50TH Anniversary of "The Great White Hope"(Pulitzer Winning Play)

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This month 50 years ago (December 12th)Howard Sacklers play had its World premiere at
the Arena Stage in Washington DC.
and thus It lead to the resurgence of Jack Johnson memory.
check this out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope

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don't believe it ?
Then check out this article from the December 14th 1967 issue of JET Magazine.

https://books.google.com/books?id=U7gDA ... pg=PA52&dq