Malcolm X with Muhammad Ali
Malcolm X With Muhammad Ali
The famous pair have an animated conversation after Ali’s Miami win over Sonny Liston. The two met in 1962 and Malcom X would become a mentor and spiritual advisor to Ali, soon becoming the political activist’s ‘chief disciple.’ Malcolm X is known as the man that guided Muhammad Ali towards joining the Nation of Islam. This union would have negative consequences on Ali’s career when his iconic fight, the Ali-Liston bout, was nearly canceled.
Castro Having a Ball
Castro Having A Ball
Castro was just rising to fame in 1972 when this pic was snapped in Krakow, Poland on his first trip there. He looks like he’s enjoying this basketball game in this rare leisure photograph. Castro enjoyed basketball to the point where he made it a source of national Cuban pride, even going so far as to implementing the sport into his training of guerilla soldiers. In another life, he was an NBA star!
