Remembrances

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A Defiant Muhammad Ali Was Cherished By Black Men

2:27pm June 06, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Muhammad Ali is being remembered as a great athlete and humanitarian. Black Americans — especially men — are fond of another Ali: the one who spoke truth to power, even at tremendous personal cost.

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Muhammad Ali reads one of his poems during a contest at the Bitter End, a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and nightclub, in 1963.

Muhammad Ali: A Poet In And Out Of The Ring

2:00pm June 06, 2016

by Juan Vidal

"The Louisville Lip" was famously as fast with his words as with his fists — years before the birth of hip hop, he was a battle rapper flipping similes and metaphors in a language all his own.

NPR's Zabihullah Tamanna, Journalist And Father, Killed In Afghanistan

1:29pm June 06, 2016

Interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna was killed Sunday along with photojournalist David Gilkey. "Zabi," as he was known, was hired by Philip Reeves, who calls the Afghan "a lovely man" with "deep wisdom."

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NPR photographer David Gilkey adjusts his glasses on the White House lawn before going to meet President Obama in 2011. Gilkey won the White House News Photographers Association's award for "Best Photographer of the Year, 2010."

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Remembering NPR Photojournalist David Gilkey

10:44am June 06, 2016

by Ariel Zambelich

David Gilkey, whose images documented both tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday along with NPR's Afghan interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna.

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Interpreter In Haiti Remembers Gilkey Did His Job With 'Passion'

10:06am June 06, 2016

NPR photojournalist David Gilkey was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday while riding in a convoy that came under attack. Jael Madius remembers working with Gilkey in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.

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Killed On The Job In Afghanistan: NPR Photographer And Interpreter

10:04am June 06, 2016

NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna were killed Sunday while traveling in an Afghan army convoy. NPR's David Greene, Renee Montagne and Tom Bowman share memories.

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Clay with his first wife, Sonji Roi, on June 21, 1963. He married three more times.

Boxer Muhammad Ali, 'The Greatest Of All Time,' Dies At 74

6:02pm June 04, 2016

by Tom Goldman

The man considered the greatest boxer of all time inspired millions by standing up for his principles during the 1960s, and by always entertaining — in the boxing ring and in front of a microphone.

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'There Will Never Be Another': George Foreman Remembers Muhammad Ali

5:33pm June 04, 2016

Boxing titan George Foreman remembers Muhammad Ali, a dear friend and one-time rival in a historic fight in 1974. Ali died Friday at age 74.

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Boxers Remember Muhammad Ali

5:33pm June 04, 2016

by Nathan Rott

Boxing gyms around the country are remembering the champion, who died Friday. NPR's Nathan Rott talked to boxers in Los Angeles who said Ali inspired them.

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Muhammad Ali's Louisville Roots

5:19pm June 04, 2016

by Rick Howlett

Muhammad Ali's presence loomed large in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. Residents remembered him Saturday.