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I think, to understand the
story of the freedom riders,
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you have to understand how abhorrent
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segregation was in the deep south.
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Granddad:
Segregation was so bad back then,
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my rule was if it was
in the south, it wasn't worth it.
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And most of my family was in
the south, and I didn't care.
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They were not worth it.
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So, it's with that backdrop
that a handful of us
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decided to venture into the deep
south to defy those immoral laws.
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Robert Jebediah Freeman is a very odd
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recurring character in the
Civil Rights Movement.
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He is a self-described civil rights legend,
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which I feel is, well, not at all accurate.
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Even by his own account,
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his participation in the freedom rides seems
to have been completely against his will.
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Granddad: One ticket for Chicago,
thank you kindly.
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[Grumbles] Hmm!
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Granddad: The day I was leaving,
it was all over the news.
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These freedom riders...
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young, idealistic, bold kids who were
riding buses from Washington, D.C.,
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to New Orleans to test and
challenge segregation...
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end Jim Crow.
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The paper said they were expected to arrive
in Alabama sometime that afternoon,
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and I remember thinking to myself,
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"I'm so glad I won't be here
when them niggas show up."
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Don't get me wrong.
Unh-unh. I hated Jim Crow.
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Ohh, the humiliation we had to endure.
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Ugh! [Coughs, gags]
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See, when I saw injustice,
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I didn't need to dust off negro spirituals
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and have an army of rhyming
preachers behind me.
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Oh, no, I ain't afraid of a confrontation.
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I let those crackers
know I wasn't having it.
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Uh, I just wanted to make sure
that you were aware that the, uh,
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colored restroom could use some attending.
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What you want me to do
about that, porch monkey?
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Granddad:
I would like someone to clean it,
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if you have the time and
available janitorial staff.
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I bet it's cleaner than that
jungle you come from, coonskin.
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Shoot, if it was up to me, you'd
be [beep] from a tree outside.
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[Chuckling] now, scram, spearchucker.
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Granddad: Excuse me, sir, but I know
my rights... separate but equal.
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Now, I don't mind using
the colored bathroom,
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but it is a violation of my civil rights
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if that bathroom is covered in [beep].
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The bathrooms should be equally [beep].
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That's the law.
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Hey, how about I get you a mop,
and you clean it, jigaboo?
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Granddad: [Grumbles]
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So, I bravely went into the whites-only
bathroom, and I took a dump.
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Oh, not just any dump.
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It was a dump for freedom, a stinky
load for the dignity of the black man.
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[Farting] Take that, Charlie.
This is for your mama.
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[Farting] Aah! Ooh. [Sighs]
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- Aah. [Sighs] Oh.
- What?
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- Granddad: Free at last. Free at last.
- [Groans]
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[Farting] Whew!
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[Humming]
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- [Gasps]
- Hey!
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At that point, as Robert tried to
get away from the bus-station employee,
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he accidentally got on the bus
occupied by the freedom riders.
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- [Engine turns over]
- Granddad: Take that, you cracker-ass cracker!
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That's why I [beep] in your bathroom
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and used up all your special
white-people quilted toilet paper!
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[Grumbles]
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That was the first time
I saw Robert Freeman...
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when he got on the bus.
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Now, I remember seeing him for
the first time and thinking,
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"ooh, he's really frail."
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Granddad: I noticed she was reading
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man",
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a book I had meant to read many times.
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I'm sorry about my language.
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I just... I get so upset at
the injustice of segregation.
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It's okay. What happened back there?
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Granddad: Well, see, I had to go
into the bathroom to take a du... uh,
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stand against segregation.
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And they said, "nigga, don't
you dare go into that bathroom."
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And I said, "you don't scare me, white man.
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"And my name ain't 'nigga.'
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you will address me as 'Mr. Freeman.'"
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Amazing.
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I can't believe it.
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- Sturdy, did you hear this?
- Yes, I did.
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Your courage is an inspiration, brother.
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Now, leading this particular
bus was the reverend Sturdy Harris,
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who was an up-and-coming force
on the civil rights scene.
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Sturdy was a very physically imposing man,
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a grad student at Fisk University,
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captain of the football team,
totally fearless.
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This guy was really a superior human being,
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completely dedicated
to the cause of justice.
