I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915 /
Louis Moore.
- Urbana : University of Illinois, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Bring Home the Bacon: The Black Proletariat and the Prizefighter""; ""2 Race Man or Race Menace? Pugilists, Patriarchy, and Pathology""; ""3 Black Men and the Business of Boxing""; ""4 Colored Championship and Color Lines""; ""5 Sambos, Savages, and the Shakiness of Whiteness""; ""6 Following the Color Line: Progressive Reform and the Fear of the Black Fighter""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""
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Boxing--History--United States--19th century. Boxing--History--United States--20th century. African American boxers. Racism in sports--History.--United States Discrimination in sports--History.--United States