Black Jack

By Charles R. Smith

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Tournaments, African American boxers, African americans, biography, African Americans, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Boxing, juvenile literature, Arican American Boxers, Boxers (Sports), Boxers (sports), Boxing, History

Description: Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century. This is the story of Jack Johnson, who became the first black heavyweight champion of the world on July 4, 1910.