by Jonathan Eig
Siegel, Bugsy, 135
Siler, Herb, 79
Silver, Horace, 410
Simpson, O. J., 408, 528
Sims, Jeff, 479
Sinatra, Frank, 113, 189, 313, 315
“sit-ins,” 53, 88, 102
Sitgraves, Owen, 14, 25, 33
Skillman, Richard W., 437
slavery
names and, 4, 5–6, 86, 90, 115
racism continuing after (summary), 6
sending slaves back to Africa, 3
See also Clay, John Henry
Smith, Harold (Eugene Ross Fields) embezzlement, 471
Smith, Red
Ali/criticism of Ali and, 66, 201, 359–60, 390, 453, 454, 463, 473–74, 495
on Ali’s career/retirement, 473–74
Smith, Tommie, 258
Smith, Vernter DeGarmo, 74
Smith, Will, 530, 537
Smoketown, Louisville neighborhood description, 11
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 53, 166, 213, 385
Sobel, Sam, 79
Soul on Ice (Cleaver), 216
South Africa and sporting events, 337, 460, 477
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 230–32
Spencer, Thad, 245
Spinks, Leon
after becoming heavyweight champion, 469
Ali rematch (1978), 460, 464–65
background, 453, 455, 463, 471
planning for/Ali fight (1978), 453, 455–58
Spinners, 388
Sports Illustrated, 14, 74, 81, 121, 129, 130, 173, 175, 188, 224, 228, 239, 248, 289, 321, 336–37, 338, 395, 444, 485, 501, 532, 534
Stallone, Sylvester, 411, 464
Starr, Ringo, 135
Stevenson, Teofilo, 472
Stewart, Potter, 325
Stokes, Carl, 245–46
Stoner, Fred, 76, 87–88, 466
Streisand, Barbra, 315
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 53, 166, 213, 385
Sugar, Bert, 292
Sullivan, Ed, 135, 145
Sullivan, John L., 27, 464
Summers, Donna, 418
Supremes, 295
Sutcliffe, Elbert Gary, 74
Swint, Areatha
Alan (son) and, 54, 55
Ali affair and, 272, 415, 422–23, 424
Clay/fainting and, 54–55
Talese, Gay, 205
Tate, John, 477
Tauber, Peter, 515
Taylor, Elizabeth, 121
Temptations, 270, 295
Terrell, Ernie
Ali fight, 225–27
Ali fight cancellation (Chicago, 1966), 215–16
Ali fight talk and, 210, 213, 215
Ali mocking, 357
background, 224–25, 245
terrorist attacks, 9/11/2001, 514, 528–29
Thimmesch, Nick, 101, 111
This Is Your Life and Ali, 466–67
Thompson, Hunter S., 389, 462
Thornton, Ralph, 354
Tiger, Dick, 104
Till, Emmett
legacy, 19, 36, 49
murder/funeral and, 18, 19
Time magazine, 99, 101, 109, 111, 303, 306, 307, 477
Today Show, 519
Todd, James Ross, 74
Tomorrow’s Champions, 21, 22, 74
Tonight Show (television), 103
Torres, José, 299, 301, 317
Travolta, John, 464, 506
Traynor, Pie, 97
Trump, Donald, 514, 531
Tunney, Gene, 104, 394
Tuotti, Joseph Dolan, 270
Turley, Francis, 40
Turner, Mary Clay, 13, 173
Tynes, Morris H., 244
Tyson, Mike, 537
United States, Cassius Marsellus Clay Jr. v. (1971), 323–25
Vietnam War
Americans evading draft and, 276–77
antiwar protests/civil rights movement and, 238, 249–51, 258, 276–77, 344
divide over/American death tolls and, 211, 213
end, 364
Vietnam War and Clay/Ali
on being reclassified/media and, 211–14
draft board/pre-induction physical exam and, 132
Nation of Islam and, 211–12, 213–14, 215–16, 232
pre-induction mental exam and, 162–63, 211, 212
Selective Service System registration (1961) and, 81–82
Vietnam War and Clay/Ali draft refusal
Ali on/views, 232, 238, 239–40, 374–75
appeal court findings, 258–59
athletes meeting with Ali and, 245–48
criticism/consequences, 215–18, 220–21, 224–25, 226–27, 229–30, 240–41, 249, 263–64, 277, 290, 363
as example/influence and, 230, 231–33, 249, 250, 276–77, 374
lawsuit/damages to career and, 327, 515–16
legal case and, 232–33
minister claims, 232, 254–55, 258, 270, 276
NAACP Defense Fund/New York ruling, 290
public changing views on/popularity, 277, 327
scheduled military induction and, 239–40
Supreme Court decision/aftermath, 322–28
trial findings/sentence, 248–49
Waddell, Charlotte, 171, 249–50, 252
Walcott, Joe, 26, 189, 190, 510
Walcott, Louis Eugene, 49
See also Farrakhan, Louis, Minister
Wallace, George, 123, 258, 260, 365
Wallace, Mike, 155
Warhol, Andy, 364
Warner, Don, 93
Washington, Booker T., 47
Washington, Martha, 74
Waters, John, 83
Weaver, Mike, 492, 495
Wells, Gary, 485
Wells, Lloyd, 354, 418
Wepner, Chuck
Ali fight, 409, 410, 411
Ali meeting (1990) and, 519
André the Giant fight, 438
background, 409, 410–11
West End, Louisville neighborhood description, 10, 11
White, Charley, 302
White Citizens Councils, 18, 32
“White Man’s Heaven Is a Black Man’s Hell, A” (song), 49–50, 86, 90
Wicker, Tom, 231, 232
Wiley, Harry, 92
Williams, Charles, 484–85, 486
Williams, Cleveland (“Big Cat”), 222–24
Williams, Gordon (“Chicken Man”), 295
Williams, Lonnie
background/description, 419, 507, 527
Marilyn (sister) and, 531, 533
Williams, Lonnie–Ali
Ali lighting Olympic torch and, 523
Asaad (adopted son), 519, 531
cleaning up Ali’s associates/finances, 527, 530
on dyslexia, 33–34
Hajj pilgrimage, 516–17
home locations, 514, 526–27, 531
Lonnie caring for Ali, 507, 526, 527, 530, 531, 532
Lonnie’s eulogy, 537
relationship/affair, 419–20, 507–8
wedding/marriage, 508, 509, 526
Williams, Marguerite, 507
Williams, Temica, 416
Wilson, Atwood, 58–59, 71
Wilson, Mary, 292
Wilson, Orlando W., 118
Wilson, Peter, 120
Winfrey, Lee, 348
Withers, Bill, 388
Witherspoon, Tim, 483–84, 486
Wolfe, Tom, 101–2
Woodward, C. Vann, 107
Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in (1959), 53
Wooten, John, 247
World Community of al-Islam, 408
wrestling and boxing
Wepner/André the Giant, 438
See also Inoki, Antonio
Young, Andrew, Jr., 231, 292, 503, 522
Young, Jimmy, 432, 433–34
Youngblood, Walter (“Blood”/Wali Muhammad), 354
Zaire
description/history, 366, 367, 368–69
Foreman-Ali fight
and, 366–67, 369, 385
Zimmerman, Paul, 443
Zirin, Dave, 250
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