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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

Apr 4, 2018

0h 45m

★ 8.0

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Marked Man

Overview

National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opponents within the U.S. government; King is subjected to a fierce campaign of intimidation by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

National Geographic

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Cast

Narrator

Jason Alan Carvell

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Coretta Scott King

Self (archive footage)

Rosa Parks

Self - Civil Rights Leader

Dorothy Cotton

Self - Playwright

Bonnie Greer

Self - Professor of Black Studies

Dr. Cheryl Sterling

Self - Professor / FBI Historian

Richard Gid Powers

Self - Reporter

Tim Weiner

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

James Earl Ray

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