Before he was one of the greatest athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a proud native of Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was born in Louisville on Jan. 17, 1942, and on Sunday, ...

Asked to describe the man he trained for over 20 years, Angelo Dundee shook his head in wonder and replied, “Being with Muhammad was like riding a comet,” and a comet he was. First despised then ...

Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, famed boxer and social activist Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, learned how to fight at an early age, when seeking vengeance for a stolen bicycle. From ...

Visit of Muhammad Ali to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976. During his visit he donated a pair of gloves and a ...