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Ishmael Reed

SEVEN DECADES

Ishmael Reed on Muhammad Ali in 1978 – “The Stars were for Ali, But the Busboys were for Spinks”

“I cannot go out a loser, Jack Johnson went out a loser. Sugar Ray went out a loser. Joe Louis went out a loser… I got to be that black man who gets out on top.”

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ART ARCHIVES

In the Line of Fire

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