Please sign this petition for Jack Johnson

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  1. Prince.

    Prince. 24/7 365 Full Member

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    Petition started by Mike Tyson. Notable supporters include Lenox Lewise, McCain etc.

    Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, is long overdue a pardon. Johnson paved the way for black boxers like me. But he was a victim of racist Jim Crow justice and was wrongfully convicted by an all-white jury in June 1913, under the Mann Act, for dating a white woman. This unjust prosecution ultimately tarnished his legacy and ended his career. But Senator Harry Reid and Senator John McCain have taken up this issue and are working towards a pardon - President Obama should support their effort.

    Johnson was born as the son of former slaves in Texas and in his career as a boxer, he broke the rules of the segregated Jim Crow era by fighting and beating a white boxer. But he also dated white women - eventually marrying one. This infuriated many southern racists and in 1913, authorities sentenced him under The Mann Act to to a year and a day in prison for crossing state lines in the company of a white girlfriend.

    The Mann Act was a law passed on June 25th, 1910, named after Congressman James Robert Mann. In it’s original form the law prohibited white slavery and the interstate transport of females for immoral purposes, which was to address prostitution. However, it’s ambiguous language of “immorality” allowed selective prosecutions, which was the unfortunate case of Mr. Johnson.

    This unjust prosecution ultimately tarnished Jack Johnson’s legacy. Senator Harry Reid and Senator John McCain have taken up this issue and are working towards a pardon. Let’s show President Obama and the White House that we too care about Jack Johnson’s legacy by signing this petition. In doing so, we are also righting the legacy of our great country.



    http://www.change.org/petitions/president-barack-obama-pardon-boxing-legend-jack-johnson
     
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  2. Prince.

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    Thanks if you contribute.
     
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  3. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis being British/Canadian/Jamaican can sign a petition for a US law?
     
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  4. tezel8764

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  5. Prince.

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    yes
     
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  6. Abdullah

    Abdullah Boxing Junkie banned

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    I signed! Thank you so much for posting this. I am a big time supporter of this petition. Years ago people were trying to get this done and it never did. I hope it works this time. The great Jack Johnson was unfairly persecuted by the U.S. government. I know it is way after the fact now, but can they at least give the man in death what they never did in life? Justice!
     
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  7. Prince.

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    Thanks Abdullah. You have a good heart.
     
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  8. Cael

    Cael Claudia Cardinale Full Member

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    What's the point..what does it change?

    Guy has been dead for more then half a century.
     
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  9. turbotime

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    I thought he did get pardoned?

    Anywho, signed!
     
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  10. Boxed Ears

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  11. Bazooka

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    Done deal!!! **** they have been trying to get him pardoned for ages why the **** hasnt our government gone ahead and fixed this already?
     
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  12. Pimp C

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    Will do
     
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  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    I think it's against some bull**** policy.
     
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  14. Prince.

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    4 more years? What is Obama exactly doing other than playing with his dog and sending his kids on expensive holidays?
     
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  15. 1PunchKO95

    1PunchKO95 The Irish Drunk Full Member

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    I've signed it hopefully this petition does some good and finally gets Johnson the pardon he's been long overdue. :good
     
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