Cosell.
D.J., in Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) Ch. 1
“This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.”
"I am the Greatest" (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZU_AvPPIQY
Context: This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.
He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y,
Of a muscular punch that's incredibly speed-y.
The fistic world was dull and weary,
But with a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary.
Then someone with color and someone with dash,
Brought fight fans a-runnin' with cash.
This brash young boxer is something to see
And the heavyweight championship is his destiny.
“The black man wants to be white. The white man slaves to reach a human level.”
Introduction,Page 9
Black Skin, White Masks (1952)
February 25, 1964, calling the victory of Cassius Clay (who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali) over Sonny Liston.
“Every time I hear the name Joe Louis, my nose starts to bleed.”
Wales' greatest US bouts: Tommy Farr, Sean D - BBC Sport (U1712711), 2008-03-31, 2008-03-31, BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A34055534,
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As quoted in His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64 https://books.google.com/books?id=qMEv8DNXVbIC&pg=PA170 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 170
1850s, The Fanaticism of the Democratic Party (February 1859)
To My People (July 4, 1973)
On embodying every one of her characters in “Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan-Lori Parks Questions ‘Woke-ness’ With Her Latest Off-Broadway Play” http://www.playbill.com/article/pulitzer-prize-winner-suzan-lori-parks-questions-woke-ness-with-her-latest-off-broadway-play in Playbill (2019 Mar 1)
“I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman.”
«Toni Morrison: 'I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman'» by Oliver Laughland, The Guardian (20 April 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/20/toni-morrison-race-relations-america-criminal-justice-system
