WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.390 align:middle line:90%


00:00:01.390 --> 00:00:05.110 align:middle line:84%
So this poem is called
"Alias," and it's

00:00:05.110 --> 00:00:09.880 align:middle line:84%
a sonnet made up of names
that sports writers called

00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:12.730 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:12.730 --> 00:00:14.710 align:middle line:90%
"Alias."

00:00:14.710 --> 00:00:16.870 align:middle line:90%
John Arthur Johnson.

00:00:16.870 --> 00:00:18.190 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:18.190 --> 00:00:19.360 align:middle line:90%
'Lil Arthur.

00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:20.710 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:20.710 --> 00:00:22.360 align:middle line:90%
Tiny's boy, Jack.

00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:24.070 align:middle line:90%
Yellow streak nigger.

00:00:24.070 --> 00:00:25.930 align:middle line:90%
Bold Mr. Johnson.

00:00:25.930 --> 00:00:27.130 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:27.130 --> 00:00:28.330 align:middle line:90%
The big smoke.

00:00:28.330 --> 00:00:29.410 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:29.410 --> 00:00:30.520 align:middle line:90%
Flash nigger.

00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:31.660 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:33.040 align:middle line:90%
The big sender.

00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:34.360 align:middle line:90%
Black animal.

00:00:34.360 --> 00:00:35.200 align:middle line:90%
Jack.

00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.080 align:middle line:90%
Texas watermelon pickaninny.

00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:39.670 align:middle line:90%
Mr. Johnson.

00:00:39.670 --> 00:00:41.470 align:middle line:90%
Colored man with cash.

00:00:41.470 --> 00:00:42.640 align:middle line:90%
Colored champion.

00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:43.780 align:middle line:90%
The colored winner.

00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:44.920 align:middle line:90%
Gentleman Jack.

00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:46.000 align:middle line:90%
Jack Johnson.

00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.230 align:middle line:90%
Galveston giant.

00:00:47.230 --> 00:00:48.550 align:middle line:90%
The heavyweight champion.

00:00:48.550 --> 00:00:49.480 align:middle line:90%
Smoke.

00:00:49.480 --> 00:00:51.520 align:middle line:90%
The big Ethiopian.

00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:52.570 align:middle line:90%
Fresh nigger.

00:00:52.570 --> 00:00:54.160 align:middle line:90%
The man they all dodged.

00:00:54.160 --> 00:00:55.300 align:middle line:90%
Papa Jack.

00:00:55.300 --> 00:00:56.440 align:middle line:90%
Champion Jack.

00:00:56.440 --> 00:00:57.040 align:middle line:90%
Johnson.

00:00:57.040 --> 00:00:57.580 align:middle line:90%
Papa.

00:00:57.580 --> 00:00:58.475 align:middle line:90%
Jack.

00:00:58.475 --> 00:00:58.975 align:middle line:90%
Jack?

00:00:58.975 --> 00:01:01.990 align:middle line:90%


00:01:01.990 --> 00:01:04.360 align:middle line:84%
Every one of those came out
of like the Dallas Morning

00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:06.760 align:middle line:84%
Star, the New York
Times, and LA Times.

00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.630 align:middle line:84%
It wasn't like some really
backwater racist newspapers.

00:01:10.630 --> 00:01:13.320 align:middle line:90%
It was real newspapers.