However this African American boxer named Joe became the heavyweight champion of the world and had to defend his title against a white opponent. He carried the pride of all the oppressed African Americans and in this store in the story the reader can feel that in the way she describes how they all sit around the radio and hold their breaths as he is pinned by his opponent. She also describes the fear African Americans had of oppression and how that oppression had a terrible effect on their self esteem. Also in that moment had for them when they thought he would lose in paragraph 16 and 17. It also showed how serious an issue segregation and the possibility of more slavery was in America at the
However this African American boxer named Joe became the heavyweight champion of the world and had to defend his title against a white opponent. He carried the pride of all the oppressed African Americans and in this store in the story the reader can feel that in the way she describes how they all sit around the radio and hold their breaths as he is pinned by his opponent. She also describes the fear African Americans had of oppression and how that oppression had a terrible effect on their self esteem. Also in that moment had for them when they thought he would lose in paragraph 16 and 17. It also showed how serious an issue segregation and the possibility of more slavery was in America at the