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[massmike]

Supporters were sure they'd have better luck with Obama, who became the nation's first black president 100 years after Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion. But they're still waiting.

"Obama don't care about no black people!"

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the Justice Department's pardon attorney told McCain and King that the DOJ's resources are best used for pardoning the living.

Exactly, I watched the Ken Burns special on Jack Johnson back when it was broadcast and it was pretty obvious Johnson got shafted by the feds because he was a famous, rich, black guy that not only dated white women, but did it flamboyantly. A big no-no in those days. If I remember correctly, the feds actual created a law just so they could convict him, it was something about forbidding a black to transport a white across state lines, for sexual purposes. That being said, I not sure what it accomplishes nearly a century after the fact, when everybody involved is dead and the best you can hope for is to waste a lot of money and resources for what will be a little more than a footnote in the history books.