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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson


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Catalogue Number:  040553DV
Producer:  PBS Video
Subject:  Black History
Language:  ENGLISH
Grade Level:  9 - Post Secondary
Country of Origin:  U.S.
Copyright Year:  2005
Running Time:  240
Rights:  PPR

Guide Available:   040553.pdf

 In this Emmy® Award-winning documentary by Ken Burns, follow Jack Johnson's journey from his beginnings as the son of former slaves, to his entry into the brutal world of professional boxing, where he was able to battle his way up through the ranks and become the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World. The biography of Jack Johnson is accompanied by more than fifty photographs and draws from a wealth of new material.

240 minutes on 2 Discs.





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