Jordana Moore Saggese closely examines depictions of Black boxers at the turn of the twentieth century in order to reveal the racist stereotypes implicit in them that continue to structure ideas of Black men.
Jordana Moore Saggese is Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park, author of Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art, and editor of The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader: Writings, Interviews, and Critical Responses.
