At which penitentiary did Jack Johnson serve his sentence?
Alcatraz
Sing Sing
Leavenworth
Rikers Island
Answer
Leavenworth, a federal penitentiary in Kansas, served as the location where legendary boxer and one of the first African American world champions, Jack Johnson, was incarcerated for violating the Mann Act of 1910. His controversial conviction, widely seen as racially motivated, stemmed from transporting a woman across state lines for "immoral" purposes.
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