Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston, Texas (June 20, 1967) in federal courts for violating Selective Service Act (refusing induction into the armed services). He was fined $10,000 sentenced to 5 years in prison. He refused to report for service on grounds of his beliefs as a Muslim opposition to the war. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger". His words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that rocked the 60s.Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston, Texas (June 20, 1967) in federal courts for violating Selective Service Act (refusing induction into the armed services). He was fined $10,000 sentenced to 5 years in prison. He refused to report for service on grounds of his beliefs as a Muslim opposition to the war. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger". His words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that rocked the 60s.
Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston, Texas (June 20, 1967) in federal courts for violating Selective Service Act (refusing induction into the armed services). He was fined $10,000 sentenced to 5 years in prison. He refused to report for service on grounds of his beliefs as a Muslim opposition to the war. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger". His words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that rocked the 60s.