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- Collection: Black Boxers "on the Ropes" with Masculinity
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Sports Illustrated: Skiing: The Glorious Weekends in Vermont
Front cover of the magazine used to access "A Rueful Dream Come True"
Huston Horn, "A Rueful Dream Come True," Sports Illustrated, November 18, 1963, 26-27.
An article detailing the career of Cassius Clay before he became Muhammad Ali.
Mark Kram, "He Moves Like Silk, Hits Like a Ton," Sports Illustrated, October 26, 1970.
After getting his boxing license revoked, Ali is ready to take back the title that is rightfully his. During a conversation with James Earl Jones, Ali is reported to have said, “They can’t say I mess with white women, or drink whiskey or go to them…
Tex Maule, "Still Too Tender to be a Tiger," Sports Illustrated, July 13, 1964, 20-21.
The picture to the left of the text depicts a Floyd Patterson with a sheepish smile on his face. Although he has sweat dropping down his forehead and a towel around his shoulders like he just went through a difficult sparring match with his opponent,…