by Peter Maggs

On April 28th, 1967, Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the US Army to go and fight in Vietnam. Ali, refusing on religious grounds, explained “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” This week we take a look at the life of Muhammad Ali – one of the most remarkable sportsmen and peace ambassadors of the 20th century.

Related Websites http://www.ali.com/ Muhammad Ali’s website. http://www.courier-journal.com/ali/ Check out the Ali timeline. http://www.float-like-a-butterfly.de/indexe.htm You can find some lovely Ali quotes on this fan page. http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/ali01.html A profile from Time magazine. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mali1.html Plenty of links here for Muhammad Ali.