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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (Reprint Edition) by Geoffrey C. Ward Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-375-71004-3 / 0375710043 ISBN-13: 978-0-375-71004-9 / 9780375710049 In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age. Jack Johnson battled his way out of obscurity and poverty in the Jim Crow South to win the title of heavyweight champion of the world. At a time when whites ran ever |