The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937 /Mark Allen Baker.
Baker, Mark Allen,
The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937 /Mark Allen Baker. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Clearing a path -- The core four -- The Black Prince -- King of the Battle Royal -- Crafty Texan -- Colorado Giant -- Galveston Giant -- The Idol of Paris -- Joseph "Joe" Jeremiah Jennette -- Boston Tar Baby -- The Black Panther -- "Big" Bill Tate -- The Leiperville Shadow -- The Toronto Terror -- Bearcat Obie -- Driving the last spike.
"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"--
9781476639871
African American boxers--Biography.
Boxers (Sports)--Canada--Biography.
Athletes, Black--Canada--Biography.
Boxing--History.--United States
Boxing--History.--Canada
Electronic Books.
GV1131 / .W675 2020
The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937 /Mark Allen Baker. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Clearing a path -- The core four -- The Black Prince -- King of the Battle Royal -- Crafty Texan -- Colorado Giant -- Galveston Giant -- The Idol of Paris -- Joseph "Joe" Jeremiah Jennette -- Boston Tar Baby -- The Black Panther -- "Big" Bill Tate -- The Leiperville Shadow -- The Toronto Terror -- Bearcat Obie -- Driving the last spike.
"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"--
9781476639871
African American boxers--Biography.
Boxers (Sports)--Canada--Biography.
Athletes, Black--Canada--Biography.
Boxing--History.--United States
Boxing--History.--Canada
Electronic Books.
GV1131 / .W675 2020