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FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION: JACK JONSON, FAR BACK 1908 | The African Time Magazine

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On December 26th in the year 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America and the West would not show this image of a Blàck man knócking out a white man.
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