Fighting eagles, the black American versus the white German and the American response

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Been, Jimmy (2016)

Fighting eagles, the black American versus the white German and the American response

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)

A black American named Joe Louis fought a white German named Max Schmeling in the 1930s, how did the American public respond to this fight? Did they hope for a victory by Louis, who was an American, or did they hope for a victory by Schmeling, who was white. Research has been conducted by researching around 880 articles extracted from 65 newspapers. by doing so this thesis gives a view of the public opinion on the fight per state, area and in the end for the entire U.S.A. This thesis also looks at what was mentioned more in newspaper articles regarding this fight: Nationalism or Racism.