Papa Jack: Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes - Softcover

Roberts, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0029269008 ISBN 13: 9780029269008

Verlag: Free Press, 1985

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The startling true story of the most famous—and most hated—black American of his day. Papa Jack takes us into a violent and sordid world.

From Randy Roberts, Papa Jack is an astonishing tale of black defiance—and white retribution—set against the dramatic canvas of sports and spectacle in Southern Jim Crow America.

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Randy Roberts is distinguished professor of history at Purdue University and an award-winning author.

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When Jack Johnson defeated white heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries in 1910, it was America's notions of racial superiority that staggered under his blows. Amid riots and lynchings, the search began for the Great White Hope who could put the "uppity" new champion in his place. Here is the startling true story of the most famous--and most hated--black American of his day. "Papa Jack" takes us into a violent and sordid world. It is an astonishing tale of black defiance--and white retribution--set against the dramatic canvas of sports and spectacle in Jim Crow America.

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• Verlag: Free Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0029269008
• ISBN 13: 9780029269008
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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