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

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.

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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Ambrosino

Michael Ambrosino

Charles Bobbitt

Charles Bobbitt

as Self (as Charles Bobbit)

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

as Self (archive footage)

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)

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Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Peter S. Lynch II

Peter S. Lynch II

Nicola B. Marsh

Nicola B. Marsh

Director of Photography

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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