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, despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

Born in Galveston, Texas, the son of former slaves, Johnson was a dock worker in his teenage years. He left home at 16, making it as far as New York, surviving by working as a janitor or stable boy.

Boxer Jack Johnson's 1914 memoir "Mes Combats" (My Fights) appears at Harvard University's Widener Library, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007.

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 was convicted by all-white ...

John Arthur “Jack” Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas in 1878 to parents who were former slaves. He spent his teenage years working on the docks of the port city and honing his boxing skills ...

Jack Johnson, boxer jailed under Jim Crow, is being considered by Trump for pardon. April 21, 2018. Jack Johnson in an undated photo (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) ...

15th February 1924: American boxer, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) with his wife (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) More. Photos: Legendary heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson.

Boxing legend Jack Johnson in an undated photo. Jack Johnson, center, and his wife, Etta Terry Duryea Johnson, in an undated photo in Chicago. Etta committed suicide in her room above Johnson’s ...

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, despite ...

Ticket for the 1912 World's Championship boxing match, Jim Flynn vs. Jack Johnson. On July 4, 1912, Johnson defended his championship title against "Fireman" Jim Flynn (1879–1935) ...