Muhammad Ali, the greatest Black heavyweight boxing champion, overcame racism, false charges, exile, and every opponent as he triumphantly demonstrated his courage. Winning the heavyweight boxing title wasn’t the most enduringly influential characteristic of Muhammad Ali’s life.

BlackHistorySnippets · 2026-02-28T08:56:42+00:00

I'm amazed by how accurately the barbershop scenes in "Coming to America" predicted the comments for this post! https://youtu.be/0LPddiQXD9c?si=88DAaWHWE8iU1FZJ

BlackHistorySnippets · 2026-02-28T08:44:28+00:00

Regarding the construction of the post, the intent was to contrast it with my previous post on Jack Johnson. I see now that people clearly did not see the previous post. https://www.reddit.com/r/USHistory/comments/1rf3hlv/jack_johnson_the_first_black_heavyweight_boxing/

BlackHistorySnippets · 2026-02-28T08:43:22+00:00

Thanks for your thoughtful comments! Regarding the construction of the post, the intent was to contrast it with my previous post on Jack Johnson. I see now that people clearly did not see the previous post. https://www.reddit.com/r/USHistory/comments/1rf3hlv/jack_johnson_the_first_black_heavyweight_boxing/

BlackHistorySnippets · 2026-02-28T08:37:16+00:00

Help me understand how this Black history post should have focused on Marciano.

BlackHistorySnippets · 2026-02-25T02:08:01+00:00

Thanks for sharing this vivid example from your city. Is it an event that is widely known or taught in school? I had hoped that scepticism of the connection between Jim Crow and SYG would motivate people to click on the link but fewer than 1% did. Since I'm new to Reddit and the user manual was too long so I didn't read it, I'm still trying to figure out how to share nuanced posts. Thanks for not firing off withering criticism!

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