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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004-3h 34min
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7.1 / 10 26

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Directed by Ken Burns

Writers

Stars Keith David Samuel L. Jackson Jack Johnson

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Keith David

Narrator (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson's picture in the cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Jack Johnson (voice)
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Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage)
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Adam Arkin

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Philip Bosco

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Kevin Conway

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Brian Cox

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John Cullum

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Murphy Guyer

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Ed Harris

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Derek Jacobi

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Carl Lumbly

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