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7 Years Before Star Wars, James Earl Jones Had His Breakout Role in This Academy Award-Nominated Drama
The Great White Hope is a powerful biopic that brings to life the struggles of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight ...
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Jack Johnson's Early Life
As a boy, Jack Johnson was a part of the racially ... The shop owner, Walter Lewis, introduced Johnson to boxing. There was nothing more for me to do in Galveston. The purses offered me were ...
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Jack Johnson's Rise
Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley, the young assistant to boxing promoter P.J. "Paddy" Carroll. Curley and Carroll arranged for Johnson to ...
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Johnson boxed, lived on his own terms
Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...
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Johnson boxed, lived on own terms
Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...