Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Name: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005

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The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.

Top Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Keith David

Jack Johnson (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

Self - writer

Self - actor

Self - boxing historian

Gerald Early

Self - writer

Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion

Self - biographer

Self - journalist

Self - sportswriter

George Plimpton

Self - writer