Exhibit chronicles public mourning over Muhammad Ali in his Kentucky hometown

For one remarkable week in June 2016, Louisville was the focus of ceremonies honoring the three-time heavyweight boxing champion and humanitarian known as The Greatest. Eight years later, the Muhammad Ali Center has opened an exhibit chronicling those heart-pounding days. Visitors will first see an acrylic panel surrounded by more than 1,000 silk roses — symbolizing the flowers that admirers tossed onto the hearse as Ali's funeral procession made its way to Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, said Goldy, the Ali Center's senior manager of curation and collections.