Papa Jack: Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes

Papa Jack: Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes
ISBN-10
0029269008
ISBN-13
9780029269008
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
1985-03-01
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Randy Roberts

Description

When Jack Johnson defeated white heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries in 1910, it was America's notions of racial superiority that staggered under his blows. Amid riots and lynchings, the search began for the Great White Hope who could put the "uppity" new champion in his place. Here is the startling true story of the most famous--and most hated--black American of his day. "Papa Jack" takes us into a violent and sordid world. It is an astonishing tale of black defiance--and white retribution--set against the dramatic canvas of sports and spectacle in Jim Crow America.

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