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Jack Johnson: Who told you...

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Who told you I was yellow? You're white Tommy -- white as the flag of surrender!

Source: Taunt to Tommy Burns in the ring, New York, 27 Dec 1908.
-- Jack Johnson, (Mar 31 1878-1946), US boxer; He defeated Tommy Burns to become the world's first black heavyweight champion, 1908; he was a powerful symbol of the independent black man.


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