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thx for sharing. Is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. related to him ? (also known as Muhammad Ali)

• IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
  No. However there is a relation. Ali's grandfather specifically named his son after Cassius to honor Cassius, the KY politician. The son proceeded to do the same, with who would eventually be a famous boxer, M. Ali. The boxer changed his name to Ali, both due to his conversion to islam , and because he was angry to take the name of a plantation owner. The latter is true - Cassius was a plantation owner. However, early on he defender ardently emancipation. He in fact suffered multiple murder attempts from actual slavery advocates... who surrounded him in KY