“Last on His Feet” shows why the Galveston native and first African-American heavyweight champion remains a compelling figure a century after his heyday. On July 4, 1910, boxer and Galveston native ...

The first Black boxing champion was a man named Jack Johnson and a few years before he died in 1946, he told a young reporter, “Just remember, whatever you write about me, that I was a man.” You will ...

President Donald Trump has granted a full posthumous pardon to boxing legend Jack Johnson, about a month after he announced he was considering clemency. Trump granted the pardon Thursday. The ...

During Johnson’s reign, promoters sought a “Great White Hope” to defeat the flamboyant champion, and his victories were often marred by racial discord Eric W. Jentsch In his book Jack Johnson the Man, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his ...

A boxing match between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries—billed as the “Fight of the Century” when it happened 113 years ago in Reno, Nevada—leaps from the pages of new graphic novel “Last on his Feet: ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's considering "a Full Pardon!" for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson was convicted by ...

A bipartisan group lawmakers, including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.), are pushing President Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to former heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is considering granting a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on the advice of actor Sylvester Stallone. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he ...