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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Origin (2023)
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The Doors (1991)
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Becoming King (2024)
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
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Faye (2024)
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J. Edgar (2011)
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The Corporation (2003)
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
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Da 5 Bloods (2020)
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
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When You're Strange (2010)
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Nixon (1995)
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The House I Live In (2012)
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England 79 (2019)
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I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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Geek, and You Shall Find (2019)
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Zeitgeist: Requiem (2024)
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13th (2016)
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Bobby (2006)
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1992)
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
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Blue Eyed (1996)
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LBJ (1968)
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024)
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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024)
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Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» (1970)
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
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Stand (2009)
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The Beach Boys (2024)
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream (2026)
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I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
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The Universe (2023)
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007)
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The Day the Troubles Began (2008)
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The Real Malcolm X (1992)
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Citizen King (2004)
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)
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The Negro and the American Promise (1963)
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Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
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Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (2025)
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
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The Killing of America (1981)
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
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4 Little Girls (1997)
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
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Good Intentions (1985)
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
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A History of the World According to Getty Images (2022)
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America (2023)
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Never Lose Sight of Freedom (2006)
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
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Children of the Civil Rights (2015)
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John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
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13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview (1967)
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The American Nightmare (2000)
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
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Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
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2012: Time for Change (2010)
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We Have A Dream (2016)
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
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Anno Domini MCMLXV (1966)
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
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King in the Wilderness (2018)
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Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997)
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The Janes (2022)
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
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Stand (2023)
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Imminent Threat (2015)
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's (2022)
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All Power to the People! (1996)
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An American Ascent (2014)
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King vs. the United States of America (—)
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Killing John F. Kennedy (2020)
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...So Goes the Nation (2006)
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
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Chasing Trane (2017)
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
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Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
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Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
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Union and Freedom (1964)
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Wealth of a Nation (1964)
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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
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The Corporate Coup D'État (2018)
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Disasters of the Century (1985)
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
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Death Scenes 2 (1992)
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)
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Ethel (2012)
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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Klansville U.S.A. (2015)
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes (2016)
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018)
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020)
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I Have a Dream (1963)
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In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl (2019)
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The Soul of America (2020)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man (2018)
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The War at Home (1979)
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight (2023)
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Dolores (2017)
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Hesburgh (2019)
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The Art of Dissent (2021)
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James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)
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Picture Me Rollin' (2012)
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The Bus (1965)
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
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The March (1964)
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Four Died Trying: Prologue (2023)
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021)
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University (1967)
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After Civil Rights... Black Power (1967)
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Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004)
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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008)
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Freedom Summer (2014)
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream (2022)
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018)
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002)
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High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 (2013)
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973)
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Året var 1963 (2013)
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Roads to Memphis (2010)
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Integration Report 1 (1960)
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Året var 1966 (2016)
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1963)
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America's Woman (2024)
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COINTELPRO 101 (2010)
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