Patria over Profits: The Story of Afro-Cuban Boxing Champion Teófilo Stevenson

Moraine Valley Community College Library Podcast

This talk shares the story of Teófilo Stevenson, a prominent and dominant Afro-Cuban boxer whose decision to remain in Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 elevated him to the status of Cuban national hero and international sports celebrity; it also set off discourses about race and black athletic activism and Cuban exile culture and politics.