James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Original title: James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

60 minutes • 2008 • 6.6 Score

On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

David Leaf

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