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  1. 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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    • Documentary, Biography, Sport
    • Ken Burns
    • 2005-01-17
  2. Follow Jack Johnson's remarkable journey from his humble beginnings in Galveston, Texas, as the son of former slaves, to his entry into the brutal world of...

  3. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a 2005 biographical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, based on the 2004 nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward. It describes the life story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World.

  4. 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...

  5. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson tells the story of the first African-American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports and his struggle, in and out of the ring, to live his life as a free man.

  6. From PBS - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson tells the story of the first African-American boxer to win the most coveted title in all...

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  8. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Season 1. The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man. 2005 2 episodes 16+. Documentary. Watch with PBS Documentaries. Start your 7-day free trial. Buy Episode 1. SD $1.99. Buy Season 1. SD $3.98.

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