[.ca] Black Stars of Professional Wrestling (ISBN 1893680037)

booooorring:
I couldn't keep my eyes open. Buy this book if you have trouble sleeping at night.

Very Interesting:
I enjoyed this book very much.I was never aware of wrestlers like Bearcat Wright who fought for desegregation in wrestling.I also enjoyed reading the profiles of Junkyard Dog,Jacqueline(my favorite),Ernie Ladd,& Ron Simmons.The only drawback of this book is that Mr.Shabazz should have done more research on the wrestlers that were mentioned just by name.Overall,if you're a real wrestling fan who wants to be educated on the Black wrestler & their accomplishments,pick up this book!

Not as good as I hoped:
I purchased this book as a gift to my husband, we are both life long wrestling fans and I figued he would get enjoyment from this title. Upon recipt this book was not as good as the description would make out. I expected stories of Black Pro wrestlers, backgrounds and what they went through to break into pro wrestling, this book is FAR from that kind of information. It only offers NAMES and a few lines of basic information about each wrestler. The pictures are very limited and in some cases, there is just a name, and no Information about the wrestler at all. Steer Clear of this one!

Finally! The history of Blacks in pro wrestling is told!:
Julian Shabazz's book, "Black Stars of Professional Wrestling" is long, long overdue. It is a very interesting and fascinating book about these great athletes' contributions. To read the stories about such great competitors as Thunderbolt Patterson, Bearcat Wright, Rocky Johnson and the Junkyard Dog is a tremendous thrill. If you are a true wrestling fan, you will learn things you didn't know. This is truly a marvelous book!

"Racism" in a different package:
This is probably the worst wrestling book I have ever read. The information is great on many of the wrestlers I have followed. So what the wrestlers are black? This is another example of someone using the race card to cash in. Black people such as myself should shy away from making these liberals rich.