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Trump pardons late black boxing champion Jack Johnson jailed for dating white woman

Trump pardons boxer Jack Johnson, first black heavyweight champ

US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion, who was sent to prison a century ago in a racially charged case.

Trump said Johnson, the "Galveston Giant," was the victim of what "many viewed as a racially motivated injustice."

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