Citizen King

Citizen King — Plot

Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism and comes to a bloody end five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis. King has since become a mythic figure, an activist whose works and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. (Storyville)

• Release date
• January 1, 2004
• Runtime
• 120 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Noland Walker

Citizen King — Cast

Taylor Branch Self

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David Halberstam Self Andrew Young Self Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage)