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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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With Ali, it was unquestionably bigotry.
I don't recall it being an issue with Jabbar, partly because his name-change came 7 years later, but mostly because he was much less of a controversial figure than was Ali.
Coincidentally, Jabbar (who was still Alcindor at the time) along with Jim Brown, Bill Russell, and numerous other Black athletes supported Ali at the Cleveland Summit Project in June of 1967.
June 4, 1967: The Muhammad Ali Cleveland Summit
(Zinn Education Project)
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/t...ed-ali-summit/
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He was Ali before I knew who he was. I lived close to Louisville, where he was raised, so
i could have heard the name Cassius Clay before then, but I didn't. I must be younger than you are, lol.
Being from the area, I heard his song quite often.