Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.

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• S.Res. 447A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States should exercise his Constitutional Authority to pardon posthumously John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for Mr. Johnson's racially-motivated 1913 conviction that diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and unduly tarnished his reputation.

  2004-10-05Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10417-10419; text as passed Senate: CR S10418-10419; text of measure as introduced: CR S10445)

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1. 2004-11-19

   Introduced in House

2. 2004-11-19

   Introduced in House

3. 2004-11-19

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.