Cassius X: The Transformation of Muhammad Ali

by Stuart Cosgrove

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641603542
• ISBN13: 9781641603546
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"