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A History of Racial Epithets In Boxing
From the time of Jack Johnson all the way up to the nineties heyday of British boxing, race has been used to define fighters and ethnicity used to sell fights.
An Ode to the Digital Download, and Its Impending Death
What happens when the future dies before it’s happened?
Throwback Thursday: Before Ali, There Was Jack Johnson's Unforgivable Blackness
Jack Johnson owned a nightclub, had his own jazz band and was the first African-American heavyweight champ. He was sentenced to prison for his affairs with white women.
The Fight for Jack Johnson’s Presidential Pardon Takes the Stage
Seeking a presidential pardon for convicted heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, playwright Tommie J. Moore is calling out President Obama with “Dare to Be Black: The Jack Johnson Story.”
The U.S. Congress Just Voted to Pardon Jack Johnson (Finally)
The redemption of the first black heavyweight champion is buried in an education bill.
The War on Jack Johnson: Boxing's First Black Heavyweight Champion Versus the World
No black fighter had ever been allowed to challenge the heavyweight title. Jack Johnson became the first, and what he did with it ensured that no black fighter ever got a crack at it for the next thirty years.