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Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, 1908 (1951). Artist: Unknown Stock Photo - Alamy
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Jack Johnson: The first African American world heavyweight boxing champion | National Museum of American History
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Jack Johnson: first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908). James Jeffries unretired to prove white boxers were better than black boxers. But Johnson knocked out Jeffries in the 15th round. That match
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