Jordan 7 Champion (1949) 6 The Champ (1931) 4 Body and Soul (1947) 3 Somebody Up There Likes 3 Me (1956) Ali (2001) 2 The
Great White Hope (1970) 2
Cinematic knockouts: boxing films often floor the Acad, all while examining the human condition
Levy; poetry, Of Being Numerous by George Oppen; drama, The
Great White Hope by Howard Sackler.
1969: Publishing; arts and music; popular entertainment; architecture; theatre
A search began for a "
Great White Hope" to defeat Johnson.
A champion boxer who won his fight against racial hatred; Recent events have proved that race remains a hot topic in the world of sport. Welsh historian Brian Ireland examines the story of Jack Johnson - a boxing legend who electrified the sport and became a hate-figure of racists - and how it remains as relevant now as it was 100 years ago
CLEVELAND AND AKRON, OHIO: Posthumous pardons aren't high on most presidential agendas, but two Ohio theatres are hoping that President Barack Obama will take another look at the case of Jack Johnson, the African-American boxing champion convicted in 1913 for dating a white woman, whose story inspired Howard Sackler's Pulitzer-winning 1967 play The
Great White Hope. Cleveland's Karamu House will stage a revival, Feb.
Double-punched
Maureen Dowd, who combines acerbic wit and deep insight in her columns for The New York Times , in her excitement about Scott Brown, the Republican Party's new
Great White Hope, wresting late Ted Kennedy's US Senate seat from Massachusetts, compares him to a double waffle with bacon.
Junk food defines US political commentary
Tyson Fury was the latest up and coming
great white hope who had his arm raised at the end of the contest, but the winner in every mind, apart from the referee's, was an accomplished journeyman fighter called John McDer mott.
Truth hurts ... in a very painful week for sport; Sporting gestures on the wane
STILIYAN Petrov arrived at Villa as a
Great White Hope and Martin O'Neill believes he is now delivering a heavyweight punch on a regular basis.
Petrov's making his mark
India and China were recently hailed as the
great white hope for car manufacturers, with fast growing, increasingly wealthy populations seemingly offering a panacea for falling demand in the car-saturated West.
Hopes of East saving West fading; EMERGING MARKETS
GREAT WHITE HOPE: Marco Pierre flies the flag for British fare, including hare
BRITANNIA! the sunday interview Marco Pierre White returns to TV with a celebration of British food but, as JON HARRY discovers, don't mention our wine..
Cooney was considered the
great white hope and a lot of racial tension was drummed up before the fight.
Why I stand by Rocky blast
Newcastle's racing programme and general finances had declined at the time of its purchase by Northern Racing in 1994, and Williamson was recruited by the late Sir Stanley Clarke as the chairman's "last
great white hope" to turn around its fortunes.
Horse Racing: Newcastle chief Williamson set to leave next summer
"This horse could develop into one who could give Mr Nicholls'
great white hope (Kauto Star) a scare up the Cheltenham hill."
Play shows the way for Evan!
But there was no joy for Britain's
great white hope Jenson Button.
Motor Racing: Revved Up - ALONSO'S THE POLE DANCER; He's out to turn over Schumacher
The cause of all these words, all this passion, was not a political crisis or a natural catastrophe--it was a prizefight, the 1910 contest between Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion, and Jim Jeffries, who had been singled out as "the
Great White Hope of the Western World." But this was obviously more, and less, than a prizefight.
Jack Johnson and the Great White Hope
By 1910, the public sent out a cry for a "
great white hope" Jim Jeffries came out of retirement with the hopes of returning the title back to the white people.
Unforgivable Blackness: the Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson