A Boxing Glove Signed by Muhammad Ali

[LBJ Library photo by Ruth Goerger. #2003.8.3]

This week's artifact is a boxing glove (2003.8.3) signed by Mohammad Ali.  This object was last featured in the LBJ Library and Museum exhibit “Signs of the Times: Life in the Swingin' Sixties.”

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Then & Now

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Did You Know…

Muhammad Ali has received a number of awards for his humanitarian efforts, including:
• United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998-2008
• Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
• Amnesty International's Lifetime Achievement Award
• Germany's 2005 Otto Hahn Peace Medal, for his involvement in the U.S. civil rights movement and the United Nations

 

 

 

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