Ward, Geoffrey C.-Unforgivable Blackness. The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson-cover DJ

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Ward, Geoffrey C. ‘Unforgivable Blackness. The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson.’ 2004 1st edition. 492-pages. VG with a VG non-priced clipped dust jacket. In the top right corner of the frontispiece is an inscription to the former book’s owner, boxing historian/author Arly Allen, reading: “To Arly from C…ie Christmas 2004.” Below that in pencil is written: 1) Why did Johnson have no children? p. 176. 2) Why did Tom McCarney create a ‘White Heavyweight Championship at the end of 1912?” The answers to those questions have been highlighted with a yellow marker on those pages.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson by Geoffrey C. Ward is a definitive, deeply researched biography of Jack Johnson, who famously became the world’s first African American heavyweight boxing champion in 1908. The book explores how Johnson’s immense talent, unapologetic lifestyle, and refusal to conform to Jim Crow-era racial expectations made him both the most celebrated and the most reviled Black man in America.