Title: The first Black boxing champions : essays on fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s /
Authors: Aycock, Colleen.; Scott, Mark, 1962-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 2011
Subjects: African American boxers Biography.; Boxers (Sports) United States Biography; Boxing United States History.
Abstract: "Biographies: from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson (film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across U.S.); round-by-round coverage of historic fights"--Provided by publisher.