James Brown. A clip from the documentary, The Night James Brown Saved Boston", features James Brown commenting on hearing the news that Dr. King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. He was in a New York recording studio and immediately took to the airwaves to call for peace and calm in the Black community. James Brown traveled to Harlem to see what was taking place as the riots broke out in the cities across the country.

Video transcript:

Narrator: When James Brown heard the news, he was in New York recording studio. He immediately went on TV and radio calling for peace, but the riots starting to break out in inner city America. Brown headed to Harlem to see for himself what was going on.

James Brown: I don't want to be a cat sitting from a pile, looking down and saying what are they doing out down there. I wanted to find out what was happening and I know I have a right to deal because I might live in a society with [inaudible 0:00:33] that is where I was born.

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