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There’s a real “supergroup” energy to Regina King’s directorial feature debut, One Night In Miami, which imagines the conversations that occurred over one evening in 1964 when Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown met up at the historic Hampton House hotel. Each was and is an icon in their own right, and King’s film doesn’t let us forget what their successes meant to the world—especially within the Black community—while also highlighting sides of these figures not often seen in public. With The OA’s Kinglsey Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, Riverdale’s Eli Goree as Cl...

By DJ 33 1/3 Jan 19, 2021 Historic Hampton House has an important role in the film “One Night in Miami.” The movie details the night that Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown met in Miami in February 1964. “One Night in Miami” is a fictionalized take on the meeting of boxing legend (Then) Cassius Clay (later to be known as Muhammed Ali), civil rights activist Malcolm X, football star Jim Brown and soul singer Sam Cooke at the Legendary Hampton House. “The Hampton House is a silent star in the movie,” said Dr. Enid Pinkney who spearheaded its reopening in 2015. Dire...

By 3 months ago Picture this: it's February 25, 1964 and young boxer Cassius Clay has just defeated Sonny Liston at the Convention Hall in Miami to become the World Heavyweight Champion. That's cause for celebration, right?  Instead, the boxer would retreat to the Hampton House hotel in a Black neighbourhood in town with his famous friends, activist Malcolm X, musician Sam Cooke, and NFL superstar Jim Brown. Truly life-changing was the encounter that the very next day Clay announced he was converting to Islam and from then on would be known as Muhammad Ali. Four Black icons in one hotel ro...

In the new movie “One Night in Miami,” Muhammad Ali , Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown challenge racism and one another. This is what happened to them after that night.

Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown really did spend an evening together in 1964.