Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

1/15/1929 – 4/4/1968Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.

Filmography (169 titles)

America Who Are You? A History of the American MindsetShow

America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset

Self (archive footage) · 2026

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream4.0Movie

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream

Self (archive footage) · 2026

Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.6.0Movie

Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.

Self (archive footage) · 2025

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley7.5Movie

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage) · 2024

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump7.6Movie

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Self (archive footage) · 2024

America's WomanMovie

America's Woman

Self · 2024

Hollywood Black3.7Show

Hollywood Black

Self (archive footage) · 2024

The Beach Boys6.7Movie

The Beach Boys

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Zeitgeist: RequiemMovie

Zeitgeist: Requiem

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Becoming King1.0Movie

Becoming King

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Origin6.2Movie

Origin

Self (archive voice) · 2023

Four Died Trying: PrologueMovie

Four Died Trying: Prologue

Self (archive footage) · 2023

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward TwilightMovie

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

2023

La Californie !8.0Show

La Californie !

Self (archive footage) · 2023

Jim Crow: The History of Africans in AmericaMovie

Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America

2023

Bill Russell: Legend7.2Show

Bill Russell: Legend

Self (archive footage) · 2023

Stand3.3Movie

Stand

Self (archive footage) · 2023

The Universe7.0Movie

The Universe

Self (archive footage) · 2023

The Century of Icons7.0Show

The Century of Icons

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Say Hey, Willie Mays!6.0Movie

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues6.5Movie

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream8.5Movie

Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

2022

The Janes5.6Movie

The Janes

Self (archive footage) · 2022

6.5Movie

A History of the World According to Getty Images

Self (Archive Footage) · 2022

A History of Antisemitism6.8Show

A History of Antisemitism

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 2022

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60'sMovie

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America8.0Movie

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Self (archive footage) · 2022

The Art of DissentMovie

The Art of Dissent

Self - Subject (archive footage) · 2021

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror7.6Movie

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)7.6Movie

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self - Activist (archive footage) · 2021