Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. При 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Jack Johnson, American Boxing Pioneer

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Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Още, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife

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Great Grandma’s Old Flat

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This is a story about 1942-44 Hebert Стрийт, which is located in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood of St. Louis, MO. Like many of its neighbors, this structure has seen better days. I became interested in the building because my great grandmother lived at this address in 1930. My maternal grandfather’s family lived in the northern part of St.

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Who Was W. P. Ellis?

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William P. Елис беше моят прадядо. За съжаление, той почина, когато дядо ми, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. Моята прабаба не знаех много за семейството на Уилям. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 или 2007. Grandpa had a

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Self-Defense is Situational

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The idea for this post began germinating in my brain a couple of weeks ago, when I was in the store to spend my birthday money and found an article about self-defense positions. Taekwondo is my base style although we add lots of Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and cane techniques into our system. I expected to see some realistic self-defense but

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