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King (Television program : 1978)

Drama about the public and private life of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1952 to his assassination.

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  • "Drama about the public and private life of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1952 to his assassination."@en
  • "Tracing the story of the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's rise from his early years as a Baptist minister in Memphis to his assassination in 1968, is riveting storytelling of the highest order, combining first-rate performances with spiritual, political and social themes that remain as relevant today as they were in the era portrayed."@en
  • "A powerful portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and events of the Civil Rights Movement leading up to his assassination."@en
  • ""Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson starred as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta in this fact-based NBC World Premiere movie about the career of the civil rights leader whose non-violent movement achieved national stature and international prominence before he was assassinated. ... traced Dr. King's life from his days as a young ministerial aspirant in Boston through his return to the South and the Montgomery bus boycott, the Birmingham desegregation campaign, the Selma to Montgomery march, the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, the march on Washington and his decision to focus on issues outside the South. Abby Mann's biography ends with the [Memphis] coroner drawing a scalpel over the body of the slain civil rights leader."--1978 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. The program combines actual footage from the 1960's with specially filmed b&w sequences to dramatize several historical civil rights moments, including scenes of violence in Montgomery and the Selma to Montgomery March."@en
  • ""Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson starred as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta in this fact-based NBC World Premiere movie about the career of the civil rights leader whose non-violent movement achieved national stature and international prominence before he was assassinated. ... traced Dr. King's life from his days as a young ministerial aspirant in Boston through his return to the South and the Montgomery bus boycott, the Birmingham desegregation campaign, the Selma to Montgomery march, the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, the march on Washington and his decision to focus on issues outside the South. Abby Mann's biography ends with the [Memphis] coroner drawing a scalpel over the body of the slain civil rights leader."--1978 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. The program combines actual footage from the 1960's with specially filmed b&w sequences to dramatize several historical civil rights moments, including scenes of violence in Montgomery and the Selma to Montgomery March."

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  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Biographical television programs"@en
  • "Television programs"@en
  • "Historical"@en
  • "Biographies"@en
  • "Biographical"@en
  • "Historical re-creations"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Historical television programs"@en
  • "Biographical films"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction television programs"@en
  • "Television"@en
  • "Television mini-series"@en
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Historical films"@en

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