Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The park, called Jack Johnson Park, includes a life-size, bronze statue of Johnson. [95] Actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's surname is an homage to Jack Johnson; his father, professional wrestler Rocky Johnson, was born with the surname "Bowles" and chose his ring name in honor of the boxer before making it his legal ...
Jack Hody Johnson [1] (born May 18, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and environmental activist. His music falls into genres like folk , surf-rock , and various other subgenres. Johnson is most well known for his song " Upside Down ", [ 2 ] which was featured in the 2006 children's film Curious George .
Jack Johnson, a champion boxer who was convicted in 1913 while traveling with his white girlfriend for violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral" purposes, released after one year. Posthumously pardoned on May 24, 2018.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Fight of the Century or the Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight was a boxing match between the first African American world heavyweight champion of boxing Jack Johnson and the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries on July 4, 1910, U.S. Independence Day.
RELATED: Boxer Jack Johnson through the years. Johnson died in a car crash in 1946. But his family and other advocates, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have petitioned the Justice Department ...
Jack Johnson, member of the American pop-rap duo Jack & Jack; Big Jack Johnson (1940–2011), blues musician; Jack Johnson (actor) (born 1987), American actor; Jack Johnson, a 1970 documentary film about the boxer; Jack Johnson, a 1971 album by Miles Davis; Jack Johnson (character), a fictional character in the U.S. TV series Black-ish