A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, it is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by a wide range of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman Charlton Heston, Ruby Dee, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, and James Earl Jones.
Made in US
7.3/10
1970
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Coretta Scott King
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A.D. King
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Dexter King
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Yolanda King
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Martin Luther King III
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Bernice King
As Self (archive footage)
Ralph Abernathy
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Joan Baez
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James Baldwin
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Harry Belafonte
As Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett
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Leonard Bernstein
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Marlon Brando
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H. Rap Brown
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Kwame Ture
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Diahann Carroll
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Wilt Chamberlain
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Xernona Clayton
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Bull Connor
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Bill Cosby
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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Ruby Dee
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James Garner
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Ben Gazzara
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Dick Gregory
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Al Hibbler
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Charlton Heston
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Jesse Jackson
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Mahalia Jackson
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Gunnar Jahn
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James Earl Jones
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Lyndon B. Johnson
As Self (archive footage)
Ethel Kennedy
As Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Burt Lancaster
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John Lewis
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Elaine May
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Eugene McCarthy
As Self (archive footage)
Robert Moseley
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Mike Nichols
As Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
As Self (archive footage)
John M. Patterson
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Anthony Perkins
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Sidney Poitier
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A. Philip Randolph
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Frederick Reese
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Nipsey Russell
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Bayard Rustin
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Anthony Quinn
As Self (archive footage)
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
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Nina Simone
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Paul Stookey
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Mary Travers
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Leslie Uggams
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C.T. Vivian
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Clarence Williams III
As Self (archive footage)
Paul Winfield
As Self (archive footage)
Joanne Woodward
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Peter Yarrow
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Andrew Young
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