Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on the advice of actor Sylvester Stallone. "Today I've issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon, posthumously, to John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson ... Trump was joined in the Oval Office by Stallone, current heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, and Johnson's great-great niece Linda Bell Haywood, among others. "Jack Johnson was not treated fairly, and we have corrected that, and I'm very honored to have done it." Sylvester Stallone called me with the story of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson.

Source: CNN May 24, 2018 17:32 UTC