The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937
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For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white public than its succession of champions. It took some extraordinary individuals, most notably Jack Johnson, to challenge "the color line" in the ring, although the title and the black fighters who contended for it continued until the reign of Joe Louis a generation later. This history traces...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1476677654
ISBN13:9781476677651
Release Date:August 2020
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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