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 ...

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Minister to Russia under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, noted abolitionist and author ... than any other fighter living. As a politician he was especially famous for ...

The second attempt was an ambush by the Turner brothers, whose father was a proslavery politician ... Herman Heaton Clay, named his son Cassius Clay in honor of the abolitionist.

Mel Hankla will discuss the 19th century abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Civil War Round Table at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 320 Second St., Marietta.

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. Sterling ...

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE — Caden Stoldt will speak on Cassius ... Clay, who Mohammed Ali was originally named after, was a fervent abolitionist and Lincoln's ambassador to Russia. The meeting will be at 6:30 p ...

Cassius Marcellus Clay. Born in 1810, Clay defied his slave-owning and influential Kentucky family when he became an abolitionist during his student days at Yale. A speech by William Lloyd ...

When heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam, he stated that his birth name was “a slave name,” adding, “I didn’t choose it and I don’t want ...

CLAY's Republican speech ... many of them young men. As usual, the "Abolitionist" of White Hall appeared be fore his fellow-citizens in a blue coat with brass buttons, and looked pale and intrepid.

Cassius Marcellus Clay. Born in 1810, Clay defied his slave-owning and influential Kentucky family when he became an abolitionist during his student days at Yale. A speech by William Lloyd ...