National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opponents within the U.S. government; King is subjected to a fierce campaign of intimidation by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
Cast
Jason Alan Carvell
Narrator
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Rosa Parks
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Cotton
Self - Civil Rights Leader
Bonnie Greer
Self - Playwright
Dr. Cheryl Sterling
Self - Professor of Black Studies
Richard Gid Powers
Self - Professor / FBI Historian
Tim Weiner
Self - Reporter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
James Earl Ray
Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Crew
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