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00:00:00OF THE FRENCH AND WAR THAT WERE
00:00:02TAXES WERE SET AND THE
00:00:06INTOLERABLE AND THAT WAS THE START OF THE LEAD UP TO THE
00:00:10SIGNING THE DECLARATION. SO THE EXHIBIT TAKES YOU THE STORY. IT GOES THROUGH THE FIRST
00:00:14CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE RESPONSES TO THE ACTS.
00:00:17IT GOES TO THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND, THE
00:00:20FORMATION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
00:00:23ARMY, AND THEN CULMINATING TO
00:00:26THE SIGNING OF THEHELLO, EVERYOO
00:00:58LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE HOME OF THE GREATEST ALL TIME MUHAMMAD ALI.
00:01:01MY NAME IS GARRETT MCCORKLE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
00:01:04HERE AT THE BEAUTIFUL ALI, RIGHT
00:01:07HERE BEHIND YOU IN DOWNTOWN.
00:01:09IN JUST A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
00:01:12OF THE WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER
00:01:15THAT HELP INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE TO FIND THEIR OWN
00:01:19GREATNESS, THE WAY THAT MUHAMMAD WAS ABLE TO FIND HIS GREATNESS.
00:01:22SO LET'S GO ON INSIDE INSIDE.
00:01:31RIGHT. SO WE ARE IN THE LOBBY HERE.
00:01:35REALLY, ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM A OF INDIVIDUALS IS
00:01:37THAT REALLY BUILDING ITSELF
00:01:39COULD BE CONSIDERED AN EXHIBIT. IT'S REALLY ONE OF A KIND AND
00:01:43DESIGNED TO BE BUILT REALLY WITH
00:01:47MUHAMMAD STORY IN MIND AMOUNT OF YOU CAN KIND OF TELL BY LOOKING
00:01:49HERE BUT WE HAVE A SORT OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE THAT ON THE
00:01:53OUTSIDE YOU SAW THE BRONZE LOOK
00:01:57REALLY IS DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE MUHAMMAD'S THE OLYMPIC TORCH
00:01:59THAT HE CARRIED AT THE 1996 OLYMPICS.
00:02:02REALLY A CALLBACK TO THAT MOMENT.
00:02:05AND WE'RE WANTING TO IMAGINE NOT
00:02:06ONLY THAT MOMENT, BUT AS YOU ALL ARE LEAVING THE CENTER,
00:02:11HOPEFULLY YOU ARE FEELING THAT
00:02:13THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED OFF TO YOU AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
00:02:15CONTINUE THAT MUHAMMAD LEGACY OF HUMANITARIAN WORK AND COMPASSION
00:02:19AND ACTION AND SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S HEAD UPSTAIRS AND
00:02:23WE'LL GET A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR EXHIBITS.
00:02:28AFTER THAT. SO BEFORE WE START ANY TOUR OR
00:02:33EXPERIENCE AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, WE BRING INDIVIDUALS OVER HERE.
00:02:36WE JUST CAME UP THE ESCALATOR AND WE GET THIS WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE OHIO RIVER.
00:02:40AND JUST OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND STREET BRIDGE KEY TO
00:02:44MUHAMMAD STORY IS HIS 1960 OLYMPIC WIN.
00:02:50AND ROME, ITALY. MUHAMMAD, BACK HOME TO
00:02:52LOUISVILLE IS GIVEN PRETTY MUCH ALL THE HONORS THAT A HOMETOWN
00:02:56HERO THAT A GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIAN
00:02:58SHOULD, INCLUDING THE MAYOR
00:03:01DECLARING THAT HIS GOLD MEDAL IS THE KEY TO THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE.
00:03:04A FEW WEEKS AFTER MUHAMMAD IS GIVEN THAT HONOR.
00:03:07HE'S IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE,
00:03:09WALKS INTO A DINER THAT, WAS A WHITES ONLY ESTABLISHMENT IS THE
00:03:13SERVICE BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. AND THE STORY GOES MUHAMMAD THEN
00:03:17WALKED ON TO THAT BRIDGE AND TOSSES HIS GOLD MEDAL INTO THE OHIO RIVER BELOW DUE TO THE
00:03:22SEGREGATE IN THAT HE HAD JUST FACED. AND SO WE REALLY START WITH THAT STORY TO GIVE PEOPLE A PICTURE
00:03:27OF WHAT LOUISVILLE WAS LIKE FOR MUHAMMAD GROWING UP AND HOW THAT
00:03:31EXPERIENCE WITH DISCRIMINATION IS GOING TO SHAPE HIM FOR THE
00:03:33REST OF HIS LIFE AND BECOMES THE
00:03:35VERY OUTSPOKEN PERSON THAT THAT
00:03:37WE COME KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH MUHAMMAD ALI.
00:03:41IF YOU COME TO THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, YOU WILL COME INTO OUR
00:03:45ORIENTATION THEATER, WHICH HAS A WONDERFUL FILM DETAILING
00:03:48MUHAMMAD'S LIFE, HIS LEGACY, AND
00:03:52REALLY THE ALI CENTER WAS BUILT. MUHAMMAD AND HIS WIFE, OUR
00:03:55CO-FOUNDER, MRS. LONNIE ALI,
00:03:59ENVISIONED A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD FIND THEIR OWN GREATNESS. AND WE HOPE THAT WHEN THE
00:04:01ORIENTATION FILM IS, PEOPLE CAN EXIT AND WHAT THEY'LL IS.
