE RECONSTRUCTION, WAS EAGER TO SEE ALI'S 2154 01:41:00,376 --> 01:41:05,176 {\an1}FIRST FIGHT IN MORE THAN 3 YEARS COME TO HIS HOMETOWN. 2155 01:41:05,209 --> 01:41:09,743 {\an7}I WENT TO THE LAW BOOKS AND BEGAN TO SEARCH THE LAW, 2156 01:41:09,776 --> 01:41:15,543 {\an7}AND AFTER MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS I DISCOVERED 2157 01:41:15,576 --> 01:41:19,243 {\an1}THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE GEORGIA STATUTE DEALING 2158 01:41:19,276 --> 01:41:21,809 {\an1}WITH BOXING MATCHES. 2159 01:41:21,843 --> 01:41:24,309 THAT MEANT IT WAS LEFT UP TO ATLANTA. 2160 01:41:24,343 --> 01:41:26,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: THE CITY OF ATLANTA GAVE ITS APPROVAL. 2161 01:41:26,943 --> 01:41:29,709 THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA WASN'T PLEASED. 2162 01:41:29,743 --> 01:41:31,752 {\an1}LESTER MADDOX: I DON'T... I DON'T SEE HOW THIS FIGHT 2163 01:41:31,776 --> 01:41:34,709 {\an7}COULD TAKE PLACE REALLY ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2164 01:41:34,743 --> 01:41:39,876 {\an7}BY A MAN THAT HAS DENOUNCED HIS COUNTRY'S UNIFORM 2165 01:41:39,909 --> 01:41:42,676 {\an7}AND REFUSED TO BE INDUCTED 2166 01:41:42,709 --> 01:41:44,476 INTO THE SERVICE OF THIS COUNTRY, 2167 01:41:44,509 --> 01:41:46,843 {\an1}SO I'VE CALLED FOR A DAY OF MOURNING BECAUSE OF THIS 2168 01:41:46,876 --> 01:41:49,043 {\an1}THAT THIS TRAGIC THING HAS HAPPENED 2169 01:41:49,076 --> 01:41:51,143 {\an1}IN THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2170 01:41:51,176 --> 01:41:52,876 {\an1}WHERE MEN HAVE FOUGHT SO LONG 2171 01:41:52,909 --> 01:41:56,343 {\an1}AND THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH. 2172 01:41:56,376 --> 01:41:59,209 {\an1}NARRATOR: BEFORE LEAVING CHICAGO, ALI RECEIVED 2173 01:41:59,243 --> 01:42:02,576 {\an1}A PACKAGE CONTAINING A DECAPITATED BLACK DOG 2174 01:42:02,609 --> 01:42:05,943 {\an1}AND A NOTE READING, "WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE 2175 01:42:05,976 --> 01:42:08,843 {\an1}BLACK DRAFT-DODGING DOGS IN GEORGIA." 2176 01:42:10,609 --> 01:42:13,276 {\an1}TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ATLANTA COULD STAGE THE BOUT 2177 01:42:13,309 --> 01:42:16,343 WITHOUT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE OR VIOLENCE, 2178 01:42:16,376 --> 01:42:19,709 {\an1}SENATOR JOHNSON ARRANGED FOR A PRE-FIGHT EXHIBITION MATCH 2179 01:42:19,743 --> 01:42:22,776 {\an1}AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. 2180 01:42:22,809 --> 01:42:27,009 {\an1}ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1970, 2,700 PEOPLE, 2181 01:42:27,043 --> 01:42:30,209 {\an1}INCLUDING MARTIN LUTHER KING SR. AND RALPH ABERNATHY, 2182 01:42:30,243 --> 01:42:33,943 {\an1}FILLED THE MOREHOUSE GYM TO SEE MUHAMMAD ALI SPAR 2183 01:42:33,976 --> 01:42:36,843 {\an1}WITH 3 UNDISTINGUISHED OPPONENTS. 2184 01:42:36,876 --> 01:42:38,243 {\an1}JOHNSON: THE GYM WAS PACKED. 