Boxing In Black And White
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Boxing In Black And White
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Author : Peter Bacho
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Release Date : 1999-10-15
Boxing In Black And White written by Peter Bacho and has been published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Boxing's like an addiction, it just gets in the blood." --Bobby Howard, trainer and ex-middleweight fighter Punch-by punch accounts of key heavyweight fights involving such champions as Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, and Muhammad Ali reveal the passion and danger of the ring, as well as the impact of what happens there. Peter Bacho makes his living as an author and professor of Asian-American literature, but throughout his life he has been a fight fan, a fighter, a trainer, and a student of boxing. It is those personal experiences that frame this book. Then, while taking readers through the action in the most thrilling prize fights of the century, he shows how those bouts defined the racial and social tension of their times.
Boxing In Black And White
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Author : Andrew Lindsay
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-07-13
Boxing In Black And White written by Andrew Lindsay and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Professional sports in America offer numerous examples of equal opportunity and broken down racial barriers. These developments call for pride and celebration. Yet skin color continues to have an influence in how Americans experience sport. From Al Campanis' statement about the under-representation of blacks in baseball front offices to the almost exclusively white ownership of professional teams, one sees that sports, though admirably more equitable than other societal institutions, are hardly a colorblind American pursuit. Choosing the racially charged sport of boxing for investigation, the author has compiled dozens of statistics measuring whether or not America's racial majority still yearns for a white champion--a Great White Hope. Drawing upon data from The Ring Magazine and its annual record books, this study endeavors to bolster or refute the popular perception in boxing circles that white fighters of lesser ability are helped along to their sports elite level, as a result of being promotional gold in the eyes of the public.
The Aura Of Boxing
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Author : Melanie Kidd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Aura Of Boxing written by Melanie Kidd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Black And White
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Author : Brian Dobbs
language : en
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09
Black And White written by Brian Dobbs and has been published by Pitch Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09 with categories.
Black and White: The Birth of Modern Boxing is the definitive history of the early years of transatlantic pugilism. It reveals the poisonous racism disfiguring the sport and the black boxers fighting an uphill struggle for equality. It lays bare ugly attempts by authorities to stifle or ban a sport that millions flocked to see, and exposes the unethical actions of distinguished figures such as Lord Lonsdale and Sir Winston Churchill. Black and White brings to life some of the greatest fights in history as the narrative charts boxing's growth from underground sleaze to fashionable spectacle. Along the way we hear the stories of the great champions of the era including Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Wilde and Ted 'Kid' Lewis. The book culminates in the 'Fight of the Century', where a gallant European and an unpopular American battled for supremacy as the world looked on with trepidation.
When Boxing Was Like Ridiculously Racist
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Author : Ian Carey
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2013-02-21
When Boxing Was Like Ridiculously Racist written by Ian Carey and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-21 with Social Science categories.
This is the story of the lineage of Boxing's World Heavyweight Championship from 1882-1915 and how it explains a cultural attitude toward race and identity in that era. The first true national and international sports celebrities were boxers in the late 1800s. Soon after the abolishment of slavery in the United States the first World Champions of the sport were crowned. As the Champion of the World these boxing heavyweights were held on a pedestal of athletic dominance, and in the eyes of some white Americans, and many of those in the boxing community, these champions had to be white, anything else would challenge the belief of white Anglo-saxon superiority that many white Americans were clinging to at the time. It is the story of the symbol of the World Champion during that period and what it meant in society. It's also a story about a bunch of tough, bad-ass guys from over a hundred years ago that used to beat each other up.
Joe Louis
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Author : Chris Mead
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Joe Louis written by Chris Mead and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Known affectionately as "The Brown Bomber," Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship for a record 11 years. Acclaimed as "stunning" by Kirkus Reviews, this is perhaps the best biography of the popular pugilist, recounting his triumphs and tragedies against the background of America in the 1930s and '40s. Includes 14 photographs.
1950 S Boxing In Black And White
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Author : Larry Carli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-06
1950 S Boxing In Black And White written by Larry Carli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with categories.
1950's Boxing takes a close look at the top figures in each major weight division and the author's choice for the fighter, and fight of the decade. Read about popular boxers including Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, and Archie Moore.
In Black And White
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Author : Donald McRae
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-11-21
In Black And White written by Donald McRae and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1936 athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics and, two years later, boxer Joe Louis won a crushing victory to become heavyweight champion of the world. Despite their fame and success, both men would find themselves barred from certain hotels and would have to eat outside restaurants because of the colour of their skin. However. by their example, they gave hope to millions of black people around the world as they became the first black superstars. In Donald McRae's William Hill prize-winning dual biography, he compiles a brilliant portrait of the two men, who became close friends despite their very different career paths: within days of Olympic glory, Owens was banned from competing again, and was forced to spend his days racing against horses to earn a living before becoming a spokesman for the sporting ideal. Meanwhile Louis won and lost a fortune, eventually battling with drug addiction and mental illness. His vivid account of their lives away from the public eye, and the era in which they lived, is compelling and tragic.
I Fight For A Living
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Author : Louis Moore
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2017-09-11
I Fight For A Living written by Louis Moore and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore draws on the life stories of African American fighters active from 1880 to 1915 to explore working-class black manhood. As he details, boxers bought into American ideas about masculinity and free enterprise to prove their equality while using their bodies to become self-made men. The African American middle class, meanwhile, grappled with an expression of public black maleness they saw related to disreputable leisure rather than respectable labor. Moore shows how each fighter conformed to middle class ideas of masculinity based on his own judgment of what culture would accept. Finally, he argues that African American success in the ring shattered the myth of black inferiority despite media and government efforts to defend white privilege.
The First Black Boxing Champions
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Author : Colleen Aycock
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
The First Black Boxing Champions written by Colleen Aycock and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.