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Clay v. United States , 403 U.S. 698 (1971), was Muhammad Ali 's [ Footnote 1 ] appeal of his conviction in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military forces during the Vietnam War .
Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on October 19, 1810, in Madison County, Kentucky, to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slave owners in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born.
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) refused to go to war, famously stating that he had "no quarrel with the Viet Cong" and that "no Viet Cong ever called me nigger." Ali also said he would not go "10,000 miles to help murder, kill, and burn other people to simply help continue the domination of white slavemasters over dark people."
Muhammad Ali (/ ɑː ˈ l iː /; [2] born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. [ a ] A global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet " the Greatest ", he is frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight is a 2013 American television drama film about boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War, focusing on how the United States Supreme Court decided to rule in Ali's favor in the 1971 case of Clay v. United States.
Boxing history. On the morning of Feb. 24, 1964, I sat in my office reviewing last minute details to the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston fight to take place later that night at the Miami Beach ...
Clay was an early Kentucky settler and land surveyor. Green Clay made his fortune surveying land, keeping a portion of the land he surveyed as payment. Green Clay became one of the largest land and slave holders in Kentucky by the time of his death. Cassius M. Clay was a Kentucky politician and emancipationist.
"Those pictures today have still not been seen, and so I'm quite proud of that," he says. Indeed, the photos are pretty shocking; the victims range from a three-year-old girl to a 76-year-old man.