Sculpture commemorating historic 1967 Cleveland summit with Ali, Jim Brown, other athletes unveiled

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The art piece depicts the press conference table that Ali, Brown and others sat at following their meeting, viewed as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

A sculpture commemorating the famous 1967 meeting of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other athletes has been unveiled on the site of the original gathering.CLEVELAND — Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looked reverently at the elderly man sitting in the front row clutching his cane and was star struck.“That’s a man who didn’t know if he would be able to see his dream come true,” Mitchell said. “To be a part of the vision he dreamed for. This is truly special.

The carbon steel art piece depicts the press conference table that Ali, Brown and others sat at following their meeting 56 years ago, a moment captured in an iconic photograph. In addition to the unveiling, Cleveland's three professional teams — the Cavaliers, Guardians and Browns, who formed an alliance a few years ago to promote lasting social change in Northeast Ohio — announced they will host an annual summit.

Wooten explained that in 1967, Brown, his close friend and Browns teammate, summoned other leading Black athletes to Cleveland to meet with Ali, who was protesting military enlistment as a conscientious objector due to his Islamic faith.

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