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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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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Florentine Films

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1 season

2 episodes

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Cast

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Featured 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

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Jack Newfield

Self - journalist

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W.C. Heinz

Self - sportswriter

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George Plimpton

Self - writer

Crew

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Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

Writing

Ken Burns

Director

Directing

David Schaye

Producer

Production

Wynton Marsalis

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Sound

Buddy Squires

Director of Photography

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Erik Ewers

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Season 1

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2 episodes • 2005

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