Tuesday, May 25 All the Way to Reno

Watch the documentary called Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. I put the website below. 

The URL is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0gRGoDchMU&t=315s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0gRGoDchMU&t=315s

Answer the following questions about the documentary with a sentence and send me the answers: pcowsill@gmail.com 

1. On the morning of July 4, 1910, how many trains pulled into (arrived at) Reno? 

2. How many people were aboard the trains? 

3. What was Jack Johnson’s occupation? 

4. Does it seem like Jack Johnson lifted weights? Explain. 

5. Does it seem like Jack Johnson was fashionable? Explain. 

6. Where was Jack Johnson born? 

7. How many years of schooling did Jack Johnson have? 

8. How much money did he have when he landed in New York City (8 minutes and 40 seconds into the documentary)? 

9. How was the Battle Royal described (10 minutes and 50 seconds)? 

10. What form of transportation did he prefer (12 minutes)? 

11. Why were fights held on offshore barges? 

12. Who was John L. Sullivan? 

Please write your English name and class time. Please do A from page 19 in the Top Notch textbook (if you have it). Send to pcowsill@gmail.com

 By the way, this was a good paper from last June: