Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner : Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line /

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Author / Creator:Runstedtler, Theresa, author.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]
©2012
Description:1 online resource (376 pages)
Language:English
Series:American crossroads ; 33
American crossroads ; 33.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146243
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ISBN:9780520952287
0520952286
9786613521002
6613521000
0520271602
9780520271609
1280116714
9781280116711
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In his day, Jack Johnson--born in Texas, the son of former slaves--was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908-1915), he publicly challenged white supremacy at home and abroad, enjoying the same audacious lifestyle of conspicuous consumption, masculine bravado, and interracial love wherever he traveled. Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner provides the first in-depth exploration of Johnson's battles against the color line in places as far-flung as Sydney, London, Cape Town, Paris, Havana, and Mexico City. In relating this dramatic story, T.
Other form:Print version: Runstedtler, Theresa. Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520271609
Standard no.:9786613521002