Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) on Netflix
NR20043h 34mBiographyDocumentarySport
Jack Johnson fights for the heavyweight championship of the world, a title no African American has held. The racism and social inequality of the Jim Crow era stand in his way.
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Jack Johnson became the heavyweight champion of the world, the first African American to hold that title. He struggled against the racism and social inequality of the Jim Crow era. His life is the subject of a documentary drawn from a nonfiction book of the same name, retold through narration, voice-over readings, commentary and the recollections of people who studied him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
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- Stanley Crouch appears in Ken Burns's documentary offering commentary, including Jack Johnson's reply to a white woman's question about black people: "We eat cold eels and think distant thoughts."
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