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 ...

(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on the advice of actor Sylvester Stallone. "Today I've issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon ...

The date was July 4, 1910, the location was Reno, Nevada, and the event scheduled to take place was billed as the “Fight of the Century.” Roughly 20,000 people packed into a newly built, massive ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activists in Texas are seeking a pardon from President Barack Obama for the late boxer Jack Johnson, an African-American convicted a century ago for the crime of ...

FILE – This undated photo shows boxer Jack Johnson. President Donald Trump says he’s considering “a Full Pardon!” for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson ...