WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today 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 racially-charged conviction. ASSOCIATED PRESS Boxer Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, poses in New York City in 1932. President Donald Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion today, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after a racially-charged conviction. WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today 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 racially-charged conviction. “I am taking this very righteous step, I believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion,” Trump said during an Oval Office ceremony. He was joined by WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, retired heavyweight titleholder Lennox Lewis and actor Sylvester Stallone, whom Trump credited with championing the pardon. Trump said Johnson had served 10 months in prison “for what many view as a racially-motivated injustice.” “It’s my honor to do it. It’s about time,” the president said. Johnson, a… Read full this story
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