Image from Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Donald Trump has posthumously pardoned the late heavyweight boxer, Jack Johnson. "Today I've issued an executive grant of clemency ...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion, who was sent to prison a century ago in a racially charged case. Trump ...
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Today in Chicago History: Chicago resident Jack Johnson becomes first Black heavyweight boxing champ
1908: Jack Johnson — who lived in Chicago and owned a short-lived cafe in the Bronzeville neighborhood — became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson defeated Tommy Burns in the 14th ...
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