Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Synopsis
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
First Air Date: 2005-01-17
Last Air Date: 2005-01-18
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 2
Networks: PBS
Top Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Narrator (voice)
- Keith David as Jack Johnson (voice)
- Jack Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- Stanley Crouch as Self - writer
- James Earl Jones as Self - actor
- Bert Sugar as Self - boxing historian
- Gerald Early as Self - writer
- José Torres as Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
- Randy Roberts as Self - biographer
- Jack Newfield as Self - journalist
Seasons
Miniseries (2005)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 2: Part Two
When no one could beat Johnson in the ring, the government set out to destroy him in the courts, using his relationships with white women as the excuse to prosecute and send him to jail. Johnson fled to Europe where he remained a fugitive.
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