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Tue Jan-18-05 09:15 PM
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| Former champion heavyweight Jack Johnson autobiography is on PBS |
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Jack Johnson is the first Black heavyweight champion FYI.
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:17 PM
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Fascinating guy. Could beat the crap out of anyone and didn't take no shit from whitey.
Also found out that he's buried on the Northside of Chicago in Graceland Cemetery.
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:22 PM
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| 2. I'm still amazed how much he was hated by everyone |
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Hell he was feared and hated by the US congress.
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:29 PM
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| 3. He was Muhammed Ali & Reggie Jackson in one package |
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One of the all-time greats in any weight class... I only watched the first hour, fell asleep for the 2nd. I know he lost once, but forgot the circumstances.
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:33 PM
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| 5. I think he's 90 years ahead of his time |
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:32 PM
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| 4. with lovely music by Wynton Marsalis |
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(says the jazz geek)
I just wish Ken Burns could find someone besides tired old Stanley Crouch to trot out to talk about black history. He makes me nuts.
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:54 PM
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| 6. I'm not a huge jazz fan but that is good music they're playing |
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Tue Jan-18-05 09:56 PM
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| 7. HA!! ONE OF THE GUYS JOHNSON FOUGHT WAS FRANK MORAN!! |
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