Playful Ethiopians, Gorillas, and Great White Hopes: Racism in Boxing's Heavyweight Division from Jack Johnson to Gerry Cooney

Author:   Christopher Benedict
Publisher:   Createspace
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9781499614909


Pages:   84
Publication Date:   23 May 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Playful Ethiopians, Gorillas, and Great White Hopes: Racism in Boxing's Heavyweight Division from Jack Johnson to Gerry Cooney


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this long-form essay serves as a brief examination of pugilism, racism, and the human condition. with stops in four time periods, this piece pauses in each for close looks at four rivalries: jack johnson and jim jeffries/ joe louis and max schmeling/ muhammad ali and joe frazier/ larry holmes and gerry cooney/ the interconnected cast of characters you will meet also includes tommy burns, sam langford, jack dempsey, billy conn, chuck wepner, don king, 'the wacko twins', and the first black boxing champion joe gans.

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Author:   Christopher Benedict
Publisher:   Createspace
Imprint:   Createspace
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.122kg
ISBN:  

9781499614909


ISBN 10:   149961490
Pages:   84
Publication Date:   23 May 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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christopher benedict lives in huntington, new york. he is a member of the phantom writers guild who published their first collective volume amongst us all in 2012. benedict is also the author of the essay collection perfectly rational lunacy: oxymoronic writings as well as its forthcoming companion birth of the uncool.

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