Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2005 1 Season 10Series

Documentary

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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Ken Burns

Director

Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

Top Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Keith David

Keith David

Jack Johnson (voice) · 2 eps

Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

Stanley Crouch

Stanley Crouch

Self - writer · 2 eps

James Earl Jones

Self - actor · 2 eps

Bert Sugar

Self - boxing historian · 2 eps

Gerald Early

Gerald Early

Self - writer · 2 eps

José Torres

Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion · 2 eps

Randy Roberts

Self - biographer · 2 eps

Jack Newfield

Self - journalist · 2 eps

W.C. Heinz

Self - sportswriter · 2 eps

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Self - writer · 2 eps