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Granddad: Sturdy. Boy, I hated that nigga.
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Reverend Sturdy Harris.
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Granddad: Ow!
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So, where you from? You in school?
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So, where is Mr. Freeman traveling to?
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Granddad: Oh, heading back to Chicago.
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Um, Robert, this bus is going south.
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Granddad: Huh? No, that's not right.
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It's supposed to be going north.
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Oh, no. You must have
gotten on the wrong bus.
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Granddad: Oh, damn it.
Where this bus going?
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To Birmingham.
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Granddad: Birmingham?!
[beep] That's the worst!
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Let me off! [beep]
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This is all that white man's fault. Ow!
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Robert, what if I told you you
weren't meant to be on that other bus?
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That God had a plan for you on this bus?
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Granddad: Well, I don't know
why God is talking to you about me.
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God loves me in Chicago.
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Robert, have you heard
of the freedom riders?
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Granddad: Wait, you guys aren't...
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oh, man, not you guys! I was
leaving town early to avoid y'all!
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Yes, y'all is we.
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All: ♪ ain't gonna let
nobody turn me around ♪
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♪ Turn me around, turn me around ♪
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♪ Ain't gonna let
nobody turn me around ♪
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♪ Turn me around, turn me around ♪
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Granddad: Well, good luck with
that and all your bus tunes.
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I'm going back north.
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We're just like you, Robert.
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We felt like it was time to take a stand.
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This bus is going to freedom.
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Granddad: Then we got
to turn this bus around.
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All: ♪ ain't gonna let
nobody turn me around ♪
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Granddad: Excuse me for a second.
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- You with them?
- No.
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- Granddad: What are you doing this for?
- Time and a half.
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Granddad: Can I pay you
double to turn the bus around?
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No, sir.
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Granddad: [Whimpers]
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All: ♪ turn me around, turn me around ♪
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Look, Robert. I know this
may sound crazy to you,
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but we do have a strategy.
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- Granddad: Strategy?
- That's right.
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A brilliant strategy. loy.
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Granddad: Thank God. You
should have said that before.
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I'm up for strategy. Lay it on me.
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The most brilliant
strategy ever conceived...
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- Nonviolent direct action.
- Granddad: Come again?
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You confront the oppressor
and his unjust system.
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Incite him to violence without
resorting to violence yourself.
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- Granddad: Why would we do that?
- To prove our moral superiority.
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- Granddad: So, we make them want to attack us?
- Yes.
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- Granddad: And then we let them?
- Exactly.
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- Granddad: And we don't fight back?
- No.
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- Granddad: What about self-defense?
- Absolutely not.
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The only self-defense allowed is singing
and a special kind of nonviolent martial art
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which protects your attacker at all times...
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"Hard chin, soft hand."
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Granddad: Do you even hear yourselves?
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We are ready for anything, Robert.
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- They can arrest us, beat us.
- Granddad: Beat us?
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I think, as a people, we've taken
enough beatings. Don't you think?
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Beat us, stab us, sic dogs
on us, light us on fire.
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Granddad: Light us on fire?!
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Not that we're expecting that.
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But we are prepared for that to happen.
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Granddad: You can't get
prepared to get lit on fire!
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In defense of Robert, the strategy
of nonviolent direct action,
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when you actually think about it,
is completely insane.
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You have to trust us, Robert.
God is on our side.
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There's nothing to be afraid of.
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Granddad: No [beep] way.
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There's no [beep] way you
gonna get me out there.
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This is the dumbest [beep]
I've ever heard. I mean it.
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You're out of your [beep] minds!
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We're gonna end Jim Crow, Robert.
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Granddad: You want to
know how to end Jim Crow?
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Get out of the [beep] south!
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Which is exactly what I'm
gonna do at the next station.
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Good luck with all this [beep].
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Now, the riders were unaware at that point
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that they were heading
toward serious danger.
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Birmingham was the most racist
city in the whole country,
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run by a maniac named Bull Connor.
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I hate niggers! I hate 'em! I hate 'em!
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And right next to Bull Connor, helping him
organize this violence against the riders,
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was an equally despicable man.
