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What was Muhammad Ali's role in the civil rights movement?

Muhammad Ali is hailed as a unifying figure for the civil rights movement in the United States. British sports commentator and columnist Matthew Syed says Ali's more extreme views early in his career are often forgotten.

(Picture: Muhammad Ali in 1976. Credit: AFP/Getty)

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