when he was eighteen years old and won the olympic gold in rome young cashless marcellus clay jr said that his dream was to bring professional wrestling into boxing and he pointed to a flamboyant pro wrestler by the name of gorgeous george as his hero. by the mid one nine hundred sixty s. he changed his name to muhammad ali had become a far more dangerous man. even read about. the one nine hundred sixty s. remember you had two grand movements the african-american freedom struggle and the anti-war movement. the two movements didn't always merge but they did in mohammad. ali was still the consummate showman but now his hero was malcolm x. reviving a cape. the power structure in one thousand nine hundred eighty four i rejoined the nation of islam a group feared and hated by white america and started speaking out against racism they rape our women daily policemen pull black people mobile and hit them across the here just a trial courts and no one none of the good white folks can be found to help. a couple of years later he would become one of the earliest and most outspoken high profile a