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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2005· 1 season·Complete

Documentary

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Overview

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

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Keith David

Keith David

Jack Johnson (voice)

Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

Stanley Crouch

Self - writer

James Earl Jones

Self - actor

Bert Sugar

Self - boxing historian

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