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One Night in Miami / on limited cinema release, then streaming from 15 January on Amazon Prime
On 25 February 1964, a glib and fast-talking young boxer stepped into the ring with the most feared fighter of his day, Sonny Liston. Few gave 22-year-old Cassius Clay a chance, but he prevailed against the odds to become heavyweight champion of the world. When the fight was finished, Clay headed to a motel in Overtown, the black area of Miami. There, he met with three friends: soul singer Sam Cooke, civil rights activist Malcolm X and American football star Jim Brown.
What did the men talk about? In 2013, Kemp Powers’ play, , portrayed the meeting as a kind of summit. The night of Clay’s triumph, thinks Malcolm,
