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EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight

EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight

FromHistory on Fire


EPISODE 27 Jack Johnson (Part 2): The Fight

FromHistory on Fire

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Length:
125 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode:
-Public Enemy Number One
-At home in the integrated criminal underworld
-Ladies and fast cars
-Jack Johnson’s intellectual side
-The Great White Hope
-Knocking out and befriending Stanley “The Assassin” Ketchel
-“I am going into this fight for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is better than a negro.” Jim Jeffries
-Why the Governor of California prohibited the fight
-Death threats and attempted poisonings
-Jack Johnson’s eerie calm under pressure
-A spectator: “He’ll kill you, Jack.”
Jack Johnson: “That’s what they all say.”
-The verbal fight with Jim Corbett
-Triumph and riots in over 50 cities
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (81)

Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli. For more, go to LuminaryPodcasts.com