Jack Johnson
actor
Jack Johnson was born on Mar 31, 1878 in USA. Jack Johnson's big-screen debut came with in .
Jack Johnson, one of the greatest professional boxers in history and the first African American to wear the world's heavyweight championship belt, is one of the seminal figures in sports and American social history as he was both a mirror on and lightning rod for racism. Many white Americans could not accept the fact that an African American occupied the cat bird's seat in the world sports hierarchy as the world's heavyweight championship then, as it was throughout most of the 20th Century, was the ultimate athletic accomplishment. In his prime, Johnson was as tough and indomitable in the ring as the young
Birthday
Mar 31, 1878Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA