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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow		Friday Apr 25, 2025
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For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two, because I'm a Negro. Johson beat Burns to became the first black heavyweight champion. Jack Johnson

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	Jack Johnson
	(1878-1946) On the Burns-Johnson Fight, New York, 27 Dec 1908 - US boxer.

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I never doubted the issue from the beginning. I knew I was too good for Burns. I have forgotten more about fighting than Burns ever knew. For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two, because I'm a Negro. Johson beat Burns to became the first black heavyweight champion. Who told you I was yellow? You're white Tommy white as the flag of surrender!