HOFFA, MCCAIN AND KING URGE FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR JACK JOHNSON
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) speaks at a press conference calling on President Bush to grant a pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on April 6, 2005. Jack Johnson was arrested for transporting a white woman across state lines in 1913. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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