Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest by Thomas Hauser

Author:Thomas Hauser
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2016-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

FEBRUARY 27, 1997

As noted earlier in this volume, I spent part of 1996 and 1997 traveling around the country with Muhammad Ali, speaking to students about tolerance and understanding. On February 27, 1997, our travels took us to Pensacola, Florida. The plan called for Muhammad and myself to address 7,600 students at the Pensacola Civic Center on the subject of HEALING. But a group of Christian fundamentalists threatened legal action to halt the event, claiming that our appearance was a plot between a Muslim and a Jew to teach heresy to their children. For several weeks, a controversy raged. Then, inexorably, the community came together in support of our visit. Florida Governor Lawton Chiles attended the assembly and praised its purpose. The event was an enormous success. My own remarks to the students of Pensacola follow.

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