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The story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man in race-obsessed America.
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Subjects
Race relations, Boxing, Boxers (Sports), Sports upsets, Discrimination in sports, African American boxers, Tournaments, Biography, HistoryPeople
Jack Johnson (1878-1946)Places
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20th centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
2010, PBS Distribution
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in English
- Widescreen ed.
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Unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
2005, PBS Home Video, Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
videorecording :
in English
1415707448 9781415707449
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Edition Notes
Originally produced for PBS television in 2004.
Special features: the making of 'Unforgivable blackness'; footage not shown on PBS broadcast; special music video featuring Wynton Marsalis.
Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers; original music composer, Wynton Marsalis.
Narrator: Keith David; voice of Jack Johnson: Samuel L. Jackson; interviews with: Stanley Crouch, James Earl Jones, Gerald Early, Jose Torres, Randy Roberts, Jack Newfield, Bert Sugar, W.C. Heinz, George Plimpton.
MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian home video rating: PG.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound ; stereo.
English dialogue; closed-captioned.
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