James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008 · David Leaf · 60 min
On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cornel WestSelf (as Dr. Cornel West)
James BrownSelf (archive footage)
Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)Michael AmbrosinoSelfTom AtkinsSelfCharles BobbittSelf (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby ByrdSelf (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott KingSelf (archive footage)
Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Harry ReasonerSelf (archive footage)
Al SharptonSelf
Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage)
