Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson - Season 1 - Eps 1: Part One
Follow 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.
About Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Title: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
First Air Date: 2005-01-17
Last Air Date: 2005-01-18
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 2
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Florentine Films
Synopsis
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
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
