The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937

Mark Allen Baker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7765-1 (ISBN)

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For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression - the existence of the title more important to the white public than its champions. This book traces the history of the Championship, the stories of the 28 athletes who won it, and the demarcation of the colour line both in and out of the ring.

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 the advent and demise of the Championship, the stories of the 28 professional athletes who won it, and the demarcation of the color line both in and out of the ring.

Mark Allen Baker, business executive and author of hundreds of articles and more than 25 books, is the only person to serve the International Boxing Hall of Fame as an author, historian, chairperson, sponsor, volunteer and biographer. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, and was accorded a Lifetime Award of Merit by the State University of New York in 2022.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One. Clearing a Path
Two. The Core Four
Three. The Black Prince
Four. King of the Battle Royal
Five. Crafty Texan
Six. Colorado Giant
Seven. Galveston Giant
Eight. The Idol of Paris
Nine. Joseph "Joe" Jeremiah Jeannette
Ten. Boston Tar Baby
Eleven. The Black Panther
Twelve. "Big" Bill Tate
Thirteen. The Leiperville Shadow
Fourteen. The Toronto Terror
Fifteen. Bearcat Obie
Sixteen. Driving the Last Spike
Appendix A. Roster of Pool Fighters
Appendix B. World Colored Heavyweight Championship and Timeline—Selected Entries
Appendix C. World Colored Heavyweight Champions & Associated Members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	50 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-7765-4 / 1476677654
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7765-1 / 9781476677651
Zustand	Neuware