By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in the segregated south of Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1942. Clay grew up in a house with a sister and four brothers. Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. and his father Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. were both named after the 19th century republican politican and slave abolitionist , who … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT : MUHAMMAD ALI ♥️💛💚