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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

That was just part of racing. Muhammad Ali told me,you might have to take care of...

That was just part of racing. Muhammad Ali told me,
you might have to take care of yourself. He said, "Know how to fight." So that's what I went and did. I was in condition to go toe to toe with anybody
in the racetrack. Now the confrontation
I had with Lobenberg was a Deacon Jones head slap

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That was just part of
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racing.
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Muhammad Ali told me, you might have to take care of yourself.
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He said, "Know how to fight."
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So that's what I went and did.
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I was in condition to go
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toe to toe with anybody in the racetrack.
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Now the confrontation I had with Lobenberg
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was a Deacon Jones head slap.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
311
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:52
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
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Movie Summary

An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.