Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant
Frederick H. March 25, 2015 11:28:49
Jack Johnson was the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1908. John Arthur “Jack” Johnson was born on March 31, 1878. Called the “Galveston Giant” because of his size, Johnson’s boxing career was during the height of the Jim Crow era. Jim Crow was a time period in U.S. history when racial segregation in public […]
