Kathy Pinna
Jack Johnson and Tut Jackson
Jack Johnson (right) and Tut Jackson in a field in 1922, shaking hands.
Jack Johnson and Tut Jackson were boxers. Johnson was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion from 1908 to 1915. Convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across state lines - a woman with whom he had a relationship - he left the US for several years but returned in 1920 to serve a one year sentence.
Wikipedia writes about the incident: "On October 18, 1912, Johnson was arrested on the grounds that his relationship with Lucille Cameron violated the Mann Act against "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes" due to her being an alleged prostitute. Her mother also swore that her daughter was insane. Cameron, soon to become his second wife, refused to cooperate and the case fell apart. Less than a month later, Johnson was arrested again on similar charges. This time, the woman, another alleged prostitute named Belle Schreiber, with whom he had been involved in 1909 and 1910, testified against him." He was convicted by an all white jury and pardoned by President Trump in 2018.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, W.E. Palmer
Jack Johnson and Tut Jackson were boxers. Johnson was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion from 1908 to 1915. Convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across state lines - a woman with whom he had a relationship - he left the US for several years but returned in 1920 to serve a one year sentence.
Wikipedia writes about the incident: "On October 18, 1912, Johnson was arrested on the grounds that his relationship with Lucille Cameron violated the Mann Act against "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes" due to her being an alleged prostitute. Her mother also swore that her daughter was insane. Cameron, soon to become his second wife, refused to cooperate and the case fell apart. Less than a month later, Johnson was arrested again on similar charges. This time, the woman, another alleged prostitute named Belle Schreiber, with whom he had been involved in 1909 and 1910, testified against him." He was convicted by an all white jury and pardoned by President Trump in 2018.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, W.E. Palmer
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