Lifetime he was funny. He was beautiful. He was the most perfect athlete you ever saw, andse tho were his own words. laughter captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from louisville, kentucky. Pelley former president bill clinton. I will always think of muhammad as a truly free man of faith. It is the choices that muhammad ali made that have brought us all here today in honor and love. applause . Filled the sky. Ali ali pelley the many people ali touched in life wanted one more chance to tawch him. They formed an impromptu honor guard to escort the slug frer louisville off to his final rest. Alis daughter, hana, tweeted from the motorcade a story that her father used to tell. I used to dream that i was running down broadway in louisville, and the people were weaving at me and clapping and cheering my name. Ali ali pelley i waved back. Then, all of a sudden, i just took off flying. One of the most poignant moments today was when alis
Legacy beginning with jim axelrod in our sunday morning axelrod. Yes, he was. Not just a sports icon, but a cultural one. And while his poor health has kept him out of the spotlight for years making sense of muhammad alis death is something quite different. Hell never die. I dont think hell ever die as long as his pictures and memory exists. Just ahead this sunday morning remembering muhammad ali. Osgood many field human endeavor Peak Performance requires determination and Peak Performance is what mountain climbing is all about. Lee cowan will introduce us to a man literally sitting on top of the world. Im actually a little for anyone who thinks the days of the rugged explorer are gone. Im on the summit of mt. Mt. Everest no word can describe. The man who has been to the ends of the earth. And the tops of them. Ahead on sunday morning. Osgood coming attraction on the summer screen is starring Matthew Mcconaughey tells a little known story of the civil war. Michelle miller will offer us
Republican, we want to hear from you for the next 45 minutes. When you hear stories about Division Within your party on whether or not to support donald trump, what is your reaction . And should the r. N. C. Cut its ties with the Trump Campaign . For republicans only, here are the numbers, 2027488000. For those of you who support donald trump in the november 8 election. For those in the Republican Party not supporting donald trump, the number to call is 2027488001. If youre undecided, 2027488002. Also share on social media, send us a tweet, cspanwj, or join us on facebook. Good morning. Thank you very much for being with us on a busy day. Later well also talk about the situation in milwaukee. More racial unrest. A Police Shooting with an armed gunman, well have more details on that in our 9 30 east coast time hour. First this morning, front page of the Washington Post with this headline, millennial voters see 2016 as a bad joke. Let me share with you a portion of what they write about
Symbols around which conversations and disagreements over racial issues took place. This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Matthew andrews we have been exploring the question of gender and womens rights and sports. We will return our focus to race relations. Were going to explore what i like to call the return of the great white hope in the 1980s. You know all about the original great white hope. You did research on it. Jim jefferies in 1910. He comes out of retirements and tries to redeem the white race and defeat jack johnson. Was unsuccessful. He failed. In the 1980s there were a few white athletes who are thought of in the same way. These were white athletes that White Americans hoped would score symbolic victories in sports and the attitudes towards these athletes suggested that perhaps the nation had not come as far as many people like to think. The United States may have entered what commentators were calling a postcivil rights era. The 1970s and the 1980s. Clearly race wa
Announcer Matthew Andrews of the university of North Carolina talks about how the racial tensions of the 1980s were reflected in the sports of the era, particularly when white and black athletes faced off in boxing and basketball. He argues that athletes became around which conversations and disagreements over racial issues took place. This class is about one hour in 10 minutes. Matthew andrews we have been exploring the question of gender and womens rights and sports. We will return our focus to race relations. Were going to explore what i like to call the return of the great white hope in the 1980s. You know all about the original great white hope. You did research on it. Jim jefferies in 1910. He comes out of retirements and tries to redeem the white race and defeat jack johnson. Was unsuccessful. He failed. In the 1980s there were a few white athletes who are thought of in the same way. These were white athletes that White Americans hoped would score symbolic victories in sports an