On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he was weighing whether or not to grant a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, after it was suggested to him by actor Sylvester Stallone. "His trials and ...

Donald Trump shared a tweet on Saturday declaring that he’s considering a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson after Sylvester Stallone reached out to him to make the request. “His trials and tribulations ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new book about cocky, flamboyant, subversive boxing champion Jack Johnson -- the first black man to take the heavyweight crown -- goes beyond his infamous battles with Jim Crow, the ...

They called him the “Galveston Giant,” boxing’s first Black world heavyweight champion, but in his own hometown Jack Johnson’s profile is curiously, even shockingly, low for a man of his cultural ...

FILE – This undated photo shows boxer Jack Johnson. President Donald Trump says he’s considering “a Full Pardon!” for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson ...

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President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is considering granting a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on the advice of actor Sylvester Stallone. “Sylvester Stallone called me with the story ...

In the decade following the onset of the 20th Century pugilism, now conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Queensbury rules, had begun to develop lines of improvement that witnessed the ...

President Trump granted a rare and historic posthumous pardon Thursday to Jack Johnson 72 years after his death, clearing the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion of racially motivated ...