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Muhammad Ali to receive Liberty Medal today
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/2012/09/13/muhammad-ali-receive-liberty-medal-thursday/eoKIDEsN1QQbfWNqYZCEIJ/story.htmlPHILADELPHIA (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.
The honor will be presented on Thursday during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center by the champ’s daughter, who is also a boxer, and two U.S. Olympic athletes. It comes with a $100,000 cash prize.
‘‘Ali embodies the spirit of the Liberty Medal by embracing the ideals of the Constitution — freedom, self-governance, equality and empowerment — and helping to spread them across the globe,’’ former President Bill Clinton, the center’s chairman, said in a statement.
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