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When a Black boxing champion beat the 'Great White Hope,' all hell broke loose

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
imageBlack heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, right, beat James Jeffries in 1910, sparking racial violence.George Haley, San Francisco Call, via University of California, Riverside, via Library of Congress

An audacious Black heavyweight champion was slated to defend his title against a white boxer in Reno, Nevada, on July 4, 1910. It was billed as...

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