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Author:

Roberts, Randy, 1951- author.

Title:

Blood brothers : the fatal friendship of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X / Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ali, Muhammad,--1942---Friends and associates.
X, Malcolm,--1925-1965--Friends and associates.
African Americans--Biography.
Black Muslims--Biography.

Other Authors:

Smith, John Matthew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: A Dream Deferred -- Prologue: Behind the Veil -- 1. The Mother Ship in Miami -- 2. God s Angry Man -- 3. Who Made Me Is "Me" -- 4. In Cold Blood -- 5. The Winter of Boxing -- 6. Apollo -- 7. Hide Your Cat -- 8. The Great Pretender -- 9. Back to the Grave -- 10. Trouble in Miami -- 11. The Crusade -- 12. Free to Be Me -- 13. The Shakeup -- 14. An American Nightmare -- 15. King of the World -- 16. The Muslim Champ -- 17. Worthy of Death Epilogue: Once the Hate Is Gone".

Summary:

Draws on previously untapped sources to illuminate the secret friendship and disastrous estrangement between Cassius Clay and Malcolm X, sharing insights into Malcolm's alleged role in shaping Clay's double life as a patriotic athlete and Islamic reformer.

ISBN:

0465079709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465079704 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2015043982

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