President Donald Trump says he's considering a posthumous pardon for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of ...

John Arthur “Jack” Johnson is widely regarded as one of the best and most influential boxers, who, at the height of Jim Crow, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see ...

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 ...

Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV), John McCain (R-AZ), William “Mo” Cowan (D-MA) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Tuesday called on President Obama to pardon the late boxing champion Jack Johnson, Reid’s office ...

On Thursday, President Donald Trump granted a posthumous presidential pardon to legendary boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxing heavyweight champion. Johnson, who died in 1946, was ...

Republican lawmakers have tried and failed for years to urge presidents to pardon legendary boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion who was convicted on charges his judge has since ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new book about cocky, flamboyant, subversive boxing champion Jack Johnson -- the first black man to take the heavyweight crown -- goes beyond his infamous battles with Jim Crow, the ...

Jack Johnson, left, fought Jim Jeffries for more than the undisputed heavyweight title; Scott Joplin aspired to more than "King of Ragtime" renown. George Arents Collection / New York Public Library / ...

In the decade following the onset of the 20th Century pugilism, now conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Queensbury rules, had begun to develop lines of improvement that witnessed the ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his ...