Online companion to Ken Burns documentary about boxing legend Jack Johnson. Very extensive site that gives you the life story of Johnson and the challenges he faced. Can be used as a companion to the PBS documentary.

Concepts

segregation, boxing, civil rights

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Additional Tags

pbs, "unforgivable blackness", african american, african american sports, jack johnson

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)