Joe Louis Sports and Race in Twentieth Century America 1st edition by Marcy Sacks 0415895642 9780415895644

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ISBN 10:0415895642
ISBN 13:9780415895644
Author:Marcy Sacks

As soon as heavyweight boxer Joe Louis became a public figure in the 1930s, journalists and other social commentators began speculating about the significance of an African American man garnering popularity in a racially segregated society. Both during his lifetime and afterward, Louis’ noteriety extended beyond the world of sports to American popular culture. Many falsely heralded the boxer’s popularity as a sign that American racism was in sharp decline, Louis’ heroic status, however, did not fully reflect the complicated racial dynamics either within the sports world or in America, in general.

In Joe Louis: Sports and Race in the Twentieth Century, Marcy Sacks gives an account of the life of a man famous both for his sports career and for his race. With excerpts from newspaper clippings, radio broadcasts, poetry, and interviews, Sacks contextualizes Louis’ life and the legacy he left behind.

Joe Louis Sports and Race in Twentieth Century America 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1 – The Son of an Alabama Sharecropper

Chapter 2 – “Born with Two Strikes”

Chapter 3 – “The Man in the Mask”

Chapter 4 – “Heroes Aren’t Supposed to Lose”

Chapter 5 – “A Credit to His Race”

Chapter 6 – “It Makes Us a Pack of Liars”

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