Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005 · TV · 1 season · 2 episodes
Documentary
Overview
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
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Key crew
- Geoffrey C. WardWriter
- Ken BurnsDirector
- Wynton MarsalisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonNarrator (voice)
- Keith DavidJack Johnson (voice)
- Jack JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
- Stanley CrouchSelf - writer
- James Earl JonesSelf - actor
- Bert SugarSelf - boxing historian
- Gerald EarlySelf - writer
- José TorresSelf - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
- Randy RobertsSelf - biographer
- Jack NewfieldSelf - journalist
- W.C. HeinzSelf - sportswriter
- George PlimptonSelf - writer
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