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Black boxer Jack Johnson won James J. Racist Jeffries

115
years ago

04 July 1910,

Black boxer Jack Johnson won James J. Jeffries, boxer and white supremacist. The latter returned from the retira to remove the heavy weight title to a black man, but had to accept the failure. Whites angry with the result attacked blacks and killed 20 African-Americans.

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