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