Muhammad Ali, the people's champ / edited by Elliott J. Gorn.

Contributor Gorn, Elliott J., 1951-

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1995.

Descriptionxvii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:"A Lawrence J. Malley book."

Note:Prologue: "When you're with me, you always got something to write about" / Robert Lipsyte -- Muhammad Ali: the hero in the age of mass media / Michael Oriard -- The wide world of Muhammad Ali: the politics and economics of televised boxing / Randy Roberts -- Muhammad Ali and the revolt of the black athlete / Othello Harris -- Some preposterous propositions from the heroic life of Muhammad Ali: a reading of The Greatest: My Own Story / Gerald Early -- Victory for Allah: Muhammad Ali, the nation of Islam, and American society / David K. Wiggins -- Muhammad Ali and the age of bare-knuckle politics / Thomas R. Hietala -- Rebel with a cause: Muhammad Ali as Sixties protest symbol / Jeffrey T. Sammons -- Epilogue: Narrative: Ali (a poem in twelve rounds) / Elizabeth Alexander.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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