Essays on Muhammad Ali

With the recent passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, I began to see many things about the man that were incredibly inspirational to me. Aside from his amazing physical capacity to be one of the greatest fighter the world has ever seen, there was his strength of character and perseverance that makes him my hero. At a time in America when black people were still fighting for equality and justice, Muhammad Ali never backed down on the principles that he led his life by. When it came time to be drafted for the Vietnam War, he was willing to ...

“I Got No Quarrel with The VietcongNo Vietcong Ever Called Me Nigger.” Sometimes words resonate through time. We hear them and immediately comprehend their importance; even if some don’t comprehend their value at that time. Muhammad Ali will chiefly be remembered as a charismatic and fearless boxing champion. Some, however, will also remember him as an advocate of social justice, speaking out against war, discrimination against African Americans, and support for peace and Islam. Whether as a prominent member of the sporting community or a fierce advocate for social change, Muhammad Ali will regardless be considered an influential ...

Muhammad Ali

Everyone has their own prototypes to follow such as idols, parents, friends or neighbors with motivating and inspiring life experience. World history has various examples of the famous persons’ biographies and after its reading people are inspired for accomplishing any goals. It can be people who lived a century ago or our contemporaries. Someone considers sportsmen to be successful, others find politicians, entrepreneur or singers more inspiring. However, they are united by the common trait, which is leadership. Nowadays, when the world is changing rapidly, the ideas of those leaders continue to be relevant and contribute to the people ...

Thesis: Mohammad Ali will not only be remembered as charismatic and fearless boxing champion but also the advocator of social justice through his perspective against war, injustice, and his support for peace and Islam.

Introduction

Mohammad Ali, born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, took the personal fear and tribulations of the Black people in American history to transform himself into a world champion.

The heroic years in his boxing career were the years between 1964 and 1974 where Ali "shook up the world with his tremendous boxing and verbal skills. Mohammad Ali was one of the most influential celebrities who had ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s historical speech “I Have a Dream” has been a pivotal moment in history for black America. As a leader of the Civil Rights movement, MLK had a great vision of justice and equality for black men, women, and children that had not been honored by white America. Despite the signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation a hundred years prior to MLK’s speech, black people still lived segregated and in oppression. It was MLK’s brave and courageous stance that empowered black people throughout America to begin the non-violent fight for what should have ...

Abstract

Rhetorical criticism is basically an analysis of the items people use to communicate, such as images and words. There are different strategies that one can employ when conducting such an analysis. Most importantly, the first step is the selection of an artifact to analyze since the strategies used may differ with the artifact. In this paper, the artifact to be analyzed is an advertisement from Apple and the method employed is ideological criticism, which evaluates the message presented by this advertisement.

Research Question: What is the main message behind this advertisement and was presented in a way that was ...

Gone were the days when an African American would get into trouble for drinking water from a white water fountain. The better part of the 1040s characterized racial segregations that were not only strictly enforced by the laws as instituted by Jim Crow but also by the age-customs. At this time, the civil rights movement was still in infancy. The laws that governed voting as well as access to public facilities and jobs in an equitable manner were mere fallacies and decades away from attainment. The Africa Americans could not even make to eat or drink from the restaurants. ...

The film Rocky was written by Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It was released in 1976 and it is one of the best films about sport of all time. The person who is very important for the production of the film is Sylvester Stallone because he had the idea for an original story. Rocky was nominated in nine categories for the Academy Awards, Oscar and it won three for best picture, best director and for best film editing. Stallone made a great effort to make this film and the story of its production is very interesting ...

1) The phenomenon of military slavery became nearly universal from Egypt to Central Asia in the medieval period. Many Europeans were shocked at the thought that the roles held by kings, nobility, and aristocracy were held by soldiers of such humble beginnings. Discuss this phenomenon, what accounted for it and why did it become so widespread?

Most of the existing work that has been published about slavery focuses on the transportation of slaves into Europe and the extreme west across the Atlantic Ocean into America. However, records of the booming Sahara-Indian Ocean Slavery business that existed since the seventh ...

