Learning on Screen100 Years After Jack Johnson: Boxing and Black Male Identity
- Synopsis
- Radio programme in which Gary Younge explores what the BBC archives reveal about four boxers who span the century - Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. Includes a clip of Ali (formerly known as Cassius Clay) quoting the first two lines of Mark Antony’s funeral oration from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (III ii) before the match with Sonny Liston, substituting ‘Liston’ for ‘Caesar’.
- Series
- Archive on 4
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Subjects
- Sports science
- Keywords
- boxing; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); sport; Ali, Muhammad; black Americans
Credits
- Producer
- Peggy Sutton
- Contributor
- Gary Younge
- Cast
Muhammad Ali
Production Company
- Name
Somethin’ Else
- info@somethinelse.com
- Web
- http://www.somethinelse.com/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- 20-26 Brunswick Place
London
N1 6DZ
Sponsor
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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