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Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner
Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line
By Runstedtler, Theresa
- ISBN
- 9780520271609
- Publisher
- Univ. of California
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Starred Review on July 1, 2012 | Arts and Humanities
Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson (1878–1946) was given to living large, embarrassing white opponents, and consorting with white women at a time when Jim Crow flourished at home and the doctrine of the "white man's burden" was encircling the globe. Therefore, even when he fled the United States after ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
