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Obama ducks out of pardoning Jack Johnson – Boxing News
Sam Gregory: On December 26, 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight champion of the world by defeating Tommy Burns at Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney, Australia. Full Article at BoxingNews24.com
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(NECN/ABC NEWS) - Long before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, there was Jack Johnson, the first black man to become heavyweight champion of the world. Full Article at NECN
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Mr. Johnson served 10 months in prison on these charges brought forward clearly to keep him away from the boxing ring where he continued to defeat his white opponents. This Negro, in the eyes of many, has been persecuted. Full Article at NPR
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WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. John McCain on Friday pressed President Barack Obama to give a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. Full Article at USA Today
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If you’re not familiar with Johnson’s life and legacy, watching the great Ken Burns PBS special will help. Full Article at Sports By Brooks
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This was a man who Muhammad Ali emulated ... But Muhammad Ali did his fighting in a decade dedicated to civil rights. Jack Johnson did it in a decade in which more African Americans were lynched than at any other time.
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For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and notorious African-American on earth
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The president’s been very, very busy
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couldn't beat him in the ring, the white power establishment decided to beat him in the courts
