Joe Louis: Sports And Race In Twentieth-Century America (Routledge Historical Americans) - 9780415895644

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, LouisÆ noteriety extended beyond the world of sports to American popular culture. Many falsely heralded the boxerÆs popularity as a sign that American racism was in sharp decline, LouisÆ 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 LouisÆ life and the legacy he left behind.

• | Author: Marcy Sacks
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 11, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0415895642
• | ISBN-13: 9780415895644