Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson — Season 1, Episode 1: Part One
Documentary • 111 min • 1 season, 2 episodes
Episode synopsis
Follow Jack Johnson's journey from Texas to professional boxing, where, in Jim Crow America, the heavyweight champion was a "white title." In 1908 he became the first African American to earn the title Heavyweight Champion of the World.
About Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.