As the World Rolls On

As the World Rolls On, also known by its working title The Heart of Jack Johnson,[1] is a 1921 drama film starring Jack Johnson.

The film features footage of National Negro League baseball games.

[6] The storyline of the film features Johnson teaching physical fitness to a weak man and an attempt to frame someone for a crime.

[7] Newspaper publisher Nelson Crews has a cameo in the film.

[8] Up until 2013—when a film clip from 1919 was found in storage at a Georgia plantation—As the World Rolls On was the earliest known film to show African-American baseball players, containing "footage of an all-black Kansas team.