Papa Jack: Jack Johnson And The Era Of White Hopes

by Randy Roberts

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The startling true story of the most famous—and most hated—black American of his day. Papa Jack takes us into a violent and sordid world.

From Randy Roberts, Papa Jack is an astonishing tale of black defiance—and white retribution—set against the dramatic canvas of sports and spectacle in Southern Jim Crow America.
  • ISBN10 0029269008
  • ISBN13 9780029269008
  • Publish Date 1 March 1985 (first published September 1983)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint The Free Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 304
  • Language English