Community Corner
MLK Day Specials
Here is a list of shows and specials you can catch on television about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Looking for a way to celebrate Martin Luther King Day? How about a television marathon of specials and shows dedicated to the famous reverend.
9 a.m. - The Biography Channel will run "King," a 1978 TV mini-series that tells the story of King's days as a Baptist minister until his 1968 assassination.
2-4 p.m. - The History Channel and host Tom Brokaw take viewers through the life and times of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in "King" (different from the Biography Channel airing).
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4 p.m. - "The Oprah Show" (ABC) will air a new special on race, "Race in America: A 25-Year Look Back," in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
9 p.m. - Centric TV runs HBO Films' "Boycott" (2001), a docudrama about MLK Jr., Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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10 p.m. - PBS shows "Roads to Memphis." Based on the book by Hampton Sides and part of PBS's America Experience series, this documentary tells the stories of Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassin James Earl Ray leading to that fateful day on April 4, 1968.
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