MSU historian’s book explores complex legacy of Cassius Marcellus Clay. Contact: Sarah Nicholas. ... “Clay was an extremely colorful and unique character—famous for using a Bowie knife on his enemies ...

LEXINGTON, Ky., July 22.-Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Minister to Russia under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, noted abolitionist and author, ... in which his only weapon was a bowie knife.

MATTOON -- Guest speaker Robert Sterling discussed 19th century soldier and abolitionist Cassius Clay's connections to Coles County during the Mattoon Rotary Club meeting on July 21.

You have "Muhammad Ali," and below that, "Cassius Clay, Sr." Which is his father. Many people know, obviously, that Muhammad Ali used to be Cassius Clay. In 1964, he actually converted to Islam.

Perhaps the only modern major public figure with a similar improbable evolution is former heavyweight champion Cassius Marcellus Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, who, like Trump, was the most ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

In the June 3, 1845, issue of Cassius Marcellus Clay’s The True American a diatribe, written by “a Whig” warned all slaveowners to be vigilant for periodicals criticizing slavery. He ...

Named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr after his father, the sporting champion, who died on Friday aged 74, denounced his birth name upon converting to Islam and affiliating with the Nation of Islam (NOI).

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began boxing at the age of 12. His journey to ...

The Writings of Cassius Marcellus Clay, Including his Speeches, and Addresses (1848) chronicled his political and social opinions. The famed editor of the New York Tribune and abolitionist, Horace ...