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Ruckus: The day my hero, Bull Connor,
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called and asked for my help dealing
with them freedom-ridin' niggas
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was the happiest day of my life. [Chuckles]
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Granddad: Wait. You mean Ruckus
was at the Birmingham Station?
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All this time, I didn't know that.
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That black sumbitch!
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Boy, I'ma have to kick
his ass when I see him.
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Ruckus: Robert Freeman was there?
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[Chuckles] Well, ain't that something?
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Small world.
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Bull Connor made an
arrangement with the Ku Klux Klan.
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Their mobs would be allowed 15 minutes
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to do anything to the riders
without fear of arrest.
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Ruckus: Oh, sure. It starts with buses.
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But next they will want to
integrate schools and restaurants,
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and before you know,
some nigga will want to integrate
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the sweet pink nether
regions of your white wife
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or your white daughter or your dear,
sweet, white grandmother.
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Do any of y'all know what a BBC is?
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All: No!
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Ruckus: Ooh, you don't want to know.
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It does much damage.
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You have 15 minutes, 900 seconds,
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to do whatever your heart desires
to these shiftless black bastards
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before the law shows up.
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So, I am begging you, white men.
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Do not hold back on these niggas.
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Let the full strength of your
caucasianism rain down upon them!
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Believe me... they can't do much,
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but a nigga can take an
ass-whupping, I promise!
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They were headed into a trap.
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When we pulled into the Birmingham station,
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there was a mob of at
least 200 people there.
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The bus was surrounded,
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and they were calling
us all kinds of names...
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nigger, nigger-lover, moon cricket,
free-Lance honey badger.
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Listen to that. "Free-Lance honey badger"?
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I think they were just
making up words after awhile.
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[Indistinct shouting]
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Aah!
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We were all pretty scared, and then
sturdy just stood up, and he said...
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Brothers and sisters, freedom awaits.
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And suddenly, we weren't afraid anymore.
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Granddad: [beep] that. I was afraid.
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[Shouting continues]
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- Brother Freeman, please.
- Granddad: [Grumbles]
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- You just get your ass back on that bus!
- Hey, nigger-lovers!
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- How about some of this, boy?!
- Why don't you crawl back in your hole?!
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[Grunts]
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Please! Please, we don't mean any...
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Oh, my God! You don't have to!
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Oh, God! Oh, God! Help us!
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Granddad: [Coughing]
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What the hell?
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[Coughs]
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[Chuckling] Oh, this is perfect.
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[Panting] [Gasps] >> Aah!
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[Belt cracks]
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Granddad: [Grunts]
Not so fast, you cracker!
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That's what I said.
I said, "not so fast, you cracker!"
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That's actually what he said.
I almost laughed.
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Granddad: [Growls] [Grunts]
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Granddad: [Grunts] >> Aah!
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- [Belt cracks]
- [Grunts]
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Ohh, Robert!
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- I'll get you, you black slut!
- [Gasps] [Grunts]
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- Robert, we're supposed to be nonviolent!
- Granddad: Unh-unh.
249
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- Hey, you big, old pickaninny!
- Hold still!
250
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You think you can take me? Huh?!
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- [Grunts]
- Aah!
252
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- [Grunts] Ow!
- [Grunts]
253
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- [Belt cracks]
- [Grunts]
254
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Granddad: Ooh!
255
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- [Groans]
- That nigger bitch is mine!
256
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Aah!
257
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Granddad: [Grunts] Get
everybody back to the bus!
258
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- [Grunts] [Belt cracks]
- [Groans]
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Aah!
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- No! Aah!
- [Grunts]
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- [Grunts]
- Ohh!
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Come here, nigger. [Grunts] [Grunts]
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Ruckus: [Chuckles]
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- [Grunts]
- [Belt cracks]
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Granddad: What are you doing here?
Get on the bus!
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We've got to find sturdy and the others.
267
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Granddad: Fine, take this.
268
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- No. We are supposed to be non...
- Granddad: [Grunts] Aah!
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- [Gasps]
- [Growls]
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[Belt cracks]
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[Grunts]
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- Robert!
- Aah! Diane!
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Aah! Get this [beep] off of me!
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Diane now confronts a moral
and philosophical dilemma.
275
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Will she fight to save Robert,
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who's getting his freedom [beep] ass
whupped right in front of her eyes?
