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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Directed by Ken Burns
2005    3h 34m    TV-PG
8.3100%94%
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Cast of Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  • Keith DavidNarrator (voice)
  • Samuel L. JacksonJack Johnson (voice)
  • Jack JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
  • Adam ArkinOther Voices (voice)
  • Philip BoscoOther Voices (voice)
  • Kevin ConwayOther Voices (voice)
  • Brian CoxOther Voices (voice)
  • John CullumOther Voices (voice)
  • Murphy GuyerOther Voices (voice)
  • Ed HarrisOther Voices (voice)
  • Derek JacobiOther Voices (voice)
  • Carl LumblyOther Voices (voice)
  • Amy MadiganOther Voices (voice)
  • Carolyn McCormickOther Voices (voice)
  • Joe MortonOther Voices (voice)
  • Alan RickmanOther Voices (voice)
  • Studs TerkelOther Voices (voice)
  • Jack ThompsonOther Voices (voice)
  • Billy Bob ThorntonOther Voices (voice)
  • Courtney B. VanceOther Voices (voice)
  • Eli WallachOther Voices (voice)
  • Jeffrey WrightOther Voices (voice)
  • Randy RobertsSelf
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