Madison in the Sixties – Muhammad Ali He was still Cassius Clay when he came to Madison in April 1959 to box at the UW Field House in the elimination […]
Madison, 1968 – Civil Rights, pt 2
Madison in the Sixties. Civil Rights, 1968 – part 2 It was in 1959 that the fighter then known as Cassius Clay lost the Pan American Games championship at the […]
WORT and the Champ
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky), passed away Friday evening, June 3, 2016, after a short hospitalization for a respiratory illness. He […]
Muhammad Ali calls for a black state, Bobby Knight calls it off –...
Muhammad Ali calls for a black state in a controversial appearance at the UW Stock Pavilion, and Bobby Knight turns down his appointment at Badger basketball coach. Madison, the last […]