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Black History Month
Februaiy II. 2009
B lack H istory M onth
Muhammad Ali Inspired a Generation
‘The Greatest’
earns NAACP
Image Award
The legendary M uham m ad Ali will
receive the N A ACP's 2(X)9 President's
A w ard at the 40th N A ACP Image
A w ards, from 8-10 p.m. on Thursday,
Feb. 12 on FOX, KPTV Channel 12.
"The Greatest" will be presented
with the prestigious award, which is
g iv e n in re c o g n itio n o f sp e c ia l
achievem ent and distinguished pub
lic service.
“M uham m ad Ali inspired a genera
tion,” said NAACP president andchief
executive officer Ben Jealous. “We
are honored to recognize the accom
plishm ents o f one of the most respected
and admired men of all time, who earned
a special place in our hearts and minds
not only for his success inside the
boxing ring but for his role as an out
spoken, charm ing and witty leader,
activist, hum anitarian and artist. He is
truly ‘T he G reatest o f All T im e’ and
incredibly worthy o f this aw ard.”
A cadem y A w ard-w inner H alle
Berry and acclaim ed screenwriter/ac-
tor Tyler Perry, both recipients o f an
N A A C P Image Award, will host the
40TH NAACP Image Aw ards broad
cast, live from Los A ngeles' historic
Shrine Auditorium.
The star-studded event, w hich co
incides with the N A ACP's 100th anni
versary, will kick off the civil rights
organization's year-long centennial
celebration.
As a boxer, Ali brought unprec
edented speed and grace to his sport,
w hile his charm and w it forever
changed w hat the public expected o f
a cham pion. His accom plishm ents in
the ring are the stuff o f legend as he
becam e the first three-tim e world
heavyw eight cham pion.
There was alw ays far more to the
man than w hat took place w ithin the
confines o f the ring. Ali's life and
career have been played out as much
on the front pages o f new spapers as
Muhammad Ali, known in those days as Cassius Clay, realized the prediction that he'd knock out Archie Moore in the
fourth round in their 1962 bout.
on the inside o f sports pages.
His early relationship with the N a
tion o f Islam and his insistence on
being called M uham m ad Ali instead
o f his "slave name," C assius Clay,
L um pur signaled a shift from super
pow er dom inance to a growing aw are
ness o f the developing world.
D aring to go against the political
establishm ent to help people in need,
Ali has m ade goodw ill m issions to
A fghanistan and North Korea; deliv
ered sorely-needed m edical supplies
to an em bargoed Cuba; traveled to
Iraq to secure the release o f 15 A m eri
can hostages during the first G ulf War;
and jo urneyed to South A frica to m eet
with N elson M andela upon his re
lease from prison.
In the last tw o decades, Ali has
been instrum ental in providing more
than 232 m illion m eals to the world's
hungry. Traveling across continents,
he has hand-delivered food and m edi
cal su p p lies to ch ild ren in C ote
ment of the 1960s. He becam e an influ
ential figure in the civil rights m ove
ment, inspiring millions o f A m ericans
tow ard political change, with his out
spo k en b ut u ltim ately w id ely -re-
We are honored to recognize
the accomplishments o f one of
the most respected and admired
NAACP president and chief
men o f all time. - executive
officer Ben Jealous
heralded a new era in black pride.
His refusal to be inducted into the
U .S. Army during the V ietnam era fore
shadowed the growing antiw ar m ove
spected statements and actions.
His willingness to stage well publi
cized fights in such far-flung locales
as K in sh a sa, M a n ila and K u ala
D 'Ivoire, Indonesia, M exico and M o
rocco, am ong other countries.
In addition to his international e f
forts, Ali is equally devoted to helping
causes at home. He holds an annual
fundraiser, Fight Night, to raise m il
lions o f dollars for Parkinson's dis
ease research and treatm ent. He testi
fied before the United States Senate
advocating for more federal funds to
find a cure for the disease.
He is also an advocate and the
nam esake of the M uham m ad Ali Box
ing Reform Act, a federal law that
regulates professional boxing to pro
tect athletes from unscrupulous pro
moters, as well as poor health and
bout conditions. He has appeared
before com m ittees o f the U.S. Senate
several times regarding boxing reform.
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