Episode 136: Diggstown and How Boxing became a Battleground for Black Manhood with Dr. Lou Moore

This week, our friend Dr Lou Moore drops in to talk about Diggstown and his work tracing black boxing from the end of the Civil War into the 20th century.

Louis Moore is Professor of History at Michigan State University. His research and writing examines the interconnections between race and sports.  He is the author of three books, I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 and We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality, and The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback. In addition, he has two audible lectures; African American Athletes Who Made History and A Pastime of Their Own: The Story of Negro League Baseball. He has also written for various online outlets including The New York Daily News, Vox, The Global Sports Institute, First and Pen, and the African American Intellectual Historical Society, and he has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, and BBC Sports. The co-host of the Black Athlete Podcast.