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050 0 4 _aGV1131
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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aBaker, Mark Allen,
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245 1 0 _aThe World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937 /Mark Allen Baker.
260 _aJefferson, North Carolina :
_bMcFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers,
_c(c)2020.
300 _a1 online resource :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _adata file
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505 0 0 _aClearing a path --
_tThe core four --
_tThe Black Prince --
_tKing of the Battle Royal --
_tCrafty Texan --
_tColorado Giant --
_tGalveston Giant --
_tThe Idol of Paris --
_tJoseph "Joe" Jeremiah Jennette --
_tBoston Tar Baby --
_tThe Black Panther --
_t"Big" Bill Tate --
_tThe Leiperville Shadow --
_tThe Toronto Terror --
_tBearcat Obie --
_tDriving the last spike.
520 0 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
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650 0 _aAfrican American boxers
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBoxers (Sports)
_zCanada
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAthletes, Black
_zCanada
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBoxing
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBoxing
_zCanada
_xHistory.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell