Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

Director: Thomas Friedman

Overview

"This powerful documentary on the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has been given a solid presentation in this DVD release. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective has been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspe

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/1998
UPC:	0000799151525
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	NR
Source:	XENON
Region Code:	1
Language:	English
Time:	1:00:00
Sales rank:	46,354

Special Features

Civil rights timeline; Two rare speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Additional scenes; Chapter selections; Animated menus; Original trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arthur Burghardt	Narrator
Arthur Berghardt	Narrator
Rocco Lombardo	Composer

Technical Credits

Thomas Friedman

Melissa Wegman	Producer
S. Leigh Savidge	Executive Producer
William D. Sexton	Executive Producer
Thomas Friedman	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. A Young King [4:22]
2. The Movement Begins [7:18]
3. Passive Resistance [4:53]
4. A Nation Takes Notice [3:10]
5. The Price of Freedom [5:26]
6. Progress in Washington [4:28]
7. A Time of Turmoil [7:24]
8. A Call to Arms [7:28]
9. Violence and War [6:11]
10. From Leader to Martyr [6:21]
11. King's Legacy [2:24]
12. End Credits [1:14]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Chapter Selection
Special Features
Civil Rights Timeline
Slavery and Freedom (1600s-1800s)
The Slave Trade Begins (1619)
The Civil War (1861-1865)
Jim Crow (1877)
Frederick Douglass (1841)
The KKK (1865)
Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)
Resistance (1950s)
Malcolm X (1952)
Rosa Parks (1955)
Desegregation At Little Rock (1957)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
The SCLC
Modern Civil Rights (1960-1963)
Sit-in Campaign (1960)
Vietnam War Era Begins (1961)
Violence in Birmingham (1963)
MLK in Prison (1963)
Freedom Riders (1961)
James Meredith (1962)
March on Washington (1963)
The Movement Continues (1964-1968)
Freedom Summer (1964)
Bloody Sunday (1965)
Watts Riots (1965)
The Civil Rights Act (1964)
Assassination of Malcolm X (1965)
Affirmative Action (1965)
Recent Years (1970s-1990s)
Jesse Jackson (1971)
Rodney King Riots (1992)
Jesse Jackson For President (1988)
Rosa Parks Medal (1999)
Rare Speeches of Martin Luthur King, Jr.
Sept. 27, 1961 Detroit MI United Auto Works Convention
March 16, 1968 Anaheim, CA C.D.L. Convention Center
Original Trailer
Additional Scenes
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