Sports world today cannot imagine themselves without African American athletes. But what about the sports world 40 years ago? They were not used to having black people in the fields. Then what changed? And more specifically, who turned it?
We bring you the names of black athletes who gave us the sports world as we know today. Let’s look at how they never gave up and how they changed this World in their way.
Jack Jonson never got the recognition that he earned and deserved. When black boxers come up in a conversation, people talk about Ali or Foreman or Tyson. However, what most people don’t address is it was Jack who paved the way for these guys. Jack beat the undefeated white boxer, James Jeffries, in the 15th round, right after winning his heavyweight title. And this one defeat of the Jeffries life by a black man started riots across the United States.