The murder of Sonny Liston

Description:

"A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days"--

subjects: African American boxers,  Heroin,  Biography,  Boxers (Sports),  History,  African americans, biography,  Boxers (sports),  Nevada, history,  Liston, sonny, 1932-1971,  Organized crime,  Boxing,  Organized Crime,  Sports

People: Sonny Liston (1932-1970)

Places: United States,  Nevada,  Las Vegas (Nev.),  Las Vegas

Times: 20th century