{"544231":{"#nid":"544231","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Athlete as Moral Crusader: Is the Muhammad Ali Model Lost?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201c\u003C\/em\u003EAthlete as Moral Crusader: Is the Muhammed Ali Model Lost?\u003Cem\u003E\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;quotes School of History and Sociology assistant professor, John M. Smith, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom \u003Cem\u003EThe Christian Science Monitor\u003C\/em\u003E article:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn some ways, times have simply changed from his era of upheaval, when black Americans in the South faced\u0026nbsp;not just Jim Crow discrimination but also lynchings. Moreover, athletes also are never cut from a common personality mold. And as Ali himself showed, none are paragons of unalloyed moral perfection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut, even as some sports stars do take public political stands today, many observers say they could do more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthletes now prefer to be active in less confrontational ways \u2013 like giving to charities, funding scholarships, and investing in poor communities, says Johnny Smith, a historian at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article on \u003Cem\u003EThe Christian Science Monitor\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Society\/2016\/0609\/Athlete-as-moral-crusader-Is-the-Muhammad-Ali-model-lost-video\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-06-13 15:41:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:14","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"recycling event","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Society\/2016\/0609\/Athlete-as-moral-crusader-Is-the-Muhammad-Ali-model-lost-video","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405921":{"id":"405921","type":"image","title":"John Matthew (Johnny) Smith","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"John Matthew (Johnny) Smith","file":{"fid":"76117","name":"johnsmithweb_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":97065,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg?itok=wQMXZpTj"}}},"media_ids":["405921"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"169168","name":"John M. Smith"},{"id":"168372","name":"muhammad ali"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}