Bill Sponsors: US HCR52 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Bill Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-08-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. [HCR52 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sponsors

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Representative Peter King [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-NY-2OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Lacy Clay [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-MO-1OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Jesse Jackson [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-IL-2OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide

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