Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

January 17, 2005•1 season•2 episodes•Ended

Documentary

PBS

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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Director

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