Filmed for movie theaters in 1910, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries was a nationwide phenomenon Narration: T.A. Frail Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

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 ...

Jim Jeffries, the current heavyweight champion, refused to fight Johnson or any other black boxer. On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries. After toying with the ...

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 ...

July 5, 1910 (UP) - "The fighting game is not dead in Nevada ... perhaps it was a piece of luck. At any rate Jack Johnson today stands forth as the greatest heavyweight in the world, with ...

was practically out on his feet in the 14th round when the police jumped into the ring and stopped the fight. Referee Hugh McIntosh awarded the championship to Johnson. Popular novelist Jack ...

Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Jack Johnson broke down ... in what was described at the time as "The Fight of the Century," Johnson stopped Jeffries in the 15th ...