Jack Johnson: The Black boxer who sparked race riots after world heavyweight win By Ben Morse, CNN 10 minute read Updated 6:33 AM EDT, Fri July 3, 2020 Link Copied! Video Ad ...

P resident Trump pardoned Jack Johnson on Thursday, more than a century after the late boxer was convicted on kidnapping charges for transporting a woman across state lines in a case that was ...

Sen. John McCain, who for years has pushed for a posthumous pardon for legendary boxing great Jack Johnson, cheered President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to finally absolve the late boxer ...

You might remember Johnson from “The Great White Hope,” which won a Pulitzer Prize as a play in 1969 and was later a movie, starring James Earl Jones. Matejka learned of the boxer through his ...