1929-01-15 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-24 |
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The Beach Boys | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-21 |
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Zeitgeist: Requiem | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-15 |
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America's Woman | Self | 2024-08-13 |
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Becoming King | Self (archive footage) | 2024-02-19 |
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America | 2023-04-14 | |
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight | 2023-11-11 | |
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Four Died Trying: Prologue | Self (archive footage) | 2023-11-22 |
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Stand | Self (archive footage) | 2023-02-03 |
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Origin | Self (archive voice) | 2023-12-08 |
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The Universe | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-14 |
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The Janes | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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L'autre rêve de Martin Luther King | 2022-09-01 | |
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Sammy by Sammy, mes années 60 | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-30 |
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Say Hey, Willie Mays! | Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-27 |
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-08 |
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A History of the World According to Getty Images | Self (Archive Footage) | 2022-05-01 |
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-14 |
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror | Self (archive footage) | 2021-09-09 |
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-02 |
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr. | Self | 2021-03-01 |
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The Art of Dissent | Self - Subject (archive footage) | 2021-10-05 |
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John Lewis: Good Trouble | Self (archive Footage) | 2020-07-03 |
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The Soul of America | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 |
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John Lewis: Good Trouble | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-03 |
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Killing John F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | 2020-05-24 |
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Uncle Tom | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade | Self | 2020-09-11 |
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Da 5 Bloods | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-06-12 |
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MLK/FBI | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-15 |
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-15 |
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Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-26 |
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Hesburgh | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-26 |
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 2019-02-25 |
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Geek, and You Shall Find | Self (voice) | 2019-07-23 |
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-01 |
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England 79 | 2019-11-01 | |
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 2019-05-13 |
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-13 |
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Woodstock | Self | 2019-05-24 |
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-20 |
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Joséphine Baker, première icône noire | Self (archive footage) | 2018-11-22 |
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The Corporate Coup D'État | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-11-18 |
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King in the Wilderness | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-22 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-04 |
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald | Self (archive footage) | 2018-03-22 |
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I Am MLK Jr. | Self | 2018-04-04 |
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision | 2018-10-28 | |
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn! | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-21 |
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Chasing Trane | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 2017-04-14 |
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self (archive footage) | 2017-08-26 |
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O.J.: Made in America | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-20 |
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13th | Self (archive footage) | 2016-10-07 |
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Året var 1966 | Self (archive footage) | 2016-02-08 |
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes | Self (archive footage) | 2016-04-20 |
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Klansville U.S.A. | Self (archive Footage) | 2015-01-13 |
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Imminent Threat | Self (archive footage) | 2015-09-04 |
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Freedom Summer | Self (archive footage) | 2014-01-17 |
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Året var 1963 | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-16 |
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | 2013-08-04 |
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Speeches That Shook the World | Self (archive footage) | 2013-11-06 |
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | 2013-01-01 |
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The House I Live In | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-10-05 |
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes | Self (archive footage) | 2012-02-12 |
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Picture Me Rollin' | Self (voice) | 2012-01-01 |
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Ethel | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-20 |
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J. Edgar | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2011-11-09 |
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2012: Time for Change | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-10-08 |
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Roads to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-03 |
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COINTELPRO 101 | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-07 |
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Capitalism: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-06 |
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Stand | Self (archive footage) | 2009-05-25 |
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene | self - archival footage | 2008-01-01 |
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self (archive footage) | 2008-04-05 |
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? | Self (archive footage) | 2007-12-31 |
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Self (archive footage) | 2007-01-16 |
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | 2007-11-20 |
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...So Goes the Nation | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-04 |
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Bobby | Self (archive footage) | 2006-09-05 |
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Self (archive footage) | 2005-07-21 |
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Citizen King | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
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The Corporation | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-10 |
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Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-09-02 |
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-12 |
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-04-02 |
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The Year That Trembled | Self (archive footage) | 2002-03-22 |
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A Huey P. Newton Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-06-18 |
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The American Nightmare | Self | 2000-09-11 |
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games | Self (archive footage) | 1999-08-12 |
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4 Little Girls | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1997-07-09 |
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All Power to the People! | Self (archive footage) | 1996-06-01 |
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Blue Eyed | 1996-09-08 | |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective | Self (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
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Death Scenes 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1992-01-01 |
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The Real Malcolm X | 1992-11-18 | |
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The Doors | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-03-01 |
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In Remembrance of Martin | Self | 1986-02-08 |
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Disasters of the Century | Self (archive footage) | 1985-05-21 |
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Good Intentions | Self (Archival Footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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The War at Home | Self (archive footage) | 1979-12-01 |
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James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 | 1978-01-23 | |
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) | Self (archive footage) | 1973-02-22 |
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Противоречивая Америка. Вера, надежда, любовь и ненависть. Фильм 2 | Self/Cameo (archive footage) | 1973-06-02 |
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Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» | Self (archive footage) | 1970-05-24 |
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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LBJ | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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After Civil Rights... Black Power | Self | 1967-06-11 |
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University | Self | 1967-11-13 |
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult | Himself | 1967-03-10 |
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The Bus | 1965-04-05 | |
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The March | Self | 1964-12-31 |
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Wealth of a Nation | Self | 1964-01-01 |
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr | himself | 1963-03-16 |
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The Negro and the American Promise | 1963-01-01 | |
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I Have a Dream | Self | 1963-06-06 |
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Integration Report 1 | Self | 1960-01-01 |