Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161212:00:32:00
Eventually, when they did strip him of his title, bill russell, jim brown and other people decided that maybe black athletes could help him, and they invited me to a summit meeting, where these black athletes were going to try to help mohammed ali. it worked out that we didn't have any power really to help him, but it enabled me to establish a relationship with him and a friendship, and that lasted for me until he died. >> for many of us, we became enamored of mohammed ali because he was someone who was willing to speak his mind, to stand up for what he believed and to suffer the consequences....