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Joe Louis Sports and Race in Twentieth-Century America 1st Edition

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Full Title

Joe Louis Sports and Race in Twentieth-Century America 1st Edition

Author(s)

Marcy S. Sacks

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781136175015, 9780415895644, 9780203081655, 9781136174971, 9781136175022, 9780415895651

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This insightful study offers a fresh perspective on the life and career of champion boxer Joe Louis. The remarkable success and global popularity of the “Brown Bomber” made him a lightning rod for debate over the role and rights of African Americans in the United States. Historian Marcy S. Sacks traces both Louis’s career and the criticism and commentary his fame elicited to reveal the power of sports and popular culture in shaping American social attitudes. Supported by key contemporary documents, Joe Louis: Sports and Race in Twentieth-Century America is both a succinct introduction to a larger-than-life figure and an essential case study of the intersection of popular culture and race in the mid-century United States.