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Previously on Genius.
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They took our home away.
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They took away my mother.
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I look forward to your future,
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and the great things you
will do growing the Nation.
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I was just named minister of
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Temple No. 7 in Harlem.
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All I'll ever
be is Daddy King's son.
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I wanna be more than that.
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We will demand change
no matter what we face.
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We have God on our side.
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I got offered a head pastor
position in Montgomery.
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If things aren't right
for Negroes in the South,
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they aren't gonna be right
anywhere in this country.
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Peek-a-boo.
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Peek-a-boo.
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"Not only is this boycott a
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vessel of change for the Negro,
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it's a prevailing ship
of righteousness towards
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a better tomorrow."
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Pretty good, right?
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Vessel and
ship are the same thing.
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See, I'm trying to get her
to laugh all night,
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but I got nothing.
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'Cause you don't
have the magic touch.
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Yeah?
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Does he?
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No, no, no.
He doesn't have it now.
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Yeah?
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You're showing off now.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Just let it.
Just let it rang.
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They'll hang up.
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Hello?
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Nigger preacher,
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I will kill you,
your wife, and your child.
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Yes?
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Martin, it's me, Ralph.
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How are Coretta and the baby?
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They're fine.
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And you?
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This isn't a mistake, is it?
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Protecting your
family is never a mistake.
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Sister Betty,
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the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
has provided an answer to the
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central question amongst us all.
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Who is the Original Man?
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The Original Man
is the Asiatic Black Man,
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the maker, the owner,
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the cream of the planet Earth,
God of the Universe.
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The light of the sun.
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In fact, the Black Man
existed before the sun.
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Therefore, he is the maker
and owner of the sun.
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Yet you are a woman.
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How do you respond?
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When we say man, we mean woman,
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because we can't say
man without woman.
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Woman is the origin
that man evolved.
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As we are taught,
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we are all intertwined
in the light of Allah.
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The most
disrespected person in America
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is the Black woman.
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Yeah.
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The most
unprotected person in America
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is the Black woman.
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The most neglected person
in America is the Black woman.
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The honorable Elijah Muhammed
teaches us to
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respect, and protect our women.
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And the only time
we get real violent...
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Is when someone
tries to harm our women.
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I know you know.
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We will kill you for our woman.
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Now, I'm speaking plainly now.
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We will kill you for our woman!
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And we believe that if the
White man will do whatever is
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necessary to see that his woman
gets respect and protection,
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then you and I will never be
recognized as men until we
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stand up like men and pay
the same penalty on the man
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who puts his filthy hands out,
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in the direction of our women.
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And it all starts here.
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With our women of the Nation
and the power instilled in each
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and every one of you,
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I promise, we promise,
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to honor your commitment with
the strength that you deserve.
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That's right!
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I appreciate you being here.
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When are you gonna talk to him?
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Why do you always have
to focus on the wrong things?
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I swear, Betty,
you could be an ice cube as cold you are.
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Loosen up.
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Grace, you are a heathen.
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I'm perfectly happy focusing on
completing my nursing studies.
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I'll leave the husband
hunting to you.
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Stop it.
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Powerful words, Minister.
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I guess at this point we
should expect nothing less.
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Thank you for
your kind words, Sister Grace.
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Your compliments
never fall on deaf ears.
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A pleasure to see you.
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But I'm curious,
what did you think?
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I'm sorry.
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I didn't make a
proper introduction.
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This is Sister Betty X.
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She's one of our new
members of the Temple.
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I know.
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I make it a point to
clock each person who comes
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through our doors.
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Sister Betty, Praise to Allah
for your choice to
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join the Nation.
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It's a pleasure to
finally meet you.
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Finally?
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I didn't realize I
was being watched.
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Well, you have
attended my last five speeches.
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It'd be nearly impossible
for you not to stand out.
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Considering...
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Um, I thought
your speech was moving.
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We need more men
like you in our communities.
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But it would've been
nice to have more people
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hear your words.
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Yeah.
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Well, we're working
on that night and day.
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Harlem is a tough
cookie to crack.
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But, um, any advice
you can give?
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I'd be all ears.
