The first Black boxing champion was a man named Jack Johnson and a few years before he died in 1946, he told a young reporter, “Just remember, whatever you write about me, that I was a man.” You will ...

President Donald Trump has granted a full posthumous pardon to boxing legend Jack Johnson, about a month after he announced he was considering clemency. Trump granted the pardon Thursday. The ...

Listen, if all it takes is a phone call from a famous person to get things done in Washington, D.C., can we hand some talking points and PowerPoint slides to celebrities with common sense? Suggested ...

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 ...

A bipartisan group lawmakers, including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.), are pushing President Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to former heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson.

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a pardon for the late boxer Jack Johnson, an African-American convicted a century ago for the crime of taking a woman ...

“Last on His Feet” shows why the Galveston native and first African-American heavyweight champion remains a compelling figure a century after his heyday. On July 4, 1910, boxer and Galveston native ...

Donald Trump shared a tweet on Saturday declaring that he’s considering a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson after Sylvester Stallone reached out to him to make the request. “His trials and tribulations ...

They called him the “Galveston Giant,” boxing’s first Black world heavyweight champion, but in his own hometown Jack Johnson’s profile is curiously, even shockingly, low for a man of his cultural ...

On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he was weighing whether or not to grant a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, after it was suggested to him by actor Sylvester Stallone. "His trials and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has 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 ...