Author : Andrew M. Kaye
Release : 2007-04-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Pussycat of Prizefighting by : Andrew M. Kaye
Download or read book The Pussycat of Prizefighting written by Andrew M. Kaye. This book was released on 2007-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, Atlanta's Theodore “Tiger” Flowers became the first African-American boxer to win the world middleweight title. The next year, he was dead. More than an account of Flowers's remarkable achievements, the book is a penetrating analysis of the cultural and historical currents that defined the terms of Flowers's success. Through the prism of prizefighting, the author reveals the personal cost African-Americans faced as they attempted to earn black respect while escaping white hostility.