"I’m Black… They never let me forget it. I’m Black alright... I’ll never let them forget it." -Jack Johnson (1878-1946) The first Black Heavyweight Champion of the World!

On December 26th in the year 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a Blàck man knơcking out a whitę man.