Crossing The White Line
S1 : E6
TV-PG | 47 min | Aired: 07.28.99
Jack Johnson, the first black World Boxing Champion brought a sport back to life and racial hatred to light. Johnson fought the first Fight of the Century in 1910. His victory carried over the radio, telegraph wires and news reels caused riots across America. An America that disapproved of his lifestyle enough to create a law just to get him into jail. The injustice he suffered is paralleled with the fate of one of the greatest athletes if the century Muhammed Ali.