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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

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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. Watch Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Season 1, Episode 1 Part One in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Season 1, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

2 episodes
Miniseries
Part One
1

Part One

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.

111 min
Part Two
2

Part Two

When no one could beat Johnson in the ring, the government set out to destroy him in the courts, using his relationships with white women as the excuse to prosecute and send him to jail. Johnson fled to Europe where he remained a fugitive.

102 min