Muhammad Ali

Ali's refusal to fight in Viet Nam was one of the most significant acts of courage and civil disobedience in modern American history.  Ali was not just some chump.  Ali was a superstar.  And he refused to fight on the side of empire against an ultimately defenceless people in their own land.  That made him a hero.  America needed many more like him at just that moment.  And didn't find them.