Cassius Clay Research Paper
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Was born January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Cassius Clay Sr. worked as a sign painter while his mother, Odessa, worked as a maid. Cassius had a younger brother whose name is Rudy. The Clay family weren't affluent, but the family weren't impecunious either. Growing up at a young age, southern states such as Kentucky were racially segregated leading to different facilities such as schools, restaurants, swimming pools, and restrooms for black and white people. Laws such as Jim Crow Laws which were laws made in the south based on race. The laws enforced segregation between white people and black people in public facilities. This also made life difficult for African Americans and for them to also vote.