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 ...

Muskogee, Okla., police tell PEOPLE Johnson's mother-in-law Terry Janway was found dead in her home along with her husband Jack and their grandson Dalton Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE.

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 ...

It has been over 4 years since Jack Johnson released a full album, and thankfully he’s back. Within All the Light Above It Too, the artist masterfully crafts important messages in a way that is easier ...

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 ...

Arthur L. “Jack” Johnson, 78, died in the Cedar Haven Nursing Home, Lebanon. Born in Talbot County, Ga., he was a son of the late Harry and Emma (Ellison) Johnson. He was last employed as a ...

The 2002 Distinguished Alumnus Award was presented to Jack Johnson, Class of 1950 A native of Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia, Jack Johnson graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1950 before ...