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Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandfather of Laila Ali. He married Odessa Lee O'Grady in 1934 and worked as a painter.
Truth is, Ali’s father—Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.—was named after a Kentucky slave owner turned abolitionist. The original Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), nicknamed Cash, was...
Muhammad Ali o Mohamed Alí 1 2 (nacido como Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; Louisville, Kentucky, 17 de enero de 1942– Scottsdale, Arizona, 3 de junio de 2016) 3 4 fue un boxeador estadounidense, considerado uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos.
Cassius Marcellus Clay was an American antislavery leader who served the abolition movement in spite of his Southern background. Although he was the son of a slaveholder and a relative of the Kentucky senator Henry Clay, who—true to his byname (the Great Compromiser)—favoured only gradual
19 de oct. de 2016 · Cassius Marcellus Clay, fiery Kentucky abolitionist. October 19, 2016 | by Chris Calabrese. More in Constitution Daily Blog. On October 19, 1810, Green Clay, cousin of former Senator Henry Clay, and Sally Lewis welcomed their son, Cassius Marcellus Clay, into the world. Little did they know how colorful a character their son would become.
6 de feb. de 2024 · Born into a powerful Kentucky family that made its riches through slavery, Cassius Marcellus Clay was one of the most prominent white Southerners to advocate for abolition in the 19th century. But fighting against slavery in the American South earned the politician many enemies.
10 de feb. de 1990 · Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., father of the former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, died of a heart attack Thursday night shortly after he collapsed while leaving a department store....
