#OTD #TDIH #July4, 1910 The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots occur after #AfricanAmerican boxer #JackJohnson defeats the #GreatWhiteHope boxer #JimJeffries in the #FightOfTheCentury. #RaceRiots #Boxing #HeavyweightBoxing #BlackSky
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
July 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
#OTD #TDIH #July4, 1910 The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots occur after #AfricanAmerican boxer #JackJohnson defeats the #GreatWhiteHope boxer #JimJeffries in the #FightOfTheCentury. #RaceRiots #Boxing #HeavyweightBoxing #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
#OTD #TDIH #July4, 1910 The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots occur after #AfricanAmerican boxer #JackJohnson defeats the #GreatWhiteHope boxer #JimJeffries in the #FightOfTheCentury. #RaceRiots #Boxing #HeavyweightBoxing #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
July 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#OTD #TDIH #July4, 1910 The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots occur after #AfricanAmerican boxer #JackJohnson defeats the #GreatWhiteHope boxer #JimJeffries in the #FightOfTheCentury. #RaceRiots #Boxing #HeavyweightBoxing #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson...
The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1910, when mobs of white #racists across the US engaged in murderous #pogroms, killing ~25 people, just because boxer #JackJohnson beat "Great White Hope" #JimJeffries, making Johnson the first Black heavyweight champion.
July 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The #JohnsonJeffriesRiots began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1910, when mobs of white #racists across the US engaged in murderous #pogroms, killing ~25 people, just because boxer #JackJohnson beat "Great White Hope" #JimJeffries, making Johnson the first Black heavyweight champion.