About James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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.
Full Cast of James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Cornel West
plays Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
plays Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
plays Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino
plays Self
Charles Bobbitt
plays Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
plays Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
plays Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
plays Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
plays Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
plays Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
plays Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
plays Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert
plays Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert Hall
plays Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)
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