Cassius X
eBook - ePub

Cassius X

A Legend in the Making

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cassius X

A Legend in the Making

About this book

Now a Major Feature Length Documentary: 'Cassius X: Becoming Ali' (Cinema release Spring 2023) 

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 storytelling 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.

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Information

Publisher
Polygon
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781846974762
eBook ISBN
9781788852975

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Miami: Where Neon Goes to Die
  7. Detroit: Detroit Red and the Sound of Young America
  8. Philadelphia: The Guy with the Goods
  9. New York: The Winter of Boxing
  10. London: Scandal in Soho
  11. Miami: The Fight That Changed America
  12. Requiem
  13. Boxing and Soul: A Playlist
  14. Bibliography
  15. A Note on the Author
  16. Index