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African American history
African-American heavyweight boxing champions
Author_Thomas R. Hietala
Black Champions
Black GIs
black press
Black Soldiers
boxing and social change
Boxing Gloves
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George King
Great Black Hope
Home Town
Jim Crow era studies
Johnson Jeffries Fight
Ku Klux Klan
Laurel Bay
Long Trail
media representation in sports
Mountain Time
Philadelphia Tribune
private lives
public careers
race relations
racial identity formation
sports sociology
Stepin Fetchit
Sweet Corn
twentieth century civil rights
United States Navy
White America
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780765607232
- Weight: 740g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is a revealing look at the history of race relations in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century portrayed through the lives and times of the first two African-American heavyweight boxing champions, Jack Johnson and Joe Louis. Incorporating extensive research into the black press of the time, the author explores how the public careers and private lives of these two sports figures both define and explain vital national issues from the early 1900s to the late 1940s.
Thomas R. Hietala is Professor of History at Grinnell College.
