But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... not for the fact Johnson was the most dominant boxer of his time.

Donald Trump has praised the role Sylvester Stallone has played in a pardon being issued to one of the greatest boxers of all ...

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When African American Jack Johnson took the heavyweight title from the Irish boxer Tommy Burns ... and awaited the "Great White Hope" who would claim boxing honors for their own race.

Jack Johnson, dubbed the “Galveston Giant,” was born on the island March 31, 1878, learned to fight on the docks and became ...

But he was haunted by the legacy of Jack Johnson ... Sackler's play The Great White Hopepremiered at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. The play told the tale of a black boxer, Jack Jefferson ...

“We have many fond memories of Jack, who was a great boxer and a lovely lad. Our condolences go out to Jack's family.” Jack was described as about 6ft tall, with light brown hair and blue eye ...