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Jack Johnson

American boxer

Jack Johnson

Born:March 31, 1878

Died:June 10, 1946

Age at death:68

Manner of death:Accidental Death

Cause of death:Traffic Collision

Zodiac Sign:Aries

Height:1.84 m (6′0″)

Born in:Galveston, United States

Buried in:United States

Languages:English

Boxer

Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

The Burns-Johnson FightFor His Mother's SakeAs the World Rolls On

Awards

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (2005)International Boxing Hall of Fame (1990)

Biography

John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century". Johnson defeated Jeffries, who was white, triggering dozens of race riots across the U.S. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, "for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African American on Earth". He is widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers in history. In 1912, Johnson opened a successful and luxurious "black and tan" (desegregated) restaurant and nightclub in Chicago, which in part was run by his wife, a white woman. Major newspapers of the time soon claimed that Johnson was attacked by the federal government only after he became famous as a black man married to a white woman, and was linked to other white women. Johnson was arrested on charges of violating the federal Mann Act—forbidding one to transport a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes"—a racially motivated charge that embroiled him in controversy for his relationships, including marriages. Sentenced to a year in prison, Johnson fled the country and fought boxing matches abroad for seven years until 1920, when he served his sentence at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. Johnson continued taking paying fights for many years, and operated several other businesses, including lucrative endorsement deals. He died in a car crash in 1946 at the age of 68. In 2018, Johnson was posthumously pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Quotes

“The search for the "white hope" not having been successful, prejudices were being piled up against me, and certain unfair persons, piqued because I was champion, decided if they could not get me one way they would another.”

— As quoted in Introduction to "Knockout" at Unforgivable Blackness at PBS (2005)

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Jack Johnson", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

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Sujet : Shirley, Réginald (18..-19..) Catteau, Aloïs (1877-1939) Crupelandt, Charles (1886-1955) Garrigou, Gustave (1884-1963) Niedergang, Constant (1884-1973) Georget, Léon (1879-1949) Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) Cyclisme sur piste -- France Coureurs cyclistes Vélodromes -- Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Scènes -- 1870-1913 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 16092 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IledeFr1 Couverture : 03 septembre 1911 Langue : français

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Sujet : Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) Shirley, Réginald (18..-19..) Catteau, Aloïs (1877-1939) Crupelandt, Charles (1886-1955) Garrigou, Gustave (1884-1963) Niedergang, Constant (1884-1973) Georget, Léon (1879-1949) Cyclisme sur piste -- France Coureurs cyclistes Vélodromes -- Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Scènes -- 1870-1913 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 16090 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IledeFr1 Couverture : 03 septembre 1911 Langue : français

Jack Johnson

Sujet : Cyclisme sur piste -- France Coureurs cyclistes Vélodromes -- Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) Photographie de presse -- 1900-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 16098 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IledeFr1 Couverture : 03 septembre 1911 Langue : français

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3-9-11, Jack Johnson à Buffalo [cyclisme] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

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Jack Johnson conduisant son automobile : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse

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Jack Johnson, à l'entraînement : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse

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Sujet : Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) -- Portraits Boxe Boxeurs -- Portraits Photographie de presse -- 1900-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 3098 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Couverture : .. 1908 Langue : français

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Sujet : Johnson, Jack (1878-1946) -- Portraits Boxe Boxeurs -- Portraits Photographie de presse -- 1900-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 3097 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Couverture : .. 1908 Langue : français

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Sujet : Boxe Boxeurs Photographie de presse -- 1900-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 15792 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Couverture : .. 1911 Langue : français

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