A Book Report on "Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes" by Randy Roberts.
This paper will discuss the book "Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes" by Randy Roberts, and seek to understand this boxer in light of the research that Roberts has done him. By realizing the life of a black boxer in the early years of the boxing sport, it is a creative work that will uncover the racism, and attitude of the boxing world in the ear of Papa Jack. By learning about this angle of history, a better understanding of how racism and boxing can be asserted here. 3 pgs, bibliography lists 1 source.
