THE CHAMP REFUSED TO SERVE IN MILITARY

Muhammed Ali Refusing Army Draft Into Vietnam War | NOWNESS

Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to
serve in the
United States military at the height of the Vietnam
War on this day in history, April 28, 1967.

"I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong," Ali famously said the
year before, the exact quote the source of some dispute, in a
battle that made it all the way to the
United States Supreme
Court
. The Vietnam War was at its heights at the time.
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April 28, 1967: Muhammad Ali causes uproar by refusing to be drafted into US Army | BT

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Ali was convicted and given five years in prison for refusing induction in to the United States draft as mandated by the Selective Service Act.

The "Draft Dodger": Ali's Fight Against an Unjust War and the Country That Waged It | FIGHTLAND

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