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7 Years Before Star Wars, James Earl Jones Had His Breakout Role in This Academy Award-Nominated Drama
The Great White Hope is a powerful biopic that brings to life the struggles of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight ...
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The Women in Johnson's Life
In actuality he forswore no one — he continued to pursue both black and white women for the rest of his life. But from that point on only white women would be "Mrs. Jack Johnson." He met the ...
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Jack Johnson's Rise
refused to fight Johnson or any other black boxer. On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries. After toying with the younger Jeffries for five rounds, Johnson knocked ...
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Johnson boxed, lived on own terms
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 ...
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Anthony Anderson Says 'Black-ish' Is One of His 'Proudest Moments' as Cast Says Goodbye to Series
Brown, 17, who played Jack Johnson, also shared a black-and-white family photo on his Instagram Story on Tuesday, and reshared several of his costars' posts with hearts. Like Brown, Yara Shahidi ...
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Johnson boxed, lived on his own terms
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 ...