Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson — Season 1, Episode 1: Part One

Documentary111 min1 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.

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