Muhammad Ali World Peace Awards
Short Story
Garrett McCready
On January 8, 2005, Muhammad Ali was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush.
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on November 9, 2005, and the "Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold" of the United Nations Association of Germany in Berlin for his work with the US civil rights movement and the United Nations on December 17, 2005. On November 19, 2005 Ali's 19th wedding anniversary, the $60 million non-profit Muhammad Ali Center opened in downtown Louisville. In addition to displaying his boxing items, they focus on themes of peace, social responsibility, respect, and personal growth.
Since he retired from boxing, Ali has devoted himself to humanitarian tasks around the globe. He is a religious Muslim, and travels around the world, lending his name and presence to hunger and poverty relief, supporting education efforts, promoting adoption and encouraging people to respect and understand each other. It is thought that he has helped to provide more than 22 million meals to feed the hungry. Ali travels, on average, more than 200 days per year.
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