Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Documentary
1/17/2005

Storyline

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

Director:
Ken Burns
Writer:
Geoffrey C. Ward

      Cast

      • 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
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