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