Unforgivable blackness : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
Ward, Geoffrey C.2006
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Total copies: 1
Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion in history who became one of the most controversial figures of his age. Ward brings to life the real Jack, a character far more complex than the newspaper headlines could ever convey. Johnson was seen as a perpetual threat to white and black America.
Main title:
Unforgivable blackness : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson / Geoffrey C. Ward.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pimlico, 2006.
Collation:
xi, 492 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Knopf, 2004; London: Pimlico, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-478) and index.
ISBN:
9780712609777 (pbk)0712609776 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.8'3'092796.83092
Local class:
AR.7.01/WAR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
15177