I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915

by Louis Moore

Book Overview

The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore draws on the life stories of African American fighters active from 1880 to 1915 to explore working-class black manhood. As he details, boxers bought into American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082877
• ISBN13: 9780252082870
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"