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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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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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Top Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Keith David
Jack Johnson (voice)
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Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Self - writer
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James Earl Jones
Self - actor
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Bert Sugar
Self - boxing historian
Gerald Early
Self - writer
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José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
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Randy Roberts
Self - biographer
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Jack Newfield
Self - journalist
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W.C. Heinz
Self - sportswriter
George Plimpton
Self - writer
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Ken Burns
Director
Where to watch
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SeriesStatus
Ended
Release
January 17, 2005
Episode Runtime
106 min
Language
English
Origin
United States of America
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