The prize-winning biography of Jack Johnson, the first black
heavyweight world champion - and one of the most controversial
black figures of the 20th century.
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
Geoffrey C. Ward won the national Book Critics Circle Award in 1989. He is the author of Unforgiveable Blackness and, with Ken Burns, he is co-author of The Civil War and Jazz.
A significant achievement... An utterly convincing and frequently
heartrending portrait
*New York Review of Books*
A formidable accomplishment...Ward has successfully brought this
deep and colourful personality, this insufficiently understood and
altogether amazing man, back to life
*New York Times Book Review*
A portrait of a fascinating figure, whose oversized personality
fills every page.
*Washington Post*
Ward is a distinguished and diligent historian, and he has mined
original sources to tremendous effect. The detail is dazzling... It
deserves an audience far beyond fans of the ring game
*Daily Telegraph*
'a delicious detail on almost every page... Research this powerful
gives Unforgivable Blackness a richness that rewards contemplative
reading',
*Scotland on Sunday*
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