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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The Doors (1991)
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J. Edgar (2011)
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Blue Eyed (1996)
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007)
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
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Hollywood Invasion (2011)
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Nixon (1995)
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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Bobby (2006)
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Da 5 Bloods (2020)
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13th (2016)
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Citizen King (2004)
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
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The House I Live In (2012)
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When You're Strange (2010)
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
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The American Nightmare (2000)
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England 79 (2019)
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The Beach Boys (2024)
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream (2026)
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Stand (2009)
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Origin (2023)
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LBJ (1968)
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4 Little Girls (1997)
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Becoming King (2024)
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The Negro and the American Promise (1963)
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
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The Killing of America (1981)
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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024)
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
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Zeitgeist: Requiem (2024)
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
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The Real Malcolm X (1992)
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)
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Geek, and You Shall Find (2019)
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
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We Have A Dream (2016)
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
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Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (2025)
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...So Goes the Nation (2006)
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John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
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The Universe (2023)
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2012: Time for Change (2010)
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
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Chasing Trane (2017)
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Death Scenes 2 (1992)
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King in the Wilderness (2018)
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024)
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
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I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
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Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» (1970)
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Good Intentions (1985)
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All Power to the People! (1996)
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Ethel (2012)
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America (2023)
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The War at Home (1979)
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1992)
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Stand (2023)
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Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997)
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)
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Children of the Civil Rights (2015)
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America's Woman (2024)
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
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The Soul of America (2020)
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Integration Report 1 (1960)
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The Janes (2022)
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Four Died Trying: Prologue (2023)
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)
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The Day the Troubles Began (2008)
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Imminent Threat (2015)
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Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
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13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview (1967)
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002)
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
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COINTELPRO 101 (2010)
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Union and Freedom (1964)
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Wealth of a Nation (1964)
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream (2022)
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The Corporate Coup D'État (2018)
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
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Killing John F. Kennedy (2020)
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King vs. the United States of America (—)
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl (2019)
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I Have a Dream (1963)
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Anno Domini MCMLXV (1966)
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The Art of Dissent (2021)
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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The March (1964)
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In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man (2018)
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)
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A History of the World According to Getty Images (2022)
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Klansville U.S.A. (2015)
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021)
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Året var 1966 (2016)
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Året var 1963 (2013)
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's (2022)
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Disasters of the Century (1985)
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018)
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Hesburgh (2019)
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Freedom Summer (2014)
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020)
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James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)
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Picture Me Rollin' (2012)
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1963)
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973)
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University (1967)
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018)
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The Bus (1965)
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Roads to Memphis (2010)
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After Civil Rights... Black Power (1967)
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight (2023)
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes (2016)
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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008)
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