James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
6.6
60 minutes
4/5/2008
Overview
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.
Cast List
Cornel West
as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Ambrosino
as Self
Tom Atkins
as Self
Charles Bobbitt
as Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
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
Hubert H. Humphrey
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert Hall
as Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)