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.

• Morgan NevilleWriter
• David LeafDirector

• Cornel WestSelf (as Dr. Cornel West)
• James BrownSelf (archive footage)
• Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
• Michael AmbrosinoSelf
• Tom AtkinsSelf
• Charles BobbittSelf (as Charles Bobbit)
• Bobby ByrdSelf (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
• Coretta Scott KingSelf (archive footage)
• Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
• Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
• Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)