By Kehinde Andrews
“I’m gonna fight for the prestige, not for me, but to uplift my little brothers who are sleeping on concrete floors today. Black people who are living on welfare, Black people who can’t eat, Black people who don’t know no knowledge of themselves, Black people who don’t have no future.”
Muhammad Ali was the greatest. You can debate who was best in the ring was forever, but there will never be a sportsperson who had such an impact on Black people and politics again. Ali was the ideal icon, and the perfect time who came to embody the Black power era, with his politics, charm and attitude, drawing support from across the Diaspora.
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