On the eve of what would have been Jack Johnson’s 147th birthday, people on Sunday gathered at the Nia Cultural Center in ...

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

Harder because it happened so long ago. 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 ...

The Great White Hope is a powerful biopic that brings to life the struggles of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion.

Johnson hoboed to Chicago in the spring of 1899. He realized that to get anywhere in the boxing business, he needed to find a white manager, but he was unable to find anyone willing to represent him.

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

Harder because it happened so long ago. 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 ...

Jack Johnson marries Lucille Cameron in 1912. Assistant U.S. District Attorney Harry A. Parkin was not satisfied, and began looking for other women who Johnson might have transported across state ...

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Just about a year after earning his first Tennessee State Middleweight Boxing Championship, Johnson City native Kemper Johnson will have a chance to defend his belt.