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Unforgivable blackness : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson /

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Prizewinning biographer Geoffrey C. Ward brings to life the real Jack Johnson, a figure far more complex and compelling than the newspaper headlines he inspired could ever convey. Johnson battled his way from obscurity to the top of the heavyweight ranks and in 1908 won the greatest prize in America...

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Main Author: Ward, Geoffrey C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 2004.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Johnson, Jack, > 1878-1946.
Boxers (Sports) > United States > Biography.
Johnson, Jack, > 1878-1946
Boxers (Sports)
United States.
Johnson, Jack > 1878-1946
Boxer
Boxers (Sports) > Biography.
Johnson, Jack.
USA.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The rise
  • The pure-blooded American
  • The good man
  • The sport
  • The man they all dodge
  • The man with the golden smile
  • The champion
  • The greatest colored man that ever lived
  • pt. 2. The fall
  • The brunette in a blond town
  • The black man garbed in black
  • The accused
  • The fugitive
  • The stepper.