Review: Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixities
User Review - Malcolm - GoodreadsMuhammad Ali is one of the most complex, divisive and challenging figures in recent US history, he is – icon, athlete, activist. Mike Marqusse shows us how Ali's life is about so much more than boxing ... Read full review
Review: Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixities
User Review - Kersplebedeb - GoodreadsIt's the second book of Mike Marqusee's i've read, and i think i may have a new fave author... Marqusee excels at impressionistic cultural histories, and here as elsewhere he focuses on his personal ... Read full review
Review: Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixities
User Review - Mark Desrosiers - GoodreadsFascinating picture of boxing when it was still often a weird race-class metaphor, and also a secret history of the sixties. Did you know, for example, that the Nation of Islam once attempted to ally ... Read full review
Review: Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties
User Review - GoodreadsOutstanding book that both looks at Muhammad Ali's rise and contextualizes his importance in the context of both sports and the Black Freedom Movement of the sixties (and before). The author really ...
Review: Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixities
User Review - Stephanie - GoodreadsI definitely recommend this book. I am not a big boxing fan - I have always found Muhammed Ali interesting (and loved the film When We Were Kings) but I don't particularly like boxing. Still, I ... Read full review
