There were white schools, white country clubs, white businesses. At movie theatres like the Savoy, whites sat in the orchestra, blacks in the balcony most other theatres were for whites only, and so were the stores downtown. Not quite as virulent as in Jackson or Mobile, but plenty bad. Louisville, when Cassius was growing up in the nineteen-forties and fifties, was a Jim Crow city. In an essay published Saturday, Remnick reflected on Ali's childhood, growing up poor in Louisville. It’s called "King of the World," written by David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. It chronicles Ali’s rise from boxer to world icon and the people who influenced him. One of the most highly praised works was published in 1998. Numerous books have been published over the decades about Muhammad Ali, who will be laid to rest this week in his hometown of Louisville.
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