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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

by: Geoffrey C. Ward

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.83092
EAN: 9780375710049
ISBN: 0375710043
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: January 03, 2006
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: January 03, 2006
Sales Rank: 215933
Studio: Vintage



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Product Description:
In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age.

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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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Darkness overcome
Jack Johnson was one of the early twentieth century's most controversial figures. He was the first ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - JACK JOHNSON
THIS BOOK PAINTS A REAL PICTURE OF THE LIFE OF A MAN IN A RACIALLY CHARGED TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THE ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
I first read this book a number of years ago, pursuant to the Ken Burns production on PBS. I purchased ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brilliant piece of work
I thoroughly enjoyed this book on Jack Johnson. The man was the best boxer of his generation and lived his ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Baddest of the BAD! See it for yourself, could Clay do this??
I have made a study of this man and he fought at a time when a referee was basically the guy with the best ... Read More

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