Jack Johnson: The Black boxer who sparked race riots after world heavyweight win By Ben Morse, CNN 10 minute read Updated 6:33 AM EDT, Fri July 3, 2020 Link Copied! Video Ad ...

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You might remember Johnson from “The Great White Hope,” which won a Pulitzer Prize as a play in 1969 and was later a movie, starring James Earl Jones. Matejka learned of the boxer through his ...

On July 4, 1910, Black boxer Jack Johnson's victory over white boxer James Jeffries sent shockwaves around the world and sparked race riots across the U.S.