Monday, January 17, 2005
JAN17: DR. KING and the KINGS OF BOXING
Synchronicities are much alive here on Jan 17 '05.
It is, of course, is the national M.L.King holiday -- but it is also the birthday of two black boxing legends -- the King of the sport, Muhammad Ali, and his longtime opponent, Joe Frazier. Also, James Earl Jones turns 75 today; way before he became the voice of Vader and Verizon, Jones played early boxing great Jack Johnson on stage and screen in "The Great White Hope" -- and Johnson just happens to be the subject of a new Ken Burns doc debuting tonight: PBS's "Unforgivable Blackness" (in L.A.: KCET 9-11 p.m. Jan17 and 18).
Everything's connected. You just have to look.
It is, of course, is the national M.L.King holiday -- but it is also the birthday of two black boxing legends -- the King of the sport, Muhammad Ali, and his longtime opponent, Joe Frazier. Also, James Earl Jones turns 75 today; way before he became the voice of Vader and Verizon, Jones played early boxing great Jack Johnson on stage and screen in "The Great White Hope" -- and Johnson just happens to be the subject of a new Ken Burns doc debuting tonight: PBS's "Unforgivable Blackness" (in L.A.: KCET 9-11 p.m. Jan17 and 18).
Everything's connected. You just have to look.
