Henry Armstrong
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1945
notes: label: Description
content: PIn back button featuring an image of boxer Henry Armstrong.
label: Description
content: In 1938 Henry Armstrong was world champion of professional boxing’s featherweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions, making him the only pugilist to hold title belts from three different weight classes at the same time. Between 1932 and 1945, the five- and half-foot tall fighter known as “Homicide Hank” compiled a phenomenal record of 151-21-9, with 101 of those wins coming by knockout. Following retirement, Armstrong became a Baptist minister.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.094
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm