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King

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' I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' (MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1963) The highly-acclaimed American dramatisation, in three parts, of the life of Dr Martin Luther King. starring Paul Winfield as King
Cicely Tyson as Coretta Scott King 1: The early years in the career of the great American Civil Rights leader, from the first meeting with his future wife, Coretta, through his involvement with the Montgomery bus strike, to the beginning of the conflict with the all-powerful J. Edgar Hoover.
Paul Winfield ... not only looks and sounds right, echoing the extraordinary dignity and power of King's oratory, but he suggested a credible godsend with doubts as well as certainties proceeding from inner strength. (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH) Produced by PAUL MASI. ANSKY
Written and directed by ABBY MANN

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Martin Luther King.
Unknown:
Paul Winfield
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Cicely Tyson
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Coretta Scott King
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J. Edgar Hoover.
Unknown:
Paul Winfield
Produced By:
Paul Masi.
Directed By:
Abby Mann
Martin Luther King Sr:
Ossie Davis
A D King:
Art Evans
Alberta King:
Frances Foster
Harrison:
Roscoe Lee Browne
Damon Lockwood:
Al Freeman Jr
Stanley Levison:
Steven Hill
Andrew Young:
Howard Rollins
Ralph Abernathy:
Ernie Banks
Malcolm X DICK:
Anthony Williams
William Sullivan:
Clu Gulager
Waring:
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Beamer:
David Spielberg
Rosa Parks:
Yolanda King
Robert Kennedy:
Cliff de Young
John F Kennedy:
William Jordan
Lyndon Johnson:
Warren Kemmerling
J Edgar Hoover:
Dolph Sweet
Bull Connor:
Kenneth McMillan
Mayor Richard Daley:
Patrick Hines
Tony Bennett:
Himself

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