2185 01:42:38,276 --> 01:42:40,109 {\an1}BLACK AND WHITE WAS THERE, 2186 01:42:40,143 --> 01:42:44,109 {\an1}AND MOREHOUSE IS IN THE HEART OF A BLACK COMMUNITY, 2187 01:42:44,143 --> 01:42:47,709 {\an1}AND THAT SERVED AS A CUSHION FOR US, 2188 01:42:47,743 --> 01:42:52,176 {\an1}AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. 2189 01:42:52,209 --> 01:42:55,509 {\an1}NOBODY TRIED TO INVADE IT OR STOP THE FIGHT. 2190 01:42:55,543 --> 01:42:57,409 {\an1}NARRATOR: "THE ROOF DID NOT FALL IN," REPORTED 2191 01:42:57,443 --> 01:43:01,009 {\an1}"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED," "NO ONE THREW A BOMB. 2192 01:43:01,043 --> 01:43:03,909 {\an1}FIRE AND BRIMSTONE DID NOT RAIN DOWN." 2193 01:43:05,376 --> 01:43:08,009 {\an1}SOON AFTER, PROMOTERS ANNOUNCED THAT ALI 2194 01:43:08,043 --> 01:43:12,043 {\an1}WOULD BE FIGHTING TOP-RANKED CONTENDER JERRY QUARRY 2195 01:43:12,076 --> 01:43:15,843 {\an1}IN ATLANTA ON OCTOBER 26. 2196 01:43:15,876 --> 01:43:17,652 {\an1}WOMAN: I THINK IT'S FINE, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE 2197 01:43:17,676 --> 01:43:20,009 {\an1}SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IN ATLANTA. 2198 01:43:20,043 --> 01:43:21,509 {\an1}I THINK IT'S TIME. 2199 01:43:21,543 --> 01:43:23,609 WELL, I DON'T LIVE HERE IN ATLANTA, 2200 01:43:23,643 --> 01:43:25,309 {\an1}BUT FRANKLY I'D JUST AS SOON HE DIDN'T 2201 01:43:25,343 --> 01:43:26,843 FIGHT ANYWHERE. 2202 01:43:26,876 --> 01:43:28,052 {\an1}I THINK IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST THING 2203 01:43:28,076 --> 01:43:29,476 {\an1}THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ATLANTA. 2204 01:43:29,509 --> 01:43:31,943 {\an1}WELL, I JUST DON'T LIKE TO SEE OUR... 2205 01:43:31,976 --> 01:43:34,009 {\an1}US HAVE THAT IN OUR CITY. 2206 01:43:34,043 --> 01:43:35,843 WHY IS THAT? 2207 01:43:37,543 --> 01:43:39,643 {\an1}NARRATOR: JOE FRAZIER'S MANAGER PROMISED ALI 2208 01:43:39,676 --> 01:43:42,776 A TITLE MATCH IF HE BEAT QUARRY. 2209 01:43:42,809 --> 01:43:45,009 {\an1}"WE'LL FIGHT HIM ANYPLACE IN THE UNITED STATES 2210 01:43:45,043 --> 01:43:47,709 {\an1}HE CAN GET A LICENSE," HE SAID. 2211 01:43:48,909 --> 01:43:51,143 {\an1}THOUGH THE BOUT IN ATLANTA WOULD PROCEED, 2212 01:43:51,176 --> 01:43:55,243 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI WAS STILL BARRED FROM FIGHTING ANYWHERE ELSE. 2213 01:43:58,509 --> 01:44:02,443 {\an1}AT THE SAME TIME, LAWYERS FOR THE NAACP, 2214 01:44:02,476 --> 01:44:05,709 {\an1}INCLUDING MICHAEL MELTSNER, HAD FILED A LAWSUIT 2215 01:44:05,743 --> 01:44:08,509 {\an1}AGAINST NEW YORK'S BOXING COMMISSION, 2216 01:44:08,543 --> 01:44:11,843 {\an1}CLAIMING THE COMMISSION HAD ILLEGALLY SINGLED OUT ALI 2217 01:44:11,876 --> 01:44:15,843 {\an1}AND GRANTED LICENSES TO OTHER BOXERS CONVICTED OF CRIMES. 2218 01:44:15,876 --> 01:44:19,476 {\an1}MELTSNER: WE KNEW THAT SOME LICENSEES HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS, 2219 01:44:19,509 --> 01:44:22,143 {\an7}BUT WHEN WE GOT INTO THE FILES 2220 01:44:22,176 --> 01:44:26,476 {\an7}OF THE ATHLETIC COMMISSION, WE WERE SHOCKED AT THE NUMBERS 2221 01:44:26,509 --> 01:44:29,509 {\an8}AND THE RANGE OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES. 2222 01:44:29,543 --> 01:44:35,243 {\an1}244 BOXERS HAD BEEN LICENSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE 2223 01:44:35,276 --> 01:44:37,476 {\an1}ATHLETIC COMMISSION WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, 2224 01:44:37,509 --> 01:44:41,076 AND THEY INCLUDED CHAMPIONS AND CONTENDERS. 