5297. Papa Jack Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes, by Randy Roberts (read 27 Jul 2015) I found this book to be good reading, as it told of Jack Johnson who was born 31 Mar 1878 and who on 26 Dec 1908 won the heavyweight championship of the world. On July 4, 1910, in what has been described as the Fight of the Century he defeated Jim Jeffries, who was trying to regain the title and who was favored by I suppose every white person in the U.S. I remember my Dad talking about that fight when I was a kid--some 30 or 35 years after the event. Johnson did a lot of stupid and immoral things but one has to feel good that he was able to accomplish as much as he did in a time when bigotry was so vicious. The account of the Jeffries fight is well-done and one suffers through the awful race prejudice which Johnson endured--resulting in his being sent to Federal prison for a year. This is a 1983 book and there probably are better biographies of Johnson but I had ready access to this one and found it good and informative.. ( )