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If I have any,
I'll be sure to let you know.
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Yeah, I'd like that.
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Excuse me, Minister,
Sisters, car is ready.
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Of course.
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Have Brother Hinton
come with us.
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All right, Sister Betty.
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Um, I look forward
to seeing you soon.
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Okay.
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Girl, he's been watching you.
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Chief Sellers,
what are your thoughts on the boycott?
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Well, thank you, ma'am.
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Most Nigras wanna ride
but are intimidated by the
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goon squads under the
command of the Negro elites.
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Dr. King,
as MIA President.
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Are you at all
concerned by these comments?
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Concerned, no.
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I am impressed we could
be both goons and elite in
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the same breath, however.
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I just talked to
my contact at the paper.
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That son of a
bitch Mayor is banning
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all the Black-owned taxis
from giving low-fare rides
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- to the boycotters.
- What?
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Well, without taxis,
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we have nearly
40,000 Negro bus riders
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without transportation.
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We also ain't gonna
have a boycott no more neither.
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Because of the press
coverage we've been getting,
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we've outdone expectations
for fundraising.
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With the money, we could buy
a fleet of 20 station wagons
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to help the boycott.
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We do that and
we run the risk of being sued
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for setting up an illegal
transit system.
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And what's next?
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They'll arrest us all for
not getting on the buses?
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You joke, but you all
need to start wrapping your
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minds around the fact that the
Montgomery city government will
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use any means at its disposal,
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including legal action
against us,
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to stop this boycott.
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There is another way.
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We organize a carpool similar
to the one the reverend I spoke
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to down in Baton Rouge did.
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Car owners volunteer their cars,
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drivers volunteer to drive.
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No money exchanges
hands directly.
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But passengers can donate
to the MIA, and in turn,
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the MIA could subsidize
the costs of the carpool.
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That sounds great.
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- You're onto something now.
- Yeah.
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Martin, don't forget,
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we have negotiations in
a few days with the Mayor.
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This community is
desperate for results.
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And we intend to come through.
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Well, good.
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But just know we not
in need of a hero here.
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All we need to do is to
stand behind our demands.
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Nothing more, Martin.
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You cannot blow this.
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So I tell him,
there are two kinds of stupid
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in this world, and son,
you're both of 'em.
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You made it.
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Senator, you are in
for a real treat.
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Wendall here is the best
barber in all of DC.
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Well, I'm not
looking for a haircut.
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Let me guess,
when you're on the Hill,
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you go to that shop
in the basement.
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Old fella named Calhoun runs it.
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Man's in his 70s
and has the shakes.
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I wouldn't trust
him to cut a fart.
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Whenever I'm feeling homesick,
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I stop in for a
little bull session and a cut
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from Wendall here.
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Even if it's packed, he
always finds a seat for me.
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I wanted to talk
about this nasty boycott
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business in Montgomery.
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This seems
hardly the appropriate place
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for that conversation,
Senator Thurmond.
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You are the
senator from Alabama,
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so it feels mighty
appropriate to me.
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And with it being
an election year,
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I'm sure the voters in
your state would agree.
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Now, seems somebody
ought to muzzle that uppity
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boycott spokesman,
Reverend Martin Luther King.
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Folks up north
growing more sympathetic
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to their cause.
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Now removing him could
mean more support for them.
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There's another
way to stop their momentum.
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You distract them.
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There's nothing those people
hate more than a racist.
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So why not give them
one to focus on?
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I have friends on
the Citizens Council.
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I'd be happy to reach out.
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I've taken the initiative
of drafting the manifesto.
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I want to proclaim our right
to use any and all means of
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resistance against further
federal infringement of our
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right to keep the South free,
separate and White.
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I'm calling for the signature
of every Southern Democrat and
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I'd like yours to
be the very first.
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There's some
pretty strong language in here.
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You'll be seen as some
crazy White supremacist.
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I am not a White supremacist.
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I'm a civil rights activist.
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Let's start
distributing it today.
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The sooner we get
this out there,
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the better it'll
be for all of us.
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Even Wendall here
will be better off.
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Ain't that right?
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Yes sir.
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All grace to Allah.
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Thank you.