2225 01:44:41,109 --> 01:44:44,009 {\an1}THEY INCLUDED MANSLAUGHTER, SECOND DEGREE MURDER, 2226 01:44:44,043 --> 01:44:47,176 {\an1}ARMED ROBBERY, AND THE LIKE. 2227 01:44:47,209 --> 01:44:51,709 {\an1}IT CONFIRMED OUR SENSE THAT ALI HAD BEEN PICKED OUT, 2228 01:44:51,743 --> 01:44:54,909 SINGLED OUT, FOR TREATMENT BECAUSE 2229 01:44:54,943 --> 01:44:57,843 {\an1}OF HIS IDENTITY, BECAUSE OF HIS AFFILIATIONS 2230 01:44:57,876 --> 01:45:00,643 {\an1}WITH THE NATION OF ISLAM, AND BECAUSE HE WAS 2231 01:45:00,676 --> 01:45:03,776 {\an1}A PROMINENT BLACK FIGURE. 2232 01:45:03,809 --> 01:45:07,143 {\an1}JUDGE MANSFIELD SAID, "THIS IS ARBITRARY. 2233 01:45:07,176 --> 01:45:11,076 {\an1}IT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION, THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE," 2234 01:45:11,109 --> 01:45:13,976 {\an1}AND HE REQUIRED THE STATE OF NEW YORK 2235 01:45:14,009 --> 01:45:15,609 {\an1}TO GIVE ALI A LICENSE. 2236 01:45:17,609 --> 01:45:20,676 {\an7}BY THAT TIME, PEOPLE WERE REALIZING 2237 01:45:20,709 --> 01:45:25,743 {\an7}WHAT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE THAT WHOLE THING HAD BEEN, 2238 01:45:25,776 --> 01:45:28,776 {\an1}AND JUDGE MANSFIELD'S DECISION WAS 2239 01:45:28,809 --> 01:45:33,843 {\an1}THE FIRST JUDICIAL DECISION ALONG THOSE LINES. 2240 01:45:33,876 --> 01:45:37,576 {\an1}SO ALI GOT HIS LICENSE FROM NEW YORK, 2241 01:45:37,609 --> 01:45:41,443 {\an1}AND AT THAT POINT, HERBERT CAME TO ME, 2242 01:45:41,476 --> 01:45:44,809 {\an1}AND HE SAID, "BOB, FORM A NEW COMPANY 2243 01:45:44,843 --> 01:45:48,343 {\an1}AND START PROMOTING ALI'S FIGHTS." 2244 01:45:53,109 --> 01:45:54,909 {\an1}NARRATOR: ONE AFTERNOON BEFORE HIS MATCH 2245 01:45:54,943 --> 01:45:56,943 {\an1}WITH JERRY QUARRY IN ATLANTA, 2246 01:45:56,976 --> 01:45:59,143 {\an1}ALI AND HIS ENTOURAGE SCREENED A FILM 2247 01:45:59,176 --> 01:46:01,976 {\an1}ON THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 2248 01:46:02,009 --> 01:46:04,576 JACK JOHNSON, WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED 2249 01:46:04,609 --> 01:46:07,209 {\an1}ON RACIALLY MOTIVATED CHARGES AND FLED 2250 01:46:07,243 --> 01:46:10,076 {\an1}THE COUNTRY IN 1913. 2251 01:46:12,476 --> 01:46:14,276 {\an1}"HIS FIGHTS WERE CANCELED, TOO? 2252 01:46:14,309 --> 01:46:16,843 {\an1}THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING," MARVELED ALI. 2253 01:46:16,876 --> 01:46:20,176 {\an1}"MY CASE REVIVES HIS STORY." 