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Boycott

The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation

2001★ 6.7 · 181h 58mHistoryDramaTV Movie

Overview

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Trailer · Clark Johnson - Boycott - 2001 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech

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Cast

Jeffrey Wright
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

CCH Pounder
as Jo Ann Robinson

Terrence Howard
as Ralph Abernathy

Carmen Ejogo
as Coretta Scott King

Tom Nowicki
as Commissioner Sellars

Steve Coulter
as Sergeant

Clark Johnson
as Emory Jackson

Brent Jennings
as Rufus Lewis

Marion Guyot
as Virginia Durr

Reg E. Cathey
as E.D. Nixon

Robert C. Treveiler
as Jail Clerk

Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Jack Crenshaw

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Release date: 2001-02-24

Runtime: 1h 58m

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HistoryDramaTV Movie

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