00:04:05WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT FOR EACH OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S SIX CORE
00:04:09PRINCIPLES. THESE ARE CONFIDENCE,
00:04:11CONVICTION, DEDICATION, GIVING
00:04:13RESPECT AND SPIRITUAL CITY. AND SO WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WE
00:04:17REALLY ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OF THOSE CORE
00:04:20PRINCIPLES AND REFLECT ON HOW
00:04:21SHOW UP IN THEIR LIFE. RIGHT. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY SHOWED
00:04:25UP IN MUHAMMAD'S LIFE, BUT RESPECT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT FOR YOU. DEDICATION MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT
00:04:29FOR YOU.
00:04:30WE'RE ALSO HERE BY THIS READ
00:04:34BIKE. TYPICALLY THIS IS ONE OF THE
00:04:37MOST FAVORITE THINGS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN THAT COME BY,
00:04:41BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THEM CAN PICTURE THEMSELVES AS A 12
00:04:44YEAR OLD WITH A RED BICYCLE THAT
00:04:46GETS STOLEN, THAT'S WHAT GETS
00:04:48MUHAMMAD ALI TO START BOXING A BIKE THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE
00:04:52THIS WAS STOLEN FROM MUHAMMAD WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. HE WALKS DOWN THE STREET AND
00:04:56EVENTUALLY RUNS INTO A POLICE OFFICER AND HE SAYS, LOOK, YOU'RE A COP.
00:05:00YOU CAN FIND WHO STOLE MY BIKE. CAN'T YOU, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO
00:05:03WHIP THAT GUY WHENEVER. I FIND HIM. THE POLICE OFFICER, MR. JOE
00:05:07MARTIN, WAS ALSO A YOUTH BOXING COACH, SO HE INVITES MUHAMMAD TO
00:05:11COME TO THE GYM AND BEGIN BOXING WITH HIM. AND THE REST IS REALLY RIGHT.
00:05:15MUHAMMAD'S GOING TO START HIS CAREER AS AN AMATEUR BOXER AND
00:05:18EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THAT ROME
00:05:21THAT I HAD JUST MENTIONED NOT TOO LONG AGO.
00:05:24BUT WE'LL KEEP GOING BECAUSE THESE CORE PRINCIPLES ARE REALLY MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED IN
00:05:31PERSON. WE'LL COME OVER HERE TO OUR
00:05:33BOXING TIMELINE.
00:05:40AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND. THE EMOTIONS IN THAT ROOM PRETTY MUCH.
00:05:44SO WE ARE IN ALI'S BOXING TIMELINE.
00:05:48THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BECAUSE MUHAMMAD HAD A LOT GOING ON.
00:05:53MUHAMMAD'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT IS IN 1960. HE WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD.
00:05:58HE HAD JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT GUARANTEED HIM $1 MILLION A
00:06:02YEAR SALARY IN 1960, AND HE WAS
00:06:06ON TOP OF THE WORLD, WHICH CAN
00:06:08SHOW YOU THE PILE OF CASH SITTING ON IN THAT SPORTS
00:06:13ILLUSTRATED FOR HIS $1 MILLION CONTRACT.
00:06:16BUT HERE IN THIS BOXING TIMELINE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
00:06:19REALLY BIG EXCITEMENT, ANY FANS
00:06:21OF MUHAMMAD'S BOXING OR BOXING FANS IN GENERAL.
00:06:25BUT WE SHOWCASE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S PROFESSIONAL
00:06:29FIGHTS FROM 1960 UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1981.
00:06:32HE BOXERS FOR 20 YEARS, WINS 56,
00:06:35FIGHTS ONLY LOSES FIVE, AND HE'S
00:06:39THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER WIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. AND YOU WILL GET THAT BOXING
00:06:43STORY HERE, YOU WILL FIND LITTLE
00:06:47TIDBITS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS FIGHTS. YOU MIGHT NOTICE TICKETS STUBS
00:06:50ABOVE SOME OF THE FIGHTS THOSE
00:06:52TICKET STUBS ARE AMAZING BECAUSE
00:06:54THEY SHOWCASE A HUMANITARIAN OR
00:06:58PHILANTHROPIC AIM THAT MUHAMMAD TOOK AFTER THAT FIGHT, OR IN
00:07:03CONJUNCTION WITH THAT FIGHT. AND WHILE ALL THIS BOXING IS
00:07:07REALLY SET MUHAMMAD UP ONTO THE
00:07:09WORLD STAGE, MUHAMMAD ALWAYS
00:07:12SAID THAT BOXING WAS JUST A TOOL
00:07:14TO GET HIM TO HELP PEOPLE.
00:07:16AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS
00:07:18IS NOT THE KEY TO OUR MUSEUM.
00:07:22CERTAINLY A BIG PART OF IT. BUT WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO
00:07:24COME HERE AND FEEL LIKE THEY
00:07:27COULD BE INSPIRED BY MUHAMMAD'S HUMANITARIAN WORK.
