In 1908, when Jack Johnson ... the "manly art" of boxing. Fear of Black Superiority Whether due to his enormous talent in the ring or his ostentatious personality, Jack Johnson frightened many ...

In addition to Jack Johnson, the first decade of the 20th century produced three other great African-American boxers: Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford and Sam McVey. According to boxing historian Nat ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast ...