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Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner

Teach-in Thursday: Jack Johnson, The Galveston Giant

41 min • 6 maj 2025

Dr. West and Nina Turner discuss the life of the first Black heavyweight champion of the world—Jack Johnson. Johnson fought during the Jim Crow Era in the United States. His wins encapsulated the hopes, dreams and respect the universal Black community craved for. Johnson held the heavyweight title from 1908-1915. He not only gave the Black community pride, he shook the foundations of white supremacy.

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