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Knocking down barriers : my fight for Black America / Truman K. Gibson, Jr., with Steve Huntley

Author
Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005
Published
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
xi, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Huntley, Steve

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Contents
The way we were -- Atlanta, Columbus, and W. E. B. DuBois -- Black Metropolis -- A raisin in the sun -- The black world's fair -- Joe Louis: Chicago -- On to the War Department -- The war at home -- Negro troop policy -- A demand for combat -- The Negro soldier -- Buffalo soldiers -- The Ninety-second vindicated -- At last! -- More of the same -- A presidential order -- Joe Louis, war, and boxing -- Boxing promoter -- Mob allegations -- Remembrances.
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ISBN
0810122928 (cloth : alk. paper)
Collection
Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-300) and index.
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