President Trump's posthumous pardon of boxing legend Jack Johnson is not insignificant. But it would probably be far more meaningful to many Americans if the president was more sympathetic to the concerns of black athletes about racial injustice in 2018. Trump granted the pardon to Johnson on Thursday, wiping clean his 1913 Mann Act conviction. Still racists.#JackJohnson — Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) May 24, 2018Who will be first to illustrate Jack Johnson kneeling instead of accepting the pardon? — Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) May 24, 2018If elected, Trump told black Americans, he would address their racial concerns.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2018 20:16 UTC