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.

Table of Contents

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	52 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	458 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