Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Language: English
Published by Vintage Books, Random House, New York, 2006
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First Vintage Books Edition, Jan. 2006. [20], 492, [2] pages, [32] pages of illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The life of American boxer Jack Johnson (1878-1946), known as the "Galveston giant," the first Black world heavyweight boxing champion, reigning from 1908 to 1915. "This definitive biography portrays Jack Johnson as he really was -- a battler against the bigotry of his era and the embodiment of American individualism." -- back cover. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; slight creased at upper corner of front cover; former owner's name on first page; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Title
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
- Author
- Ward, Geoffrey C.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375710043
- ISBN 13
- 9780375710049
- Seller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography, Race & Ethnicity, Sports & Games
Jack Johnson battled his way out of obscurity and poverty in the Jim Crow South to win the title of heavyweight champion of the world. At a time when whites ran everything in America, he took orders from no one and resolved to live as if color did not exist. While most blacks struggled simply to exist, he reveled in his riches and his fame, sleeping with whomever he pleased, to the consternation and anger of much of white America. Because he did so the federal government set out to destroy him, and he was forced to endure prison and seven years of exile. This definitive biography portrays Jack Johnson as he really was--a battler against the bigotry of his era and the embodiment of American individualism.
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