2254 01:46:20,209 --> 01:46:22,009 {\an1}CLAY, I FEEL, HAS BEEN MESSED AROUND, 2255 01:46:22,043 --> 01:46:24,143 {\an1}AND NOW'S THE CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF. 2256 01:46:24,176 --> 01:46:25,819 {\an1}IF SOMEONE WERE TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY 2257 01:46:25,843 --> 01:46:27,385 {\an1}TO LET HIM BE HIMSELF, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING 2258 01:46:27,409 --> 01:46:29,609 HE'S ASKED FOR ALL THIS PARTICULAR TIME. 2259 01:46:29,643 --> 01:46:31,143 HE DIDN'T DO NOTHING NO MORE. 2260 01:46:31,176 --> 01:46:32,676 {\an1}JUST LET HIM BE HIMSELF. 2261 01:46:32,709 --> 01:46:34,443 {\an1}I LOVE FREEDOM FOR EVERYBODY. 2262 01:46:34,476 --> 01:46:36,776 AND THIS WILL FREE MUHAMMAD. 2263 01:46:36,809 --> 01:46:39,376 {\an1}THANK YOU. 2264 01:46:39,409 --> 01:46:43,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: ON OCTOBER 26, 1970, MUHAMMAD ALI FOUGHT 2265 01:46:43,709 --> 01:46:47,109 JERRY QUARRY BEFORE 5,000 SPECTATORS 2266 01:46:47,143 --> 01:46:50,876 AT ATLANTA'S MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. 2267 01:46:50,909 --> 01:46:53,276 IT WOULD BE HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT 2268 01:46:53,309 --> 01:46:55,876 {\an1}IN MORE THAN 3 1/2 YEARS. 2269 01:46:55,909 --> 01:46:58,276 {\an7}[JIMI HENDRIX'S "MACHINE GUN" PLAYING] 2270 01:46:58,309 --> 01:47:01,176 {\an7}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 2271 01:47:01,209 --> 01:47:09,209 {\an8}♪ 2272 01:47:16,143 --> 01:47:19,143 {\an8}♪ 2273 01:47:19,176 --> 01:47:22,909 {\an1}BOYD: THAT NIGHT, BUNDINI IS CONSTANTLY YELLING, 2274 01:47:22,943 --> 01:47:24,376 {\an1}"GHOST IN THE HOUSE! 2275 01:47:24,409 --> 01:47:26,109 {\an7}"THERE'S A GHOST IN THE HOUSE! 2276 01:47:26,143 --> 01:47:28,109 {\an7}GHOST IN THE HOUSE!" 2277 01:47:28,143 --> 01:47:30,109 {\an7}WELL, THAT GHOST IS, OF COURSE, THE GHOST 2278 01:47:30,143 --> 01:47:35,076 {\an1}OF JACK JOHNSON BECAUSE JACK JOHNSON FOUGHT HIS BATTLES 2279 01:47:35,109 --> 01:47:38,643 {\an1}AT AN EARLIER TIME SURROUNDED BY ISSUES 2280 01:47:38,676 --> 01:47:41,576 {\an1}OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA 2281 01:47:41,609 --> 01:47:46,943 {\an1}IN THE EARLIEST PART OF THE 20th CENTURY. 2282 01:47:46,976 --> 01:47:52,109 {\an1}IT IS NOW THE 1970s, AND IT TURNS OUT MUHAMMAD ALI 2283 01:47:52,143 --> 01:47:54,643 {\an7}IS FIGHTING A SIMILAR BATTLE. 2284 01:47:54,676 --> 01:47:57,209 {\an7}SO THE GHOST OF JACK JOHNSON 2285 01:47:57,243 --> 01:47:59,276 {\an7}IS THE SPIRIT THAT INFORMS 2286 01:47:59,309 --> 01:48:02,509 ALI'S RETURN AGAINST JERRY QUARRY, 2287 01:48:02,543 --> 01:48:05,809 {\an1}AND BUNDINI IS THE ONE WHO GIVES VOICE TO THE FACT 2288 01:48:05,843 --> 01:48:11,276 {\an1}THAT THIS GHOST IS MOST INDEED IN THE HOUSE, 2289 01:48:11,309 --> 01:48:16,143 AND ALI FINISHED IT IN THE RING. 2290 01:48:16,176 --> 01:48:18,609 {\an1}NARRATOR: IN THE THIRD ROUND, ALI OPENED A GASH 2291 01:48:18,643 --> 01:48:21,943 {\an1}ABOVE QUARRY'S LEFT EYE. 2292 01:48:21,976 --> 01:48:24,943 {\an1}THE CUT WAS SO SEVERE THAT QUARRY'S TRAINER ASKED 2293 01:48:24,976 --> 01:48:28,909 {\an1}THE REFEREE TO STOP THE FIGHT. 2294 01:48:28,943 --> 01:48:32,176 {\an1}HE DID, AWARDING ALI A TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT 2295 01:48:32,209 --> 01:48:36,409 {\an1}BEFORE THE BELL RANG TO OPEN THE FOURTH ROUND. 