Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Plot.
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Johnson
Self
Stanley Crouch
Self - Writer
James Earl Jones
Self - Actor
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Johnson
Adam Arkin
Other Voices
Bert Sugar
Self - Boxing Historian
Gerald Early
Self - Writer
Philip Bosco
Other Voices
José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
Kevin Conway
Other Voices
José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
Brian Cox
Other Voices
Randy Roberts
Self - Biographer
John Cullum
Other Voices
Jack Newfield
Self - Journalist
Murphy Guyer
Other Voices
Media.
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
Miniseries
Wiki.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a 2005 biographical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, based on the 2004 nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward. It describes the life story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. It also describes racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era, against which Johnson struggled.