00:07:30AND SO CERTAINLY BOXING IS A
00:07:33HUGE PART OF MUHAMMAD STORY. AND, YOU KNOW, MUHAMMAD IS THE
00:07:37GREATEST OF ALL TIME THE GO. BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK THE ALI CENTER REALLY TO TEACH
00:07:41PEOPLE AND SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IS THAT
00:07:44WHAT MADE MUHAMMAD THE GREATEST WAS NOT HIS BOXING CAREER.
00:07:47IT WAS EVERYTHING HE DID OUTSIDE OF BOXING.
00:07:51IT WAS HUMANITY'S HUMANITARIAN WORK, HIS PHILANTHROPY PICK WORK.
00:07:54AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THROUGH SIX CORE PRINCIPLE EXHIBITS AS WELL AS EVEN IN THE EXHIBIT
00:07:57DEDICATED TO BOXER, YOU'LL BE
00:08:00ABLE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS MUHAMMAD GAVE THROUGH OUT
00:08:03HIS BOXING CAREER. THERE IS A LOT OF COOL STUFF IN
00:08:07THIS EXHIBIT, TOO, FOR FOR FANS,
00:08:11ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES IS THIS ROBE RIGHT HERE.
00:08:15THIS WAS GIFTED TO MUHAMMAD ALI
00:08:17BY NONE OTHER THAN ELVIS PRESLEY. IF YOU COULDN'T TELL BY ALL THE
00:08:21RHINESTONES AND LIKE THAT.
00:08:22BUT THIS IS A PIECE THAT THAT IS
00:08:27WE ALL VERY MUCH ENJOY HERE AT
00:08:29THE CENTER, MUHAMMAD AND ELVIS
00:08:33HAD ACTUALLY ONLY MET IN PERSON DURING THIS VISIT. BEFORE THAT, THEY HAD CALLED ON
00:08:36THE PHONE A FEW TIMES, SPOKEN
00:08:39UP, BUT ELVIS PRESENTED ROBE TO MUHAMMAD THE FIRST TIME THEY MET
00:08:43IN PERSON, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
00:08:46INTERESTING AND WONDERFUL PHOTOS TAKEN ABOUT THAT VISIT AT THE
00:08:49NWA HAPPENING IN LOYALTY. ONE THING WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
00:08:53TOO IS IF NOTICE THIS EXHIBIT IS
00:08:57KIND OF DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A
00:08:59BOXING RING RIGHT HERE?
00:09:01THE ROPES ARE BROKEN AND THAT'S
00:09:05THE SIGNIFY MUHAMMAD'S.
00:09:07THE STRIPPING OF HIS BOXING LICENSE.
00:09:11SHORTLY AFTER HIS REFUSAL TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ARMED FORCES
00:09:13DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IN 1967,
00:09:17MUHAMMAD OF VERY FAMOUSLY REFUSES TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE
00:09:20UNITED STATES MILITARY, AND THIS IS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
00:09:24THE VIETNAM WAR IS NOT UNPOPULAR
00:09:27AT ALL AT THIS POINT, AND VERY QUICKLY, MUHAMMAD GOES FROM
00:09:30BEING AN ATHLETE THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE.
00:09:33A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, HE TALKS TOO MUCH TO BEING ONE OF THE
00:09:36MOST DISLIKED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:09:39WE TELL THAT STORY HERE THROUGH
00:09:41OUR CONVICTION EXHIBIT BACK, WHICH WAS ONE OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S
00:09:44CORE PRINCIPLES. BUT WE WANT TO TALK IT HERE
00:09:48BECAUSE MUHAMMAD WAS AT THE PRIME, HIS ATHLETIC CAREER.
00:09:52HE SACRIFICED NEARLY FOUR YEARS
00:09:55OF THAT ATHLETICISM.
00:09:58OF ALL THE FAME OF THE MONEY THAT ENDORSEMENT DEALS, THE
00:10:02SPONSORSHIPS. SO WHAT HAVE YOU TO STAND BY?
00:10:04WHAT HE BELIEVED IN AND IT'S
00:10:06WHAT I PERSONALLY THINK SETS HIM
00:10:08APART FROM OTHER ATHLETE IS HIS
00:10:12WILLINGNESS TO STAND BY WHAT HE
00:10:14BELIEVED IN AND GIVE UP ALL THAT.
00:10:17I MEAN, HE TURNED OUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY BY DOING THIS.
00:10:21AND SO WE SHOWCASE THAT HERE. BUT THROUGHOUT OUR OTHER
00:10:23EXHIBITS AS WELL.
00:10:25IN 1981, ALI DETERMINED TO
00:10:28CONTINUE AROUND ONE THING THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE AS WELL,
00:10:32AND THIS THIS DISPLAY CASE SHOWS
00:10:34OFF VERY IS MUHAMMAD ALI'S
00:10:38INTERNATIONAL REACH. MUHAMMAD COURSE, WAS FROM LOUISVILLE.
00:10:42AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE FACT, BUT PEOPLE FROM ALL
00:10:44OVER THE WORLD CLAIM AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT WORKING
00:10:48HERE AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER IS, SIMPLY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
00:10:52STORIES I GET TO HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE EITHER MEETING MUHAMMAD
00:10:56OR, YOU KNOW, GOING TO ONE OF
00:10:59HIS FIGHTS WAY. AND THAT PERSISTS TODAY.
