Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Born January 15, 1929 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Died April 4, 1968 · aged 39

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 an…

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NixonNixon · 1995
Nixon
6.81995
MovieDramaHistory
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Hollywood InvasionHollywood Invasion · 2011
Hollywood Invasion
6.02011
MovieDocumentary
Italy, Europe and America during the 'Dolce Vita' years narrated with unseen and rare footage from NBC Archives in New York.
England 79England 79 · 2019
England 79
2019
MovieDocumentary
"England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in AmericaJim Crow: The History of Africans in America · 2023
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
2023
MovieDocumentary
Abraham Lincoln is dead. As the United States tries to rebuild after the Civil War, the country faces the immense problem of taking care of four million emancipated slaves, but the Ku Klux Klan and a racist White House stand in the way.
The Real Malcolm XThe Real Malcolm X · 1992
The Real Malcolm X
8.01992
MovieDocumentary
CBS News looks at Malcolm X, focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965, suggesting that his death was a great loss to the nation. The film intercuts archival footage of Malcolm and interviews with family, friends, colleagues, scholars, and writers. CBS documents Malcolm's move from being Elijah Muhammad's deputy in the Nation of Islam to his embrace of Islam: his new links with the civil rights movement posed a real threat to the powers that be. CBS details his death after secret FBI acts to increase the rift between Muhammad and Malcolm. Maya Angelou, Dick Gregory, and Andrew Young offer trenchant comments. "He was our manhood," eulogized Ossie Davis.
Never Lose Sight of FreedomNever Lose Sight of Freedom · 2006
Never Lose Sight of Freedom
2006
MovieDocumentary
Never Lose Sight of Freedom was created for the opening of the Lowndes Interpretive Center at the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. It features old footage, oral histories, and eyewitness accounts about the Civil and Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. Follow the footsteps of 1965 voting rights marchers with this guided tour to this historic struggle. Meet the people, see the places, and feel the events that reshaped U.S. democracy forever.
The Negro and the American PromiseThe Negro and the American Promise · 1963
The Negro and the American Promise
1963
MovieTV MovieDocumentary
Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin -- three of the most highly regarded civil rights leaders of the 1960s -- were united in their quest for Black empowerment. But their methods of approach were polarizing.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward TwilightBetye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight · 2023
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
2023
MovieDocumentary
Director Kyle Provencio Reingold moves beyond the public mythology of the artist to reveal the quieter spaces between Betye Saar's remarkable career and personal realm, in moments of reflection on her life as an artist, mother, grandmother, and gatherer of objects. Connecting recent works with archival reflections, the films seeks to experience the world as Betye did, where history resides in everyday objects, spirituality emerges through careful observation, and storytelling becomes an act of preservation.

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