...After (click title to entry - thank you) winning the Heavyweight Championship of the World, Cassius Clay announced his conversion to the Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) under Elijah Muhammad. From that point forward, Mohammed Ali used his world celebrity to tell America of the plight African Americans had suffered. He was articulate and possessed an excellent speaking voice. And so, at the height of the conflict for Civil Rights, it was decided the best way to silence and punish Ali for his outspoken remarks was to draft him into the service....
