Jack Johnson: A Heavyweight Boxer That Defied America

Galveston reluctant to claim controversial boxing champion

🥊 John Arthur Johnson….aka JACK JOHNSON aka The Galveston Giant. Boxings first black heavyweight world champion. A pioneer of men and one of the bravest to have ever stepped foot inside the confines of that famed squared ring. He lived and fought during the appalling Jim Crow era. Johnson lived his life as he saw fit to….he didn’t bow to white america and for that I have the utmost respect for him. A man willing to die on his feet over living upon his knees. Papa Jack, L’il Artha, Galveston Gia

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