James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)

6.6/10 60 min Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Cornel West

Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Byrd

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage)

Al Sharpton

Self

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Haysbert

Self - Narrator (voice)

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