Battling Siki (1887–1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, includin

Despite altruistic goals, humanitarianism often propagates foreign, and sometimes unjust, power structures where it is employed. Tracing the visual rhetoric of

This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineau

Discusses the life and boxing career of Jack Johnson.

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