King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

The story

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, it is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by a wide range of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman Charlton Heston, Ruby Dee, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, and James Earl Jones.

Cast

M Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage) C Coretta Scott KingSelf (archive footage) A A.D. KingSelf (archive footage) D Dexter KingSelf (archive footage) Y Yolanda KingSelf (archive footage) M Martin Luther King IIISelf (archive footage) B Bernice KingSelf (archive footage) R Ralph AbernathySelf (archive footage) J Joan BaezSelf (archive footage) J James BaldwinSelf (archive footage) H Harry BelafonteSelf (archive footage) T Tony BennettSelf (archive footage)

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L Leonard BernsteinSelf (archive footage) M Marlon BrandoSelf (archive footage) H H. Rap BrownSelf (archive footage) K Kwame TureSelf (archive footage) D Diahann CarrollSelf (archive footage) W Wilt ChamberlainSelf (archive footage) X Xernona ClaytonSelf (archive footage) B Bull ConnorSelf (archive footage) B Bill CosbySelf (archive footage) S Sammy Davis Jr.Self (archive footage) R Ruby DeeSelf (archive footage) J James GarnerSelf (archive footage) B Ben GazzaraSelf (archive footage) D Dick GregorySelf (archive footage) A Al HibblerSelf (archive footage) C Charlton HestonSelf (archive footage) H Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage) J Jesse JacksonSelf (archive footage) M Mahalia JacksonSelf (archive footage) G Gunnar JahnSelf (archive footage) J James Earl JonesSelf (archive footage) L Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage) E Ethel KennedySelf (archive footage) J Jacqueline KennedySelf (archive footage) R Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage) B Burt LancasterSelf (archive footage) J John LewisSelf (archive footage) E Elaine MaySelf (archive footage) E Eugene McCarthySelf (archive footage) R Robert MoseleySelf (archive footage) M Mike NicholsSelf (archive footage) P Paul NewmanSelf (archive footage) R Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) J John M. PattersonSelf (archive footage) A Anthony PerkinsSelf (archive footage) S Sidney PoitierSelf (archive footage) A A. Philip RandolphSelf (archive footage) F Frederick ReeseSelf (archive footage) N Nipsey RussellSelf (archive footage) B Bayard RustinSelf (archive footage) A Anthony QuinnSelf (archive footage) F Fred Lee ShuttlesworthSelf (archive footage) N Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage) P Paul StookeySelf (archive footage) M Mary TraversSelf (archive footage) L Leslie UggamsSelf (archive footage) C C.T. VivianSelf (archive footage) C Clarence Williams IIISelf (archive footage) P Paul WinfieldSelf (archive footage) J Joanne WoodwardSelf (archive footage) P Peter YarrowSelf (archive footage) A Andrew YoungSelf (archive footage)