On Friday, WFPL broadcast “Stories of Ali: Ali and the Nation.” The program — the first in a series — was recorded live at the Muhammad Ali Center on March 30, 2018. It’s an hour-long conversation about the role of the Nation of Islam in the life of boxer and Louisville native Muhammad Ali, and you can listen to it in the player above.
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Elijah Muhammad addresses followers including Muhammad Ali.
The hour-long conversation explores Ali’s conversion to Islam, and the role the Nation of Islam had on his life, his career, and on the lives of African-American communities at the time. It features two experts: Dr. Brandon McCormack, a professor of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville, and Donald Lassere, the president and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center.