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.
Morgan Neville
Writer
David Leaf
Director

Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

James Brown
Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino
Self
Tom Atkins
Self
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)

Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
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