Muhammad Ali refused the draft at a Houston induction center in 1967, sparking backlash and a defining moment in the civil rights and anti-war movements.

Get to know Muhammad ... Ali was drafted into the United States Army, and in protest of both racism at home and imperialism abroad, he refused to fight in what he saw as an unjust war in Vietnam.

Johnson escalated the U.S. presence in the Vietnam War. On the lighter side of news ... Gateway Arch was completed in St. Louis, and Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston. By mid-1965, the median ...

Muhammad Ali has revealed ... the world heavyweight champion. Ali made a number of successful title defences before he was forced to vacate his crown in 1967, when he refused to participate in the ...

Former heavyweight world champion boxer Muhammad ... people in Vietnam while… people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?" Ali said at the time [quotes via BBC].

Getty Images On Muhammad Ali’s 18th birthday ... an epic rise to fame as Heavyweight Champion, Ali’s career came to a screeching halt after he refused to be drafted into America’s war with Vietnam, on ...

Downtown Galt has been turned into 1960s Louisville, Kentucky, for a new TV series based on the boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Houses on the historic street of Lansdowne Road North in Cambridge ...

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a protracted conflict between communist North Vietnam and the US-backed South Vietnam, rooted in Cold War politics. The war cost millions of lives, caused immense ...