Summary

Sports - Texas [Cassius Clay refuses draft & loses title]

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Title: Sports - Texas [Cassius Clay refuses draft & loses title]
File Number: DN-LB-583 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 1967
Description: 14:40:13:00 - 14:40:51:00 B W 1967 05 02 Sports - Texas [Cassius Clay refuses draft & loses title] Texas, Cassius Clay in midst of reporters and mics. Pickets outside with signs. Claims racial discrimination. MCU. Release sheet--World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Caly loses his boxing title and faces a possible 5-year prison term. His offense: refusal to take the oath of Induction into the Army. His defense: as an ordained Black Muslim minister he feels he should be exempt.
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