00:11:03WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE'S TOURISM
00:11:06DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'VE INFORMED THAT OVER 80% OF INTERNATIONAL
00:11:10TRAVEL TO LOUISVILLE IS TO VISIT US HERE AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI
00:11:14CENTER. AND SO CERTAINLY MUHAMMAD IS
00:11:18RECOGNIZED IN THE UNITED STATES,
00:11:19BUT HE IS ALL OVER THE WORLD,
00:11:22AND HE HAS DONE A LOT TO DRAW
00:11:24PEOPLE TO LOUISVILLE.
00:11:28ONE THING YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE AS WELL IS, A LOT OF VIDEO CLIPS WE
00:11:31HAVE AND YOU MIGHT BE HEARING THEM RIGHT NOW, IT'S NEARLY
00:11:37IMPOSSIBLE TELL MUHAMMAD STORY
00:11:37WITHOUT PHOTO IS WITHOUT VIDEOS.
00:11:41ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED MEN
00:11:44OF THE ENTIRE EXISTENCE OF HUMANITY.
00:11:46AND YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF THAT HERE AT THE ALI CENTER.
00:11:50AND HE CERTAINLY MADE GOOD USE
00:11:52OF VIDEO IN TV, WHICH, YOU KNOW,
00:11:56KIND OF SET HIM INTO THE STRATOSPHERE SO WE'RE GOING TO
00:11:58GO IN HERE NOW AND THIS IS AN
00:12:02AREA WHERE YOU CAN TRAIN WITH MUHAMMAD.
00:12:04IT'S DESIGNED TO LOOK MUHAMMAD ALI'S TRAINING CAMP IN DEER
00:12:08LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA. AND THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF
00:12:11YOU CAN DO HERE. YOU CAN TEST OUT YOUR STRENGTH ON THE HEAVY BAG.
00:12:14YOU CAN SHADOW BOX. MUHAMMAD I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE I WILL GET WORKED.
00:12:18AND WE COULD EVEN STEP INTO THE BOXING RING THERE WHERE MUHAMMAD
00:12:22ALI'S DAUGHTER, LAILA, WILL TEACH YOU A COUPLE OF BOXING
00:12:25MOVES ALL WHILE YOU'RE LEARNING
00:12:27ABOUT MUHAMMAD'S TIME AT DEER LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA, WHY HE
00:12:31DECIDED TO GO THERE, WHAT IT
00:12:33MEANT FOR, AND HOW HE SORT OF
00:12:37DEVELOPED A FOLLOWING THERE. I MEAN WHEN HE WAS IN DEER LAKE,
00:12:39PEOPLE COULD PEOPLE REPORTERS COULD JUST COME WATCH HIM TRAIN
00:12:43AND HE LOVED IT. AND WHAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS PHOTO, HE WOULD OFTEN JUST
00:12:47HAVE LITTLE SHOWS FOR THE MEDIA
00:12:50WHILE HE WAS THAT DEER LAKE. THIS IS WHEN HE'S TRYING TO
00:12:54REGAIN HIS TITLE AFTER IT BEING TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF HIS
00:12:59REFUSAL BE INDUCTED INTO THE VIETNAM WAR.
00:13:04NO ONE HAD BEATEN HIM TO TAKE THAT TITLE. THEY JUST TOOK IT AWAY.
00:13:07AND SO HE'S GOING TO TRAIN REALLY HARD AND OF COURSE,
00:13:09EVENTUALLY BE GEORGE FOREMAN. WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS NOW
00:13:13AND CONTINUE INTO THE MAIN STREET.
00:13:18IN BOSTON FOR YOU. EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN THE
00:13:23MASTER AND SO AS YOU'LL THROUGH
00:13:26THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, YOU'LL A CHANCE TO WATCH SOME OF MUHAMMAD'S MOST FAMOUS FIGHTS
00:13:30HERE. WE HAVE MUHAMMAD VERSUS JOE
00:13:33FRAZIER. THIS IS THE FIGHT THAT THIS WAS MUHAMMAD'S FIRST FIGHT,
00:13:37CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT, EXCUSE ME,
00:13:40AFTER HIS BOXING LICENSE WAS
00:13:42STRIPPED, JOE FRAZIER HAD TAKEN THE TITLE AFTER THE BOXING
00:13:46COMMITTEE HAD STRIPPED AWAY FROM MUHAMMAD.
00:13:49THIS WAS BILLED AS THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY. BOTH OF THESE MEN WERE
00:13:53UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS. THIS IS ALSO MUHAMMAD'S FIRST LOSS.
00:13:57AND SO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEING MUHAMMAD ALI LOSE A
00:14:01CHAMPIONSHIP REALLY HUMANIZED HIM IN A WAY. AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO SET HIM
00:14:05UP TO FIGHT AGAINST GEORGE. FOREMAN IN THE RUMBLE IN THE
00:14:10JUNGLE ON APRIL 30. WE ARE NOT WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT
00:14:14MUHAMMAD WAS A POP CULTURE ICON
00:14:17OUTSIDE OF BOXING. AND SO HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
00:14:20ARTIFACTS DISPLAYING THAT.
