To the ring. When he traveled to Central Africa to reclaim his title from George Foreman none of them thought he could win and some feared for their life and the miracle at four a. M. , he became a champion once more. [ applause ] years passed and slowed by parkinsons muhammad was compelled by his faith to use his name and notoriety to support the victims of poverty and strife. He served as a messenger of peace and traveled to war torn afghanistan. He campaigned as an advocate produding the yoke of 3rd world death. He release of hostages in iraq. As his voice grew softer, his message took on greater meaning. He became full circle with his country when he lit a torch that seemed to create new light for the 1996 olympics. [ applause ] muhammad always knew instinctively the road he needed to travel. His friend know what i mean when i said he lived in the moment. He never dwelled in the path or harbored anxiety about the future. Muhammad loved to laugh and he loved to play practical jokes
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
Joe frazier had it for a while, and youll have custody of it, eventually of course, unless you retire, uh, undefeated, uh, youll probably fight somebody and you might lose it. So, do you feel that way about it . Its yours for now. Right, you must prevail. I only have it, you know, to do with it what i can for the time bein, and eventually ill have to give it up. Thats a fact. Once you think is yours to hold, youre in trouble. Right. Whats your professional record now . Ive had a total of 39 fights. Right. Ive won em all. 36 by knockout. 36 by knockout. Thats incredible. [ applause ] there was a picture in the paper where you hit joe frazier and he was actually off the floor. Uh, i mean both feet. Like eight or nine inches off the floor. You hit him with some kind of an uppercut, or something . Yeah, i caught him with a right uppercut. Way of a right hook. I saw him myself, i think a week after the fight, andand i didnt realize i had hit him with such power, but it was somethin i had be
[ laughter ] uh, i hate valentines day. Why . I got one card this year. It was addressed to occupant. [ laughter ] i mean, i wanna tell ya, thats bad. [ laughter ] why am i workin like Andy Youngman all of a sudden . Did you get a valentine . I got one. You really got a from my assistant. Uhhuh, well, we wont talk about her. [ laughter ] thats what you call em. If you girls think you got a how would you like to be dr. Bernards wife . When he gives you a heart for valentine, a real heart. [ laughter ] and thats kinda weird, isnt it . Uh, i just say things like that because its a late night show. If i had funny stuff id be on prime time. [ laughter ] this is just killing time until we get some guests. Uh. [ applause ] don rickles sent me a valentine. I did get one. An 8 x 10 glossy of willard the rat. It was, uh. I have a little poem for the occasion. Roses are red, violets are blue, if you dont laugh at the home with you. [ laughter ] thats tommy back up there. Better than nothin [ laug
Possibility of walking away from metro if he did not get the support. Im always thinking of it as, you know, my 16yearold daughter on the train, your children riding the train, thats how i think of this. Reporter the gm says flatly after seeing what he saw this week and being sotold what he w being told, he could not be comfortable with the system being open in the state it was in. There were serious issues. We should not have been running training under those conditions. Reporter he says more details are needed about why the system is in such rough shape. Riders with their own thoughts. I think the new general manager is making efforts to show hes a tough guy and wants to make it better. Reporter would you be okay if they shut the system down for extended periods of time to get in and fix things . Yes, i would. Reporter an extended maintenance shutdown could be a possibility as we go forward. Now, we also asked the new general manager if longterm shutdowns could become more commonplac