The Great White Hope
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The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same title.
Book cover of the play
Jack Johnson
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John Arthur Johnson, nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion. His 1910 fight against Jam
The Great White Hope
…Tucker. Subsequent touring companies of the play featured Brock Peters and Claudette Nevins in the lead roles. The play is based on the true story of Jack Johnson (fictionalized under the character name "Jack Jefferson") and his fight against Jim Jeffries, and also covers the controversy over his marriage to first…
Johnson in 1915
Johnson standing behind Choynski in Chicago in 1909
Jack Johnson, Sydney, c. 1908
Johnson in 1908 (photograph by Otto Sarony)