Esquire: The Magazine for Men

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Title

Esquire: The Magazine for Men

Coverage

Chicago

Publisher

Esquire, Inc. 

Date

April 1968

Subject

Volume 69, number 4

Description

Muhammad Ali rose to iconic status as cultural and racial barriers began to fall in the 1960s-70s. After he lost his heavyweight title for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War, he was featured on the April 1968 cover of Esquire as Christian martyr St. Sebastian, one of the most thought-provoking magazine images of the twentieth century. Ali was later vindicated by the Supreme Court, which affirmed his right to register as a conscientious objector.