James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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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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Director

David Leaf

Cast

Cornel West

James Brown

Muhammad Ali

Michael Ambrosino

Tom Atkins

Charles Bobbitt

Bobby Byrd

Martin Luther King Jr.

Coretta Scott King

Robert F. Kennedy