- Title
- The legacy of Jack Johnson on Aboriginal Australia
- Creator
- Maynard, John
- Relation
- Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sport in the Post-Colonial World p. 147-159
- Relation
- Research in the Sociology of Sport 7
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1476-2854(2013)0000007018
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Purpose: The purpose of this study is to reveal a missing chapter of Australian Aboriginal history. Jack Johnson is known as the first black Heavyweight Champion of the world but little is known of his inspiration to many oppressed groups around the globe including Aboriginal Australia. Johnson was flamboyant, outspoken and deeply proud of his heritage. Design/methodology/approach: This chapter is undertaken as restorative history and examines the interconnected international networks of cultural exchange operational in the early decades of the twentieth century. It privileges the tools of historical narrative (story) as a major method, and is based largely on historical newspapers sources'. Press coverage can provide fascinating insight into historical characters and can deliver their voice and thoughts at the time, and newspapers remain important in forming public opinion. Findings: Jack Johnson would become one of many influences from the international Black Diaspora upon Aboriginal Australia across the twentieth century.
- Subject
- story; Aboriginal history; restorative history; cultural exchange; transnational history
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1341952
- Identifier
- uon:28853
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781781905913
- Language
- eng
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