UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON (2005)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Documentary
January 17, 2005 - January 18, 2005
Ended
|1 Season, 2 episodes
United States
English
PBS

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.

Episode Guide

Cast & Characters

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Keith David

Jack Johnson (voice)

Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

Self - writer

James Earl Jones

Self - actor

Bert Sugar

Self - boxing historian

Gerald Early

Self - writer

José Torres

Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion

Randy Roberts

Self - biographer

Jack Newfield

Self - journalist

W.C. Heinz

Self - sportswriter

George Plimpton

Self - writer

Crew

Ken Burns

Production

Paul Barnes

Production

David Schaye

Production