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It's Brother Hinton, right?
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Yes sir.
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How old are you?
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17.
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How long were you inside?
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Listen, for months
after I was released,
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I had the hardest time sleeping.
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I bought new mattresses,
new covers,
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even got one of those
fancy feather pillows.
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Nothing worked.
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I guess one night
it was real hot.
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I'm talking devil
in your bedroom.
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Hot.
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So I decided to leave
all the windows open.
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Man, it was loud.
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The thing is I slept
like a baby that night.
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I'd grown used to the
noise in prison and life on
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the outside was too quiet.
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There was no noise to
drown out your thoughts,
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which aren't always good.
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Still have those thoughts?
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No.
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I've also slid with my
windows open ever since.
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Never be ashamed
of your prison past.
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That's what brought you
to Allah just like me.
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Hinton, why
don't you head on inside
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and start bringing in
the kitchen supplies?
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Brother Minister, I hear
everyone in Chicago has been
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very impressed with the
work you've done so far
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here in Harlem.
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But there is one thing.
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What is it?
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As minister,
not only do you have
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a responsibility
to grow the temple,
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but you also have a duty
to represent it as well.
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Being an unwed man gives
off the wrong impression.
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You understand what I'm saying?
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Jo Ann, I don't recognize him.
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Doubt you
would without the white hood.
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That's Luther Ingalls,
head of the local
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White Citizens' Council.
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We were under the
impression that today's meeting
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was between the MIA and the
city commissioners only.
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I'd be remiss if I didn't
officially I'd object to the
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White Citizens' Council's
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invitation to
these negotiations.
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We are merely
concerned interest group
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the same as the MIA.
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Let me be clear.
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There are no comparisons
between us and you.
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You all have a
definitive point of view,
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so do we.
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But your
point of view is backed by
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hate and violence.
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00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:59,308
But it was you,
Mr. King that arrived here
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already had inflicted damage
on us with your boycott...
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And what do you
call the demeaning and vile
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treatment of Negro women like
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Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin,
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Susie McDonald, Aurelia Browder,
Mary Louise Smith,
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and so many others
on your city buses...
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Business as usual?
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We call it enforcing the law.
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Then the laws
are just as backwards as
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the men enforcing them.
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Seems the only
business going on here is you
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00:17:25,794 --> 00:17:29,088
looking to make a name for
yourself so you can go out and
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peacock for the cameras.
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00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:36,220
Does he really
speak for all of you?
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00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:38,765
Mr. Mayor,
Dr. King speaks for me,
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the MIA and every
single Negro boycotting
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those empty buses outside.
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That may be, but we
will not be bullied.
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These negotiations are over.
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What in the hell was that?
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You just made any
chance of them giving us what
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we want impossible.
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00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:15,593
Watch it
E.D. Martin only did what he
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thought was right.
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00:18:16,678 --> 00:18:19,056
Exactly what
he thought was right.
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00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:22,307
I knew your inexperience
was going to be a problem.
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00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:25,104
I can't believe it.
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00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:31,067
The goal here was
to end the boycott,
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not change the world.
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00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:40,785
You know what?
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00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,986
- Stop being stressed out.
- Can we help you?
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00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:45,540
Yes. Coffee, please.
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00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:48,043
Two sugars with just
a tickle of lemon.
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00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:51,630
My drive from New York
was quite long.
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00:18:53,006 --> 00:18:54,716
I'm sorry.
Who are you?
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Bayard Rustin.
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00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:03,391
It's a pleasure to meet you.
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My name is
Coretta King and this is...
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Dr. Martin Luther King,
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I'm aware, pleased to
make your acquaintances
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and you must be
Reverend Abernathy.
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That would make you...
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00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:17,239
Juanita Abernathy.
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00:19:18,115 --> 00:19:20,159
What is it that brings
you to our humble city?
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00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:24,120
Mr. Rustin is a
brilliant organizer, pacifist,
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00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:26,622
and well-regarded
leader in non-violence.
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00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:30,001
I was also raised
Quaker, sang the blues with
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Leadbelly and on
occasion happened known
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00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:35,090
to be quite the raconteur.
