The Eighth Round

The Eighth Round^[1] by Zeke Wilson (II) is a non-fiction literary work that documents a precedent-setting court battle about a form of racism that had previously not been legally defined: same-race discrimination. Same-race discrimination occurs when the perpetrator and the target of the discrimination are of the same racial group.

It is noteworthy that this was the first case in the United States to reach a Federal court jury to challenge the concept of same-race discrimination. The case was brought on September 11, 2000, by Zeke Wilson, a Black licensed boxing promoter, against a state sports commission headed by a Black chairman. Wilson sought damage reparations and punitive redress after alleging his right to conduct professional boxing events was violated.^[2]

References

1. Wilson, Zeke. (2005, 2009) The Eighth Round. ISBN 978-0-9825174-0-6 Punch Out Publishing
2. Wilson v. McClure et al, 135 F. Supp. 2d 66 (D. Mass. 2001)