The Fight of the Century: Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and the Struggle for Racial Equality
- ISBN-10
- 0765607239
- ISBN-13
- 9780765607232
- Series
- The Fight of the Century
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 375
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Author
- Thomas R. Hietala
Description
A look at race relations in theUS during the first half of the 20th century, through the first two African-American heavyweight boxing champions, Jack Johnson and Joe Louis. Using the Black press of the time, the author explores how their public careers and private lives define and explain national issues from the early 1900s to the late 1940s.
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- 2009-05-18
- 155 pages
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- Turner Publishing Company
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