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00:19:36,341 --> 00:19:37,466
You may not know this,
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00:19:37,467 --> 00:19:39,677
but I met you a
long time ago when I was
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at school at Antioch,
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you gave a speech entitled,
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"How to Conquer Jim Crow."
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You said, "That if we
desire a society where
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men are brothers,
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00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:52,982
then we must act towards
one another with brotherhood."
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00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:55,484
I am both
flattered and impressed.
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00:19:55,485 --> 00:19:59,155
You remembered that though
not surprised from what I have
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00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:02,200
briefly gathered about
your background Mrs. King,
351
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:05,871
it is clear that you are much
more than what you appear.
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00:20:07,289 --> 00:20:10,042
Something I know very well.
353
00:20:11,001 --> 00:20:14,086
There are very interested
parties all across this country
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that are rooting for your
victory here in Montgomery.
355
00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:19,217
Interested in what way?
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00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:23,095
The victory that
you are attempting to secure
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has the potential to alter
the course of civil rights
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in this country.
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00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:29,435
You do see that, don't you?
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00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:36,234
What we see is a
opportunity to bring equality
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into Montgomery and
desegregate the buses.
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00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:40,988
Dr. King.
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00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:44,742
You and this boycott
have to potential to do so,
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00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:46,245
so much more than that.
365
00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,373
So long as you all
don't mess it up.
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00:20:52,876 --> 00:20:56,171
Mr. Rustin, would
you join us for dinner tonight?
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00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:58,924
Tell us what you think.
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00:20:59,841 --> 00:21:01,051
I'd be delighted.
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00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:06,055
I was driving through the
countryside of Virginia,
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00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:07,223
hot as hell.
371
00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:08,891
Excuse my language.
And I thought to myself,
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00:21:08,892 --> 00:21:12,061
if Gandhi can defeat
an entire empire without
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00:21:12,062 --> 00:21:13,437
raising a weapon,
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00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:15,523
we can end Jim Crow
the same way.
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00:21:15,524 --> 00:21:18,192
When people fully commit
to the non-violent movement,
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00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:20,278
it is truly unstoppable.
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00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,697
I fear at the
longer the boycott lasts,
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the weaker we get.
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00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,157
That's where
you're wrong, brother.
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00:21:25,158 --> 00:21:27,368
Every day someone walks to work,
381
00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:30,246
every time someone chooses
not to get on a bus,
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00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:32,039
you grow stronger.
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00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,582
That's your victory.
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00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:35,626
Martin stuck
on three simple demand,
385
00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:38,045
but you think he'd ask
for the moon on a platter.
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00:21:38,046 --> 00:21:41,507
If it were easy,
everyone would do it.
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00:21:41,508 --> 00:21:45,761
You're starting a revolution,
a Black revolution.
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00:21:45,762 --> 00:21:46,971
It'll take time.
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00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,732
And what if
time isn't on our side?
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00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,018
Those that oppose what
we are doing will take arms
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00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,520
against us if we do
not consider the same.
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00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:55,689
Don't.
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00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,568
Non-violence isn't a strategy.
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00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:01,777
It's a way of life,
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00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:04,948
one that must be practiced
and not just preached.
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00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:08,784
How can a leader ask others
to use it but not practice it
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00:22:08,785 --> 00:22:10,119
in his own home?
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00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,040
That person would be a
hypocrite if you asked me.
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00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:17,168
But if applied in all aspects,
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00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,004
non-violence has the
power to influence not only the
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00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:23,091
oppressed but
also the oppressor.
402
00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:27,637
He can't beat you if
he can't hurt you.
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00:22:28,638 --> 00:22:31,515
People have been walking
since the dawn of time.
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00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:33,267
What are a few more weeks?
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00:22:33,268 --> 00:22:34,353
Question is...
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00:22:35,103 --> 00:22:36,823
Do you have what
it takes to stick it out...
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00:22:37,814 --> 00:22:39,815
Change the course of history?
408
00:22:39,816 --> 00:22:41,275
And I believe that we can.
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00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:42,778
Not we. You.
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00:22:44,237 --> 00:22:47,031
The people of this city will
follow if you show them the way.
