I Am a Man! Race, Manhood, and the Civil Rights Movement.(Book review)

From: Southern Cultures | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

I Am a Man! Race, Manhood, and the Civil Rights Movement By Steve Estes University of North Carolina Press, 2005 256 pp. Cloth $45.00; paper, $19.95

One indication of a book's value is its ability to invoke powerful images for the reader, images that it directly constructs and those it might encourage by extension. In the early part of I Am a Man!, the powerful image of white male supremacy remained foremost in my mind. I reflected on Jack Johnson, the first African American "Heavyweight Champion of the World" (1908), and how his success in the world of boxing boldly violated ...

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