Martin Luther King Jr.
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 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.
Filmography
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
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Breakdown: 1975
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Breakdown: 1975
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
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America's Woman
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America's Woman
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The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
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Zeitgeist: Requiem
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Zeitgeist: Requiem
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Becoming King
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Becoming King
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Origin
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Origin
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Four Died Trying: Prologue
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Four Died Trying: Prologue
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
Stand
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Stand
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The Universe
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The Universe
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
The Janes
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The Janes
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A History of the World According to Getty Images
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A History of the World According to Getty Images
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
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The Art of Dissent
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The Art of Dissent
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Soul of America
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The Soul of America
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MLK/FBI
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MLK/FBI
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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Da 5 Bloods
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Da 5 Bloods
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Killing John F. Kennedy
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Killing John F. Kennedy
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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England 79
England 79
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Mike Wallace Is Here
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Mike Wallace Is Here
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Geek, and You Shall Find
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Geek, and You Shall Find
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Hesburgh
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Hesburgh
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
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I Am MLK Jr.
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I Am MLK Jr.
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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King in the Wilderness
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King in the Wilderness
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
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Chasing Trane
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Chasing Trane
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O.J.: Made in America
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O.J.: Made in America
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
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Året var 1966
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Året var 1966
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We Have A Dream
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We Have A Dream
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Children of the Civil Rights
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Children of the Civil Rights
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Freedom Summer
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Freedom Summer
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An American Ascent
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An American Ascent
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
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Året var 1963
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Året var 1963
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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The House I Live In
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The House I Live In
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Picture Me Rollin'
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Picture Me Rollin'
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J. Edgar
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J. Edgar
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Hollywood Invasion
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Hollywood Invasion
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COINTELPRO 101
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COINTELPRO 101
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Roads to Memphis
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Roads to Memphis
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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The American Nightmare
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The American Nightmare
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Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
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Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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After Civil Rights... Black Power
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After Civil Rights... Black Power
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