The First Black Boxing Champions - Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s (Paperback)

This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2021
Editors:	Colleen Aycock • Mark Scott
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-7980-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Boxing
LSN:	1-4766-7980-0
Barcode:	9781476679808

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