I understand your point, but I don't agree. Wealth provides one type of liberty, but certainly not the only type. There were "wealthy" blacks in the postbellum south who couldn't walk down a street without being called "boy" and who were constantly in fear of lynching. The fact is that Louis's America was not entirely free, or equal. He did a lot to change that. And yes, Johnson was a champion, but partly because he had been a champion, there was an unwritten agreement never to allow a black to compete for the title again . . . until Louis.