Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to the Manchester Docks (1911)

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The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
The charisma of world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson is palpable in these shots of his visit to Manchester. In the build-up to his fight with British and Empire champion, Bombardier Wells, due to be held at Earl's Court on 2 October 1911, Johnson toured Britain's music halls where his sparring demonstrations proved hugely popular.
It's likely that his tour of Manchester Docks would have coincided with appearances at Manchester's theatres, quite possibly the Regent Theatre, seen here. In the event, under the influence of Methodist minister, Rev. F.B. Meyer, and other clergymen, the Chairman of the London Council prohibited the scheduled fight with Wells on 'religious' grounds, threatening to withdraw Earls Court's licence should it go ahead. The venue's manager reluctantly cancelled the fight but Johnson's music hall tour continued. The conservative clergymen feared that images of a black sporting hero might have a negative impact on the morality of British people.
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@chrismcarlisle7929 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Johnson was THE man back in his day! That golden smile is also pretty contagious.

@roscoegarbonzo9966 4 жыл бұрын

The Grille was invented

@sirbaconbutties7071 5 ай бұрын

Why is Johnson not shackled in chains ? whats going on! its like the cunts in charge have been lying two us the white man is the Devil!!

@2enchant 5 жыл бұрын

That little white kid is my grandfather.... Not really but these are the type of lies people tell on youtube.

@BeastmodeJones316 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@fighterck6241 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is very underrated.

@aleki3718 3 жыл бұрын

Top comment

@botfields_hardcoregamer6401 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao facts

@teccash3507 3 жыл бұрын

Facts just for attention an ay bs like so sad

@larrycleave4199 5 жыл бұрын

You can see what a big powerful man Jack Johnson was in his prime !

@kelvinkloud 6 жыл бұрын

if that kid is alive, hes about 113.... amazing historical footage. thanks

@mathewdonovan5040 3 жыл бұрын

He was born on 1878, so he would be 142. Your maths is waaaay off. And he died 1946.

@kelvinkloud 3 жыл бұрын

@@mathewdonovan5040 I was talking about the child in the video... I realize johnson was born in the 19th century.... furthermore, his own parents were slaves in texas pre civil war.

@OfficialDamaniScott 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he's been dead, but he possibly could have a child that's still living

@nap.of.the.earth... 3 жыл бұрын

@@mathewdonovan5040 he's obviously talking about the child. Airhead😂

@OKG2000 Жыл бұрын

wow...its like he has some kind of shield or aura that protects him from everything

@madcattitude 3 ай бұрын

😂

@jaxonruns 5 жыл бұрын

Really cool video my father got to sit onJack Johnson's lap as a kid. In my grandfather's bar in Cleveland my grandfather was an ex middleweight professional fighter in the 1920s

@cflo1386 5 жыл бұрын

That's a great story, what was your grandpa's name? If you don't mind me asking.

@NathanThePrezPretlow 6 жыл бұрын

Damn Jack Johnson holding a white boy hand walking with white women in 1911.Just amazing! This man was 80 years ahead of his time.

@IndianJS 5 жыл бұрын

Nathan ikr ✊🏾

@freddiepizerhall8324 4 жыл бұрын

Caramel Johnson he wasn’t allowed in America for this reason. And was imprisoned for a year when he went back

@amonduul2154 4 жыл бұрын

In Europe noone cared

@amonduul2154 4 жыл бұрын

@G L O C K Thats another topic. Among the spactators of the zoos could be black creoles from french carrebean. Prior to french fashism the cabinet of laval had an western african secretary of state in the 1930ies. Later laval became an ally to the hitler regime. Many lousianna creoles of colour were sent to paris to study in the capital of their french ancestors and many fled to france after segregation became a law in the south after the 1890ies.

@amonduul2154 4 жыл бұрын

@G L O C K And dont forget that one of the highest ranking commanders in france around 1800 was a creole of colour.

@roscoegarbonzo9966 4 жыл бұрын

One has to really admire Jack Johnson, A man's man, He really handled himself very well back then, He's truly the 1st to stand up for equality & turn his cheek to the system, He really broke the barrier, He was 40 yrs before Jackie Robinson & 20 years before Josephine Baker, Europe Always had a thin Color line unlike the States

@ppuh6tfrz646 2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of sympathy for Jack Johnson but I wouldn't say he handled himself very well back then.

