In addition to Jack Johnson, the first decade of the ... After winning the heavyweight title, Johnson refused to fight Jeanette again, despite numerous challenges. Jeanette, like other black ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is ...

Filmed for movie theaters in 1910, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries was a nationwide phenomenon Narration: T.A. Frail National Treasure: The Mold Behind the ...

Jack Johnson — the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century — enters ...

Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons began to solidify heavyweight as the most prestigious division. However, it was Jack Johnson who revolutionized the sport, not only for his skill in the ring but also ...

Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Jack Johnson broke ... and a shiny bald head, Johnson cut an imposing figure. He won the "Colored Heavyweight Championship of the ...