31/08/2022
On December 26th in the year 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a blackman knocking out a w.hite man. 🤎
His victory over James J. Jeffries -- in what was billed then as the "Fight of the Century" -- on Independence Day in 1910, sent shockwaves through both the Black and W.hite communities across the world.
Jack Johnson's subsequent victory sparked race r.iots across the US, p.itching a Black community -- jubilant that their champion had won -- against their W.hite counterparts, seething with a.nger at the outcome of the fight. More than 20 people were k.illed and hundreds were injured. Most of the v.ictims were Black.
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