RAAS Bodyguard For Cassius Clay

Some of the twenty four members of the Racial Adjustment Action Society (RAAS) providing a bodyguard for world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) during a visit to the London Free School children's play group and families' group at 34 Tavistock Crescent, the home of Rhaune Laslett in Ladbroke Grove, London, 15th May 1966. The RAAS men have been organised by the group's founder, Michael X (born Michael de Freitas). The boy in the foreground is Nigel Carpenter. The three children centre, top, are siblings Carol, Alan and Colin McMahon. Clay is in London for his upcoming title defence against British champion Henry Cooper. (Photo by Bentley Archive/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Some of the twenty four members of the Racial Adjustment Action Society (RAAS) providing a bodyguard for world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) during a visit to the London Free School children's play group and families' group at 34 Tavistock Crescent, the home of Rhaune Laslett in Ladbroke Grove, London, 15th May 1966. The RAAS men have been organised by the group's founder, Michael X (born Michael de Freitas). The boy in the foreground is Nigel Carpenter. The three children centre, top, are siblings Carol, Alan and Colin McMahon. Clay is in London for his upcoming title defence against British champion Henry Cooper. (Photo by Bentley Archive/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
RAAS Bodyguard For Cassius Clay
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May 15, 1966
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