Ithaca College

A look back at a moment in American sports history in 1962, when Emile Griffith fought Benny "Kid" Paret for the world welterweight title boxing championship.  Ring of Fire- The Emile Griffith Story will be shown Wednesday November 2 at 7 pm in Textor 103.

At the weigh-in, Paret taunted Griffith with an anti-gay epithet. Later, Griffith pummeled Paret into a fatal coma as a nationwide TV audience watched. Griffith speaks of that night, of the night three decades later when he was almost killed on a New York City street after leaving a gay bar; and later of meeting Paret's son, who was a toddler when his father died.

Sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Education, Outreach, and Services, the theme of this year’s film series is “LGBT People and Sport.” Support for the series is provided by the Jack Dembow Charitable Foundation. For more information, visit www.ithaca.edu/lgbt/.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Lis Maurer at lmaurer@ithaca.edu or 607-274-7394. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.