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00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,700
But you can't be
afraid to do it.
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00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:52,078
Even if it means leading
them past the point of what
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00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:53,538
they think is possible.
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00:22:54,331 --> 00:22:56,083
I'm many things,
Mr. Rustin.
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00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,252
But afraid is not one of them.
416
00:23:00,253 --> 00:23:01,380
Good.
417
00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,592
Because I wouldn't be here
if I thought you were.
418
00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:09,805
Show them that non-violence
is the way.
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00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:33,870
Well, well,
if it isn't you again.
420
00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:39,251
Why do I get the feeling you're
following me, Sister Betty.
421
00:23:41,294 --> 00:23:42,921
You'd be so lucky, minister.
422
00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:45,339
If I'm not mistaken,
423
00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:48,050
this trip was designated
for everyone at our temple,
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00:23:48,051 --> 00:23:49,928
including me and
my fellow sisters.
425
00:23:51,054 --> 00:23:52,139
It's true.
426
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,643
But your fellow sisters
are over there and yet
427
00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:58,937
you over here near me.
428
00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:04,693
I simply wanted to see that
429
00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:10,240
and you just so happened to be here.
430
00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:17,955
You remember the hope and
pride that Africans had after
431
00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:19,040
the revolution in Ghana?
432
00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:21,208
I think Africans
everywhere believe that
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00:24:21,209 --> 00:24:22,918
that torch of freedom
would light the way
434
00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:24,087
in their own countries.
435
00:24:25,505 --> 00:24:27,173
Wonder if Black folks here
realize how heroic
436
00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:29,384
Kwame Nkrumah was in
the struggle for freedom?
437
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:31,428
Well you know,
438
00:24:32,262 --> 00:24:35,097
he once said that
I'm not African because
439
00:24:35,098 --> 00:24:37,016
I was born in Africa,
but because...
440
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:39,311
Africa was born in me.
441
00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:42,855
Where are
you from, Sister Betty?
442
00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:44,106
- Detroit.
- Really?
443
00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:45,483
That's not what I heard.
444
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,568
If I'm correct,
you're from the South.
445
00:24:47,569 --> 00:24:48,861
Tuskegee, right?
446
00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:50,863
So not only am I being watched,
447
00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:53,532
but I'm also being investigated.
448
00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:55,284
What's going on here, minister?
449
00:24:55,285 --> 00:24:58,622
I'm just
curious about you, that's all.
450
00:25:00,707 --> 00:25:03,043
Don't hold it against
me for being interested.
451
00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:06,545
My mother is from Grenada.
452
00:25:06,546 --> 00:25:10,007
She once hid Marcus Garvey
from the FBI when he was
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00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,510
on the run from this
country's persecution.
454
00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:15,804
She was also the only female
writer in his correspondence,
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00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:16,972
the Negro World.
456
00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:19,267
She sounds like
an extraordinary woman.
457
00:25:20,977 --> 00:25:22,177
She must be very proud of you.
458
00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:29,610
Um, so what keeps you busy?
459
00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:31,321
Montefiore Hospital.
460
00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:35,700
I love to help people,
make my hands useful.
461
00:25:37,911 --> 00:25:39,246
I guess, I got it
from my mother.
462
00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:42,039
At some point, at least.
463
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,666
Once we leave here,
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00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,753
I'd like to share with you my vision
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00:25:48,463 --> 00:25:50,090
and my plans for the nation.
466
00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:53,009
I would like that.
467
00:25:55,303 --> 00:25:56,303
If it's all right,
468
00:25:56,304 --> 00:25:58,138
I'd like to share
with you my ideas about a
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00:25:58,139 --> 00:25:59,558
free health clinic.
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00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:10,549
Minister, we have a problem.
471
00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:13,153
The police assaulted
Brother Hinton.
472
00:26:13,154 --> 00:26:14,239
He's in bad shape.
473
00:26:18,868 --> 00:26:20,412
I'm sorry.
I have to go.
474
00:26:21,788 --> 00:26:22,955
We have to consult with
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00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:24,081
Honorable Elijah Muhammad first.
476
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:25,208
We have no time.
477
00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:28,210
Every minute we wait he
can be bleeding to death.
