MATTOON -- Guest speaker Robert Sterling discussed 19th century soldier and abolitionist Cassius Clay's connections to Coles County during the Mattoon Rotary Club meeting on July 21. Sterling ...

GUEST: And of course, Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay... APPRAISER: Yes. GUEST: ...was born in Louisville, Kentucky. So I do not know if maybe they were in the mosque there.

On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida. On the day of the ...

Laura Clay, one of Cassius Clay’s daughters, was born in 1849 at White Hall, near Richmond. She was raised largely by her mother while her father pursued political ambitions as an abolitionist.

A PHOTOGRAPH of The Beatles and Cassius Clay is to be auctioned off next month. The monochrome picture, signed by Cassius Clay, was collected by the owner’s late uncle who worked as a music ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

In the June 3, 1845, issue of Cassius Marcellus Clay’s The True American a diatribe, written by “a Whig” warned all slaveowners to be vigilant for periodicals criticizing slavery.

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began boxing at the age of 12. His journey to greatness began when he won a gold medal ...

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the nickname “The Greatest”. During his prestigious career, there were ...

Champion Cassius Clay had a mixed reception and there was some slight booing from the crowd as he was shepherded to the ringside. The crowd chanted: “Henry, Henry” London: Cassius Clay ...

On the morning of Feb. 24, 1964, I sat in my office reviewing last minute details to the Cassius Clay-Sonny ... for a chance to see Clay, ask questions and take photos. Dundee needed a way for ...