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George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870-1908

Posted By: roxul
Date: 7 Feb 2023 08:15:07
George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870-1908

Jason Winders, "George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870-1908 "
English | ISBN: 1682261786 | 2021 | 290 pages | EPUB | 8 MB

Winner, 2022 NASSH Book Award (Monograph)

On September 6, 1892, a diminutive Black prizefighter brutally dispatched an overmatched white hope in the New Orleans Carnival of Champions boxing tournament. That victory sparked celebrations across Black communities nationwide but fostered unease among sporting fans and officials, delaying public acceptance of mixed-race fighting for half a century. This turn echoed the nation’s disintegrating relations between whites and Blacks and foreshadowed America’s embrace of racial segregation.
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