@TheBatugan77 Жыл бұрын

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Careful. You'll get cancelled.

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 Hahaha! Possibly!! But as a public figure, I think he had a responsibility towards the black community and his behaviour did them no favours at all.

@BillyBob-ec5ox Жыл бұрын

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Jack was too in love with himself. He refused to give any other Black fighters a shot at the title, because he wanted to remain the only Black champion. His treatment of Joe Louis was pretty horrid too. He was always negatively comparing Louis with previous Champions. “This guy could have whipped Louis, that guy could have.” And then betting against Louis and running around Harlem, showing off the cash he won from Joe’s loss. And then trying to use the photo of him on the ground as “proof” that he threw the Willard fight, lol. Jack was a badass athlete, but was also quite a douchebag, unfortunately.

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

@@BillyBob-ec5ox I agree. As a high profile black athlete, he was hugely influential. To make only one defence of his title against a black fighter was a slap in the face to his people. His belittling and humiliation of white opponents during fights would only stir up a highly volatile situation in the country at the time - potentially putting black people's lives in danger. Although Johnson was treated very badly, I have far more sympathy for the way Sonny Liston was treated.

@deacontheseer4804 6 жыл бұрын

a great man in my book

@ladiej9598 5 жыл бұрын

I am a student at St. Augustine's Univ. in Raleigh. I was surprised to learn that Jack Johnson died on the school campus in St. Agnes hospital. The building is still on campus. I was even more surprised to learn that my great uncle (owner of Cutchin's Funeral Home in Franklinton NC) gave Jack Johnson a ride to St. Agnes in his hearse after Jack crashed his car near Franklinton. Blacks couldn't ride in the ambulance. Rex hospital in Raleigh would not help Jack because he was black. He would have survived his car accident if Rex had treated him.

@nelsonmcatee3721 4 жыл бұрын

Think the same thing happened to Bessie Smith too

@sparx180 4 жыл бұрын

LadieJ Thanks for sharing. He was one hell of a man.

@jameswalton3930 2 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonmcatee3721 Bessie was in pretty bad shape at the scene of the accident, with her arm being basically severed, she loss a lot of blood by the time help arrived, rather she was rejected at a white hospital, I can't recall now (I had read a biography on her years ago tiled Bessie, my memory isn't as sharp as it was), but more than likely that probably would have been the case, but actually she was a goner at the scene of the accident.

@nelsonmcatee3721 2 жыл бұрын

@@jameswalton3930 she was hurt really bad, I know that. Whether she would have survived or not is for God to decide, but there was no justification for not treating her at the nearest hospital.

@jameswalton3930 2 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonmcatee3721 read the bio Bessie and get back with me, it's been a long time since I've read it, enlightening me my brother, everything's God will, even the rejection of humanity, holla at me, and I'll do some current research myself.

@joeblows4694 6 жыл бұрын

Didn't know Johnson came to England! Great film👌🏻

@davehoward22 3 жыл бұрын

Taste of freedom

@johnwhittington2998 6 ай бұрын

Glad he came to my city all those years ago. What a legend

@andrewbird57 4 ай бұрын

I love watching film clips like this. My dad was born in Manchester in 1917. His dad, my grandfather, an American boy, served in the British army in WWI. Ganddad was stationed in Manchester and married an 18 year old woman from a Manchester family. My dad was their first child.

@one4allall4one91 4 жыл бұрын

This comes to show how powerful of a medium a film motion camera was in its beginnings. Sound needed some catching up but nevertheless it captures historical footage. Only if it were invented 100 years earlier we could had see even more history come alive.

@mariocassina90 6 жыл бұрын

Johnson was huge

@isaacdiakite6249 5 жыл бұрын

About 6'1 and 180-190 lbs of pure muscle.

@buttpluggholly 4 жыл бұрын

Now that's a huge Johnson.

