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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson: Directed by Ken Burns. With Jack Johnson, Stanley Crouch, James Earl Jones, Bert Sugar. The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Unforgivable Blackness is a 2005 biographical documentary by Ken Burns, based on a book by Geoffrey C. Ward. It covers the rise and fall of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, and the racism and social inequality he faced.
Jan 3, 2006 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Paperback – Illustrated, January 3, 2006. In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age.
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Jack Johnson — the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century — enters...
Oct 26, 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Hardcover – Deckle Edge, October 26, 2004. He was the first black heavyweight champion in history, the most celebrated–and most reviled–African American of his age.
July 4, 1910, the retired white Heavyweight Champion of the World, Jim Jeffries, tried to take the title back from the African-American current champion, Jack Johnson. Explore the fight.