Bibliograph

Unforgivable blackness, the rise and fall of Jack Johnson, by Geoffrey C. Ward

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Unforgivable blackness, the rise and fall of Jack Johnson, by Geoffrey C. Ward

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unforgivable blackness

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

773835446

Responsibility statement

by Geoffrey C. Ward

Sub title

the rise and fall of Jack Johnson

Summary

Presents the life of the first black heavyweight boxing champion, whose flamboyant personality and defiance of racial stereotypes in the early twentieth century often made him the object of public outrage and a target of law enforcement officials

Table Of Contents

Book one: The rise -- The pure-blooded American -- The good man -- The sport -- The man they all dodge -- The man with the golden smile -- The champion -- The greatest colored man that ever lived -- Book two: The fall -- The brunette in a blond town -- The black man garbed in black -- The accused -- The fugitive -- The stepper

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Rise and fall of Jack Johnson

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