Boxing and race: When Jack Johnson beat the 'Great White Hope,' the aftermath wasn't pretty
Boxing and race: When Jack Johnson beat the ‘Great White Hope,’ the aftermath wasn’t pretty Boxing and race: When Jack Johnson beat the ‘Great White Hope,’ the aftermath wasn’t pretty No white boxer could defeat Johnson in the ring, so white America worked to defeat him outside the ring. Yesterday · 01:14 pm An audacious Black heavyweight champion was slated to defend his title against a white boxer in Reno, Nevada, on July 4, 1910. It was billed as “the fight of the centur...
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