CASSIUS M. CLAY DEAD; Famous Abolitionist Dies at "White Hall," His Kentucky Home. ... As a politician he was especially famous for his anti-slavery crusades in Kentucky, ...

MATTOON -- Guest speaker Robert Sterling discussed 19th century soldier and abolitionist Cassius Clay's connections to Coles County during the Mattoon Rotary Club meeting on July 21.

What a year it was – the Beatles played their first gig, Cassius Clay announced his arrival on the world boxing stage at the Olympics in Rome and a young Irish-American politician, John F ...

As the daughter of Cassius Marcellus Clay, the politician and emancipationist who worked for the abolition of slavery, she was inspired to fight for women’s rights after her father divorced her ...

You have "Muhammad Ali," and below that, "Cassius Clay, Sr." Which is his father. Many people know, obviously, that Muhammad Ali used to be Cassius Clay. In 1964, he actually converted to Islam.

RACINE — The latest production at the Racine Theatre Guild invites audiences to “step into the ring with the story of a young boxer on the cusp of greatness.” “And in this Corner: Cassius ...

Bristol will remember the life and achievements of one of the UK's leading civil rights campaigners during a cathedral service later. Dr Paul Stephenson, who led the Bristol Bus Boycott and helped ...

'I wanted Clay,' explained Wayne, who already shares son Carter, five, with Jessica, as well as two daughters from previous relationships. 'I like Clay because of Cassius Clay and Hurricane Carter ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

In the June 3, 1845, issue of Cassius Marcellus Clay’s The True American a diatribe, written by “a Whig” warned all slaveowners to be vigilant for periodicals criticizing slavery. He ...

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the nickname “The Greatest”. During his prestigious career, there were ...