theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

Pardon

FILE - In this July 26, 1937 file photo, New York attorney Samuel Leibowitz, center, stands in his office in New York with four of the "Scottsboro Boys," from left, Willie Robertson, Eugene Williams, Roy Wright, and Olen Montgomery. Levin is credited with saving from death all but one of the nine black teens who were wrongly convicted of raping two white women in 1931. In a final chapter to one of the most important civil rights episodes in American history, Alabama lawmakers voted Thursday, April 4, 2013 to give posthumous pardons to the "Scottsboro Boys". (AP Photo, File)

Ala. legislature votes to pardon Scottsboro Boys

Bob Johnson and Jesse Washington, Asociated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature has voted to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, more than 80 years after the nine young black men were convicted by all-white juries of raping two white women...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Jack Johnson (AP Photo)

Jack Johnson's family wants pardon

Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Relatives and hometown supporters of boxing's first black heavyweight champion are turning to YouTube to convince the President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 conviction for accompanying a white woman across state lines...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, Dorothy Cross, great niece of the first African American heavyweight boxing champion John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, Cross's daughter Constance Hines, and family friend Betsy Victoria listen as Cross's daughter Linda Haywood (3L) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill April 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. McCain and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) introduced a resolution calling on President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon Johnson, who was a victim of what is widely regarded as a racially motivated conviction in 1913 for violating a law prohibiting taking women across state lines for 'immoral purposes'. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

There's no excuse for not pardoning Jack Johnson

David A. Love
OPINION - Now is the time for President Obama to pardon the legendary heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Jack Johnson (AP Photo)

Jack Johnson pardon sought (again)

Andrew Miga, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion imprisoned a century ago for his romantic relationships with white women, renewed their efforts on Tuesday...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Screen capture: the Wilmington Ten.

Melissa Harris Perry: Pardon the Wilmington 10

theGrio
VIDEO - On Saturday, Melissa Harris Perry used her weekly "letter" to address out-going North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue. Her request? Pardon the Wilmington 10 ...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, right, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon," at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. After the ceremony, "Cobbler" will head to George Washington's historic home in Virginia to be part of the "Christmas at Mount Vernon" exhibition. National Turkey Federation Chairman Steve Willardsen is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey

Matthew Daly, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
martelly.jpg

Haiti president may pardon dictator 'Baby Doc'

theGrio
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Haiti's president suggested Thursday that he might pardon former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, saying reconciliation for his nation is more important than making the man known as 'Baby Doc' pay for his bloody rule...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
scott-sisters-free.jpg

Scott sisters will push new Miss. gov for pardon

theGrio
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Scott sisters released from a Mississippi prison last year on condition that one donate a kidney to the other were saddened and disappointed they weren't among dozens receiving full pardons from Gov. Haley Barbour...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
malia-sasha-obama-pardon-turkey-2011-4x3.jpg

Obama pardons pair of Thanksgiving turkeys

theGrio
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has pardoned two plump turkeys in an annual holiday rite...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Obama-signs-bill.jpg

Obama pardon seeks to reflect fairer drug policy

Donna Owens
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama also granted pardons to five other individuals, including three convicted of marijuana-related offenses, according to the White House...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
  • Page 1 of 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • >
  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More
  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP