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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/24/trump-posthumously-pardons-jack-johnson-boxings-first-black-heavyweight-champion.html
President Trump on Thursday granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion.
Trump had been urged to do so by "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone. Johnson was convicted in 1913 by an all-white jury of transporting a woman across state lines for "immoral" purposes.
Johnson, the first black man to earn the title of heavyweight boxing champion of the world, died in 1946 after serving time for violating the Mann Act, which banned traveling with a woman across state lines for an “immoral purpose.”
This marks only the third posthumous pardon in U.S. history.
Wikipedia
President Trump on Thursday granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion.
Trump had been urged to do so by "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone. Johnson was convicted in 1913 by an all-white jury of transporting a woman across state lines for "immoral" purposes.
Johnson, the first black man to earn the title of heavyweight boxing champion of the world, died in 1946 after serving time for violating the Mann Act, which banned traveling with a woman across state lines for an “immoral purpose.”
This marks only the third posthumous pardon in U.S. history.
Wikipedia