TY - BOOK AU - Montville,Leigh TI - Sting like a bee : Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971 SN - 9780385536059 AV - GV1132.A44 M66 2017 U1 - 796.83092B 23 KW - Ali, Muhammad, KW - African American boxers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Boxers (Sports) KW - African American Muslims KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Conscientious objectors KW - Biographies KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-339) and index; Local Draft Board No. 47 -- Those Viet Congs -- Foreign affairs -- The FBI -- Judge Grauman -- 1-A -- Ernie -- Civil rights -- No -- Married -- Colleges -- Stirrings -- Media -- Buck White -- New York -- Return to the ring -- Joe Frazier -- Supreme Court -- Epilogue N2 - "An insightful portrait of Muhammed Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military--and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative as any in the twentieth century. With the death of Muhammad Ali in June, 2016, the media and America in general have remembered a hero, a heavyweight champion, an Olympic gold medalist, an icon, and a man who represents the sheer greatness of America. New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville goes deeper, with a fascinating chronicle of a story that has been largely untold. Muhammad Ali, in the late 1960s, was young, successful, brash, and hugely admired--but with some reservations. He was bombastic and cocky in a way that captured the imagination of America, but also drew its detractors. He was a bold young African American in an era when few people were as outspoken. He renounced his name--Cassius Clay--as being his 'slave name, ' and joined the Nation of Islam, renaming himself Muhammad Ali. And finally in 1966, after being drafted, he refused to join the military for religious and conscientious reasons, triggering a fight that was larger than any of his bouts in the ring. What followed was a period of legal battles, of cultural obsession, and in some ways of being the very embodiment of the civil rights movement located in the heart of one man. Muhammad Ali was the tip of the arrow, and Leigh Montville brilliantly assembles all the boxing, the charisma, the cultural and political shifting tides, and ultimately the enormous waft of entertainment that always surrounded Ali. Muhammed Ali vs. the United States of America is an important and incredibly engaging book"-- ER -