The A to Z of African American cinema /
On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near Reno, Nevada, film cameras recorded-and thousands of fans witnessed-former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant return from retirement to fight Jack Johnson, a black man. After 14 grueling rounds, Johnson knocked out Jef...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Scarecrow Press,
2009
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| Series: | A to Z guides ;
84. Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 12. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
