12-Year-Old Black Boy From Texas Beats Leukemia After Three-Year Battle

Nationwide — Michael “MJ” Dixon, a 12-year-old African American boy from Killeen, Texas, is now cancer-free after a three-year battle with leukemia. In 2023, he celebrated his health victory by ringing the bell at Baylor Scott & White, a ceremony marking the end of his treatment.“I feel good. I can finally do everything I did way before I had cancer, I feel like a free person,” MJ told KWTX.