A Moment in Kentucky History: Muhammad Ali

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published October 25, 2019 at 5:30 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Muhammad Ali.

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