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My husband, Muhammad Ali, taught me how to be a changemaker | Opinion
Louisville is home. And for those of us who share that point of view, there is something distinctive about the way we live as a community. It is a community with a particular way of quietly caring for our neighbors and visitors. Louisville is community. I've always believed that people in Louisville are some of the most loving and deeply connected neighbors you could ask for.
COMMENTARY: 'The Greatest' taught us about compassion
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What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters | Opinion
The world knew Muhammad Ali as "The Greatest." But those who were close to my husband understood his true greatness had very little to do with titles, fame or boxing. It came from the way he treated people. As we mark the 10th anniversary of Muhammad's passing on Wednesday, June 3, calls to hear his voice of kindness and compassion are reverberating. Muhammad believed every person mattered, and he had a remarkable ability to make people feel seen and cared for.
What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters Original
The world knew Muhammad Ali as “The Greatest.” But those who were close to my husband understood his true greatness had very little to do with titles, fame or boxing. It came from the way he treated people. As we mark the 10th anniversary of Muhammad’s passing on Wednesday, June 3, calls to hear his voice of kindness and compassion are reverberating. Muhammad believed every person mattered, and he had a remarkable ability to make people feel seen and cared for.
What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters
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What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters
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What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters
What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters
What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters
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What Muhammad Ali taught us about compassion and why it matters | Opinion Original
June 12, 2026, 9:40 a.m. ET The world knew Muhammad Ali as “The Greatest.” But those who were close to my husband understood his true greatness had very little to do with titles, fame or boxing. It came from the way he treated people. As we mark the 10th anniversary of Muhammad’s passing on Wednesday, June 3, calls to hear his voice of kindness and compassion are reverberating. Muhammad believed every person mattered, and he had a remarkable ability to make people feel seen and cared for.
Muhammad Ali believed in the power of compassion. Here’s how we can rebuild it in 2025.
In recent weeks, the outpouring of tributes to Jimmy Carter has reminded me of the special decades-long friendship the former president had with my husband, Muhammad Ali. Throughout their lives, both men showed us the true meaning of greatness and exemplified the power of compassion and respect. Muhammad visited the White House on several occasions and was called “Mr. International Friendship” by the former president.
A Letter to College Students: Ten Ways to Side with Humanity
By Lonnie Ali and Daniel Lubetzky Over the past two months, people of all races, ethnicities, and religions have experienced enormous pain and suffering. Acts of terror, war, and ensuing hatred have deepened the cracks that were already threatening to divide our communities. You, our nation’s young people, have been implicated in this. The campuses on which you live, learn, and strive to become the people you want to be, have turned into battlegrounds. Some of you are angry.
Muhammad Ali Center: Why Fans Should Visit
The Muhammad Ali Center is no ordinary museum. It is a center of inspiration that draws from the famous boxing and philanthropist. It calls and beckons visitors to self-improvement and to work towards aiding and enabling their fellow man. Like the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia, it shows how one can overcome the injustices of society and work to build a better, more inclusive world.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Muhammad Ali both break barriers. Here's what they have in common
While Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s and Muhammad Ali’s careers are extraordinarily different, their similarities are fused together through a singular fight for justice; two Champions in their own right. I support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. On Feb.
A compassionate disrupter: Lessons from Muhammad Ali amid today's social justice battles
Today, Muhammad Ali would have turned 79 years old. During his lifetime, he touched and impacted millions of people around the globe. He ignited a flame of inspiration in people to positively transform themselves, their communities and the world. Muhammad dedicated himself to becoming the champion of the world and ultimately left this world as “The People’s Champion.” Muhammad did not live long enough to witness what has occurred over the past year in our community, country and world.
What Muhammad Ali would say amid injustice, protest for Breonna Taylor
Lonnie Ali, Opinion contributor Published 3:42 p.m. ET June 3, 2020 Today marks the fourth anniversary of Muhammad’s passing. The pain of losing him is still as fresh now as it was then. Knowing and feeling that pain makes me understand on a visceral level the pain that is being felt by the families of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and the many others whose loved ones died at the hands of those who are charged to “serve and protect” the citizens of their respective communities.
Opinion | What Thomas Merton and Muhammad Ali Had in Common
Twenty years later, in 1978, Walnut Street was renamed Muhammad Ali Boulevard, after my late husband. In 2008, the intersection at Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard was dedicated as “Thomas Merton Square.” It would have been difficult to predict in 1958 that the divergent paths of the two men would someday be merged in the permanent markers of the same city street.
Life Out Loud: Muhammad Ali
The image that I’m looking at is Muhammad going through his U.S. Olympic duffle. I’m assuming this was either taken right before he left to go to the Olympics, or probably while he was there. I think this was one of Muhammad’s first airplane flights, so I know how frightened he was, but he’s so interested in what’s in this bag. There’s a photograph of him and his teammates on the Olympic boxing team at that time in the ’60s — 1960 to be specific. He was on his way to Rome.
I Am Still The Greatest
Muhammad Ali John Lair/Muhammad Ali Center hide caption toggle caption John Lair/Muhammad Ali Center Muhammad Ali John Lair/Muhammad Ali Center Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) spars with challenger Floyd Patterson in 1965. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) spars with challenger Floyd Patterson in 1965. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Muhammad and Lonnie Ali were childhood friends.
I Am Still The Greatest
Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight boxing championship three times. He retired in 1981 and became active in humanitarian causes, including goodwill missions to Afghanistan, North Korea and Cuba. John Lair/Muhammad Ali Center hide caption toggle caption John Lair/Muhammad Ali Center Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight boxing championship three times. He retired in 1981 and became active in humanitarian causes, including goodwill missions to Afghanistan, North Korea and Cuba.
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