![]() Called “The Great White Hope,” the play featured a fictional version of Johnson by way of a character called Jack Jefferson, the first-ever African-American heavyweight champion.Īfter becoming heavyweight champ Jefferson finds that he has provoked the anger of the government, labor unions, and the boxing racket itself because of his race, talent, and his romance with a white woman. ![]() (1/31/05) Many years ago there was a Broadway play about the life of boxer Jack Johnson.
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