Like him or dislike him, Papa Jack (and if you read the book by Randy Roberts we'll be spare here) is an American sporting icon and a natural predecessor to a later generation of African American athletes (most notably Muhammad Ali).
Monday, October 23, 2017
Papa Jack
Jack Johnson was many things ... a good (perhaps great) prize fighter, a racial pioneer of sorts in sport (the first African American heavyweight champ), a scofflaw, an abuser of women ... but without doubt a person who lived life on his own terms.
Like him or dislike him, Papa Jack (and if you read the book by Randy Roberts we'll be spare here) is an American sporting icon and a natural predecessor to a later generation of African American athletes (most notably Muhammad Ali).
Like him or dislike him, Papa Jack (and if you read the book by Randy Roberts we'll be spare here) is an American sporting icon and a natural predecessor to a later generation of African American athletes (most notably Muhammad Ali).
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