Persecuted, exiled, nearly assassinated and damned by a world determined to squelch his rebellious rise, Jack Johnson became boxing's first black heavyweight champion in 1908 but spent nearly his ...

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 ...

After 14 years of lobbying by supporters and family members, former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson finally received a presidential pardon, 72 years after his death. Born in Texas in 1878 ...

Etta committed suicide in her room above Johnson’s Cafe de Champion in September 1912. Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson before his fight with Jim Jeffries in 1910 in Reno, Nevada.

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 ...

Boxer Jack Johnson, who was the first black world heavyweight champion, has received a posthumous presidential pardon after years of bipartisan efforts by lawmakers and family members to clear his ...

President Trump tweeted Saturday afternoon that he will consider a posthumous pardon for boxer Jack Johnson after a call from actor Sylvester Stallone, who according to Trump explained the ...

GALVESTON, Texas - In what could be a historical decision, President Trump announced Saturday that’s he’s considering a full pardon for legendary boxer Jack Johnson. The boxer was convicted in ...

Those riots weren’t sparked by police brutality, but by a boxing match. In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when ...

Those riots weren’t sparked by police brutality, but by a boxing match. In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when ...