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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Unforgivable Blackness
    sub title: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  name:
    name part: Burns, Ken
    name part: 1953-
    role:
      role term: film director.
  name:
    name part: Kanopy (Firm)
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Nonfiction films.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (2 video files, approximately 213 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
  abstract: Jack Johnson — the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century — enters the ring once again in January 2005 when PBS airs Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, a provocative new PBS documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns. The two-part film airs on PBS Monday-Tuesday January 17-18, 2005, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). Burns, whose past films on PBS (The Civil War, Baseball, JAZZ, etc.) are among the most-watched documentaries ever made, shows the gritty details of Johnson's life through archival footage, still photographs, and the commentary of boxing experts such as Stanley Crouch, Bert Sugar, the late George Plimpton, Jack Newfield, Randy Roberts, Gerald Early and James Earl Jones, who portrayed Johnson in the Broadway play and film based on Johnson's life, "The Great White Hope." "Johnson in many ways is an embodiment of the African-American struggle to be truly free in this country — economically, socially and politically," said Burns. "He absolutely refused to play by the rules set by the white establishment, or even those of the black community. In that sense, he fought for freedom not just as a black man, but as an individual." Johnson, who was born in 1878 in Galveston, Texas, began boxing as a young teenager in the Jim Crow-era South. Boxing was a relatively new sport in America, and was banned in many states. African-Americans were permitted to compete for most titles, but not for the title that whites considered their exclusive domain: Heavyweight Champion of the World. African-Americans were considered unworthy to compete for the title — not for lack of talent, but simply by virtue of not being white. Despite this, Johnson was persistent in challenging James J. Jeffries — the heavyweight champion at the time, who was considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight in history — for a shot at the ti…
  note: Title from title frames.
  note: Originally produced by PBS in 2005.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-fr---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Johnson, Jack
      name part: 1878-1946
  subject:
    topic: Boxing
    topic: African American boxers
    genre: Biography
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Race relations
    topic: Discrimination in sports
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
    geographic: United States
  identifier: 1136624 Kanopy
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UtOrBLW
    record creation date: 150406
    record change date: 20260324165623.0
    record identifier: in00003586302
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng