H.Con.Res. 91 · 111th Congress

Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Pete King
Introduced
2009-04-01
Latest action
2009-04-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summary

Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse of the federal government's prosecutorial authority and to recognize his athletic and cultural contributions to society.