"No, I am not going 10,000 miles to help murder kill and burn other people to simply help continue the domination of white slavemasters over dark people the world over. This is the day and age when such evil injustice must come to an end." —Muhammad Ali
No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger" ________________________________ From: ajeg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [proletar] Muhammad Ali to receive Liberty Medal "Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change." - Muhammad Ali --- "Sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=7&id=31057 > > > Muhammad Ali to receive Liberty Medal > > 13/09/2012 > PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali will visit > Philadelphia to > receive the Liberty Medal, an award recognizing his longtime role as a > fighter outside > the ring for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom. > > The honor will be presented on Thursday during a ceremony at the National > Constitution Center by the champ's daughter, who is also a boxer, and two > U.S. > Olympic athletes. It comes with a $100,000 (€77,500) cash prize. > > "Ali embodies the spirit of the Liberty Medal by embracing the ideals of the > Constitution â€" freedom, self-governance, equality and empowerment â€" and > helping to spread them across the globe," former President Bill Clinton, the > center's > chairman, said in a statement. > > Since hanging up his gloves in 1981, Ali has traveled extensively on > international > charitable missions and devoted his time to philanthropy and social causes. > > His wife Lonnie is slated to speak on his behalf at the ceremony. A 30-year > battle with > Parkinson's disease has devastated the once-chiseled physique that made Ali > an > Olympic champion and three-time heavyweight title holder. > > Ali's daughter Laila will join Claressa Shields and Susan Francia in > bestowing the > Liberty Medal. Last month, the 17-year-old Shields became the first U.S. > woman to > win Olympic gold in boxing. Francia is a two-time rowing gold medalist from > nearby > Abington, Pa. > > Ali was born Cassius Clay but changed his name after converting to Islam in > the 1960s. > He refused to serve in the Vietnam War because of his religious beliefs and > was > stripped of his heavyweight crown in 1967. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling later > cleared > him of a draft-evasion conviction; he regained the boxing title in 1974 and > again > 1978. > > Ali received the Presidential Medal of Freedom â€" the nation's highest > civilian honor > â€" in 2005. He has also established the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research > Center in > Phoenix and a namesake educational and cultural institute in his hometown of > Louisville, Kentucky. > > The National Constitution Center, which opened in 2003, is dedicated to > increasing > public understanding of the Constitution and the ideas and values it > represents. It > awards the Liberty Medal annually to an individual who displays courage and > conviction while striving to secure freedom for people around the world. > > Previous recipients include rock singer and human rights activist Bono, > former South > African President Nelson Mandela and former President Jimmy Carter. Six > winners > later received the Nobel Peace Prize. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
