The Ku Klux Klan may be after Jack Johnson, former colored heavyweight boxing champion of the world and operator of a roadhouse here, but he doesn’t take the warnings seriously.
First a cross was burned on a hill behind his roadstand; and last week, a crank letter ordered him to clear out. It was signed “K. K. K.”
But Johnson has defied the cross-burner and the “K. K. K.” by decorating his place with bunting decorations.
The colors are blue and white, the Jewish colors!
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
