,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ba  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#e1 #bjac ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for 
himself1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,stockman1   
,mr4 ,grimm1 and ,mr4 ,bishop of ,new   
,york7 submitted the following          
concurrent resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,expressing the sense of ,congress that 
,john ,arthur ,jack ,johnson should     
receive a posthumous pardon for the     
racially motivated conviction in #aiac  
that diminished the athletic1 cultural1 
and historic significance of ,jack      
,johnson and unduly tarnished his       
reputation4  ,whereas ,john ,arthur     
,jack ,johnson was a flamboyant1        
defiant1 and controversial figure in the
 history of the ,united ,states who     
challenged racial biases2 ,whereas ,jack
 ,johnson was born in ,galveston1       
,texas1 in #ahgh to parents who were    
former slaves2 ,whereas ,jack ,johnson  

became a professional boxer and traveled
 throughout the ,united ,states1        
fighting ,white and ,african-,american  
heavyweights2 ,whereas after being      
denied 7on purely racial grounds7 the   
opportunity to fight #b ,white          
champions1 in #aijh1 ,jack ,johnson was 
granted an opportunity by an ,australian
 promoter to fight the reigning ,white  
title-holder1 ,tommy ,burns2 ,whereas   
,jack ,johnson defeated ,tommy ,burns to
 become the first ,african-,american to 
hold the title of ,heavyweight ,champion
 of the ,world2 ,whereas the victory by 
,jack ,johnson over ,tommy ,burns       
prompted a search for a ,white boxer who
 could beat ,jack ,johnson1 a           
recruitment effort that was dubbed the  
search for the great white hope2        
,whereas in #aiaj1 a ,white former      
champion named ,jim ,jeffries left      
retirement to fight ,jack ,johnson in   
,reno1 ,nevada2 ,whereas ,jim ,jeffries 
lost to ,jack ,johnson in what was      
deemed the ,battle of the ,century2     

,whereas the defeat of ,jim ,jeffries by
 ,jack ,johnson led to rioting1         
aggression against ,african-,americans1 
and the racially motivated murder of    
,african-,americans nationwide2 ,whereas
 the relationships of ,jack ,johnson    
with ,white women compounded the        
resentment felt toward him by many      
,whites2 ,whereas between #aija and     
#aiaj1 #ged ,african-,americans were    
lynched1 some for simply for being too  
familiar with ,white women2 ,whereas in 
#aiaj1 ,congress passed the ,act of     
,june #be1 #aiaj 7commonly known as the 
,white ,slave ,traffic ,act or the ,mann
 ,act7 7#ah ,u4,s4,c4 #bdba et seq471   
which outlawed the transportation of    
women in interstate or foreign commerce 
for the purpose of prostitution or      
debauchery1 or for any other immoral    
purpose2 ,whereas in ,october #aiab1    
,jack ,johnson became involved with a   
,white woman whose mother disapproved of
 their relationship and sought action   
from the ,department of ,justice1       

claiming that ,jack ,johnson had        
abducted her daughter2 ,whereas ,jack   
,johnson was arrested by ,federal       
marshals on ,october #ah1 #aiab1 for    
transporting the woman across ,state    
lines for an immoral purpose in         
violation of the ,mann ,act2 ,whereas   
the ,mann ,act charges against ,jack    
,johnson were dropped when the woman    
refused to cooperate with ,federal      
authorities1 and then married ,jack     
,johnson2 ,whereas ,federal authorities 
persisted and summoned a ,white woman   
named ,belle ,schreiber1 who testified  
that ,jack ,johnson had transported her 
across ,state lines for the purpose of  
prostitution and debauchery2 ,whereas in
 #aiac1 ,jack ,johnson was convicted of 
violating the ,mann ,act and sentenced  
to #a year and #a day in ,federal       
prison2 ,whereas ,jack ,johnson fled the
 ,united ,states to ,canada and various 
,european and ,south ,american          
countries2 ,whereas ,jack ,johnson lost 
the ,heavyweight ,championship title to 

,jess ,willard in ,cuba in #aiae2       
,whereas ,jack ,johnson returned to the 
,united ,states in ,july #aibj1         
surrendered to authorities1 and served  
nearly a year in the ,federal           
penitentiary at ,leavenworth1 ,kansas2  
,whereas ,jack ,johnson subsequently    
fought in boxing matches1 but never     
regained the ,heavyweight ,championship 
title2 ,whereas ,jack ,johnson served   
his country during ,world ,war ,,ii by  
encouraging citizens to buy war bonds   
and participating in exhibition boxing  
matches to promote the war bond cause2  
,whereas ,jack ,johnson died in an      
automobile accident in #aidf2 ,whereas  
in #aied1 ,jack ,johnson was inducted   
into the ,boxing ,hall of ,fame2 and    
,whereas1 on ,july #bi1 #bjji1 the      
#aaath ,congress agreed to ,senate      
,concurrent ,resolution #bi1 which      
expressed the sense of the #aaath       
,congress that ,jack ,johnson should    
receive a posthumous pardon for his     
racially motivated #aiac conviction3    

,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it remains
 the sense of ,congress that ,jack      
,johnson should receive a posthumous    
pardon--  7#a7 to expunge a racially    
motivated abuse of the prosecutorial    
authority of the ,federal ,government   
from the annals of criminal justice in  
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 in       
recognition of the athletic and cultural
 contributions of ,jack ,johnson to     
society4