James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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 for James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston...

Cornel West
Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Charles Bobbitt
Self (as Charles Bobbit)
Bobby Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Haysbert
Self - Narrator (voice)
Robert Hall
Self (as Dr. Robert Hall)