Episode 403 - Jack Johnson and Cafe de Champion

Jack Johnson not only became the first African American heavyweight championship boxer but who also lived (and loved) in Chicago and opened the wildly popular Café de Champion before tragedy and the government forced its closure.

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What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America by Peggy Pascoe
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