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| − | '''Jack Johnson''', short for "John Arthur Johnson" (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), was a widely celebrated black heavyweight boxing champion, [[patent]]-holder,<ref>https://patents.google.com/patent/US1413121/en</ref> and entrepreneur. He was victimized by a misuse of [[federal]] prosecutorial power, and [[pardon]]ed by President [[Donald Trump]] in 2018. | + | '''Jack Johnson''', short for "John Arthur Johnson" (b. Galveston, [[Texas]] on March 31, 1878 – d. [[North Carolina]], June 10, 1946), was a widely celebrated black heavyweight boxing champion, [[patent]]-holder,<ref>https://patents.google.com/patent/US1413121/en</ref> and entrepreneur. He was victimized by a misuse of [[federal]] prosecutorial power, and [[pardon]]ed by President [[Donald Trump]] in 2018. |
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[category:boxing]] | [[category:boxing]] | ||
[[category:Inventors]] | [[category:Inventors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:12, March 9, 2023
Jack Johnson, short for "John Arthur Johnson" (b. Galveston, Texas on March 31, 1878 – d. North Carolina, June 10, 1946), was a widely celebrated black heavyweight boxing champion, patent-holder,[1] and entrepreneur. He was victimized by a misuse of federal prosecutorial power, and pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2018.