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Jersey Joe Walcott overcame long odds through perseverance and grit to become heavyweight champion of the world, embodying the strength of Camden City and its residents. His father, Joseph Alexander Cream, declared in 1951, “Listen my friend, let me tell you one thing… one day my son will be a champion of the world,” and was later elected the first African American sheriff of Camden County in 1971.
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