First Air Date: 2005-01-17
Rating:0.0 / 10(0 votes)
Status: Ended
Genres: Documentary
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 2
Runtime: 106 min / episode
Director: Ken Burns
Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Keith David
Jack Johnson (voice)
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Self - writer
James Earl Jones
Self - actor
Bert Sugar
Self - boxing historian
Gerald Early
Self - writer
José Torres
Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
Randy Roberts
Self - biographer
Jack Newfield
Self - journalist
W.C. Heinz
Self - sportswriter
George Plimpton
Self - writer
