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

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.

The art of the cutaway.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rosa Parks asszony (Iris Little Thomas) történelmet írt, amikor 1955-ben az Alabama állambeli Montgomeryben nem volt hajlandó átadni helyét a buszon egy fehér férfinek. Parks asszonyt letartóztatták. Egy napra pedig a feketék bojkottálták a busztársaság járatait. Abból a napból végül 381 nap kerekedett: ez lett a rasszizmus elleni mozgalom nyitánya. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jeffrey Wright) ifjú baptista lelkészként tüzes szónoklataival akkoriban érett egyértelműen spirituális vezetővé. Martin Luther King életében ettől kezdve a félelem mindennapossá vált, mégsem bénította meg cselekvőképességét. Emlékezetes film a modern Amerika hajnaláról.

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

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)

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

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.

45 éve gyilkolták meg a Tennessee állambeli Memphisben. Nem véletlenül mondta King az 1964-ben neki ítélt Nobel-békedíj után: Olyan munkáért kaptam, amit még nem fejeztem be.

A film az 1965. év viharos három hónapjának krónikája, amikor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. veszélyes kampányba kezdett: azt kívánta elérni, hogy a kormány egyenlő szavazati jogot biztosítson mindenkinek. A Selmából Montgomery-be vonuló epikus menet történetét láthatjuk megelevenedni a vásznon, ami a polgárjogi mozgalom egyik legjelentősebb győzelmében csúcsosodott ki: Johnson elnök aláírta az 1965-ös szavazati jogról szóló törvényt. A film bemutatja, hogy King és társai hogyan változtatták meg mindörökre a történelem menetét.

Malcolm X életrajzát bemutató film, aki Malcolm Little néven látta meg a napvilágot, és az egyik leghíresebb fekete bőrű, amerikai vezető. Miniszter apját a Ku Klux Klán tagjai ölték meg. Gengszterré vált, és mikor a börtönben ült fedezte fel Elijah Muhammad iszlám írásait. Szabadulása után prédikálni kezdte a megismert tanításokat, majd később elzarándokolt Mekka városába.

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

Ebben a dokumentumfilm jellegű produkcióban James Baldwin író igyekszik megfogalmazni az afroamerikaiak történetét, különös tekintettel a modern korra. Mindebben segítségére szolgál befejezetlen regénye, a Remember This House, vagyis az Emlékezz erre a házra.

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)

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.