Len Johnson in a boxing stance, early in his career

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Ireland and Sierra Leone — his mother’s Irish heritage, his father’s home country

Sources

Everything on this site about Len Johnson’s life is drawn from published work and from his own papers. These are the references — go and check them.

  1. Hirsch, S., & Brown, G. · 2023

    Breaking the 'colour bar': Len Johnson, Manchester and anti-racism

    Race & Class, 64(3) — doi.org/10.1177/03063968221139993

  2. Rose, I. · 2024

    The Rentier City

    Repeater Books, London — pp. 85–87

  3. BoxRec

    Len Johnson — complete professional record

    BoxRec fight database — boxrec.com

Where the papers are

The Working Class Movement Library in Salford holds a collection from Len Johnson’s own archive, including the scrapbook of newspaper cuttings in which he kept a record of his boxing life. It is open to the public.

The campaign

The Len Johnson Campaign is a Community Interest Company registered in England & Wales, company no. 15046866. Its accounts and filings are public on the Companies House register.

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