King (1978)

02/12/1978 (US) • 2h

Drama

Overview

The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.

Top Billed Cast

Paul Winfield

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

3 Episodes

Cicely Tyson

Coretta Scott King

3 Episodes

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

3 Episodes

Roscoe Lee Browne

Philip Harrison

3 Episodes

Lonny Chapman

Chief Frank Holloman

3 Episodes

Ossie Davis

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

3 Episodes

Cliff DeYoung

Robert F. Kennedy

3 Episodes

Al Freeman Jr.

Damon Lockwood

3 Episodes

Clu Gulager

William Sullivan

3 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1978 | 3 Episodes

Season 1 of King premiered on February 12, 1978.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

civil rights

biography

martin luther king

southern baptist

miniseries

usa history

1950s

1960s

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