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Muhammad Ali

Denzel Washington landed at No. 3 on on Reader's Digest Trust Poll (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Poll: Denzel, Robin Roberts among 'most trusted' celebs

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Denzel Washington and Maya Angelou are ranked in the top 10 on the new Reader's Digest Trust Poll: The 100 Most Trusted People in America, ranking third and fifth respectively...
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Bush's most racially charged moments

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SLIDESHOW - It's fair to say that Bush and the black community often didn't see eye to eye -- here we look back at the tense times...
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Happy 71st b'day Muhammad Ali!

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SLIDESHOW - His boxing career spanned three decades and certainly had its share of ups and downs. Still, no fighter's heights were as compelling as Muhammad Ali's...
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Former boxing champion Muhammad Ali (C) waves to the crowd after being presented with the 2012 Liberty Medal, along side with his daughter Laila Ali (L), wife Lonnie Ali (2nd L), sister-in-law Marilyn Williams (Center R), and U.S. Olympic Gold Medalists Clarissa Shields (2nd R) and Susan Francia (R) during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall on September 13, 2012 in Historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Constitution Center's 2012 Liberty Medal ceremony recognized Muhammad Ali as a champion of freedom and a living embodiment of the Constitution who exemplifies everything the award was established to honor. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

For Muhammad Ali, a Liberty Medal in Philly

Kathy Matheson, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali was known as 'The Greatest' inside the ring. But some say the moniker has been even more fitting in the years since he hung up his gloves...
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Former US Olympic boxer Muhammad Ali watches a tribute video at the U.S. Olympic Committee Benefit Gala at USA House at the Royal College of Art on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)

Ali to receive Liberty Medal honor

Kathy Matheson, Associated Press
HILADELPHIA (AP) - Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali will visit Philadelphia to receive the Liberty Medal, an award recognizing his longtime role as a fighter outside the ring for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom...
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Childhood home of Muhammad Ali up for sale in Ky.

Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A big piece of Louisville history is up for sale: the house where boxing great Muhammad Ali spent his boyhood...
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Jada Pinkett Smith reveals rare photos on Instagram

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed intimate photos of her family and friends on Instagram....
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Laila Ali completes her first triathlon

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Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali, completed her first triathlon Sunday. Ali crossed the finish line of the New York Triathlon with a time of 3:06:22 according to the New York Times...
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Wayne Brady to Bill Maher: Who you callin' a Tom?

David A. Love
OPINION - To be sure, making over-the-top statements is Bill Maher’s shtick. But sometimes it reminds you of the white guy with black friends who slips and says the “n-word,” much to the dismay of that white guy’s former black friends...
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Muhammad Ali named 2012 Liberty Medal recipient

Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Boxing great Muhammad Ali, known for his unabashed self-confidence inside and outside the ring as well as his outspokenness on social and humanitarian causes, is the recipient of the 2012 Liberty Medal...
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