@geraldfriend256 3 жыл бұрын

Average height was much shorter..6'1 200 lbs when trim

@striperking6083 3 жыл бұрын

6’. and a half 205-212 according to pet fight weigh ins .

@murraykelm5691 2 жыл бұрын

That's why the ladies loved him lol

@Reznick 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible!! Will you guys be uploading more boxing related stuff? This is really cool.

@fransiscoscaramanga674 4 жыл бұрын

One of my idols..................this man had balls the size of texas. love him.,....

@TheBatugan77 3 жыл бұрын

Galveston, Texas.

@katman734 2 жыл бұрын

Even in Texas, his balls were too big, that's why he left. 😀

@craigthacker 2 жыл бұрын

Jack Johnson was an impressive figure of a man. James Earl Jones did a great job playing him in The Great White Hope (1970). But I would have loved to see Michael Clarke Duncan play him when he was built like he was in The Green Mile. It is also a sobering thought that every single person in this footage is dead, even the youngest kid would be over 120 by now.

@waynemiles7027 2 жыл бұрын

They didn’t have steroids back in those days so MCD would be a bad choice to play JJ.

@wallacewellons8757 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Johnson was a bad man he is with his entourage his personna shows he was a STRONG warrior an people gravitated toward him

@leehannaford4808 2 жыл бұрын

Nice footage of an all time great. 🥊Keep em coming.👍good stuff

@bushtheatre 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible video - great to see the real man behind our production.

@ruzcelbeltran Жыл бұрын

Amazing footage

@hmmmhmmm6917 Жыл бұрын

1:01 dude dusted his hands after shaking Jack's hand bruh, disrespectful as hell

@nkwari 3 жыл бұрын

this is incredible!!

@realdjtoddthunder1323 5 жыл бұрын

he was so freaking cool...

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Much love DWIGHT THANK YOU YOU RAISE ME RIGHT GOD

@stuartperry1047 6 жыл бұрын

The date shown for this film (1911)- is incorrect. The woman seen with Jack Johnson is his second wife- Lucille Cameron, whom he married in 1912 after his first wife, Etta Duryea, committed suicide. This film must have been taken during Johnson's exile from the states, between 1912 and 1920.

@re4477 6 жыл бұрын

Stuart Perry that sounds about right. Never really knew much about jack until I saw unforgivable blackness. It's one of my favorite documentaries.

@brucemedley635 2 жыл бұрын

He did fight in at home park stadium against Ben Taylor he wanted ton defend his title against bombardier Billy Wells but was refused by the home Secretary Winston Churchill

@bond1483 8 ай бұрын

This is amazing.

@jameslijohnson4305 2 жыл бұрын

Much love Rick rubin Happy new year TM

@soloist9495 Жыл бұрын

ur not rick rubin from def jam

@thirdy8special 5 жыл бұрын

Looked like a good father. Neat!

@MartinGastanagaBOXING 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Great Britain 🇬🇧 And America For righteous family and heritage

@baron8103 4 жыл бұрын

MUY BUENA IMAGEN......JACK JOHNSON

@sugarhjohnson7604 2 жыл бұрын

Much love James and Alina TM

@AxeMurdererT 6 жыл бұрын

You know your old school when u see a camara and get excited rather then getting excited too see the champ 2:06

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Love you with all my heart daddy Barnett Still to this day

@steplumpkin5432 6 жыл бұрын

GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!!!

@jamesjohnson4403 2 жыл бұрын

Much love # 17 Hill ST TM

@CLIPHUBHD 3 жыл бұрын

Did anybody notice the one white guy at the harbor shakes johnsons hand and instantly after cleans it on his jacket

@Erock5168 11 ай бұрын

No he didn’t. Watch it again. He shakes his hand and than shakes his own hand as if it hurt from jacks strong grip. Both men are smiling as he’s doing it. He was joking!!……Stop trying so hard, you look pathetic in doing so

@michaellifetv5696 2 жыл бұрын

BIG UP👍

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Much love Raider

@oddymoddy 6 жыл бұрын

Watch how the man quickly wipes his hand......after shaking Jack Johnson hand.

@iamafriendofGOD1 6 жыл бұрын

That was well spotted, he just put his hand back in his pocket when he shook the other mens hands.

