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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

TMDB score: 6.7/10

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
Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino
Michael Ambrosino
Self
Tom Atkins
Tom Atkins
Self
Charles Bobbitt
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)

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