MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) Died 1968 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in...

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive Footage) Died 1973 · Stonewall, Texas, USA Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president from...

Jesse Jackson as Self (archive Footage) Died 2026 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (October 8, 1941 — February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 198...

Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive Footage) Died 1968 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He served as a United States senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He w...

Coretta Scott King as Self (archive Footage) Died 2006 · Heiberger, Alabama, USA Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. As an advocate for African-American equa...

Ted Kennedy as Self (archive Footage) Died 2009 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death...