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Thread ID: 17766 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2005-04-14
2005-04-14 08:06 | User Profile
[size=4]Black Boxer to be Posthumously Pardoned[/size]
**US congressmen spend crucial time and resources on top-priority case to vindicate boxer who "drew no color lines in his flamboyant love life" **
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U.S. lawmakers are seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, convicted more than 90 years ago in a racially motivated morals case. At the height of his career in 1913, the boxer was convicted and sent to federal prison for one year and one day for violating the Mann Act by transporting a white woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
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