Boxing, race and politics to take screen in upcoming TV series about Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
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Randy Roberts, professor of history at Purdue and author of “Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X,” will see his book adapted for television. (Purdue University photo/ Rebecca McElhoe)
Show will be based on Blood Brothers, a nonfiction book from Purdue historian
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. To Randy Roberts, the tragic friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali is more than a compelling story from the American past. As with much of history, the past can provide a useful lens for thinking about today’s world.
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Asteroid explorer collects first samples thought to be rich in organic compounds; a Purdue scientist will be among the first to study
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Thompson holds a sample of a carbonaceous meteorite which may have similarities to material returned by the Hayabusa2 mission. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A fireball lit up the Australian sky in the first week of December, as Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer sent a capsule containing pieces of nearby asteroid Ryugu down to the Earth’s surface.