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Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis in April of 1968. Explores the wildly disparate, yet fatefully entwined stories of Ray and King to create a complex, engaging, and thought-provoking portrait of America in that crisis-laden year.
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A unique retelling of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, focusing on the cart used to transport his coffin through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College. The text also features the large number of people who walked the funeral route and were buoyed by MLK's positive influence, as well as Ada and Belle, the mules that pulled the cart.
Series
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
David Susskind's historical, long and intimate interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. originally aired on June 9, 1963. Now, restored by The Paley Center, this broadcast has not been seen in full since its original airing. Among the subjects discussed were the current state of the American Civil Rights Movement and the then-recent events in Birmingham, Alabama.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
On April 4, 1968, across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, a gunman fired a rifle and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lay mortally wounded. As news of King's assassination spread, American cities were engulfed in chaos and fear. Despite the violence raging across the country, Robert F. Kennedy went to Indiana and made one of the great political speeches of the 20th century. The inspiring moment in American history is told through interviews...
7) Citizen King
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Explores the live of Martin Luther King from his "I have a dream speech" in 1963 to his assassination in 1968, with insight from colleagues, journalists, historians, and scholars.
8) Selma
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn all about 10 individuals who are arguably the most influential Black leaders in the history of the United States. What were the accomplishments made by each of them? This program spotlights Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, Claudette Colvin, Thurgood Marshall, Madam C.J. Walker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Katherine Johnson, and Muhammad Ali.
10) MLK FBI
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an American hero: a bridge-builder, a shrewd political tactician, and a moral leader. Yet throughout his history-altering political career, he was often treated by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies like an enemy of the state. In this virtuosic documentary, award-winning editor and director Sam Pollard (Editor, 4 Little Girls, Mo' Better Blues; Director/Producer, Eyez on The Prize, Sammy...
11) Black history
Series
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The birth of a nation: Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
12 years a slave: The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to...
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