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VHS : American Experience - Citizen King


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directed by: Orlando Bagwell, W. Noland Walker







Binding: VHS Tape
Label: PBS Home Video
Manufacturer: PBS Home Video
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: PBS Home Video
Running Time: 120 unknown-units
Sales Rank: 25443
Studio: PBS Home Video






Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This beautifully-crafted American Experience production traces Martin Luther King's efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - King to the End
"Citizen King" does not pick up the story of MLK from the beginning. Instead, it is assumed the viewer already knows a thing or two about Martin Luther King. We are transported back to 1963 and taken through the last five years of King's life. It is an interesting and fascinating journey.

Included are King's struggles and triumphs with the civil rights movement, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act. But lesser-known (at least by me) were King's attempts to broaden his ... Read More




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