Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
TV series2005106 min / episode
Directed by Ken Burns
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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.Read moreLess
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
The story
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
Cast & crew
Samuel L. JacksonNarrator (voice)
Keith DavidJack Johnson (voice)Jack Johnson
Jack JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Stanley CrouchSelf - writerJames Earl Jones
James Earl JonesSelf - actorBert Sugar
Bert SugarSelf - boxing historian
Gerald EarlySelf - writerJosé Torres
José TorresSelf - Former Light Heavyweight ChampionRandy Roberts
Randy RobertsSelf - biographerJack Newfield
Jack NewfieldSelf - journalistW.C. Heinz
W.C. HeinzSelf - sportswriter
George PlimptonSelf - writerExplore the crew
- Writer
- Geoffrey C. Ward
- Director
- Ken Burns
- Producer
- Paul Barnes
- Producer
- Ken Burns
- Producer
- David Schaye
- Original Music Composer
- Wynton Marsalis
- Director of Photography
- Stephen McCarthy
- Director of Photography
- Buddy Squires
- Editor
- Paul Barnes
- Editor
- Erik Ewers