00:14:23WE HAVE A MUHAMMAD ALI CLONE. I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE.
00:14:27HAVE NOT PUT IT ON. BUT WE ALSO HAVE DOWN HERE ONE
00:14:30OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS THIS COMIC BOOK.
00:14:33THIS COMIC BOOK WAS PRODUCED BY
00:14:35DC COMICS IN 1976. IT FEATURES MUHAMMAD ALI
00:14:41FIGHTING SUPERMAN, AND THEN THE TWO OF THEM EVENTUALLY TEAM UP
00:14:45TO STOP AN ALIEN INVASION.
00:14:47IT IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF JUST
00:14:49POP CULTURE. AND ONE TIDBIT ABOUT IT THAT I
00:14:53THAT I FIND VERY FASCINATING IS
00:14:55DC COMICS CHOSE MUHAMMAD TO BE
00:14:57THE PERSON THAT FIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT COULD GET PRINTED
00:15:01PRETTY MUCH ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY AROUND THE WORLD.
00:15:04AND PEOPLE WOULD KNOW SUPERMAN PEOPLE WOULD KNOW MUHAMMAD ALI.
00:15:08AND SO THAT COMIC BOOK GOES TO SHOWCASE THAT. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF MERCH, TOO,
00:15:11FROM MUHAMMAD'S MOVIE CALLED THE
00:15:14THIS FILM CAME OUT IN THE LATE
00:15:17SEVENTIES AND FEATURES MUHAMMAD PLAYING HIMSELF.
00:15:20IT'S A VERY INTERESTING FILM, SAY THE LEAST. BUT I'VE TALKED A ABOUT HIS
00:15:24FIGHT AGAINST GEORGE FOREMAN AND THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE AND
00:15:28SORT OF ENDS AS THE CAPSTONE TO THAT, WHERE MUHAMMAD HAS
00:15:32REGAINED HIS TITLE.
00:15:34AS WE KEEP GOING WILL NOTICE SOME ART.
00:15:38ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER IS THAT MUHAMMAD ALI'S PARENTS, HIS FATHER, WAS AN
00:15:43ARTIST. HIS FATHER WAS A SIGN PAINTER AND MURALIST HERE IN LOUISVILLE,
00:15:47MOSTLY DOING ADVERTISEMENTS AND CHURCH MURALS. MUHAMMAD CAUGHT SOME OF THE
00:15:51ARTISTS GENE, I THINK, AND OFTEN
00:15:53WOULD DRAW TO RELIEVE STRESS OR
00:15:56TO PREPARE FOR A FIGHT. YOU KNOW, MUHAMMAD IS FAMOUS FOR
00:16:00MAKING RHYMES TO PREPARE HIS OR
00:16:02IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FIGHTS. HE WOULD ALSO DRAW HIS PREDICTIONS.
00:16:06HERE IS A PREDICTION WHERE HE IS
00:16:09GOING TO WIN IN ROUND NINE.
00:16:12AND YOU CAN SEE MUHAMMAD
00:16:14STANDING THERE FISTS UP IN THE
00:16:16AIR AND OSCAR BONAVENTURE ON,
00:16:20THE FLOOR. AND SO MUHAMMAD HAD A REALLY
00:16:24GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ARTIST NAMED LEROY NEIMAN, WHO I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL LATER, BUT YOU
00:16:27CAN SEE LOT OF MUHAMMAD'S ARTWORK HERE.
00:16:30THE ALI CENTER, THIS ONE AS WELL, MUHAMMAD DRAWING A MOSQUE,
00:16:34OF COURSE MUHAMMAD CONVERTS TO
00:16:38ISLAM IN THE SIXTIES, CHANGES
00:16:41HIS NAME TO MUHAMMAD ALI FROM CASSIUS CLAY.
00:16:43HIS RELIGION IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY THE
00:16:47MAIN GROUNDING FORCE FOR MUHAMMAD THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE
00:16:50AND CAREER.
00:16:55AND WE'LL COME OVER HERE NOW.
00:16:57AND I CALLED BACK AT THE VERY
00:16:59BEGINNING ABOUT MUHAMMAD'S
00:17:03EXCUSE ME, ABOUT THE ALI CENTER
00:17:04AND OUR DESIRE TO THE 96
00:17:08OLYMPICS. WE HAVE THE TORCH THAT MUHAMMAD CARRIED AT THE 96 OLYMPICS IN
00:17:14ATLANTA IT IS EXTREME COOL.
00:17:17OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET TO
00:17:19KEEP THEM THERE. THEY MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR MUHAMMAD ALI, OF COURSE.
00:17:23AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, I MADE A
00:17:27COMMENT ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI'S
00:17:29GOLD MEDAL AND STORY IS HE TOSSED IT IN THE OHIO RIVER.
00:17:34NO ONE HAS FOUND THAT GOLD THIS
00:17:38MEDAL THAT IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IS A REPLACEMENT GOLD
00:17:41MEDAL GIVEN TO MUHAMMAD BY THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AT THE 1996
00:17:44OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA. SOMETIMES I GET PEOPLE COMING UP
00:17:48TELLING ME I'M A LIAR, BUT WE
00:17:50THAT ON DISPLAY.
