1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461321803321

Autore

Runstedtler Theresa

Titolo

Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner [[electronic resource] ] : boxing in the shadow of the global color line / / Theresa Runstedtler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-11671-4

9786613521002

0-520-95228-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

American crossroads ; ; 33

Disciplina

796.83092

B

Soggetti

Boxers (Sports) - United States

African American boxers

Boxing - United States - History

Racism in sports

Electronic books.

United States Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Embodying Empire -- 2. White Censors, Dark Screens: The Jeffries-Johnson Fight Film Controversy -- 3. Jack Johnson versus John Bull: The Rise of the British Boxing Colour Bar -- 4. The Black Atlantic from Below: African American Boxers and the Search for Exile -- 5. Trading Race: Black Bodies and French Regeneration -- 6. Viva Johnson! Fighting over Race in the Americas -- 7. The Empire Strikes Back: The "French Jack Johnson" and the Rising Tide of Color -- Epilogue: Visible Men, Harmless Icons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In his day, Jack Johnson-born in Texas, the son of former slaves-was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908-1915), he publicly challenged white supremacy at home and abroad, enjoying the same audacious lifestyle of conspicuous consumption, masculine bravado, and



interracial love wherever he traveled. Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner provides the first in-depth exploration of Johnson's battles against the color line in places as far-flung as Sydney, London, Cape Town, Paris, Havana, and Mexico City. In relating this dramatic story, Theresa Runstedtler constructs a global history of race, gender, and empire in the early twentieth century.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694327103321

Titolo

The case of Ramos and Compean : the across-border context : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 31, 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 107 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Police shootings - Mexican-American Border Region

Police misconduct - Mexican-American Border Region

Noncitizens - Civil rights - Mexican-American Border Region

United States Foreign relations Mexico

Mexico Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia