Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson.

[The Streets Don't Love You Back]

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson suffered more deeply from racism than any blow he may have felt in the ring during his turbulent career in 1908-1910. He won fights while newspapers vilified him, crowds shouted cruel epithets at him and people called for a "Great White Hope" to defeat him.

, he was a huge star in his day and made headlines for racing cars, his vibrant social life and roles in early film and radio. However, his involvement with two white women, one of whom he married, landed him in jail in 1913 under the Mann Act. He fled to Mexico with his wife and did not return until 1920. He served a year in jail and left prison a hero to his many admirers.

Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson.THINK