![]() ![]() Major newspapers of the time soon claimed that Johnson was attacked by the government only after he became famous as a black man married to a white woman, and was linked to other white women. In 1912, Johnson opened a successful and luxurious "black and tan" ( desegregated) restaurant and nightclub, which in part was run by his wife, a white woman. Transcending boxing, he became part of the culture and history of racism in the United States. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers in history. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, "for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious black boxer on Earth". Johnson defeated Jeffries, who was white, triggering dozens of race riots across the U.S. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century". ![]() John Arthur Johnson (Ma– June 10, 1946), nicknamed the " Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). ![]()
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