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| Date: | 04 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, (white trunks) fighting Amos Johnson in the 178 pound final of the Pan-American Gam... |
| Date: | 10 02 1912 |
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| Description: | African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1... |
| Date: | 04 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Calvin Vernon, an African-American, had led with a left and was blocking a left return by Idaho's Bill Diehl in the first round of their light ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Buddy Brown poses outdoors standing on a box wearing boxing gloves and trunks. |
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| Description: | The Gold Dust Twins were a popular comedy-musical act that toured in the Midwest during the 1950s. The two men sang, danced, and performed banjo music, as ... |
| Date: | 03 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin boxer Brown McGhee (left) lands a jab on the jaw of Ron Rall of Washington State during a boxing match between the University of Wisconsin vs. Wa... |
| Date: | 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Terry Pitts, on the left at 147-pounds, is a younger brother of Orvill Pitts, NCAA light heavyweight champion from Wisconsin in 1956. |
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