This Week in Black History

This Week in Black History, March 6, 1964

Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali. Ali later disavowed the Nation of Islam, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X.

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