478
00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:29,771
If it was you, I
wouldn't wait a second.
479
00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:32,924
Are you coming on not?
480
00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,470
No!
Look at all of you!
481
00:26:38,471 --> 00:26:39,638
This isn't justice!
482
00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:41,039
What you all gonna do?
483
00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:46,312
Look buddy,
484
00:26:46,313 --> 00:26:48,897
you can act like everyone
and wait until he is processed,
485
00:26:48,898 --> 00:26:50,658
which at the earliest
will be in the morning.
486
00:26:50,984 --> 00:26:52,264
But I need you to clear out now.
487
00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:58,123
We're not
leaving until we see him.
488
00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:00,410
We?
489
00:27:34,694 --> 00:27:36,863
My strength
unto you, Brother Hinton.
490
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:40,283
An ambulance, please.
491
00:27:43,536 --> 00:27:45,245
Get him ambulance now.
492
00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:53,838
Now!
493
00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:06,293
The doctor says he stable,
494
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,232
but it'll be touch and go
for the next few days.
495
00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:11,453
If you would've got
to him a second later,
496
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:13,191
it might not have mattered.
497
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:23,868
You got what you wanted.
498
00:28:25,578 --> 00:28:26,996
Now take your people and go.
499
00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:32,001
See you soon.
500
00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:08,663
This is too much
power for one man to have.
501
00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:42,988
Core, Core, Core.
502
00:29:42,989 --> 00:29:45,033
- We're okay.
- God.
503
00:29:46,075 --> 00:29:48,115
We're okay.
We got to the back just before.
504
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,331
You're okay.
The baby's okay?
505
00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:53,500
Yeah.
506
00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,046
Have they said anything?
507
00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:00,339
Just that
they're out looking for
508
00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:01,423
whoever did it.
509
00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:03,258
But they've been preoccupied
with the crowd outside.
510
00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:05,010
Martin, you need to
do something before
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00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:06,345
things turn ugly.
512
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:08,426
All right. All right.
All right. All right.
513
00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:12,601
Now, let's go into
the back, all right?
514
00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:14,322
- Okay.
- Let's go. Let's go.
515
00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,957
Brothers and sisters,
listen to me, please.
516
00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:36,334
There's no need to panic.
517
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,002
I know you're angry,
518
00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:41,338
but you need to heed
Police Chief Sellers'
519
00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:42,924
request and disperse.
520
00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:48,345
I know you want answers.
521
00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:49,555
I want them too,
522
00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:52,057
but right now you
need to go on home.
523
00:30:52,058 --> 00:30:54,393
If you have weapons,
please take them with you.
524
00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:56,353
But how are we
supposed to protect ourselves?
525
00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:57,480
Right.
526
00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:01,567
We cannot
counter acts of violence
527
00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:03,027
with mirrored violence.
528
00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:07,614
He who lives by the sword
will be vanquished by the sword.
529
00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:09,951
Remember, it was
Jesus who told us this.
530
00:31:12,745 --> 00:31:15,372
We must remind ourselves
that we are Christians,
531
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:19,210
remind ourselves that we
must meet hate with love.
532
00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:25,675
That what we are
doing is right and just,
533
00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:28,553
and God is with us.
534
00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:32,514
We appreciate your support,
535
00:31:32,515 --> 00:31:34,350
but Coretta and
the baby are okay.
536
00:31:36,352 --> 00:31:38,687
For now, I need
you to go home and
537
00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:39,856
be with your loved ones.
538
00:32:33,826 --> 00:32:35,026
Why do you have that?
539
00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:37,185
This is for our protection.
540
00:32:38,247 --> 00:32:39,623
Don't you
think that's something we
541
00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:40,958
should have discussed first?
542
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:42,751
I don't need
your permission to protect my
543
00:32:42,752 --> 00:32:44,545
family however I see fit.
544
00:32:47,465 --> 00:32:49,258
Those men who bombed our home,
545
00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:51,427
they want us to quit.
546
00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,348
You go out with that gun,
547
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:59,030
then they would've
gotten what they wanted.
548
00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:01,145
They want us scared.