00:17:56THE ONLY INSPIRATION.
00:18:03AND SO IT IS 2026 WHEN WE'RE FILMING THIS MUHAMMAD ALI PASSED
00:18:08AWAY ON JUNE 3RD OF 2016,
00:18:11MEANING RIGHT. WE'RE COMING UP ON THE 10TH
00:18:14ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING. THIS IS THE EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE
00:18:18TO COMMEMORATE AND DISCUSS
00:18:22MUHAMMAD ALI'S PASSING. YOU'LL SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL ROSE
00:18:25WALL BEHIND WHICH WAS CHOSEN
00:18:28BECAUSE OF THE ROSES THAT
00:18:30COVERED THE GROUND THE WAY INTO CAVE HILL CEMETERY HERE IN
00:18:34LOUISVILLE, WHERE MUHAMMAD IS BURIED.
00:18:36BUT WE HAVE SO STORIES OF
00:18:39INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE EITHER THE FUNERAL WHO FOLLOWED THE
00:18:43PROCESSION AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS VIEWED BY OVER A
00:18:47BILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING
00:18:49VIRTUALLY AND HERE IN PERSON AND
00:18:51LOUISVILLE, THAT FUNERAL SERVICE
00:18:53WAS HELD OVER AT THE YUM CENTER JUST DOWN THE STREET.
00:18:57BUT THE ALI CENTER WAS PRETTY MUCH WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
00:19:00BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCKED TO HEAR, TO LEARN
00:19:04AND REALLY LIVE IN MUHAMMAD'S LEGACY.
00:19:08MY HAS A REALLY GREAT STORY
00:19:10WHERE THIS THE SUNDAY AFTER HAD PASSED AWAY A FAMILY IS CAME IN
00:19:14AND THEY WERE FULLY DRESSED UP
00:19:17AND SHE ASKED WHY THEY WERE ALL DRESSED UP AND THEY SAID TODAY IS OUR CHURCH, THIS SUNDAY IS OUR CHURCH TODAY.
00:19:21WE'RE COMING TO THE ALI CENTER.
00:19:22AND I IT SPEAKS TO HOW POWERFUL
00:19:26OF A PERSON HE WAS. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
00:19:30MEMORABILIA FROM THE SERVICE,
00:19:33THE PROGRAM, THE VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND PUBLICATIONS THAT
00:19:36SPOKE TO MUHAMMAD AND HIS
00:19:41PASSING.
00:19:46ALSO, WHILE YOU'RE HERE AT THE ALI CENTER, YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE
00:19:50THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR MUHAMMAD ALI HUMANITARIAN AWARDS. JUST OVER HERE.
00:19:53YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AWARDS LOOK LIKE. IT'S OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISING
00:19:57GALA HERE AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, ONE OF THE REALLY COOL
00:20:01THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE ARE
00:20:05HONORING PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIONABLE LIVING MUHAMMAD ALI'S
00:20:08LEGACY OF HUMANITARIANISM. THESE THESE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL
00:20:11OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE
00:20:14DEDICATING LIVES TO HUMANITARIAN CAUSES, LIKE MUHAMMAD ALI DID.
00:20:18OUR AWARDS ARE VERY UNIQUE, AND I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF THE
00:20:22COOLEST PARTS ABOUT IT. THEY'RE HAND-BLOWN THOSE GLASS
00:20:25BLOWN BY ARTISTS JUST DOWN THE STREET AT A STUDIO CALLED FLAME
00:20:31RUN, THEY ARE EMBOSSED WITH
00:20:32MUHAMMAD'S ACTUAL AND THE AMOUNT
00:20:36OF HONOR THAT WE GET FROM AWARDEES.
00:20:39WE HAD ONE AWARDEE LAST YEAR WHO
00:20:41HAD WON AN AWARD FROM, THE
00:20:43PRINCE OF ENGLAND AND. SHE WAS TELLING US THAT HER FAMILY DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT
00:20:47THAT AWARD, BUT WHEN THEY HEARD
00:20:50THAT SHE HAD WON A MUHAMMAD ALI
00:20:52CENTER HUMANITARIAN, THEY FELL
00:20:54DOWN ON KNEES CRYING.
00:20:56AND IT'S FURTHER PROOF OF THE
00:20:59IMPACT THAT MUHAMMAD HAS ON PEOPLE NOT ONLY HERE LOCALLY IN
00:21:02LOUISVILLE, BUT AROUND THE WORLD.
00:21:06AND IF WE KEEP GOING THIS WAY
00:21:08AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:21:10TAKE A SELFIE WITH IF YOU WANT.
00:21:17AND HERE OUR VARIOUS HUMANITARIAN AWARDS THAT
00:21:20MUHAMMAD HIMSELF HAS WON WON.
00:21:34AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AWARDS AS WELL, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE
00:21:38MUHAMMAD ALI'S HUMANITARIAN TIMELINE JUST RIGHT OVER HERE,
00:21:42JUST ABOUT EVERY HUMANITARIAN
00:21:44ACT MUHAMMAD HAD DONE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE IS RECORDED HERE IN
00:21:48THIS TIMELINE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLICK ON EACH
00:21:52ONE, READ MORE ABOUT THEM. IT IS INCREDIBLY COOL.
