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Sinatra had a ringside seat for Ali-Frazier I at Madison Square Garden (Photo: AP) Thus he became a dual symbol of defiance championed by two communities, oppressed African Americans and Vietnam dissenters among the white, anti-establishment intelligentsia. Ali’s brave confrontation with the authorities over Vietnam was framed in the context of racial prejudice in apartheid America. America was still entrenched in a deeply unpopular conflict in Vietnam, while at home the nation convulsed under civil rights tensions.
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