2296 01:48:36,443 --> 01:48:39,109 HENDRIX: ♪ HEY, AND YOUR BULLETS ♪ 2297 01:48:39,143 --> 01:48:40,776 {\an1}♪ KEEP KNOCKING ME DOWN ♪ 2298 01:48:40,809 --> 01:48:42,676 {\an1}NARRATOR: AFTER THE FIGHT, CORETTA SCOTT KING 2299 01:48:42,709 --> 01:48:45,576 {\an1}AND RALPH ABERNATHY PRESENTED ALI 2300 01:48:45,609 --> 01:48:49,276 {\an1}WITH A DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL AWARD. 2301 01:48:49,309 --> 01:48:52,076 {\an1}I WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY 2302 01:48:52,109 --> 01:48:55,476 {\an1}OUR CHAMPION IN THE BOXING AREA, 2303 01:48:55,509 --> 01:48:58,676 {\an1}BUT YOU ARE ALSO A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE AND PEACE... 2304 01:48:58,709 --> 01:48:59,943 THANK YOU. AND HUMAN DIGNITY. 2305 01:48:59,976 --> 01:49:02,043 {\an1}THANK YOU. 2306 01:49:02,076 --> 01:49:03,676 APPRECIATE IT. 2307 01:49:03,709 --> 01:49:05,176 {\an1}ABERNATHY: YOU ARE THE LIVING EXAMPLE 2308 01:49:05,209 --> 01:49:07,676 OF SOUL POWER. 2309 01:49:07,709 --> 01:49:11,409 {\an1}THIS WAS THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON ALL IN TWO FISTS. 2310 01:49:11,443 --> 01:49:15,176 MAN: SO PROUD OF YOU. SECOND MAN: SAY IT AGAIN. 2311 01:49:15,209 --> 01:49:18,276 {\an1}NARRATOR: ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN 200 VENUES 2312 01:49:18,309 --> 01:49:21,343 {\an1}HAD CARRIED THE FIGHT ON CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION, 2313 01:49:21,376 --> 01:49:24,876 {\an1}INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 2314 01:49:24,909 --> 01:49:27,409 {\an1}"IF THE CROWD AT THE GARDEN WAS ANY INDICATION," 2315 01:49:27,443 --> 01:49:30,409 {\an1}OBSERVED MURRAY CHASS OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES," 2316 01:49:30,443 --> 01:49:33,209 {\an1}"MUHAMMAD ALI COULD BE ELECTED BOTH GOVERNOR 2317 01:49:33,243 --> 01:49:35,709 {\an1}"AND UNITED STATES SENATOR IF HE WERE RUNNING 2318 01:49:35,743 --> 01:49:37,976 {\an1}IN NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTION." 2319 01:49:39,809 --> 01:49:43,676 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI'S RETURN TO THE RING HAD BEEN A TRIUMPH, 2320 01:49:43,709 --> 01:49:46,609 BUT HIS FUTURE REMAINED UNCERTAIN. 2321 01:49:46,643 --> 01:49:49,709 {\an1}THOUGH DETERMINED TO REGAIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, 2322 01:49:49,743 --> 01:49:54,243 {\an1}ALI STILL FACED 5 YEARS IN PRISON ON DRAFT EVASION CHARGES, 2323 01:49:54,276 --> 01:50:01,543 {\an1}AND HIS LENGTHY EXILE HAD NOT COME WITHOUT A COST. 2324 01:50:01,576 --> 01:50:04,109 {\an1}FUGI: ♪ AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW THE TRUTH CAN WALK UP TO YOU ♪ 2325 01:50:04,143 --> 01:50:07,443 {\an7}KINDRED: AFTER THE QUARRY FIGHT, I REMEMBER LEAVING THE RING, 2326 01:50:07,476 --> 01:50:09,276 {\an7}LEAVING THE RINGSIDE THAT NIGHT, 2327 01:50:09,309 --> 01:50:11,285 {\an7}WALKING WITH BUD SCHULBERG, WHO KNEW A WHOLE LOT MORE 2328 01:50:11,309 --> 01:50:13,843 {\an7}ABOUT BOXING THAN I DID, AND SCHULBERG'S ONLY COMMENT 2329 01:50:13,876 --> 01:50:16,509 ON THE