King (miniseries)

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King
Directed by	Abby Mann
Produced by	Paul Maslansky
Written by	Abby Mann
Starring	Paul Winfield Cicely Tyson Tony Bennett Roscoe Lee Browne Lonny Chapman Ossie Davis
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Cinematography	Michael Chapman
Editing by	David Berlatsky Byron Brandt Richard C. Meyer
Distributed by	NBC
Release date(s)	1978 (DVD 2004)
Running time	300 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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King is a 1978 television film miniseries based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

v • d • e Martin Luther King, Jr. Works Speeches: How Long, Not Long • I Have a Dream • I've Been to the Mountaintop Writings: Letter from Birmingham Jail • What is Man? Protests: 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott • 1960 Nashville sit-ins • 1961 Albany Movement • 1963 Birmingham campaign • 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom • 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches • 1965-67 Chicago Freedom Movement • 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike • 1968 Poor People's Campaign People Family: Martin Luther King, Sr. (father) • Alberta Williams King (mother) • Christine King Farris (sister) • Alfred Daniel Williams King (brother) • Coretta Scott King (wife) • Yolanda King (daughter) • Martin Luther King III (son) • Dexter Scott King (son) • Bernice King (daughter) • Alveda King (niece) Others: Benjamin Mays (mentor) • Bayard Rustin (advisor) • Ralph Abernathy (colleague) Assassination Assassination • James Earl Ray • William F. Pepper • Loyd Jowers Related Media Film and television: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (documentary film) • King (television miniseries) • Return of the King (episode of The Boondocks) Songs: Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder) • Pride (In the Name of Love) (U2) • MLK (U2) Shed a Little Light (James Taylor) Other Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • Lee-Jackson-King Day • National Historic Site • National Memorial • National Civil Rights Museum • Streets • Authorship issues