Cassius Clay Research Paper

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Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky to Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay. Growing up, Cassius Clay's father worked as a painter in Louisville making murals for many black churches. His mother Odessa had been mainly doing domestic work, which she was doing since her teen years. The family lived in the west part of the city living a moderate life for a newborn showing up. But for a black family everything was limited do to segregation.
Growing up Cassius and his younger brother, Rudolph, understood that blacks and whites were to be separated or not be allowed in certain places. The system they understood and called is “knowing one’s place” and this affected them both a lot. Cassius grew up then as a very shy child. You would think that a fighter would grow up being a bully or getting in a lot of trouble or fights but Cassius grew up as being very sensitivity to injustice.
When Cassius was twelve him and his friends would go to the Louisville Home Show, which was a black trade show. But the main reason why Cassius and his friends were there was for the free popcorn and candy. As they were leaving Cassius found out that someone had stole his bike. He went down to the basement where Officer Joe Martin was standing and …show more content…
Cassius ended up winning in the final round and had Pietrzykowski up against the ropes. This was just the beginning of Cassius career in the world of boxing. When he flew back to the United States, he landed in New York with a crowd full of cheering people. For a small boy from the segregated south to this kind excitement, his life changed dramatically. Cassius took out British Heavyweight Champion Henry Cooper in 1963, and then knocked out Sonny Liston in 1964, to become the Heavyweight Champion of the
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