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 unduly tarnished his reputation.

H. Con. Res. 21 · 113th Congress · Mar 5, 2013 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That it remains the sense of Congress that Jack Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon—

(1)

to expunge a racially motivated abuse of the prosecutorial authority of the Federal Government from the annals of criminal justice in the United States; and

(2)

in recognition of the athletic and cultural contributions of Jack Johnson to society.

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 unduly tarnished his reputation.

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