2014年6月2日 · Captain Edward Smith never met Jack Johnson, never saw Jack Johnson, and never refused him passage. Black Haitian engineer Joseph LaRoche, his pregnant white wife …

2013年12月2日 · “Jack Johnson doesn’t have to fight to keep his name in the newspapers,” the Chicago Defender editorialized two bullets down from its Titanic news flash on April 20, 1912. …

2014年11月19日 · In "Ticket on the Titanic" Jack Johnson is upset when he can't get on the ship, but later in life when he finds out that the ship has sank he is appreciative that he was not …

2021年1月13日 · Leadbelly, in his song about the Titanic, said that Jack Johnson, who was denied entry to the Titanic because of his race (not worried if this is a historical fact or not, but …

2012年4月1日 · Blues pioneer Leadbelly sang of how black boxing champ Jack Johnson was denied passage on the ship: "Black men oughta shout for you, Never lost a girl or either a boy. …

2018年10月17日 · “Jack Johnson doesn’t have to fight to keep his name in the newspapers,” the Chicago Defender editorialized two bullets down from its Titanic news flash on April 20, 1912. …

Folksinger and blues singer Lead Belly referenced Johnson in a song about the Titanic: "Jack Johnson wanna get on board, Captain said I ain't hauling no coal. Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee …

Yet the question lingers: Who was Jack Johnson? He was the first African-American to win the world heavyweight boxing title, which he held from 1908 to 1915. A century ago, such athletic …

2005年2月3日 · Johnson was America's first black heavyweight boxing champion (having won the title in 1909), and was thus the champion when Titanic went down. The heavyweight …

Does anyone recall Jaime Brockett's wonderful, inventive and looooong satirical ballad about black prizefighting champion Jack Johnson, the Titanic and the First Mate who carried his …