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Boxing headgear worn by Muhammad Ali
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Boxing headgear worn by Muhammad Ali

Everlast Worldwide, Inc., founded 1910 · ca. 1973

leather, padding, cloth, metal
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

It was in this gym and the surrounding neighborhood with its vibrant mix of racial, political and cultural identities, some have argued, that Cassius Clay took his first crucial steps to becoming Muhammad Ali.

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