Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Miniseries

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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2 Episodes

  • Part One
    E1
    Part OneFollow Jack Johnson's journey from Texas to professional boxing, where, in Jim Crow America, the heavyweight champion was a "white title." In 1908 he became the first African American to earn the title Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • Part Two
    E2
    Part TwoWhen no one could beat Johnson in the ring, the government set out to destroy him in the courts, using his relationships with white women as the excuse to prosecute and send him to jail. Johnson fled to Europe where he remained a fugitive.

Cast of Miniseries

  • 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
  • Ken BurnsDirector / Producer
  • Geoffrey C. WardWriter
  • Paul BarnesProducer
  • David SchayeProducer
  • Stephen McCarthyDirector Of Photography
  • Buddy SquiresDirector Of Photography
  • Paul BarnesEditor
  • Erik EwersEditor

 

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