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Black boxer Jack Johnson won James J. Racist Jeffries

115
years ago

4 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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