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6. Viva Johnson! Fighting over Race in the Americas

  • Theresa Runstedtler
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Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner
This chapter is in the book Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Preface xvii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. 1. Embodying Empire 31
  8. 2. White Censors, Dark Screens: The Jeffries-Johnson Fight Film Controversy 68
  9. 3. Jack Johnson versus John Bull: The Rise of the British Boxing Colour Bar 101
  10. 4. The Black Atlantic from Below: African American Boxers and the Search for Exile 132
  11. 5. Trading Race: Black Bodies and French Regeneration 164
  12. 6. Viva Johnson! Fighting over Race in the Americas 196
  13. 7. The Empire Strikes Back: The “French Jack Johnson” and the Rising Tide of Color 231
  14. Epilogue: Visible Men, Harmless Icons 253
  15. Notes 263
  16. Bibliography 323
  17. Index 339
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520952287-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Preface xvii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. 1. Embodying Empire 31
  8. 2. White Censors, Dark Screens: The Jeffries-Johnson Fight Film Controversy 68
  9. 3. Jack Johnson versus John Bull: The Rise of the British Boxing Colour Bar 101
  10. 4. The Black Atlantic from Below: African American Boxers and the Search for Exile 132
  11. 5. Trading Race: Black Bodies and French Regeneration 164
  12. 6. Viva Johnson! Fighting over Race in the Americas 196
  13. 7. The Empire Strikes Back: The “French Jack Johnson” and the Rising Tide of Color 231
  14. Epilogue: Visible Men, Harmless Icons 253
  15. Notes 263
  16. Bibliography 323
  17. Index 339
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