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Jess Willard bested Jack Johnson in the sweltering Havana heat. Or did he? Johnson's pride has likely skewed the historical ...
Although they were probably never legally married, Johnson introduced Austin as his wife wherever he went. She was the first "Mrs. Jack Johnson," but far from the last. Austin came with Johnson ...
But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the ... a woman who would become his third wife. All these things would ...
His "wife" Mary Austin joined him there ... refused to fight Johnson or any other black boxer. On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries. After toying with the ...
The couple tied the knot just a year after his graduation ... with Jack joining United States Naval Academy with the Class of ...
But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the ... a woman who would become his third wife. All these things would ...