Speeding Tickets

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Johnson was given speeding tickets scores of times over the years.

Jack Johnson was given speeding tickets scores of times over the years, sometimes because he really was driving too fast — and sometimes simply because white policemen couldn’t stand to see a black man behind the wheel of a costly racing car. He also later joined a vaudeville troupe, where he made good money under tough working conditions.

AIR DATE 5/1/17

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About Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

“Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson,” directed by Ken Burns, tells the story of the first African- American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports Heavyweight Champion of the World — and his struggle, in and out of the ring, to live life as a free man.

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