BORN ON MARCH 31, 1878, in Galveston, Texas, the son of formerly enslaved parents, Jack Johnson would grow up to become the world heavyweight champion (1908-1915), but in so doing he also became the ...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Mike Tyson: They are four of the greatest heavyweight boxers the world has ever known. But many boxing fans believe another ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African American in sport. The ...