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I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 (Sport and Society)
I Fight for a Living Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood 18801915 - Sport and Society
Author: Louis Moore
The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore draws on the life stories of African American fighter...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252082870
ISBN-10: 0252082877
Publication Date: 9/11/2017
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Paperback
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