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Granddad: And I was yelling...
ooh, was I yelling...
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"Woman, what's wrong with
you?! Hit this [beep]."
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Help! Hel... aah!
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But what about the strategy
of nonviolent direct action?
281
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Granddad: [beep] that [beep].
282
00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:06,200
And I'm ashamed to say I made
up my mind to hit that white man.
283
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[Gasps]
284
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[Grunting] Aah! [Growls]
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Granddad: Nigga, where you been?
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[Growls]
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- Granddad: I got you now, [beep]
- Robert, no!
288
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- [Growls]
- Granddad: Aah!
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- Granddad: Nigga, what are you doing?!
- Robert, you have to trust me.
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[Grunts]
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Granddad: Nigga, I'm gonna kill you!
292
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Turn the other cheek, Robert.
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- Tell that man he's your brother.
- Granddad: What?!
294
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[Gunshot] >> Whoa! All right, that's it!
295
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Y'all had your fun!
296
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You mean I come down here for nothing?
297
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I came down here to beat up a nigger!
298
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- [Groans]
- Ow.
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Oh, what a stunning victory,
brothers and sisters.
300
00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:06,700
You not-fought bravely.
301
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Granddad: Stunning victory?!
302
00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,300
Maybe you haven't been
keeping up on current
303
00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:12,300
events, but we just got
our asses kicked, pal.
304
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You're gonna get us all killed.
305
00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:16,100
Death is a small price to pay for freedom.
306
00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:19,000
Granddad: Well, I say death is a pretty
big [beep] price to pay for anything!
307
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,400
You know what your problem is?
308
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You want to die. You got a death wish.
309
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Excuse me?
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Granddad: You heard me.
This isn't about freedom.
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This is about you. You want
to be a martyr for the cause.
312
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Uh, freedom fellers? We got a problem.
313
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This guy won't let me get
around, and I found this.
314
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I think it's for y'all.
315
00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,300
The riders were about to see how far
the Klan would go to stop that bus.
316
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"Dear niggas...
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I hope this note finds you well.
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In the interest of you taking your
agitating black asses
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back to where you came from,
320
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a bomb has been placed on this bus.
321
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That bomb will detonate if the
bus exceeds 15 miles an hour."
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Ruckus: [Chuckles] Oh, that's right.
323
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,600
It was like the opposite of
that cinematic classic "Speed,"
324
00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,800
starring the great Keanu Reeves
325
00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:08,900
and that American sweetheart,
Sandra Bullock.
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00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:11,900
"If you stop the bus,
the bomb will not explode.
327
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If anyone leaves the bus,
the bomb will not explode."
328
00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:20,000
Ruckus: "And if you turn that bus around
and leave decent white folks alone,
329
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then the bomb will not explode."
330
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,800
Huh. If you ask me, I think
that was perfectly reasonable.
331
00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,700
Oh, my goodness.
What are we going to do?
332
00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:33,800
[Tires screech] [Door hisses]
333
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Sorry, there, freedom fellers...
334
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Time and a half just ain't worth it.
335
00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,500
Granddad: Well, it's been real...
hope you reach the promised land.
336
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,000
The struggle needs you, Robert.
337
00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,400
Granddad: Nigga, if you
don't get out of my way...
338
00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,900
[beep] I'm mostly Indian
on my mama side, anyway.
339
00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:48,300
I can't let you off this bus, Robert.
340
00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,800
Your people are depending on you.
341
00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:51,700
Granddad: You know that's kidnapping, right?
342
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I should have called the police on his ass.
343
00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,800
But I was like, "let me?
I'm a grown-ass man.
344
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I do what the hell I want."
345
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No!
346
00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,600
[Sobbing]
347
00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,700
No! I want off the bus! Please, let me go!
348
00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:11,900
So, with a bomb on the bus
349
00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:14,200
and Sturdy basically holding Robert captive,
350
00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:18,500
the bus continued on toward
Mississippi very slowly.
351
00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,600
Granddad: I don't know how
long we were on that bus.
352
00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,800
All I know is they kept singing
that same damn song over and over.
