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  • The Sixties A Long March to Freedom (Season 1, Episode 5)
  • TV Episode | 86 min | Documentary, History

The Sixties

A Long March to Freedom (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 86 min | Documentary, History

An in-depth look into Martin Luther King Jr. and his courageous efforts to lead the civil rights movement is explored through interviews and film clips. Freedom Riders, the March on Washington, and Selma to Montgomery are revisited.
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Jun 26, 2014 (United States)

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77 cast members
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Bob Abernethy
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
James Baldwin
Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage)   See fewer
Ross Barnett
Self - Mississippi Governor (archive footage) Self - Mississippi Governor (archive footage)   See fewer
James Bevel
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward Blankenheim
Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage)   See fewer
Marlon Brando
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Ned Brooks
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
H. Rap Brown
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Stokely Carmichael
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert A. Caro
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Dan T. Carter
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Charles Collingwood
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Eugene 'Bull' Connor
Self - Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage) Self - Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage)   See fewer
Benjamin Cox
Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Dallek
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Joshua Darsa
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Evans
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Medgar Evers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Barney Frank
Self (as Rep. Barney Frank) Self (as Rep. Barney Frank)   See fewer
David Garrow
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Henry Graham
Self - General / Alabama Nat'l Guard (archive footage) Self - General / Alabama Nat'l Guard (archive footage)   See fewer
Jeff Greenfield
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
James Hood
Self - Univ of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) Self - Univ of Alabama Applicant (archive footage)   See fewer
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self - Senator (archive footage) Self - Senator (archive footage)   See fewer
Chet Huntley
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Mahalia Jackson
Self - Gospel Singer (archive footage) Self - Gospel Singer (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Jarriel
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Jacob Javits
Self (as Sen. Jacob Javits) (archive footage) Self (as Sen. Jacob Javits) (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (as President Lyndon B. Johnson) (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (as President Lyndon B. Johnson) (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)   See fewer
Clarence B. Jones
Self - Attorney (as Clarence Jones) Self - Attorney (as Clarence Jones)   See fewer
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Dep. US Atty. General (archive footage) Self - Dep. US Atty. General (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage) Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - US Atty. General (archive footage) Self - US Atty. General (archive footage)   See fewer
James J. Kilpatrick
Self - News Editor (archive footage) Self - News Editor (archive footage)   See fewer
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Martin Luther King
Self (as Reverend Martin Luther King) (archive footage) Self (as Reverend Martin Luther King) (archive footage)   See fewer
Mark Kurlansky
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
James Lawson
Self - Civil Rights Activist (as James M. Lawson Jr.) Self - Civil Rights Activist (as James M. Lawson Jr.)   See fewer
John Lewis
Self (as Rep. John Lewis) Self (as Rep. John Lewis)   See fewer
Vivian Malone
Self - Univ. of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) Self - Univ. of Alabama Applicant (archive footage)   See fewer
Thurgood Marshall
Self - US Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - US Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank McGee
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Diane McWhorter
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
James Meredith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ray Moore
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Moses
Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist   See fewer
Tim Naftali
Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali) Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali)   See fewer
Diane Nash
Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist   See fewer
Edwin Newman
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton) Self (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton)   See fewer
John Patterson
Self - Alabama Governor (archive footage) Self - Alabama Governor (archive footage)   See fewer
Dan Rather
Self - CBS News Self - CBS News   See fewer
Richard Reeves
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Gene Roberts
Self - NY Times Journalist Self - NY Times Journalist   See fewer
Vermont C. Royster
Self - Wall St. Journal Writer (archive footage) Self - Wall St. Journal Writer (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard B. Russell
Self (as Sen. Richard Russell) (archive footage) (as Richard Russell) Self (as Sen. Richard Russell) (archive footage) (as Richard Russell)   See fewer
Bayard Rustin
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Ryan
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Schakne
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Howard K. Smith
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Merriman Smith
Self - UPI (archive footage) Self - UPI (archive footage)   See fewer
Lawrence E. Spivak
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Allen C. Thompson
Self - Jackson, MS Mayor (archive footage) Self - Jackson, MS Mayor (archive footage)   See fewer
Strom Thurmond
Self (as Sen. Strom Thurmond) (archive footage) Self (as Sen. Strom Thurmond) (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Valeriani
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
C.T. Vivian
Self (as Reverend C.T. Vivian) Self (as Reverend C.T. Vivian)   See fewer
George Wallace
Self - Governor (archive footage) Self - Governor (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike Wallace
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Earl Warren
Self - US Chief Justice (archive footage) Self - US Chief Justice (archive footage)   See fewer
Harris Wofford
Self - Sp. Asst. to Pres. Kennedy Self - Sp. Asst. to Pres. Kennedy   See fewer
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