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 | | After all, Johnson was his own man - a smart, sculpted, nimble powerhouse out of Galveston, Texas, shrewd in the ring and reckless outside it, who made his way to the top largely through the force of his bullish personality. |
 | | Johnson was the foremost champion of his day - more skillful than the powerful, but limited, boxers who preceded him, such as John L. Sullivan, “Gentleman Jim” Corbett and James J. Jeffries, whom he defeated in a celebrated 1910 bout. |
 | | Johnson’s fame coincided with a period in which African-Americans were asserting their civil rights - the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1909 and the Urban League in 1910 - but also with a rise in anti-fl violence and terror. |
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