In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are 7 documentaries highlighting his life and work that will inspire you to get out and make change happen.
—specifically, one that provides the appropriate context for the day in question, whether it’s Sidney Lumet’s Academy Award–nominated offering, released two years after King’s death, or Peter Kunhardt’s more recent entry into the genre, zeroing in on the last three years of the civil rights icon’s life. Watch one—or all seven—get inspired, and go out and change the world. As Dr.
King famously said, “The time is always right to do what is right.” Below, seven films we recommend:mines recently discovered and declassified files, along with a treasure trove of restored footage, to expose the ways that King was targeted, surveilled, and harassed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—then headed by J. Edgar Hoover—in order to discredit his powerful messaging.
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New Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King sculpture called 'hideous': 'Fire whoever designed that'A new sculpture of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King unveiled in Boston was blasted by onlookers as 'hideous,' 'horrible' and 'awful.'
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Martin Luther King III: We must quadruple our efforts to realize my parents' dreamMartin Luther King III: 'Every year we have an opportunity to ask and evaluate whether we have achieved the dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned for our nation. And, unfortunately, every year we come up short.'
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The Gospel of Hoover and Martin Luther KingDr. Lerone A. Martin is Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford...
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Biden to deliver Sunday sermon on civil rights at Martin Luther King Jr.'s churchPresident Joe Biden is honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, during a Sunday sermon.
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