Boxer Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, poses in New York City in 1932. (Associated Press). In Jim Crow America, it's no wonder that Jack Johnson was the most despised African American of his generation. The first black boxing…
In Jim Crow America, it's no wonder that Jack Johnson was the most despised African-American of his generation. The first black boxing heavyweight champion of the world, Johnson humiliated white fighters and flaunted his affection for white women, even…
The heavyweight boxing match in 1910 between Jack Johnson and Jim Jefferies, dubbed "The Fight of the Century" was the kind of event that transfixed a…
The 100-year anniversary of the defeat of the ?Great White Hope? Jim Jeffries at the hands of black heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson is approaching…