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Johnny Smith Johnny Smith, the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor of Sports History and an associate professor in the School of History and Sociology, was mentioned in the newstory, "USDA Increases SNAP Benefits & Georgia Tech Sports Historian Talks Ali & Malcom X Relationship", broadcast on Sept. 13, 2021, on WABE.
The newstory examines the Netflix documentary Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, which is based in part on Smith's 2016 book of the same name with co-author Randy Roberts.
An excerpt:
A Netflix documentary, Blood Brothers, is based on a book co-authored by Georgia Tech professor and sports historian Johnny Smith on the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X.
