Nation May 24 Ken Burns on heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and the legacy of racism By Murrey Jacobson
Nation May 24 Watch 5:36 Pardoned boxer Jack Johnson just 'wanted to live well,' Ken Burns says President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first African-American heavyweight champion. An all-white jury convicted him in 1913 of violating the federal Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral…
Politics May 24 Donald Trump pardons heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson for 1913 conviction Jack Johnson is a legendary figure in boxing, who crossed over into popular culture decades ago with biographies, dramas and documentaries following the civil rights era. By Associated Press