# @jacksonstateu on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPf-EJLd64
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15116913-jacksonstateu-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2c182b6cc0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-06-04T18:12:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jackson State U. (@JacksonStateU) — https://gondola.cc/JacksonStateU

## Caption

RIP to #MuhammadAli. Check out this photo of the legendary boxer/activist visiting the campus of Jackson State in 1977. 
Thanks to JSU alum Eldna Bates Smith for sending us this photo from his visit.

Her recount: "I've tried to capture moments since my first Polaroid camera. I got my first 35mm in college where I had the honor of taking pictures for the school newspaper. So when word spread...no it thundered...through the dorm that Muhammad Ali was on campus, I grabbed my camera hoping for a glimpse. There he was..in front of our dorm...that's why he's surrounded by females. Everyone wanted to touch him. I did too, but what was more important for me was to capture the moment. I remember getting on the Plaza wall to get a better angle. It wasn't my best picture. ..but it was by far my best moment. Rest In Peace...you were and always will be 'The Greatest.'" #RIPMuhammadAli

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