WASHINGTON - APRIL 1: U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) shakes hands with Dorothy Cross (L), great niece of the first African American heavyweight boxing champion John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, during a news conference on Capitol Hill April 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. McCain and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) introduced a resolution calling on President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon Johnson, who was a victim of what is widely regarded as a racially motivated conviction in 1913 for violating a law prohibiting taking women across state lines for 'immoral purposes'. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

WASHINGTON - APRIL 1: U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) shakes hands with Dorothy Cross (L), great niece of the first African American heavyweight boxing champion John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, during a news conference on Capitol Hill April 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. McCain and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) introduced a resolution calling on President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon Johnson, who was a victim of what is widely regarded as a racially motivated conviction in 1913 for violating a law prohibiting taking women across state lines for 'immoral purposes'.

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