his name was jack johnson. > just a poor american negro. > learns how to box. > gets quite good at it. > starts koing white boxers left and right > butt hurt white racists spectators literally jump in the ring, ignoring all rules, and try to revive the unconscious white fighters. > referee tells him he shouldn't smile after beating a white man. > starts having public affairs with white women in a time when such things were unthinkable. > both he and the white women are warned against it. > warnings go ignored. > stuffs rolled up newspapers in his briefs whenever in public so it has an conspicuously large bulge to make white men extra salty. > starts dating semi-famous white female celebrities. > carrys them across the country fucking them. > an entire law is passed just to stop this from happening (the mann act). > looks white people dead in the eyes with a broad smile plastered on his face in a time when being anything but timid before a white person could be interpreted as disrespect and get you lynched. > has a long undefeated streak. > racists get so angry they practically drag a great white boxer out of retirement just to put the nigger in his place. > white boxer gets back into shape. > money is negotiated and match scheduled. > huge anticipation to the fight. > the entire country wants him to lose. > match begins > beats the great white hope like he owes him money. > famous novelist jack london, livid, looks at unconscious white boxer and calls him a race traitor. > butt hurt white racists go across the country lynching random black people out of spite. quite an inspiring story about going against adversity and the racial politics of the jim crow era. a posthumous presidential pardon was granted on may 24, 2018, by u.s. president, donald trump.
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