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  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
  • TV-PG
    214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
TV-PG
214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Geoffrey C. Ward (written by)
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Updated Sep 4, 2004

Release date
Jan 17, 2005 (United States)

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55 cast members
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Jack Johnson
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Stanley Crouch
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James Earl Jones
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Bert Sugar
Self - Boxing Historian Self - Boxing Historian   See fewer
Gerald Early
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José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion (as Jose Torres) Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion (as Jose Torres)   See fewer
Randy Roberts
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Jack Newfield
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
W.C. Heinz
Self - Sportswriter (as W. C. Heinz) Self - Sportswriter (as W. C. Heinz)   See fewer
George Plimpton
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Keith David
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Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Johnson (voice) Jack Johnson (voice)   See fewer
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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Amy Madigan
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Carolyn McCormick
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Joe Morton
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Alan Rickman
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Studs Terkel
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Jack Thompson
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Billy Bob Thornton
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Courtney B. Vance
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Eli Wallach
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Jeffrey Wright
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Muhammad Ali
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Tommy Burns
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Lucille Cameron
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James J. Corbett
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Marty Cutler
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Jack Dempsey
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Joe Jeanette
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Jack Jeffries
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James J. Jeffries
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Al Kaufman
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Stanley Ketchel
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Kenesaw M. Landis
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Sam Langford
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Joe Louis
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James Robert Mann
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Victor McLaglen
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Sam McVey
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Tex Rickard
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John L. Sullivan
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Booker T. Washington
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Jess Willard
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Woodrow Wilson
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