英语听力：探索发现 2014-03-16 America's Sex Pioneers 美国的性爱先锋-22（在线收听） |
Eventually Jack Johnson is convicted of violating the Mann Act on May 14th, 1913. He is slapped with 366 days' sentence in prison and a one-thousand-dollar fine. so he decently has the book thrown at him for crime that he didn't commit. and then subsequently white America almost erases him from popular memory because of the fact that he beat white men in the ring, but also because he had relationships with white women, and this was seen as something that was much too volatile to be remembered as part of the popular American memory. despite setbacks, Jack Johnson continued to fight well into his fifties. His legacy inspired black trail blazers such as Jackie Robinson and Mohammad Ali, who crossed racial lines to achieve greatness. But Jack Johnson also changed the American history by challenging society's view on sex.
Water cooler lowdown. Even today the Mann Act remains on the books. It was also used to prosecute Chuck Berry, Charley Chaplin, and Charles Manson. Jack Johnson retired with 73 wins and 13 losses. By then to mix race and sex, Johnson's bravery outside the ring helped change the American history.
Dating back to our first settlers, sex has had a major impact on American history, from our founding fathers to our greatest aviators and everyone in between, there is no question that our American history has been shaped by its sex pioneers |
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