Originally published at: An ode to Jack Johnson or James J. Jeffries is a joke | Boing Boing
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“You sure know your boxing, Frank.”
“Well, all I know is never bet on the white guy.”
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A master of the ring, and a beacon of hope for oppressed, his light still shines to this day. Jack where ever you are, be at peace Brother.
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Ken Burns did a Doc on him a while ago, if you enjoyed this short video, you should check it out.
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Living in Reno, the Johnson-Jeffries fight is a HUGE moment in the city’s history, but it really needs to be memorialized more here. Reno wasn’t super old when that fight happened. i love looking at footage and photos from that fight, both in the ring and from around town. i have a crazy photo of how, in order to see the fight from outside the ring, people had scaled telephone poles and are standing on the cross-bars. it’s insane.
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Came for this. That Miles Davis album is haunting.
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