With Sylvester Stallone in Oval Office, Trump posthumously pardons Jack Johnson, boxing’s first black heavyweight champion

Share:

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.

This is a developing story.

READ MORE:

[give_form id=”79809″] [contentcards url=”http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/24/trump-posthumously-pardons-jack-johnson-boxings-first-black-heavyweight-champion.html” target=”_blank”]
Share:

2021 © True Pundit. All rights reserved.