{"592338":{"#nid":"592338","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Smith Awarded North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Book Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohnny Smith, assistant professor of history in the\u0026nbsp;School of History and Sociology, has been awarded the North\u0026nbsp;American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Monograph of the Year award for his book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(co-authored with Randy Roberts, a distinguished professor of history at Purdue University).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NASSH monograph award is an annual award that recognizes outstanding research and writing in the field of sports history. Smith and Robert\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;book illuminates the relationship between the famous boxer and the Muslim minister.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBlood Brothers\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;reveals how Malcolm X awakened Cassius Clay\u0026rsquo;s political consciousness. According to the book jacket, \u0026ldquo;This dynamic brotherhood, fused together by racial pride and self-determination, transformed the new heavyweight champion \u0026mdash; Muhammad Ali \u0026mdash; into an international symbol of Black Power.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESmith and Roberts sought to create a timeline of Ali and Malcolm X\u0026rsquo;s friendship using sources such as sensitive FBI files, State Department documents, newspaper articles, and Malcolm X\u0026rsquo;s personal papers. By piecing together redacted information and subtle clues, they brought to light a dramatic arc of affection, betrayal, and violence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohnny Smith, assistant professor of history in the\u0026nbsp;School of History and Sociology, has been awarded the North\u0026nbsp;American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Monograph of the Year award for his book \u003Cem\u003EBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Johnny Smith, assistant professor of history in the School of History and Sociology has been awarded the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) monograph award for his book."}],"uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-06-01 18:15:26","changed_gmt":"2017-09-05 16:34:44","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"416751":{"id":"416751","type":"image","title":"Johnny Smith","body":null,"created":"1449254258","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:38","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"Johnny Smith","file":{"fid":"202560","name":"johnsmithweb_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6610,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg?itok=WbsAs1xI"}}},"media_ids":["416751"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174579","name":"North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Book Award"},{"id":"174580","name":"Sport history"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}