Movies: Jack Johnson
- 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
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Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience....
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- 1910
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest (1910)
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Film recording of a controversial boxing match with the first black heavyweight champion fighting a white retired former champion....
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- 2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed (2008)
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An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of African-Americans in his prowess, the shift of White sentiment towa...
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- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
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The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion....
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- 1921
As the World Rolls On (1921)
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Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion, plays himself in a sports-themed melodrama where Joe Walker, a "98-pound weakling" is forced to step up when his girlfriend, Molly Moran, is falsely accused of grand larceny....
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- 1970
Jack Johnson (1970)
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Jack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson....
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- 1911
Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to Manchester Docks (1911)
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The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester....
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