Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley, the young assistant to boxing promoter P.J. "Paddy" Carroll. Curley and Carroll arranged for Johnson to ...

Mr. John (Jack) D. Johnson was born July 13, 1929 on a farm in Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia. After attending local schools, he graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1950 and received his ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is ...

Jimmie Johnson’s shift from being a dominant driver to co-owner of Legacy Motor Club has been anything but smooth sailing ... might be signs that even a “Jack of all trades” like Johnson ...