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  title info:
    title: Blood brothers
    sub title: the fatal friendship of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
  name:
    name part: Roberts, Randy
    name part: 1951-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Smith, Johnny.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Biographies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  abstract: In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam--a sect many white Americans deemed a hate cult--saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation s message. The two became fast friends, keeping their interactions secret from the press for fear of jeopardizing Clay's career. Clay began living a double life--a patriotic "good Negro" in public, and a radical reformer behind the scenes. Soon, however, their friendship would sour, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. Based on previously untapped sources, from Malcolm s personal papers to FBI records, "Blood Brothers" is the first book to offer an in-depth portrait of this complex bond. Acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith reconstruct the worlds that shaped Malcolm and Clay, from the boxing arenas and mosques, to postwar New York and civil rights-era Miami. In an impressively detailed account, they reveal how Malcolm molded Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali, helping him become an international symbol of black pride and black independence. Yet when Malcolm was barred from the Nation for criticizing the philandering of its leader, Elijah Muhammad, Ali turned his back on Malcolm--a choice that tragically contributed to the latter's assassination in February 1965. Malcolm s death marked the end of a critical phase of the civil rights movement, but the legacy of his friendship with Ali has endured. We inhabit a new era where the roles of entertainer and activist, of sports and politics, are more entwined than ever before. "Blood Brothers" is the story of how Ali redefined what it means to be a black athlete in America--after Malcolm first enlightened him. An extraordinary narrative of love and deep affection, as well as deceit, betrayal, and violence, this story is a window into the p…
  table of contents: Preface: A dream deferred -- Prologue: Behind the veil -- The mother ship in Miami -- God's angry man -- "Who made me is me" -- In cold blood -- The winter of boxing -- Apollo -- Hide your cat -- The great pretender -- Back to the grave -- Trouble in Miami -- The crusade -- Free to be me -- The shakeup -- An American nightmare -- King of the world -- The Muslim champ -- Worthy of death -- Epilogue: Once the hate is gone.
  note: Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Ali, Muhammad
      name part: 1942-2016
    topic: Friends and associates
  subject:
    name:
      name part: X, Malcolm
      name part: 1925-1965
    topic: Friends and associates
  subject:
    topic: African Americans
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Black Muslims
    genre: Biography
  classification: GV1132.A44 R64 2016
  classification: 796.83092 B
  identifier: 9780465079704
  identifier: 0465079709
  identifier: 2015043982
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 151119
    record change date: 20170928111855.0
    record identifier: in00003611820
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng