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Muhammad Ali
Sports
Ali-Foreman at 50: Rumble in the Jungle still about ‘what it did for the people’
In 1974, the heavyweight boxing match in Zaire combined music, sports and culture to create a world event
Culture
How ‘Big George Foreman’ tells the story of two of America’s greatest boxers
New film charts Foreman’s improbable rise to the top
The Uplift
Today in Black history: Happy birthday, Charles Barkley and Sidney Poitier, first Black umpire certified, RIP Frederick Douglass and more
The Undefeated’s Black facts for Feb. 20
Lorenzo Ashley was an unsung hero of the 1967 Cleveland Summit whose story has never been told
Ashley: ‘The same things we were fighting for back in the ’60s are the same things we’re fighting for today’
The Uplift
Today in Black history: Happy birthday, Bob Marley and Natalie Cole, RIP Arthur Ashe, Muhammad Ali knocks out Ernie Terrell and more
The Undefeated’s Black facts for Feb. 6
Sports
Today in Black history: Willie Mays named Player of the Decade, ‘The Greatest’ is born and more
The Undefeated’s Black facts: Jan. 17
Sports
Ali-Frazier was more than a fight, it was part of my awakening as a Black man
As a college student, I was fighting to find my place in a changing world
Sports
When Ali-Frazier made America choose sides
Fifty years ago, a boxing match captivated the world
Sports
Leon Spinks was a fighter until the end
Spinks, who died of prostate cancer on Feb. 5, was the only boxer to take a title from Muhammad Ali in the ring