''The Eighth Round'' by Zeke Wilson (II) is a non-fiction book that documents a precedent-setting court battle about

same-race discrimination Same-race discrimination is a form of racism wherein the perpetrator and the object of the discrimination are of the same racial group. The first case in the US to reach a Federal court jury to challenge the concept of same-race discrimination o ...

, which had previously not been legally defined. 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.Wilson v. McClure et al, 135 F. Supp. 2d 66 (D. Mass. 2001)

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