Have you ever wondered why Tarzan in the movie, which was set in Africa, was white? Muhammad Ali did! He expresses — with humor — his confusion about the role blacks played in society in his youth. Essentially, from his view as a young child, black people were servants, even in heaven!
“When we die do we go to heaven?” he asked his mother. She responded that they would. And it dawned on him.
“The black angels are in the kitchen preparing?the milk and honey.”
He points out that even after winning a gold medal at the Olympics, he still couldn’t eat at a segregated diner in his own hometown. He also talks of his conversion to Islam and how it changed his life.
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