If I had to choose a legend in the world of boxing, this title would definitely belong to Muhammad Ali, as no other person stayed even barely close to the great man of all times. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” is an expression, that became Muhammad Ali’s calling card, and later was developed into a boxing tactics for many amateurs and professionals. The story of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (Muhammad Ali’s real name) is not a legend of a boy from a poor family, who decided to use the help of professional sports in order to avoid poverty. His parents ...

The 2001 boxing-oriented film, “Ali,” which was directed by Michael Mann and starred Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Voight, among others, delves on the life story of the controversial former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali. The film’s setting begins in 1964 just before Ali defeated Sonny Liston for the championship belt, up to the middle part of the 1970’s when Ali recaptured the belt by dethroning the previously undefeated champion, George Foreman. In addition, the film attempts to capture the life dilemmas and conflicts that Ali underwent during the aforementioned years, including his stance ...

In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Egypt and Qajar Persia embarked on ambitious project to reform their countries. The empires wanted to develop form the Stone Age to the modern ages. This saw the improvement of their arm including their arsenals, the banking systems, decriminalization of homosexuality and the introduction of secular laws. There were major projects introduced all-round the empires including development of infrastructure and the economy in general. They sought the help of the Europeans as they needed funds to finance their projects. This led the empires to sign treaties and agreements that ...

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Introduction Of all the laws of the nation with regard to education, NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act) are unequivocally the most important. Together these two acts ensure the future of the nation’s young population. NCLB ensures that all children receive education irrespective of race, economic status, or other discrimination. And IDEA provides for the special needs of children with disabilities. NCLB also includes children with disabilities. As far as school education is concerned these laws take care of all students in the United States. But are these laws alone enough ...

What led the British to occupy Egypt in 1882? Besides the fact that it was the result of colonial expansion, and the spirit of colonialism was fueled by British imperial hegemony, what benefits did Egypt have financially for England? In this paper, the factors that took place before the British occupation, the actual occupation itself, and its aftermath, will be discussed from the point of view of economic history. Cotton, the American Civil War, an overspending khedive, the Suez canal construction, jockeying Europeans countries, and the cosmopolitan makeup of 19th century Egypt all play a part in the story. In ...

Muhammad delivered the speech to approximately 4000 Howard university students. He addressed on behalf of the Black power committee of students, courtesy of Nathan Hare; a sociology professor in the university .The main reason for the speech was for Muhammad Ali to declare his fight against racism. He highlighted one instance when servers at a hotel refused to serve him on the basis of his color. He further commented of his refusal to join the US forces and participate in Vietnam War citing religious beliefs. During his speech to at Howard university, he uttered ,“ No, I am not going 10, ...

Everyone associates the name of Ali with the world of boxing. But only a few (including me before watching the movie) know that Cassius Clay, which is his true name, was not only a boxer, but also a fighter for the religious freedom and racial justice and an objector to the war. “Ali” is an American biographical film by Michael Mann that came out in 2001. It describes the period of life of Muhammad Ali from 1964, the start of his career, to 1974 when he reclaimed his title of the champion in the fight with George Foreman. I have noticed ...

Muhammad Ali, considered as the greatest boxer of all times, was born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1975, he changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he joined the Nation of Islam and later on the Sunni Islam. Ali got his inspiration to become a boxer when at the age of 12, he lost his bike. He reported it to police officer and boxing coach Joe Martin. When he told Martin that he wanted to beat up whoever took his bike, Martin suggested that he should train to learn how to ...

Intuition and judgement: A critical analysis

Intuition plays a role, big or small, in many of the decisions made by humans in their day to day life. Intuition is on the subconscious end of reasoning and is thus inexplicable in normal logical terms many a times. The very definition of the term ‘intuition’ says that it is the “knowledge acquired from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning”. This is why intuition is regarded an activity of the right side of the brain and is said to play a good part in developing aesthetic nature in man. It is thus, easy to see, how intuition plays a role in many ...

19 May 2011

Black Masculinity in the Media

Introduction

Representation of black masculinity in the modern mass media is one of the most topical themes of our times. At present time there are a lot of studies which analyze portrayals of Afro-American men in the media and also play one of the crucial roles in creation of these images. However, still there are certain gaps in research. That is why in terms of this paper we would like also to focus our attention on the black masculinity and analyze images, which are shown in a variety of the media sources. In the course of our ...