Basic Info
First Air: January 17, 2005
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Last Episode
Name: Part Two
Season: 1, Episode: 2
Air Date: 2005-01-18
Runtime: 102 min
When 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.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
1 seasons
2 episodes
Overview
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
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
Crew
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Ken Burns
Director
Paul Barnes
Producer
Ken Burns
Producer
David Schaye
Producer
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