Jim Brown and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar say Muhammad Ali's social consciousness is lost on today's athletes

The activism of Muhammad Ali

By Tim Smith / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:22 PM

Updated: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 7:11 PM

There was no way to tell what Muhammad Ali would become when Walter Beach first met him at the Fifth Street Gym in Miami over four decades ago. Beach was playing for the Cleveland Browns and they happened to be in Miami. He stopped by the gym to see Ali work out.

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