00:21:56AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF HOW MUCH WORK.
00:22:00HE DID AND A REALLY GOOD REMINDER TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
00:22:04WORLD THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEMSELVES.
00:22:06YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT THINK I'M JUST ONE PERSON. WHAT CAN I DO?
00:22:10I THINK MUHAMMAD ALI IS PROOF. ONE PERSON CAN DO A WHOLE LOT.
00:22:15AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN TO OUR THIRD FLOOR AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME ART.
00:22:18BUT WE'RE NOW ENTERING THE LEROY
00:22:20NEIMAN GALLERY, AND I'LL START,
00:22:24BY SHOWING OFF SOME PHOTOS OF
00:22:25LEROY OVER HERE, LEROY, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WAS AN ARTIST
00:22:29FRIEND OF MUHAMMAD AS THE TWO OF THEM MET WHEN, LEROY SNUCK INTO
00:22:32MUHAMMAD ALI'S DRESSING ROOM AND BEGAN SKETCHING HIM.
00:22:37MUHAMMAD ALI NOTICED AND PRETTY
00:22:39MUCH JUST SILENTLY GRABBED,
00:22:41LEROY'S PEN AND PAPER AND MUHAMMAD DECIDED TO DRAW A
00:22:44SELF-PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF AS WELL AS A ROCKET SHIP AND A RACE CAR.
00:22:47AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM THAT EXCHANGE IS THE TWO
00:22:50GENTLEMEN SHARING, A FRIENDSHIP THAT LASTED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
00:22:56LEROY WAS OFTEN THE RECIPIENT OF MUHAMMAD'S ARTWORK.
00:23:00THE PREDICTION ARTWORK I JUST SHOWED YOU UP THERE WAS SENT TO
00:23:05LEROY. AND SO LEROY WAS.
00:23:09AN ARTIST, MOSTLY PAINTING AND DRAWING SPORTS AND MOTION.
00:23:14HE HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR
00:23:16PROGRAMS LIKE THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
00:23:19A NEIGHBOR HERE TO, US HERE IN LOUISVILLE.
00:23:23BUT LEROY LOVED TO DRAW MUHAMMAD. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXHIBIT,
00:23:29PARTICULARLY MUHAMMAD IN MOTION. SO OVER HERE WE HAVE MUHAMMAD
00:23:32WORKING ON THE SPEED BAG AT
00:23:34FIFTH STREET GYM IN MIAMI.
00:23:37LEROY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
00:23:39CAPTURING MOTION AND MOVEMENT MOVEMENT.
00:23:43AND THERE'S MORE OF THAT ART
00:23:45DOWN HERE.
00:23:49ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW IS IN
00:23:51PARTICULAR ART FROM WHEN LEROY
00:23:55VISITED BOTH JOE FRAZIER AND MUHAMMAD ALI BEFORE THE THRILLA
00:23:59IN MANILA IN 19 OH 75, THIS WAS
00:24:04THE THIRD FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO
00:24:07OF FAMOUS BOXERS, THE
00:24:09CULMINATION OF, A VERY HEATED
00:24:12RIVALRY WHERE MUHAMMAD WOULD WIN, PUTTING HIM ABOVE JOE
00:24:16FRAZIER IN TOTAL WINS AGAINST
00:24:19THE TWO MEN JUST IN HERE IS OUR
00:24:22LIBRARY AND SPECIAL COLLECTION.
00:24:24THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP MOST OF
00:24:29OUR ARTIFACTS RELATED TO MUHAMMAD ALI. AND IT'S ALSO WHERE WE HAVE THE
00:24:32OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME INTERESTING THINGS ON DISPLAY CASES.
00:24:36RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME ACTION FIGURES OF MUHAMMAD AND
00:24:40JOE FRAZIER AND.
00:24:44SO THE THIS AREA IS TYPICALLY
00:24:45NOT ON DISPLAY TO GUESTS, BUT
00:24:48IT'S STILL A PLACE WHERE STAFF LIKES TO GATHER.
00:24:50AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. RESEARCHERS CAN COME IN AND
00:24:54LEARN ABOUT MUHAMMAD THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT, BUT EACH DISPLAY
00:24:57CASE KIND OF HAS A THEME RIGHT. AND THIS ONE DEALS WITH
00:25:01MUHAMMAD'S REFUSAL TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE VIETNAM.
00:25:03YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME NOTES JUST DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM
00:25:06RIGHT WHERE MADE SOME NOTES
00:25:10BEFORE HE GAVE A LECTURE AFTER
00:25:12HE WAS BANNED FROM BOXING, HE
00:25:16OFTEN FOUND THAT COLLEGE LECTURES AND SPEAKING
00:25:19ENGAGEMENTS WERE A WAY HIM TO MAKE MONEY AND PROVIDE FOR HIS
00:25:24FAMILY.
00:25:28IN THIS DISPLAY CASE, WE'LL ALSO
00:25:31SHOWCASE MUHAMMAD ALI'S PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
00:25:35THAT HE RECEIVED IN 2005, SHORTLY BEFORE THE MUHAMMAD ALI
00:25:39CENTER OPENED, GIVEN TO HIM BY
00:25:42PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH.
