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

Staged on July 4, 1910, in Reno, Nevada, Jack Johnson's racially charged defense of his heavyweight title against Jim Jeffries was every bit as sprawling as its ...

Jack Johnson, American, 1878 - 1946 James J. Jeffries, American, 1875 - 1953 Caption This 1910 boxing match between Jack Johnson, the first African American World Heavyweight Champion, and James ...

Houston Matters From a take on Galveston’s Jack Johnson, to voicing Darth Vader: We remember James Earl Jones. Houston Matters host Craig Cohen and film critic Joe Leydon remember their favorite ...