3. Nguzo Saba and Muhammad Ali
This model is a set of guidelines and a value system for healthy
living that African Americans should strive for and live by.
4. Umoja (unity)
Muhammad Ali spent a lot of time in his childhood and early
adulthood dreaming of standing up for his community and his
people against the backdrop of racial segregation
Ali grew up in Louisville in a racially segregated neighborhood.
“When stronger nations begin to care for weaker nations, we will
see unity. When people lend a helping hand without having
to receive something in return, we will see humanity“
5. Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
Ali states in, “The Innocence of Youth,” (09) section, that it is
strange going out into a world that looked at black human
beings as second-class citizens but being raised with pride
and self-awareness at home
Boxing underwater!
6. Ujima Collective Work and
Responsibility
After Ali won Olympic gold, he
attempted to go downtown in his
hometown to eat and was turned away
for the color of his skin. He stated that
"he had just won the gold medal for
America, but he still couldn't eat at a
restaurant in his hometown, the town
where they all knew his name, where he
was born in the hospital a few blocks
away."
7.
8. Ujamaa- Cooperative Economics
Ali states that The Nation of Islam teaches that integration only
works when Black people have something for themselves. To
get help overall, Blacks needed to help themselves first.
-"The slum wasn't in the neighborhood; it was in the heart and
soul of the people"
9.
10. Nia-Purpose
He changed his name from Cassius Clay to
Muhammad Ali after hearing a Muslim minister make a
speech about how everyone, Chinese, Russian,
Cubans, had someplace they could call home but
blacks did not. The name Mr. Green or Mr. Jones could
be referring to a white or black man because in
slavery, the blacks were named after the white men.
Ali believed that his name represented hundreds of
years of injustice and enslavement. By changing his
name, Ali was helping to restore his people to their
traditional GREATNESS
11.
12. Kuumba-Creativity
The way that they inherited their community, was in a time of
segregation and hatred. Ali was taught from a child to never
hate anybody, no matter what. His goal in life was to make
the community more beautiful and more beneficial than
when they inherited it by doing away with segregation. He
wanted everyone to love everyone and treat each other
equally.
13.
14. Ali’s Spirituality
Spirituality was a huge theme in this book and came up just as
much and if not maybe more than it came up in our class
“A worldly loss often turns into a spiritual gain”
“I have always been a spiritual person; God doesn’t speak to
me in a voice. It’s more like a feeling, a sense of what I have
to do.”
15.
16. The Influence of Magic
Ali enjoyed magic and was a member of a magician’s union
at some point but because he took his religion seriously he
would reveal how a trick was done since in Islam one is not
suppose to deceive others and this led to him eventually
being kicked out of the union.
17.
18. Imani -Faith
“It was faith that restored my sense of purpose and self-confidence.
My faith gave me back my joy and enthusiasm
for life. I think maybe my Parkinson’s is God’s way of reminding
me of what is important…”
19.
20. Faith Continued
Ali's faith was in the Nation of Islam, whose focus was teaching
Black pride and self-awareness. Ali believed with all his heart
in the people of the black community. He speaks of the
importance of the influence of Elijah Muhammad and
Malcom X on his faith and his teachings.
He later expanded his faith into mainstream Sunni Islam, but
his faith in God throughout his life, love for people, and drive
to be the best he could is what gives Muhammad Ali THE
SOUL OF A BUTTERFLY
21.
22. Parkinson's Disease
“The body and mind are only vehicles for
experiencing life. This realization helps me to live
with Parkinson’s”
23. Parkinson’s Continued
“It was faith that restored my sense of purpose
and self confidence, my faith gave me back my
joy and enthusiasm for life. I think that maybe my
Parkinson’s is gods way of reminding me of what’s
important, for example how we treat each other.
It slowed me down, and caused me to listen
rather than talk.”