353
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:30,200
All: ♪ ain't gonna let
nobody turn me around ♪
354
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♪ Turn me around, turn me around ♪
355
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♪ Ain't gonna let... ♪
356
00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:37,800
As we were approaching
the Mississippi state line,
357
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,800
we saw a black car on the side of the road,
358
00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,900
and there was a gentleman waving us down.
359
00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,400
President Kennedy, who
was greatly embarrassed
360
00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,600
by the controversy generated
by the freedom riders,
361
00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,000
had sent a staffer from
the justice department
362
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to intercept the riders before
they got to Mississippi.
363
00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,900
I'm here to tell you to turn back.
364
00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:57,500
This man informed them that there
was a virtual army of local cops
365
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and state troopers with orders
to shoot the bus on sight.
366
00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,800
Thanks for the warning, sir. Let's go.
367
00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,100
Granddad: We going home? Finally.
368
00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,700
No. We're going to Mississippi.
369
00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:09,500
Damn it, men. Are you crazy?
370
00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,300
Granddad: Yes! He's crazy!
371
00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,200
And he's holding me hostage. Save me!
372
00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:16,400
Sir, you should know that
we all signed our wills
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00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,000
- before we left for this trip.
- Granddad: I didn't!
374
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,300
She's right. If we stop now,
375
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,100
then those who would oppress us shall know
376
00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:26,600
that bats, bombs, and guns
are all they need to scare us.
377
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,000
Granddad: That's all
they need to scare me!
378
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,400
We have wounded. Perhaps
you can take them to get help.
379
00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,800
But the three of us... we're going on.
380
00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,000
Granddad: No! Please! I don't
want to get back on the bus!
381
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,500
- Fine.
- Granddad: No, not fine! This is not fine!
382
00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:41,700
My God, you kids are crazy.
But brave. So brave.
383
00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,000
Granddad: What?! No!
384
00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:45,700
No, you're just encouraging them! No!
385
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,000
[Sobbing]
386
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,700
I want to go north!
387
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,600
You tell 'em I want 'em
lining the streets, the rooftops,
388
00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,300
everywhere you can get 'em.
389
00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,000
These niggers will not cross the state line.
390
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,100
Ruckus?
391
00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,600
Ruckus: Brave white men of law enforcement,
392
00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:09,200
you are the last line of defense
393
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,700
for the white man's entire
glorious way of life.
394
00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,200
If that bus crosses this line,
395
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,600
it sets off a series of
irreversible changes.
396
00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:22,400
First, there will be
integrated diners and bathrooms
397
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,500
and then schools.
398
00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,600
There will be nigger quarterbacks,
niggers winning Academy Awards,
399
00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,800
niggers playing doctors on television,
400
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,600
eventually, even the White
House won't be white.
401
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:38,400
White men, you must stop this bus!
402
00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,600
Good. Now scram before someone
shoots your black ass by mistake.
403
00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,800
Ruckus: Oh, oh, yes, sir, Mr. Bull, sir.
404
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,900
Granddad: [Whimpering]
405
00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:52,000
Turn back. Please, don't do this. Please.
406
00:19:57,900 --> 00:19:59,800
- Open fire!
- [Gunshots]
407
00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:01,800
Aah! No! Aah!
408
00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,400
Granddad: Please, please, please, please.
409
00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:13,400
Be strong. God will protect us.
410
00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:14,700
Granddad: Oh, shut the [beep] up!
411
00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:19,300
Aah! [Both screaming]
Please! I'm going north!
412
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:25,800
We're almost there.
413
00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:29,000
Keep firing! Keep firing!
414
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,800
[Glass shattering]
415
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,500
[Engine hissing]
416
00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,700
Hold it right there.
I'm with the justice department.
417
00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:23,700
And on behalf of the president, I'm here
to ensure these three are not harmed.
418
00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:27,200
If they are, you'll be
brought up on federal charges.
419
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,200
Sir, you tell the president
that in the state of Mississippi,
420
00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,800
we obey the law.
421
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,700
Good luck. One day, your
nation will thank you.
422
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,300
Granddad: [Exhales deeply] Aah!
423
00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:52,700
♪ Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around ♪
424
00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:57,000
♪ Turn me around, turn me around ♪
425
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,500
♪ Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around ♪
426
00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:03,800
♪ Turn me around ♪
427
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,000
- Shut up!
- ♪ Turn me around ♪
428
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:11,300
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