LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20211028075427.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 211022s2020 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781705009895 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1705009891 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781705009895_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT13596162 037 13596162|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 796.83092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Cosgrove, Stuart,|eauthor. 245 10 Cassius X :|bthe transformation of Muhammad Ali|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cStuart Cosgrove. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bRecorded Books, Inc.,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 41 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Kevin R. Free. 520 An in-depth exploration of the pivotal Cassius Clay transformed into Muhammad Ali, exploring the events, relationship, and experiences that shaped him. Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm X, who had traveled from Harlem to Miami to be his mentor as he studied for his entry into the deeply divided and fratricidal Nation of Islam. The name he assumed over those now-forgotten months was Cassius X. This is the story of Cassius X over twelve months in Miami, a city that was changing faster than America itself, as he trains for the fight that will bring him global fame: his world heavyweight title fight against Sonny Liston in February 1964. Change was happening on every conceivable front, not least in music where two significant coincidences brought Cassius X into contact with the two major forces in sixties music: Beatlemania and the newly emergent soul music. The Beatles famously turned up at Clay's training camp at the 5th Street Gym and Sam Cooke negotiated a recording deal for the flamboyant Cassius X. However, his music career, which included a cover version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" and a brief love affair with the dance-craze queen Dee Dee Sharp, never came close to echoing his career as a championship fighter. Politically, the Warren Commission, the FBI's "Informant 88," and the philosophical differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and the emergent black power movements were all at work. Cassius X's experiences came to pre-empt and predict the major cultural and ideological shifts that would unfold in the decade ahead. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016. 650 0 African American boxers|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Muslim converts from Christianity|zUnited States |vBiography. 700 1 Free, Kevin R.,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 13596162?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781705009895_180.jpeg