Cassius X : the transformation of Muhammad Ali /
Cosgrove, Stuart,
Cassius X : the transformation of Muhammad Ali / Stuart Cosgrove. - vii, 248 pages : illlustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm X, who had traveled from Harlem to Miami to be his mentor as he studied for his entry into the deeply divided and fratricidal Nation of Islam.
9781641603546 1641603542
2020942533
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.
African American boxers--United States--Biography.
Muslim converts from Christianity--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Cassius X : the transformation of Muhammad Ali / Stuart Cosgrove. - vii, 248 pages : illlustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm X, who had traveled from Harlem to Miami to be his mentor as he studied for his entry into the deeply divided and fratricidal Nation of Islam.
9781641603546 1641603542
2020942533
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.
African American boxers--United States--Biography.
Muslim converts from Christianity--United States--Biography.
Biographies.