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Miniseries

January 17, 2005

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Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Keith David
Keith David
Jack Johnson (voice)
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Stanley Crouch
Self - writer
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Self - actor
Bert Sugar
Bert Sugar
Self - boxing historian
Gerald Early
Gerald Early
Self - writer
José Torres
José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
Randy Roberts
Randy Roberts
Self - biographer
Jack Newfield
Jack Newfield
Self - journalist
W.C. Heinz
W.C. Heinz
Self - sportswriter
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
Self - writer

Episodes

2 episodes
Season 1
Part One

Part One

Jan 17, 20051h 51m0 votes

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.

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Part Two

Part Two

Jan 18, 20051h 42m0 votes

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.

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