But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first ... flaunted gold teeth that went with his gold-handled walking ...

Jack Johnson had won the title six and a half years earlier, in December 1908, but had had to travel to Australia to beat a Canadian in order to ascend to the throne for which he had been the ...

When Jack Johnson was drafted third overall in the 2005 ... Olympics after Johnson played in a defeat to Canada in the gold-medal game. "Amazing is just a word that falls off your lips pretty ...

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 ...

Maybe it’s a coincidence that the great American boxer Jack Johnson and the contemporary artist Rashid Johnson share a last name. Jack, the first Black world heavyweight champion who is ...

In 1908, when Jack Johnson fought Tommy Burns to become the ... He left the stadium when African American track star Jesse Owens received four gold medals. Although Americans had opposed a ...