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| Name: |
Jack Johnson | | Birth Date: |
March 31, 1878 | | Death Date: |
June 10, 1946 | | Place of Birth: |
Galveston, Texas, United States | | Place of Death: |
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
African American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
boxer |
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Biography of Jack Johnson
691 words, approx. 2 pages
 The first black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson lived in grand style and became one of the best-known figures of the early twentieth century. Boxing promoters, outraged that a black man should hold the title, sent out a cry for a "Great...
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Biography of Jack Johnson
2,789 words, approx. 9 pages
 Jack Johnson (1878-1946) became the first African American heavyweight champion after winning the crown from Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia on December 26, 1908. As a result of this victory, he became the center of a bitter racial controversy with...



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Jack Johnson Quotes
267 words, approx. 1 pages
 John Arthur Johnson ( March 31 1878 – June 10 1946 ), better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. He was the first black Heavyweight Champion of the...


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Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) Summary
1,210 words, approx. 4 pages Jack Johnson, the first modern African American heavyweight boxing champion of the world, served as a lightning rod for the racial turmoil of the early twentieth century. Johnson won the heavyweight title in 1906 and then defeated a series of...
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Excerpt from Concerning Emigration by John A. Johnson Summary
3,771 words, approx. 13 pages Excerpt from Concerning Emigration Originally published in Billed-Magazin, January through March, 1869; also available on Norwegian-American Historical Association (Web site) A U.S. businessman from Norway gives immigration suggestions to the natives...
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Jack Johnson Information
3,257 words, approx. 11 pages
 John Arthur Johnson (March 31 1878 – June 10 1946), better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. He was the first black Heavyweight Champion of the...




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 Ebony
Jack Johnson and the great white hope. (historic boxer)
04/01/1994: 6,140 words, approx. 21 pages NO OTHER single event dug so deep into world consciousness until the Lindbergh flight 17 years later. More reporters covered it than covered the Russo-Japanese War, and it recieved more space in British newspapers than major events of the Boer War. ...
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 Denver Rocky Mountain News
Life Of Boxer Jack Johnson On Fast Pace For The Big Screen
01/30/1998: 902 words, approx. 3 pages Marilyn Beck; Creators Syndicate, Inc.; Stacy Jenel Smith and Stephanie DuBois contributed to this report Denver Rocky Mountain News 01-30-1998 LIFE OF BOXER JACK JOHNSON ON FAST PACE FOR THE BIG SCREEN Ving Rhames reports his planned biopic on boxing great Jack...
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 Investor's Business Daily
Jack Johnson Got Off The Ropes To Become Champ
8/22/2007: 925 words, approx. 3 pages Jack Johnson never worried about what if. Johnson, who fancied fast cars and long straightaways, was once asked if he thought about the possible consequences of a car crash."If and suppose -- two small words, but nobody has ever been able to explain them," Johnson...
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Musings of boxing great Johnson a memoir
11/10/2007: 943 words, approx. 3 pages Jack Johnson, addicted to attention and craving a colorful legacy, loved to chronicle his rise from a restless Texas teen to the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion. Now, nearly a century after his most famous bout — the 1910 defeat of "Great White Hope"...


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