Muhammad Ali Recites A Poem
About This Item
Please note: the camera was slightly out of focus for part of this report. KPIX Eyewitness News report from May 19th 1971 featuring scenes from a press conference where Muhammad Ali recites a poem to reporters, which touches on boxing, civil rights and life choices. It includes the lines: "Better violent to die / than to Uncle Tom and try / making peace to live a lie."
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 5/19/71
- Recording medium
- 16mm color, co-magnetic sound film
- 1:31
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- archival newsfilm
- Identifier
- KPIX 105199
- Views
- 5779
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