@julz416 6 жыл бұрын

And how he doesn't make eye contact with him either while shaking his hand. Turns his head away.

@whayes8084 6 жыл бұрын

oddymoddy hey it's still the early 1900's man

@E22N 5 жыл бұрын

Just see his aswell ......made me sick 🤕

@JohnCashin 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, yes, I see that now, I didn't notice it before, I guess we'll never know for sure why he did that, it might have been just some kind of a quick brush down or something done just coincidently after shaking his hand but it's hard not to wonder if this may have been a sign that he secretly resented Jack Johnson, Jack certainly faced a lot of racism and it wasn't all blatant, there was a lot of covert type racism as well that he had to battle, just like what goes on today, that "smile in your face" kind of racism that keeps it hidden and makes it difficult to be certain of what is going on.

@jamesjames3280 2 жыл бұрын

Much love B.S.O.TM

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Father's day Jack Lennon And Andrew Buppy

@robertdillon1383 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing HISTORY

@TheRicokilla 4 жыл бұрын

He was definitely ahead of his time. Fuck I can't believe what I'm seeing. What nerve!

@truthseeker9945 Жыл бұрын

Do we have any audio recordings of Johnson’s voice?

@josephphoenix1376 7 ай бұрын

My Favorite CHAMP 🏆

@FirstLast-vl1uy Жыл бұрын

The greatest wrestling champion who ever boxed professionally

@jameshampton6053 7 ай бұрын

Lol ,When Jack wasn't playing around and hit you..Then you will know this is not wrestling 😂

@ThefightingCelt 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Ali considered Jack Johnson to be the best heavyweight boxer before himself

@carolinecoffey4074 5 жыл бұрын

Apparently my grandad Peters was supposed to be his valet and travelled for 3 years with him would love to find out more

@Garywal09 5 жыл бұрын

My great grandad was supposed to of been his child hood best friend, supposedly he came to Manchester to visit my great grandad, his name was William jefferson norris, supposidy from galvaston texas and come to England in 1903 around the age of 18. Im thinking that's my great grandad who gets out the car with Jack, he was half African and half native Indian.

@carolinecoffey4074 5 жыл бұрын

fortnite master hi that’s great I’ve been trying to watch old videos to see if I could see any images of my grandad Charles peters but not seen anything would’ve great if we saw our grandfathers on one

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Director James li Johnson Of the MIAMI BRANCH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ANGENCY ATTORNEY GENERAL MODDY

@autumnortiz6782 6 жыл бұрын

@sugarhjohnson7604 2 жыл бұрын

Much love ANTONIO JOHNSON MY DAD

@FightCollective 7 жыл бұрын

Is this Manchester UK?

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Father's day atri

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Love Angel

@tonyx8750 6 жыл бұрын

Salford docks (which is next to Manchester)

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Much love Broward county First responders

@valeregeron2273 3 жыл бұрын

Look how the white man at 1:00, who shakes Jack's hand, doesn't look Jack in the eyes and wipes his hand off after shaking as if a black man's hand is dirty. I might be wrong but it just caught my eye and if true, just shows how far we've come as a society.

@QUANT_Arithmetic 3 жыл бұрын

🤦🏿‍♂️Yeah I seen that they couldn't stand his ass and this was back in 1920 we're in 2020 and some white people are still like this... THE BIGGER PICTURE

@TheBatugan77 3 жыл бұрын

@@QUANT_Arithmetic Not they. He. One man. If it were 'they', not 'he', they wouldn't be welcoming Mr. Johnson to the Manchester Docks.

@Erock5168 11 ай бұрын

He was exaggerating how strong Jacks handshake was. He’s shaking his hand and smiling. Sto being so sensitive, it makes you look weak as fuck

@moviefiend44 7 ай бұрын

As someone else mentioned in the comments, it could be something more innocent. For example, he might have been legit brushing off something on his jacket. I've done that sometimes if I notice something is there. After all, he offered his hand willingly to shake Johnson's own hand.

@johnnyskinwalker4095 6 жыл бұрын

He was a big dude!

