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

Name: James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2008-04-05
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Cornel West, James Brown, Muhammad Ali, Michael Ambrosino, Tom Atkins

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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Released 2008-04-05 · 60 min · Documentary, Music

Directed by David Leaf

Cast

Cornel West as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino as Self
Tom Atkins as Self
Charles Bobbitt as Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King as Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner as Self (archive footage)
Al Sharpton as Self
Hubert H. Humphrey as Self (archive footage)