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“Round Two: What’s My Name? (1964-1970)” MUHAMMAD ALI From Producer Ken Burns -Jan.

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MUHAMMAD ALI 

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9 pm on WOUB

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Round Two: What’s My Name?

(1964-1970)

After defeating Sonny Liston to capture the heavyweight title, Cassius Clay publicly announces his membership in the Nation of Islam, and grows close to its venerated leader, Elijah Muhammad, who bestows upon his new disciple the name Muhammad Ali.

Over three years, Ali perfects his craft, dominating the heavyweight ranks and rewriting the rules of boxing.

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But when he is drafted into the U.S. Army, he refuses induction, becoming one of the most reviled men in America. Ali is stripped of his title and his license to box, convicted of draft evasion and forced into exile. In 1970, after three-and-a-half-years awa