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Muhammad Ali in action after first round knockout of Sonny Liston at St. Dominic's Arena, Lewiston, ME May 25, 1965.
In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It was like waking from a dream of separateness, of spurious self-isolation in a special world, the world of renunciation and supposed holiness. The whole illusion of a separate holy existence is a dream. Not that I question the reality of my vocation, or of my monastic life: but the conception of “separation from the world” that we have in the monastery too easily presents itself as a complete illusion: the illusion that by making vows we become a different species of being, pseudo-angels, “spiritual men,” men of interior life, what have you...
This sense of liberation from an illusory difference was such a relief and such a joy to me that I almost laughed out loud. And I suppose my happiness could have taken form in the words: “Thank God, thank God that I am like other men, that I am only a man among others.”
Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…
~ Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
A pictorial chronicle of some of the greatest names in rock and pop is to go on display at the University of Salford, thanks to the donation of a unique archive by a former ‘Top of the Pops’ resident photographer.
Harry Goodwin took shots for the iconic BBC music show from its beginning in 1964 through to 1973, in the process photographing every act in the UK singles Top 30 during that time, apart from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.
To request a high resolution version of this image, please contact b.cawley@salford.ac.uk.
Boxer Cassius Clay backs away from Sonny Liston's punch in the first round of the heavyweight title fight. Clay later known as Muhammad Ali fought Liston in Miami in 1964 and won. February 25, 1964 Miami Beach, Florida, USA
The title fight between Sonny Liston and Ali was scheduled On February 25, 1964 in Miami Florida. Ali was not widely expected to defeat Sonny Liston who was favorite to win (7–1 odds). When Liston failed to answer the bell for the seventh r...ound, stating he had a shoulder injury Ali became the youngest boxer ever to take the title from a reigning heavyweight champion, until Mike Tyson won the title from Trevor Berbick.
For more visit www.boxingmemories.com/
'One Night in Miami' Director Carl Cofield was in Denver on Aug. 14 for pre-production meetings and to attend a meet-and-greet in his honor. To celebrate Black Philanthropy Month, more than 65 members of the Denver African American Philanthropists collaborated with The Links, The Denver Foundation and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to host a discussion with Cofield moderated by the Theatre Company's Associate Artistic Director, Bruce Sevy. The shared purpose of the Denver Foundation is to to expand philanthropy in communities of color and support the arts. The play runs March 19-April 20, 2015. For information, go to www.denvercenter.org, or call 303-893-4100. Photos by John Moore.
Muhammad Ali signing autographs on a Chicago street, VI-1983.
One influential statement he made in opposition to the Vietnam war was: "No Viet Cong ever called me a n#####." !
Ali-Frazier II took place January 28, 1974. Its the second of three bouts between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, that took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, on January 28, 1974. Ali won by unanimous decision.
Patron: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad 'Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Albanian Ottoman governor & de facto ruler of Egypt (r.1805-1848).
Patron, begun 1848: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham, Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron, completed 1857: Sa‘id (Mohamed Sa'id Pasha) 1822-1863, 4th son of Muhammad 'Ali, Wāli of Egypt & Sudan (r.1854-1863).
Architect: Yusuf Bushnak, an otherwise unknown Greek architect from Istanbul, who is thought to have modelled it on the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.
Islamic Monument #503