Ali Page #5

as a minister in the Nation of Islam.

Man...

you can fix that.

I don't know.

I'll try when we get back.

You get some rest, champ.

All right, brother.

Sit.

You know, only after

long service and high merit...

in the spiritual and physical rebirth

of Afro-American people...

is one granted an original name.

But you are special.

A world champion.

So there is a gift

I wish to give you.

From this day forward...

you will be known

as Muhammad Ali.

- What?

- That's right.

You what?

Well, what's wrong with our name?

My name?

We-- We made you.

Ain't nobody made me.

No bow tie-wearin',

Arab-talkin' n*gger gonna change that.

Ain't nobody in that ring but me.

I made me.

You don't know who you are.

I know who I ain't.

I ain't drinkin'.

I ain't going back on my wife

and for sure I ain't prayin'...

to no blond-haired,

blue-eyed Jesus.

Paintin' those blue-eyed, blond-haired

Jesuses is what put food in you.

- Steak and vegetables on the table.

- It's dinner!

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

Hello?

Here you go, Daddy.

Thank you, baby.

- Yeah?

- Brother Malcolm.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has given

the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali...

to Cassius X.

Herbert Muhammad has been put

in charge of his training.

He will not be traveling

with you to Africa.

He also asked me

to inform you...

that your suspension

will be extended indefinitely.

Brother Cassius

won't be coming to Africa.

Not with me.

Don't put it off.

We'll be fine.

I will.

I got a little doll

for Atallah.

Really?

Yeah, it's beautiful.

I've got so much

to show the girls when I get back.

- I'm taking a lot of pictures.

- Yeah?

Yeah, I got some good stuff

I want to show you.

Are you eating?

Well, you're not cooking, so--

- What's going on? Anything?

- Nothing.

He's on the phone,

talking to his wife.

She's having a hard time sleeping,

the baby's kicking a lot...

what are they gonna

name the baby.

I just wake up a couple of times

in the night, but it's okay.

Would you like to take a seat?

Sure, thank you.

What y'all done did

with the real pilot?

I am the pilot.

He's the copilot.

Here. Sit down, Mr. Clay.

Oh, man.

In Louisville, where I growed up,

they barely let black folks drive buses.

Muhammad!

Hey, brother.

What's going on, man?

- What you doing here?

- I was just going to the airport.

We just got here now.

So where you going?

Liberia.

Say hello to Maya Angelou right here

and Ambassador Huang Hua.

And that is Taher Kaid.

He's the ambassador from Algeria.

Oh, man. Where should I go?

I wanna go all over this place.

Go to Algeria.

See Ben Bella.

Then go to see Mecca and Medina.

I just came from there.

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