FIGHT WAS, "HE'S LOST A STEP." 2330 01:50:16,543 --> 01:50:18,309 {\an1}FUGI: ♪ DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ 2331 01:50:18,343 --> 01:50:20,543 {\an1}KINDRED: WELL, WHEN YOU'RE MUHAMMAD ALI AND YOU'VE 2332 01:50:20,576 --> 01:50:24,843 {\an1}MADE YOUR CAREER BY STAYING ONE STEP AHEAD OF EVERYBODY, 2333 01:50:24,876 --> 01:50:26,743 {\an1}YOU CAN'T LOSE A STEP. 2334 01:50:26,776 --> 01:50:29,243 {\an1}FUGI: ♪ OF THE DAWN ♪ 2335 01:50:29,276 --> 01:50:32,976 {\an1}♪ THE TRUTH IS GONNA COME THIS WAY ♪ 2336 01:50:33,009 --> 01:50:36,076 {\an1}♪ OH, YES, IT IS ♪ 2337 01:50:36,109 --> 01:50:39,809 {\an1}♪ AND IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR MIND TOGETHER, PEOPLE ♪ 2338 01:50:39,843 --> 01:50:44,476 {\an1}♪ OOH, OOH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEG ♪ 2339 01:50:44,509 --> 01:50:47,643 {\an1}♪ OH, YES, YOU ARE ♪ 2340 01:50:47,676 --> 01:50:51,243 ♪ YOU BETTER GET YOUR SALVATION ♪ 2341 01:50:51,276 --> 01:50:56,009 {\an1}♪ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF REVELATION ♪ 2342 01:50:56,043 --> 01:50:59,243 {\an1}♪ OH, YES, THEY ARE ♪ 2343 01:50:59,276 --> 01:51:00,943 {\an1}♪ EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE ♪ 2344 01:51:00,976 --> 01:51:04,443 {\an1}♪ AND NOBODY WANTS TO DIE ♪ 2345 01:51:04,476 --> 01:51:06,709 {\an1}♪ UNH, BUT THEY WON'T LIVE THE TRUTH ♪ 2346 01:51:06,743 --> 01:51:09,409 {\an1}♪ THEY'D RATHER LIVE A LIE ♪ 2347 01:51:09,443 --> 01:51:12,409 {\an1}♪ YEAH, BUT TODAY, THEY ARE LAUGHING ♪ 2348 01:51:12,443 --> 01:51:16,809 {\an1}♪ TOMORROW, THEY'RE GONNA CRY, CRY, CRY, CRY ♪ 2349 01:51:16,843 --> 01:51:19,609 {\an1}♪ BUT, PEOPLE, YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU ONLY TRY ♪ 2350 01:51:19,643 --> 01:51:22,243 {\an1}♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YOU GOT TO TRY ♪ 2351 01:51:22,276 --> 01:51:25,509 {\an1}♪ YOU GOT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER ♪ 2352 01:51:25,543 --> 01:51:27,343 ♪ OOH, OOH ♪ 2353 01:51:27,376 --> 01:51:30,576 {\an1}♪ YOU GOT TO TURN AROUND AND LOVE YOUR BROTHER ♪ 2354 01:51:30,609 --> 01:51:33,809 {\an1}♪ OH, YES, YOU BETTER ♪ 2355 01:51:33,843 --> 01:51:36,776 ♪ DON'T YOU SEE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FURTHER ♪ 2356 01:51:36,809 --> 01:51:42,009 ♪ IF WE KEEP ON, KEEP ON DESTROYING EACH OTHER? ♪ 2357 01:51:42,043 --> 01:51:45,143 {\an1}♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪ 2358 01:51:45,176 --> 01:51:48,676 ♪ YOU BETTER GET YOUR SALVATION ♪ 2359 01:51:48,709 --> 01:51:53,409 {\an1}♪ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF REVELATION ♪ 2360 01:51:53,443 --> 01:51:54,576 {\an1}♪ OH, YES, THEY ARE ♪ 2361 01:51:56,576 --> 01:51:58,709 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: NEXT TIME ON "MUHAMMAD ALI"... 2362 01:51:58,743 --> 01:51:59,785 {\an1}BRYANT: YOU GOT TO HAVE REAL COMPETITION 2363 01:51:59,809 --> 01:52:01,143 {\an1}TO PROVE YOUR GREATNESS. 2364 01:52:01,176 --> 01:52:02,976 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: ALI FACES HIS GREATEST RIVAL. 