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."

Samuel L. Jackson

as Narrator (voice)

Keith David

as Jack Johnson (voice)

Jack Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

as Self - writer

James Earl Jones

as Self - actor

Bert Sugar

as Self - boxing historian

Gerald Early

as Self - writer

José Torres

as Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion

Randy Roberts

as Self - biographer

Jack Newfield

as Self - journalist

W.C. Heinz

as Self - sportswriter

George Plimpton

as Self - writer

Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

Ken Burns

Director

Paul Barnes

Producer

Ken Burns

Producer

David Schaye

Producer

Wynton Marsalis

Original Music Composer

Stephen McCarthy

Director of Photography

Buddy Squires

Director of Photography

Paul Barnes

Editor

Erik Ewers

Editor