PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. “...a time when black Americans were still being denied the vote in some places
and where, in many places, perceived disrespect to whites...could still get a black
man killed.” (Paragraph 3)
B. “ Muhammad Ali is certainly a cultural and political icon...he becomes the biggest
symbol of black power and activism in the late ‘60s...’” (Paragraph 6)
C. “Ali was barred from boxing for 3 1/2 years... His income evaporated. Still, he
remained unrepentant about his political stance, and his Muslim religion.”
(Paragraph 8)
D. “ I became a Muslim in 1978,” Khalid says. “And I question whether I would have
become a Muslim today were it not for Muhammad Ali...’” (Paragraph 13)