549
00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,190
They did get what they wanted.
550
00:33:06,609 --> 00:33:07,735
I am scared.
551
00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:19,779
You have a visitor.
552
00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:32,926
Daddy, you didn't need to come
553
00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:34,136
all this way tonight.
554
00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:35,897
You think
anybody was gonna stop me
555
00:33:36,597 --> 00:33:37,806
and I'm gonna spend
the rest of the night
556
00:33:37,807 --> 00:33:39,016
driving back home with you,
557
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,185
Coretta, and my
granddaughter coming with me.
558
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,061
No, we're not.
559
00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,480
Martin, now I'm
proud of what you've done here.
560
00:33:45,481 --> 00:33:46,690
I am.
561
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:48,859
You shine a light on the
wrongs in Montgomery.
562
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,111
But you and this boycott,
563
00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,614
you've awakened their
anger so deep in the belly
564
00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:58,327
of hateful men that the only
possible outcome was violence.
565
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:02,414
And they ain't gonna stop until
they put you in the ground.
566
00:34:02,415 --> 00:34:03,916
I can't leave. Not now.
567
00:34:05,084 --> 00:34:06,084
These people need me.
568
00:34:06,085 --> 00:34:07,365
Damnit, you're my son.
569
00:34:10,339 --> 00:34:11,382
I need you.
570
00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:20,307
Daddy, you gave
me my name and said I was
571
00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:21,601
destined for great things.
572
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:26,063
I believe this boycott is it.
573
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:27,731
Coretta,
will you talk some sense
574
00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:28,816
into your husband?
575
00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:33,755
He's putting you
and the baby in danger.
576
00:34:35,698 --> 00:34:37,366
My husband didn't bomb our home.
577
00:34:40,828 --> 00:34:42,455
I didn't just marry the man.
578
00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:46,084
I married the movement
and all that comes with it.
579
00:34:48,294 --> 00:34:49,462
This is where we belong.
580
00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:51,339
Together.
581
00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:08,523
It is going to get
worse before it gets better.
582
00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:12,985
So you be careful.
583
00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:43,474
Core, you are a true soldier.
584
00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:48,604
I don't know what I
would do without you.
585
00:35:53,067 --> 00:35:54,485
You'll never need to know.
586
00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,343
Sister Betty,
I didn't mean to interrupt.
587
00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:23,848
It's all right.
588
00:36:25,391 --> 00:36:27,185
Brother Hinton is
resting peacefully.
589
00:36:40,823 --> 00:36:45,620
I, want to thank you
590
00:36:48,414 --> 00:36:50,874
and all the women
in our MGT program,
591
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,251
your help is what we need.
592
00:36:56,047 --> 00:37:01,093
I want you to know that the
security of all of our members
593
00:37:02,261 --> 00:37:04,513
will be insured from this
point moving forward.
594
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:07,837
That's very kind of you,
595
00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:10,644
but you don't have to
worry about me, I'll be fine.
596
00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:12,187
Well, I do worry about you.
597
00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:15,524
And we will do more.
I promise.
598
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:22,907
I believe in what I'm doing.
I believe it in my core.
599
00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:28,703
Malcolm,
Hinton didn't confront those
600
00:37:28,704 --> 00:37:30,957
policemen because
you told him to do that,
601
00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:33,834
or because of some
speech you gave.
602
00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:37,838
He did it because it was
the right thing to do.
603
00:37:41,634 --> 00:37:44,135
What you're doing is just.
604
00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:46,013
Never question that.
605
00:37:52,812 --> 00:37:56,607
I, um, have to take a trip.
606
00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:03,239
But, if you're not too busy,
607
00:38:04,782 --> 00:38:06,492
I'd love to see you
again when I'm back.
608
00:38:11,914 --> 00:38:13,165
I'd love that.
609
00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:23,926
Yeah, I'll, I'll be in touch.
610
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,360
A friend down at the
courthouse just confirmed it.
611
00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:46,323
The grand jury just returned a
stack of criminal indictments,
612
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:48,241
arrest warrants for the entire
613
00:38:48,242 --> 00:38:49,617
Montgomery
Improvement Association.
