
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
TV Series
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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Streaming on PBS Documentaries.
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Details
- Release date
- 2005-01-17
- Language
- English
Cast & crew

Samuel L. Jackson
as Narrator (voice)

Keith David
as Jack Johnson (voice)
- JJ
Jack Johnson
as Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch
as Self - writer
- JJ
James Earl Jones
as Self - actor
- BS
Bert Sugar
as Self - boxing historian

Gerald Early
as Self - writer
- JT
José Torres
as Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
- RR
Randy Roberts
as Self - biographer
- JN
Jack Newfield
as Self - journalist
Directed by Ken Burns