King: The Martin Luther King Story (1978): orinially a three-part miniseries, first aired on February 12-14, 1978. Paul Winfield starred as Martin Luther King, while Cicely Tyson portrayed Coretta Scott King. The film covers the years 1954 through 1968, taking Rev. King from his first peaceful protests against segregation in Montgomery to his assasination in Memphis, TN.
