James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

April. 05,2008      G
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Cornel West as  Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown as  Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali 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