Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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

• Geoffrey C. WardWriter
• Ken BurnsDirector
• Wynton MarsalisOriginal Music Composer

• 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