Classic Tides | Boxing, Race, and the Gilded Age: An Interview with Professor Louis Moore

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Boxing has a long past, one deeply connected to race, labor, and broader developments in American history. Professor Louis Moore joins me to talk about those topics and about his outstanding book, I Fight For a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915.

Find Professor Moore's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Living-Manhood-1880-1915-Society/dp/0252082877.

This episode originally aired on August 8, 2019.

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0:09.4	Leah, how you feeling?
0:10.5	You had your shoulder surgery?
0:12.4	I feel fine.
0:13.6	And it was an incredibly smart choice on my part because during the hottest part of the
0:18.1	year, I'm getting no flack about spending all my hours inside.
0:22.1	That's fantastic.
0:23.3	And you know, you've got this fancy schmancy sling on.
0:26.8	I can see the healing happening.
0:28.7	I can feel the healing.
0:30.3	It is called the ultra sling because I am very extra and this thing is built for people
0:35.7	like me.
0:36.7	Yeah, it is a serious contraption for those of you listening at home, which I assume
0:41.0	is everybody since there's no visual component to this show.
0:44.1	Yeah, there's like multiple straps and there's a lot going on here.
0:48.2	There's a pillow.
0:49.2	There's a, yeah, a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what have yous going on with this
0:52.7	thing.
0:53.7	Yeah, surprisingly easy to put on.
0:54.7	It's kind of like a backpack and I do feel like a nerd walking around wearing it.
0:59.0	So it really is ultra.
1:00.0	It is an ultra sling.
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