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First Black Boxing Champion: Jack Johnson Won, Fighting Racism His Way
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Nicholson, Collie J.
New York Beacon, The
01-19-2000
First Black Boxing Champion: Jack Johnson Won, Fighting Racism His Way
The start of the new millennium brings into focus one of the greatest
figures in the history of boxing, one man who carried the burden of racism
better, and under worst circumstances, than anyone else, Jack Johnson.
Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Marciano, honored as
the "best Fighter of the best Century," and Don King cited as the best
promoter of the century, are standing on the shoulders of the first black
heavyweight champion.
"Li'l Arthur" was ...
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