Black Jack
Subtitle: the ballad of Jack Johnson
By: Charles R. Smith, Jr. ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Contributors: Evans, Shane, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781596434738
Subjects: Biography; African American boxers; African Americans; Boxing; Juvenile literature; Boxers (Sports)
Description: Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century.

This is the story of Jack Johnson, who became the first black heavyweight champion of the world on July 4, 1910.
Notes: "A Neal Porter book."

Includes bibliographical references.

School Library Journal starred, July 2010

Booklist starred, April 2010

Library Media Connection starred, August 2010

Pub Weekly, June 2010

Horn Book, October 2010

Kirkus Review, June 2010

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