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Video: The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Posted at 10:38 AM on February 3, 2011 by Brett Baldwin

On April 5, 1968 -- the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated -- James Brown played a concert at the Boston Garden.

A documentary came out in 2008, The Night James Brown Saved Boston, detailing the tension of the moment. It tells the story of how James Brown and his band, the mayor of Boston, and producers at WGBH kept riots at bay by holding the concert, and broadcasting it live on TV, thereby keeping people either at the show, or at home, glued to their sets.

When the concert ended, WGBH played it again. And again.

It's available in its entirety here:

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