In his heyday as heavyweight champion, which began in 1908 and ended in 1915, it wasn’t enough for promoters to find opponents for Jack Johnson. They needed white ones.

Although he reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990, "Iron Mike" won his first 19 professional ...

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when, despite slavery having been abolished 45 years previously, African Americans were ...

In this 1932 file photo, boxer Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, poses in New York City. President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 24, 2018, granted a rare posthumous pardon ...

But there is no doubt that these first black heavyweight champions broke through the color lines in American sports. National Pride Trumps Racism Though race relations were fragile in the U.S., ...

The Great White Hope is a biographical drama following Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones), a fictionalized version of real-life boxer Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion. Set in the ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives and hometown supporters of boxing’s first black heavyweight champion are turning to YouTube to convince the President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 ...

Remembering Jack Johnson, the First Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion The Texas-born fighter faced down his opponents and took down the ‘Great White Hope’ movement that was designed to end his ...