Less than two months after Ali refused to step forward at the induction center, an all-white jury took just 21 minutes to find him guilty of draft evasion on June 20, 1967. Back row: Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Williams, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter and John Wooten. Front row: Bill Russell, Ali, Jim Brown and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor). African American athletes and politicians at a press conference in support of Ali’s decision.
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