@soloist9495 3 жыл бұрын

you were about to say a big nigga

@johnnyskinwalker4095 3 жыл бұрын

@@soloist9495 Not my kind of language. No I had no idea he was this huge!

@jamesjohnson4403 Жыл бұрын

Love you big brother Walt Moody Air Force ®

@ricardodecastropeccini3758 7 ай бұрын

Here we go Stanley💋💋💋

@jameslijohnson4305 2 жыл бұрын

BOSS

@rodriguenation6716 5 жыл бұрын

did the first guy that shake jack hand, WIPE HIS HAND OFF HIS SHIRT

@TheBatugan77 4 жыл бұрын

Well yeah. But Jack had hocked a loogie just before they shook. Right in the palm of his hand! Jack was such a jokester!

@jameslijohnson4305 2 жыл бұрын

Much love TAMPA BAY

@dylancooper3690 4 ай бұрын

What was Jack doing in Manchester? He had just beaten Jim Jeffries in July of the previous year in one of the biggest fights in boxing history. Then he spent two whole years out of the ring after that victory. Was this visit part of a world tour?

@okingfayengoli7044 4 жыл бұрын

I was far ahead in time

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

I love my community 💗 💓 💛

@TheBatugan77 2 жыл бұрын

Dockworkers?

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

James li Johnson Lil tuffy

@sugarhjohnson7604 2 жыл бұрын

Much love the ROYAL FAMILY TM DADDY WILLIAM TM LOVE SUGTM

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Lil tuffy

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Much love Daddy Ruby's

@jameslijohnson4305 2 жыл бұрын

DADDY JACK STARTED THIS MUCH LovE RIcH TM

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

PRINCE PHILIP I MISS YOU

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

This the bone

@sugarjohnson8077 Жыл бұрын

Much love Paris'®

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

LIL tuffy

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LOVE daddy veni

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Cold blood TM Mega NECK TM

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Love daddy sal

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Much love to captain Jackson TM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TM

@jamesjohnson2359 3 жыл бұрын

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@JamesJohnson-ow6io Жыл бұрын

Lil tuffy ®

@jamesjohnson4403 2 жыл бұрын

LIL TUFFY Love you baby TM

@Nad1922 6 жыл бұрын

1mn02s 😲😲😲

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

The GRAND CARPI

@isaact3794 3 жыл бұрын

no way jack was only 6ft towering over everybody like that

@ishatype2764 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, but he was just a shade over 6', just like I am, and he looks like a giant compared to everyone else. I think the average height of a man back in those days was about 5'8".

@katman734 2 жыл бұрын

@@ishatype2764 Normal working people were a lot smaller back then. Diet and lifestyle played a huge influence over genetics.

@OfficialDamaniScott Жыл бұрын

… they called him a giant because most men were around 5ft 7 in those days. So if he was 6ft0, that’s kinda like being 6’4 in today’s standards.

@hippo4214 Жыл бұрын

@@OfficialDamaniScott i still 5ft7, people call me short but i just a throw back to the olden days lol

@NoRockinMansLand 9 ай бұрын

Yeah if he grew up in modern era he would have been like 6'5 btw, like Francis Ngannou kind of size

@jamesjames3280 2 жыл бұрын

Love de li holTM

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Big Baller Record TM

@sugarjohnson8077 Жыл бұрын

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@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Kick The ball

@darnellwilliamsjr97 6 ай бұрын

Look how he held that lil white boy back then he was diff bro

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Great British

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Daddy love you milton

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Lil tuffy Grand Daddy

@jameslijohnson4305 2 жыл бұрын

SHABAZZ

@suspect8249 2 жыл бұрын

Carver Ranches Est 1520

@tuffyjewz5609 3 жыл бұрын

Prince Phillips Was in his 20

@roscoegarbonzo9966 4 жыл бұрын

1: 02 After shaking Jack Johnson hand a Shiphand wipes his hand off on his Jacket

@jerrylanglois7892 4 жыл бұрын

In the Southern U.S. at that time it wasn't considered proper for a white man to shake hands with a black man.

@TheBatugan77 3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrylanglois7892 This was England.

@jerrylanglois7892 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 Thanks for the correction...guess the brits were just as bigoted ?