S.CON.RES.6: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and

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Bill Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) should receive a posthumous pardon 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.

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
Feb. 26, 2015
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1172)
Feb. 26, 2015

Introduced in the Senate by John McCain (R-Ariz.)

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