Filmed for movie theaters in 1910, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries was a nationwide phenomenon Narration: T.A. Frail National Treasure: The Mold Behind the ...

Jim Jeffries, the current heavyweight champion, 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 ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... that forged Johnson's celebrity, it was against Jim Jeffries, the ...

Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Jack Johnson broke ... former champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement to face Johnson as "The Great White Hope." ...

Filmed for movie theaters in 1910, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries was a nationwide phenomenon Narration: T.A. Frail Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... that forged Johnson's celebrity, it was against Jim Jeffries, the ...