Martin Luther King Jr.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA — Jan 15 1929• Died Apr 04 1968
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Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggl…
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American Experience
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Omnibus
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Basketball: A Love Story
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Explained
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History 101
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This Is Pop
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Days That Shook the World
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
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Helter Skelter: An American Myth
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First Ladies
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The Doors
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J. Edgar
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O.J.: Made in America
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Race for the White House
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Bill Russell: Legend
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Da 5 Bloods
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In Their Own Words
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I Am
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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Bobby
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The Century of Icons
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A History of Antisemitism
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Origin
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13th
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
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Bobby Kennedy for President
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The American Nightmare
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Naqoyqatsi
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O.J.: Made in America
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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The Corporation
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When You're Strange
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Mike Wallace Is Here
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Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
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La Californie !
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
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Infamous Assassinations
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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Stand
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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
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The Beach Boys
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The Universe
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Capitalism: A Love Story
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The Corporate Coup D'État
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Uncle Tom
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The Year That Trembled
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Folk Britannia
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The Soul of America
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Imminent Threat
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...So Goes the Nation
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The Real Malcolm X
4 Little Girls
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
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Great Literary Tour
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Chasing Trane
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
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MLK/FBI
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Hesburgh
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Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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The House I Live In
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Geek, and You Shall Find
Self (voice)
The Janes
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The War at Home
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2012: Time for Change
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
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COINTELPRO 101
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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The Killing of America
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Speeches That Shook the World
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
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A Huey P. Newton Story
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King in the Wilderness
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
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Death Scenes 2
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
Blue Eyed
Self (archive footage)
I Am MLK Jr.
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
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Wealth of a Nation
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Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
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Becoming King
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The Bus
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
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In Remembrance of Martin
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Citizen King
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Disasters of the Century
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Stand
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The March
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
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Killing John F. Kennedy
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Zeitgeist: Requiem
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Himself
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
Integration Report 1
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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America's Woman
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self (archive footage)
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Ethel
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
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Året var 1963
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All Power to the People!
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Emancipation Road
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Freedom Summer
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
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A History of the World According to Getty Images
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Klansville U.S.A.
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Self (archive footage)
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Self (archive footage)
England 79
LBJ
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Good Intentions
Self (Archival Footage)
The Negro and the American Promise
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Self (archive footage)
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Self (archive footage)
King vs. the United States of America
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
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The Art of Dissent
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Four Died Trying: Prologue
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
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The Day the Troubles Began
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
Self
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
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After Civil Rights... Black Power
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Children of the Civil Rights
Self (archive footage)
Roads to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
I Have a Dream
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
himself
Union and Freedom
Himself
13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview
Anno Domini MCMLXV
Self (archive footage)
Picture Me Rollin'
Self (voice)