Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson — Season 1, Episode 2: Part Two
Documentary • 102 min • 1 season, 2 episodes
Episode synopsis
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.
About 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.