Cassius X: A Legend in the Making
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Published By
Polygon
ISBN : 9781846975790
Category : Sport
Format : Paperback
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Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the
path to becoming the greatest sportsman of all time. Cassius
Clay is training in the 5th Street Gym for his heavyweight title
clash against the formidable Sonny Liston. He is beginning to
embrace the ideas and attitudes of Black Power, and firebrand
preacher Malcolm X will soon become his spiritual adviser.
Thus Cassius Clay will become
‘
Cassius X
’
as he awaits his
induction into the Nation of Islam.
Cassius also befriends the legendary soul singer Sam Cooke,
falls in love with soul singer Dee Dee Sharp and becomes a
remarkable witness to the first days of soul music. As with his
award
-
winning soul trilogy, Stuart Cosgrove
’
s intensive
research and sweeping story
-
telling shines a new light on how
black music lit up the sixties against a backdrop of social and
political turmoil
–
and how Cassius Clay made his remarkable
transformation into Muhammad Ali.
