Early Childhood
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Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr was born on January 17th, 1942. Cassius was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up in the American South in a time of segregated public facilities. His parents both worked hard to support two kids, His father painted billboards and his mother worked as a household domestic. When Clay was 12 years old, he took up boxing under the coaching of Louisville policeman Joe Martin.