Sackler, Howard – The Great White Hope

Description

Sackler, Howard ‘The Great White Hope’ (Jack Johnson play) 186 pages. 1968 book club edition published by Dial Press, Inc., New York. VG in a good complete dust jacket with with a bit of damage to the top rear of the jacket as can be seen in the picture. On the frontispiece is the signature of a former owner named LeRoy Davis with a book stamp below it that reads: From the Library of LeRoy & Lucretia Davis.”

• The Subject Matter: The Great White Hope is a deeply powerful biographical drama based on the tragic life of Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, and his struggles against the intense racial prejudice of early 20th-century America.
• The Era: When the play hit Broadway in 1968 (starring James Earl Jones) and won the Pulitzer Prize, it became a massive cultural touchstone across the United States—particularly within African American households and civic communities tracking the Civil Rights movement.