The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472

The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter chronicled the events that led him from the ring to three consecutive life sentences and 10 years in solitary confinement. His story was a cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote a classic anthem for Carter’s struggle; and Joan Baez, Muhammad Ali, Roberta Flack, and thousands more took up the cause as well. Originally published in 1974, this account is an eye-opening examination of growing up black in America, problems in the United States prison system, and Carter’s own battles.

The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 is written by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and published by Chicago Review Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 are 9781569768594, 1569768595 and the print ISBNs are 9781569765678, 1569765677.