Egentlig er Malcom gangster, men under et fængselsophold opdager han Islam og begynder at tale om rettigheder for sorte i et racistisk USA. Efterhånden bliver den karismatiske ex-fange kendt som Malcom X, en leder i det store samfund og en forkæmper for borgerrettigheder for alle uanset hudfarve. Men både blandt kristne og muslimer har Malcom mange fjender.

Alabama i USA, 1965. En gruppe sorte aktivister, anført af baptistpræsten Martin Luther King jr., arrangerer en borgerrettighedsmarch i den lille by Selma. Men delstatens racistiske senator, George Wallace, har bestemt ikke tænkt sig at lade de sorte bruge deres stemmeret. Demonstranterne møder kraftig modstand fra de lokale myndigheder, der ikke viger tilbage for at tage voldelige metoder i brug.

I 1979 skrev den amerikanske forfatter James Baldwin (1924-87) et brev til sin forlægger, hvor han beskrev sit næste projekt, Husk dette hus', der skulle fortælle USA's historie gennem tre af hans myrdede venners liv, Medgar Evers, Malmcolm X og Martin Luther King. Bogen blev aldrig skrevet, men den haitianske instruktør Raoul Peck bruger det efterladte manuskript til med Baldwin's egne ord at fortælle en desværre sørgelig aktuel historie om USA's racistiske historie.

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lindum Svendsen er en rigtig led inspektør på en sort skole i provinsen i 1960'ernes Danmark. En dag kommer den nyuddannede og langhårede Freddie Svale til skolen som lærer. De to har bestemt ikke samme mening om pædagogik, og da Svendsen en dag mishandler eleven Fritz, bliver fronterne for alvor trukket op. Sammen med drengens forældre beslutter Svale at gøre op med inspektørens rædselsregime.

Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.

Martin Luther King Jr. var en af – om ikke den allerstørste – borgerrettighedsforkæmper i 1900-tallets USA. Han forenede folket i protester og marcher, i demonstrationer og modstandsaktioner. Men imod sig havde han ikke bare forældede love og en privilegeret befolkning, men også selveste FBI. MLK/FBI afslører de dokumenter, som for nyligt blev opdaget og frigivet af FBI, og afslører, hvordan de føderale politimyndigheder modarbejdede Martin Luther King Jr. og hele borgerrettighedsbevægelsen.

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceived adversary into an ally. Power is found in coming to know our neighbor’s hearts. For in the darkness of ignorance, enemies are made and wars are waged, but in the light of understanding, family extends beyond blood lines and legacies of hatred crumble.

The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the United States Information Agency for use outside the United States – the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prevented USIA films from being shown domestically without a special act of Congress. In 1990 Congress authorized these films to be shown in the U.S. twelve years after their initial release. In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (Wikipedia)

The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the Prague Spring, the Chicago riots, the Mexico Summer Olympics, the presidential election of Richard Nixon, the Apollo 8 space mission, the hippies and the Yippies, Bullitt and the living dead. Once upon a time the year 1968.

Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Luther King Jr. and her unsung contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War. Also included is his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech.

Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism and comes to a bloody end five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis. King has since become a mythic figure, an activist whose works and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. (Storyville)

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much to him.

Baltimore City officials asked drug kingpin Melvin Williams to stop the riots happened following Martin Luther King's assassination. After helping the authorities out, Williams was then labeled a threat, framed and incarcerated by a hypocritical society.

The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no longer have a place. Social equality was for him the only guarantee of a true emancipation. During the last four years of his life, he mobilized all his energy to realize this "other dream". But there were many obstacles: he was scorned by white, racist America, abandoned by the political class, but also by some of his own people, who decided to turn their backs on the principle of non-violence.

On April 4th, 1968 the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was in the midst of a presidential campaign that was attempting to bridge racial and economic divisions. As word of the assassination spread, riots and fires erupted in cities across the nation. Urged to cancel a rally before a mixed crowd in the inner city of Indianapolis, Robert Kennedy refused. The threat of violence was very real. But the few, simple words he spoke that night are credited with creating a sense of calm that settled over those neighborhoods during chaotic days following Dr. King’s death.

A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.

The art of the cutaway.