On the night of April 5 , 1968 , WGBH-TV ( at roughly hours ' notice ) broadcast a James Brown concert from the Boston Garden , the night after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated . Boston Mayor Kevin White , who was worried that the concert would set off a riot , and certain that cancellation would be worse , contacted WGBH to air the concert on TV , and told the public to stay home and watch , helping prevent boycotts in the region . The concert would later be seen numerous times in the following days , helping the Boston area stay in peace
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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