“No Way But to Fight” follows many iterations of George Foreman across the racial and spatial landscape of postwar African America: from a child of rural migration to an urbanized, ghettoized juvenile delinquent; from a nationally-recognized amateur athlete to a global prize fighting champion; from an interracial and transdenominational preacher to a famous celebrity pitchman. His experiences, touching now on eight different decades, weave in and out of several historical and historiographical markers: between the Great Migrations and a black freedom movement; through Cold War and culture wars; in the boundaries of the “American Century” as well as an “African American Century”. I contend that because he adapted as often, and sometimes as d...
My project investigates the evolution of the black athlete in the twentieth century as a significant...
The plight of the black athlete in United States professional and collegiate sports reflects a histo...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the origins and social construction of Black masculinity thr...
Fought the Good Fight, Finished My Course explores the forces that fueled the ascension of Canadian-...
From the early twentieth century to the early twenty-first century, black Americans have been subjec...
M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.Includes bibliographical references.Boxing, historically, ha...
Although he never weighed more than 120 pounds, George Dixon was the greatest fighter of his generat...
Cheeseburgers. Ben Gay. Maalox. The George Foreman Trinity. On Saturday Night November 5, 1994, Geor...
“From Prison Yard to Field of Play: Documentary Histories of Race and Movement in Film, Television a...
This dissertation analyzes the historical, racial, athletic, and social contexts that defined track ...
© 2014 Charlotte FergusonThis thesis will attempt to answer the question: how are print media repres...
Abstract: Jack Johnson and Joe Louis were African American boxers who held the title of world heavyw...
This study examines how Black Athletic Activism shapes Africana Cultural Memory through four differe...
African Americans have confronted segregation and racism since the 1600s and the establishment of Ja...
The Black Lives Matter movement and the sideline protests by professional football players reflect t...
My project investigates the evolution of the black athlete in the twentieth century as a significant...
The plight of the black athlete in United States professional and collegiate sports reflects a histo...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the origins and social construction of Black masculinity thr...
Fought the Good Fight, Finished My Course explores the forces that fueled the ascension of Canadian-...
From the early twentieth century to the early twenty-first century, black Americans have been subjec...
M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.Includes bibliographical references.Boxing, historically, ha...
Although he never weighed more than 120 pounds, George Dixon was the greatest fighter of his generat...
Cheeseburgers. Ben Gay. Maalox. The George Foreman Trinity. On Saturday Night November 5, 1994, Geor...
“From Prison Yard to Field of Play: Documentary Histories of Race and Movement in Film, Television a...
This dissertation analyzes the historical, racial, athletic, and social contexts that defined track ...
© 2014 Charlotte FergusonThis thesis will attempt to answer the question: how are print media repres...
Abstract: Jack Johnson and Joe Louis were African American boxers who held the title of world heavyw...
This study examines how Black Athletic Activism shapes Africana Cultural Memory through four differe...
African Americans have confronted segregation and racism since the 1600s and the establishment of Ja...
The Black Lives Matter movement and the sideline protests by professional football players reflect t...
My project investigates the evolution of the black athlete in the twentieth century as a significant...
The plight of the black athlete in United States professional and collegiate sports reflects a histo...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the origins and social construction of Black masculinity thr...