Remembering Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

Muhammad AliJune 6, 2016 – Segment 1

My co-host Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of American Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities, and I begin the show with a tribute to and remembrance of the life of the great Muhammad Ali, who died this weekend at the age of 74. With: Imam Earl El-Amin, resident Imam of the Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore; veteran journalist Sunni Khalid; and Robert Shahid, co-Host of the Baltimore Blend and longtime musician and drummer.