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Boycott is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Clark Johnson, and starring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. The film, based on the book Daybreak of Freedom by Stewart Burns, tells the story of the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott.
Feb 24, 2001 · A 2001 drama that depicts the 1955 civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, where black people refused to ride segregated buses. The film focuses on the role of Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders in organizing and leading the boycott.
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- Drama, History
- Clark Johnson
- 2001-02-24
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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- Clark Johnson
- PG
- 24
Watch Jeffrey Wright as the young MLK in this drama that recreates the start of the Civil Rights movement. Hulu offers a free trial and various plans and add-ons to stream Boycott and other movies and shows.
- Clark Johnson
- February 24, 2001
- Jeffrey Wright
When Rosa Parks (Iris Little-Thomas) defiantly refuses to take a back seat, she sets into motion a tumultuous string of events centered around the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.
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- Clark Johnson
- PG
- Jeffrey Wright
Boycott is a 2001 drama film about the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists. The movie shows the challenges, dangers, and triumphs of the boycott, and features Jeffrey Wright as King and Terrence Howard as Abernathy.
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Her courage and defiance inspired a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr. and a group of other black leaders to organize the Montgomery bus boycott, one of the most successful non-violent protests in American History.
