Clay vs Liston Fight

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

How the debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize fight tarnished one of the elements of American culture - sportsmanship

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Sun 30 May 196521:00

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Sun 30 May 196521:00
Home Service & BBC Radio 4

The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The assassination of JFK through to Vietnam and America’s shame at the My Lai massacre.