2365 01:52:03,009 --> 01:52:04,909 {\an1}BOYD: YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI 2366 01:52:04,943 --> 01:52:06,743 WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT JOE FRAZIER. 2367 01:52:06,776 --> 01:52:08,609 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: HE GIVES BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY... 2368 01:52:08,643 --> 01:52:10,176 BELINDA ALI: ALI COULD HAVE $30,000 2369 01:52:10,209 --> 01:52:11,576 IN HIS POCKET ONE AFTERNOON. 2370 01:52:11,609 --> 01:52:13,109 {\an1}HE'D COME BACK HERE, HAVE NOTHING. 2371 01:52:13,143 --> 01:52:15,443 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: AND FACES HIS FINAL JUDGMENT IN COURT. 2372 01:52:15,476 --> 01:52:17,409 {\an1}ALI: I'M THANKFUL THAT THE COURT'S RECOGNIZED 2373 01:52:17,443 --> 01:52:20,043 {\an1}MY SINCERITY OF MY BELIEFS IN THIS CASE. 2374 01:52:20,076 --> 01:52:21,319 TOM KRATTENMAKER: IT WAS QUITE A BOMBSHELL. 2375 01:52:21,343 --> 01:52:22,909 {\an1}NO ONE EXPECTED IT. 2376 01:52:22,943 --> 01:52:25,209 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: THAT'S NEXT TIME ON "MUHAMMAD ALI." 2377 01:52:26,443 --> 01:52:28,576 ANNOUNCER: STREAM THE FULL SERIES, 2378 01:52:28,609 --> 01:52:30,376 {\an1}GO BEHIND THE SCENES, AND LEARN HOW TO BRING 2379 01:52:30,409 --> 01:52:32,943 {\an1}MUHAMMAD ALI'S STORY INTO THE CLASSROOM 2380 01:52:32,976 --> 01:52:39,776 {\an1}BY VISITING PBS.ORG/ALI OR THE PBS VIDEO APP. 2381 01:52:39,809 --> 01:52:42,843 {\an1}TO ORDER "MUHAMMAD ALI" ON DVD OR BLU-RAY, 2382 01:52:42,876 --> 01:52:47,209 VISIT SHOPPBS OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS. 2383 01:52:47,243 --> 01:52:49,109 {\an1}"MUHAMMAD ALI" IS ALSO AVAILABLE 2384 01:52:49,143 --> 01:52:52,976 WITH PBS PASSPORT AND ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. 2385 01:52:54,676 --> 01:52:56,676 ♪ 2386 01:52:56,709 --> 01:53:01,376 {\an1}♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪ 2387 01:53:01,409 --> 01:53:04,409 ♪ DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, CHILD? ♪ 2388 01:53:04,443 --> 01:53:07,776 ♪ OH, YES, I DO ♪ 2389 01:53:07,809 --> 01:53:10,409 {\an1}♪ REACH OUT YOUR HAND TO ME, CHILD ♪ 2390 01:53:10,443 --> 01:53:14,676 {\an1}♪ YOU KNOW I'LL UNDERSTAND, OH, YES, I WILL NOW ♪ 2391 01:53:14,709 --> 01:53:18,776 ♪ 2392 01:53:18,809 --> 01:53:21,443 {\an1}♪ REACH OUT YOUR HAND TO ME, CHILD ♪ 2393 01:53:21,476 --> 01:53:24,276 ♪ YEAH, YOU KNOW I'LL UNDERSTAND ♪ 2394 01:53:24,309 --> 01:53:28,976 {\an1}♪ YES, I WILL NOW ♪ 2395 01:53:29,009 --> 01:53:32,476 {\an1}♪ WANT YOU TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH MY HAND ♪ 2396 01:53:32,509 --> 01:53:37,543 {\an1}♪ YEAH, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND ♪ 2397 01:53:37,576 --> 01:53:39,109 {\an1}♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪ 2398 01:53:41,409 --> 01:53:42,743 {\an8}♪ 2399 01:53:44,209 --> 01:53:46,243 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "MUHAMMAD ALI" 2400 01:53:46,276 --> 01:53:48,443 WAS PROVIDED BY: DAVID M. 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