WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his ...

Jack Johnson stepped into the boxing ring for the last time nearly a century ago. The Galveston native has been gone since 1946, when he sped away from a North Carolina diner that refused him service ...

President Donald Trump has granted a full posthumous pardon to boxing legend Jack Johnson, about a month after he announced he was considering clemency. Trump granted the pardon Thursday. The ...

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 ...

A boxing match between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries—billed as the “Fight of the Century” when it happened 113 years ago in Reno, Nevada—leaps from the pages of new graphic novel “Last on his Feet: ...

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 ...

A bipartisan group lawmakers, including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.), are pushing President Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to former heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson.

President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...