00:25:50AND THIS DISPLAY CASE IS MY FAVORITE ONE. THIS ONE RARELY CHANGES BECAUSE
00:25:53THE THINGS IN IT ARE JUST SO IMPACTFUL.
00:25:57IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU MIGHT JUST ASSUME A IT'S A BUNCH OF JUNK.
00:26:00BUT WHAT THIS IS THE PLAZA WHERE WE STARTED OUR TOUR WHEN
00:26:04MUHAMMAD PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 3RD
00:26:07OF 2016, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
00:26:10THE WORLD CAME AND BEGAN LEAVING THINGS OUT IN THE PLAZA OF
00:26:14THINGS TO COMMEMORATE MUHAMMAD
00:26:16AND OUR CURATORS AT THE TIME DID
00:26:18THE VERY WHY IS DECISION TO COLLECT A LOT OF THAT SO WE CAN
00:26:22SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HONOR MUHAMMAD,
00:26:26WHETHER BOXING GLOVES OR, T SHIRTS OF THE LOUISVILLE
00:26:30CARDINALS, A B, RIGHT. WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE A BOXING
00:26:32HAND WRAP RIGHT. PEOPLE FELT THAT THEY HAD TO DO
00:26:36SOMETHING TO GIVE TO MOHAMMED BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN SO MUCH NOT
00:26:39ONLY TO PEOPLE IN LOUISVILLE,
00:26:40BUT AROUND THE WORLD.
00:26:51WE'RE CURRENTLY DOWN OUR GROUND
00:26:54FLOOR, WHICH HOUSES ANOTHER VERY
00:26:57COOL PIECE OF MUHAMMAD HISTORY,
00:27:01WHICH HIS 1977 ROLLS ROYCE.
00:27:05THIS WAS ONE OF THIS IS MUHAMMAD'S FIRST ROLLS ROYCE
00:27:08EXCUSE ME, BEFORE OF THIS, HE HAD BEEN A CADILLAC DRIVER.
00:27:12I MENTIONED EARLIER HE HAD GOT A $1 MILLION CONTRACT.
00:27:15ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID, JUST LIKE ANYBODY.
00:27:20ELSE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A CADILLAC FOR HIMSELF AND HIS PARENTS. AND SO AFTER HE BOUGHT THIS, HE
00:27:24HAD BECOME A ROLLS-ROYCE FAN.
00:27:26THIS WAS THE CAR HE HAD FOR MOST
00:27:30OF HIS TIME IN LOS ANGELES WHEN
00:27:31HE LIVED THERE AND UP ON THE
00:27:36WALL ARE THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CAR. BUT ALSO, A REALLY TOUCHING
00:27:38STORY FROM OF MUHAMMAD'S
00:27:42DAUGHTERS, HANA ALI.
00:27:44SHE TELLS THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD
00:27:47AND HER AND HER SISTER LAYLA
00:27:51RIDING IN THIS CAR WHEN THEY SEE A HOMELESS MAN GETTING THROWN
00:27:55OUT OF A RESTAURANT. MUHAMMAD TURNS THE CAR AROUND,
00:27:57PUTS IT IN, TELLS THE GUY TO GET IN, AND THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE
00:28:01HIM TO A RESTAURANT TO GO GET FOOD. HE'S GOING TO HELP HIM GET A
00:28:05SUIT AS WELL AS HELP HIM GET A JOB. AND SO WE TELL SO MANY DIFFERENT
00:28:11STORIES OF MUHAMMAD'S HUMANITARIANISM.
00:28:14AND ONE THING, ONE OF HIS PRINCIPLES IS GIVING. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:28:18THINK OF GIVING IN THIS REALLY BIG, FLASHY WAY BUT SOMETHING AS
00:28:20SIMPLE AS SITTING DOWN WITH A
00:28:23MEAL WITH SOMEBODY CAN REALLY
00:28:25MEAN A LOT AND REALLY CHANGE THEIR LIFE.
00:28:29WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED MUHAMMAD'S LIFE AND LEGACY
00:28:31THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL EXHIBITS AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER. YOU LEARNED ABOUT HIS
00:28:35HUMANITARIAN WORK, HIS BOXING
00:28:37CAREER, ALSO HOW HE MEANS, HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO US HERE IN
00:28:41LOUISVILLE, BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. AND HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WATCHING
00:28:44WILL COME OUT TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND VISIT US HERE AT
00:28:46THE MUHAMMAD ALI, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP MUHAMMAD
00:28:50ALI'S LEGACY OF COMPASSION AND
00:28:52ACTION ALIVE FOR YEARS YEARS TO COME.
00:28:55SO THANK YOU ALL VERY.
00:30:38SO GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
00:30:41THIS IS OUR WALKING TOUR IN
00:30:44HONOR OF AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY. IT IS GOING BE PART OF A LARGER
00:30:48SERIES THAT ARE DOING THIS YEAR IN 2026.
00:30:51SO I HOPE YOU WILL COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THOSE NAME IS ALISON
00:30:54FINKELSTEIN. I'M SENIOR HISTORIAN HERE.
00:30:56I'M JOINED BY ROB GAINER, WHO IS