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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 1966, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali exclaims "Why me?" as he surrounded himself with youngsters in Miami, when informed his draft board in Louisville, Ky., had reclassified him 1-A. Ali never spent a day in prison for his actions even though he was sentenced to serve five years for draft evasion before the Supreme Court overturned his case on a technicality. But many black athletes have paid when taking a stand, or a knee, for speaking out for social or political change. Ali lost the heavyweight title and spent three years in forced exile from the ring. (AP Photo/Toby Massey, File)