James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
David Leaf2008-04-05
6.6
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cornel West | Self (as Dr. Cornel West) | Unowned |
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James Brown | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Muhammad Ali | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Michael Ambrosino | Self | Unowned |
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Tom Atkins | Self | Unowned |
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Charles Bobbitt | Self (as Charles Bobbit) | Unowned |
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Bobby Byrd | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Coretta Scott King | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Robert F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harry Reasoner | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Al Sharpton | Self | Unowned |
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Hubert H. Humphrey | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dennis Haysbert | Self - Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Robert Hall | Self (as Dr. Robert Hall) | Unowned |