{"602697":{"#nid":"602697","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Black Athletes in 1980s, 90s Not Outspoken, But Not Silent","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohnny Smith, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology (HSOC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the \u003Cem\u003EABC News\u003C\/em\u003E, February 16, article, \u0026ldquo;Black Athletes in 1980s, 90s Not Outspoken, But Not Silent.\u0026rdquo; The School of History and Sociology is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy the 1980s, America finally publicly embraced the black athlete, looking past skin color to see athleticism and skill, rewarding stars with multimillion-dollar athletic contracts, movie deals, lucrative shoe endorsements and mansions in all-white enclaves. Who didn\u0026rsquo;t want to be like Mike? But those fortunate black athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods did not, for the most part, use their celebrity to speak out \u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;It seems to me that we need to rethink how we define \u0026lsquo;activism\u0026rsquo; since black athletes certainly were involved in various social causes during that era. Anecdotally, I think about them donating to various scholarship funds and participating in \u0026lsquo;say no to drugs\u0026rdquo; campaigns,\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; said Johnny Smith, who is the Julius C. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Shaw Professor of Sports, Society, and Technology at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s certainly a form of activism. However, on the whole, the most prominent black male athletes were not confrontational or outspoken.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/black-athletes-1980s-90s-outspoken-silent-53136366\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EABC News\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/a\u003Ewebsite.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-02-21 16:49:12","changed_gmt":"2018-02-21 16:56:20","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"automation in the workplace","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/black-athletes-1980s-90s-outspoken-silent-53136366","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602698":{"id":"602698","type":"image","title":"Johnny Smith ","body":null,"created":"1519232152","gmt_created":"2018-02-21 16:55:52","changed":"1519232152","gmt_changed":"2018-02-21 16:55:52","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229721","name":"JohnSmithWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JohnSmithWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JohnSmithWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":97065,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JohnSmithWeb.jpg?itok=Qh5ePnxI"}}},"media_ids":["602698"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3438","name":"athletes"},{"id":"4172","name":"contracts"},{"id":"177188","name":"movie deals"},{"id":"177189","name":"Michael Jordan"},{"id":"177190","name":"Tiger Woods"}],"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":""}}}