Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a 2005 biographical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, based on the 2004 nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward. It describes the life story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. It also describes racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era, against which Johnson struggled.
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author | Geoffrey Ward |
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director | Ken Burns |
editor | Erik Ewers Paul Barnes |
events | boxing Jack Johnson racism in the United States |
genre | social |
musicBy | Wynton Marsalis |
producer | Ken Burns |
productionCompany | Florentine Films WETA |
publisher | PBS |
theme | documentary |