Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)

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

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

as Narrator (voice)

as Jack Johnson (voice)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - writer

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

as Self - actor

as Self - boxing historian

as Self - writer

as Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion

as Self - biographer

as Self - journalist

as Self - sportswriter

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

as Self - writer

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