Gelatin silver print of Jack Johnson. To quote the National Portrait Gallery: "Born Galveston, Texas Jack Johnson became the first African American to earn boxing’s heavyweight title in 1908. Known for a style that combined power, balance, and loose- ness, Johnson’s victory made him a hero to the Black community but sparked outrage among many others who found it impossible to accept a Black man as champion. Defying Jim Crow segregation, Johnson married white women three times and opened a restaurant and night club. Accused of accompanying a white woman over state lines in 1913, he fled the United States. Seven years later, he turned himself in to the police and served ten months in prison. In June 1946, angry at being refused service in a diner because of his race, Johnson lost control of his speeding convertible and died. President Donald Trump granted Johnson a posthumous pardon, in 2018, for what historians have long recognized a racially motivated false conviction. Today, Johnson is recognized as one of the greatest boxers in U.S. history."

Dimensions:

• Image/Sheet: 18.7 x 14.1 cm (7 3/8 x 5 9/16")
• Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14")