The day after Muhammad Ali unanimously won a 15-round championship fight against Jimmy Young at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., he stunned hundreds of Prince George’s County teens when he walked into their high school prom.
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It was May 1, 1976, long before such a celebrity appearance might make the rounds on social media. Few people took pictures of Ali, and no newspapers documented the visit at the time. But earlier this year, a spokesperson for the Prince George’s police department happened to see photos from the prom in the house of a former Parkdale High School teacher and began sharing the tale.
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