Sketch by Muhammad Ali of his 1967 trial
date: label: Date
content: 1967
name: label: Created by
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
notes: label: Description
content: A pencil and ink sketch by Muhammad Ali of the courtroom in which he was tried and convicted for failing to report for military duty after being drafted. The scene is drawn in pencil then traced over and filled in with black ink. The judge sits at the bench in the top center of the scene, with the jury seated on the far left side and spectators along the entire bottom edge. Lawyers, defendants, and prosecutors sit at two tables in the center. A person sitting at the right table has a thought bubble coming from their head with what appears to be a burning building in the bubble. Muhammad Ali signed the drawing in the lower right above the crowd of spectators. The drawing is framed in a wooden frame painted gold that hangs with a single wire strung horizontally across the center of the reverse.
place: label: Place made
content: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.153.1
objectType: label: Type
content: sketches
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Muhammad Ali Enterprises
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink and graphite on paper, paint on wood, cardboard, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 x 3.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (white board:): 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)