Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

In his heyday as heavyweight champion, which began in 1908 and ended in 1915, it wasn’t enough for promoters to find opponents for Jack Johnson. They needed white ones.

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when, despite slavery having been abolished 45 years previously, African Americans were ...

On May 24, 2018, then-President Donald J . Trump issued a long-overdue posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the first Black ...

Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxing heavyweight champion, was one of the biggest celebrities of his day. With his success came flashy clothes, cars and the companionship of White women ...

A panoramic view of the Johnson vs Willard fight in Havana, Cuba Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Jack Johnson dethroned as World Boxing champion ...

2014 — Novak Djokovic wins his second Wimbledon title and denies Roger Federer his record eighth by holding off the Swiss star in five sets. Djokovic wastes a 5-2 lead in the fourth set but holds on ...

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when, despite slavery having been abolished 45 years previously, African Americans were ...

Global protests sparked by George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis are likely never to be forgotten, but less well known are the race riots that flared across the US 110 years ...