Martin Luther King Jr.
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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 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.
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
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J. Edgar (2011)
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020)
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When You're Strange (2010)
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Origin (2023)
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The Corporation (2003)
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Bobby (2006)
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024)
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Imminent Threat (2015)
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13th (2016)
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Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
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Faye (2024)
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The Janes (2022)
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The House I Live In (2012)
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
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Blue Eyed (1996)
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
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...So Goes the Nation (2006)
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John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
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The Universe (2023)
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Chasing Trane (2017)
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LBJ (1968)
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream (2026)
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Geek, and You Shall Find (2019)
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4 Little Girls (1997)
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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
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The Soul of America (2020)
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Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
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The Killing of America (1981)
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All Power to the People! (1996)
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
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Becoming King (2024)
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England 79 (2019)
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Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
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The American Nightmare (2000)
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The Real Malcolm X (1992)
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl (2019)
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007)
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The Corporate Coup D'État (2018)
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Citizen King (2004)
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (2025)
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2012: Time for Change (2010)
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King in the Wilderness (2018)
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1992)
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)
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Stand (2023)
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)
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I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
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In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
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A History of the World According to Getty Images (2022)
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's (2022)
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Zeitgeist: Requiem (2024)
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Killing John F. Kennedy (2020)
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
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The Day the Troubles Began (2008)
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Children of the Civil Rights (2015)
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Disasters of the Century (1985)
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Stand (2009)
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We Have A Dream (2016)
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
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The War at Home (1979)
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Good Intentions (1985)
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
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Klansville U.S.A. (2015)
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
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The Art of Dissent (2021)
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018)
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Four Died Trying: Prologue (2023)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man (2018)
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1963)
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The Negro and the American Promise (1963)
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America (2023)
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)
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13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview (1967)
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Wealth of a Nation (1964)
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Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997)
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes (2016)
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Death Scenes 2 (1992)
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James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)
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High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 (2013)
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King vs. the United States of America (—)
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018)
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
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I Have a Dream (1963)
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Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» (1970)
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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America's Woman (2024)
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973)
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008)
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream (2022)
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
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An American Ascent (2014)
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021)
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002)
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Never Lose Sight of Freedom (2006)
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight (2023)
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Integration Report 1 (1960)
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Hesburgh (2019)
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The March (1964)
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After Civil Rights... Black Power (1967)
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Ethel (2012)
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University (1967)
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COINTELPRO 101 (2010)
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Året var 1966 (2016)
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Anno Domini MCMLXV (1966)
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Freedom Summer (2014)
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Året var 1963 (2013)
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Picture Me Rollin' (2012)
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Roads to Memphis (2010)
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Union and Freedom (1964)
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The Bus (1965)
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