Jack Johnson, left, fought Jim Jeffries for ... In one corner stood James Jackson Jeffries, the “Boilermaker,” who had retired undefeated six years earlier to farm alfalfa in sunny Burbank ...

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: Amelia Earhart ...

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 ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... that forged Johnson's celebrity, it was against Jim Jeffries, the ...

Jack Johnson — the first African-American Heavyweight ... Despite this, Johnson was persistent in challenging James J. Jeffries — the heavyweight champion at the time, who was considered ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is holding a press conference a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceled votes for the rest of the week following a failed rule vote Tuesday.

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... that forged Johnson's celebrity, it was against Jim Jeffries, the ...