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.

Cassius Clay, then 17 years old, won the 175-pound Golden Gloves championship by defeating Australian Anthony Madigan in three rounds on March 25, 1959, at Chicago Stadium.

In this scene, Cassius Clay, played by Aquil Ocacio, left, makes his final victorious punch during the Olympics against Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, played by Brendan Vanofferen.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the ...

“And in this Corner: Cassius Clay” runs Feb. 21 through March 2 at the Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave.

The monochrome picture, signed by Cassius Clay, was collected by the owner’s late uncle who worked as a music promoter in America during the 1960s. The Beatles met Cassius Clay in February 1964 ...

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 wrote ...

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 ...

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the nickname “The Greatest”. During his prestigious career, there were ...