614
00:38:49,618 --> 00:38:50,785
89 in all.
615
00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:53,789
This is the biggest mass indictment
in the history of the state.
616
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,249
Fred, when is
this going to happen?
617
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,751
Could be as early as tomorrow.
618
00:38:57,752 --> 00:38:59,836
I told you all,
the threat of legal action
619
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:01,004
was a possibility.
620
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,839
Bastards will do anything to
cut the head off the boycott.
621
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,591
Ain't going
to be no boycott after they
622
00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:06,927
round us up and drag us in.
623
00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:09,929
Have you all
considered that it might be
624
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:13,059
a mistake waiting for the
police to come after you all?
625
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:20,523
If I could, I'd like to suggest
a more Gandhi-like approach.
626
00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:23,568
Something along
the lines of giving your
627
00:39:23,569 --> 00:39:24,820
attacker the stick.
628
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:28,407
You have to show them that
you aren't afraid of jail.
629
00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,177
And how exactly do we do that?
630
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:34,497
Show them
that jail is just a place.
631
00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:37,791
Its power comes
from our fear of it.
632
00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:40,085
Show them you don't fear it,
it loses its power.
633
00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:42,962
So are you
saying we turn ourselves in?
634
00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:45,256
You all are on the precipice of
635
00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:47,092
major, sweeping changes,
636
00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:49,636
but you'll only get there by
galloping to the finish line,
637
00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:51,679
not cautiously
pulling on the reins.
638
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:52,931
You have to show them
that you're willing
639
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,725
to risk everything,
even your freedom,
640
00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:58,562
to keep this boycott going.
641
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:08,447
Bayard, you may be right,
642
00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:11,241
but many of the folks in
this room have people
643
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,368
who depend on them.
644
00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:15,120
Congregations they preside over,
645
00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:16,246
families to look after,
646
00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,582
I can't ask them
to do this with me.
647
00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:22,191
Well, you ain't got to ask me.
648
00:40:22,628 --> 00:40:24,838
I'm too old and done fought
too long to be scared now.
649
00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:26,298
It ain't nothing, not even jail,
650
00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,893
is going to stop me
from seeing this through.
651
00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:33,139
So I'm with you.
652
00:40:34,306 --> 00:40:35,682
I'm always with you.
653
00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:36,976
So am I.
654
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,641
We heard you was looking for us.
655
00:41:21,061 --> 00:41:22,188
Well, here we are.
656
00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:33,907
After 381 days of
perseverance and endurance,
657
00:41:33,908 --> 00:41:37,118
Negro citizens were informed
that their hard-fought
658
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:40,455
decision to bring
desegregation of the city buses,
659
00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:43,458
finally came from the
United States Supreme Court,
660
00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:46,586
in clear and expedient language.
661
00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:49,839
Segregation on public
city buses in Montgomery
662
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,174
is no longer valid.
663
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:55,428
In light of this, the MIA
declares the protests against
664
00:41:55,429 --> 00:41:57,680
the city buses officially over.
665
00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:04,730
I didn't realize
it until Coretta said it,
666
00:42:05,731 --> 00:42:11,569
but combatting hate with hate
only strengthens the power of
667
00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:13,739
those who choose evil over good.
668
00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:17,158
To break this cycle,
669
00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:20,537
is it upon us to look within
ourselves for the courage
670
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:21,830
we need to do this.
671
00:42:23,123 --> 00:42:27,294
For it is only love that is
strong enough to defeat hate.
672
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,634
We achieved what
everyone thought impossible.
673
00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:36,386
Now it's time to
take on the world.
674
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:41,433
Well, I have a
suggestion of where to start.
675
00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:45,270
Women are the backbone
of every movement.
676
00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:48,857
We need to let them know how
powerful they can be united.
677
00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:52,111
You know I recognize your power.
678
00:42:54,321 --> 00:42:58,074
But what I think would be
best is if you go to Atlanta and
679
00:42:58,075 --> 00:42:59,784
get Yoki settled,
680
00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:01,705
so I don't have to worry
about either one of you.
681
00:43:03,455 --> 00:43:06,708
I'll be where the power
really is, Washington DC.
682
00:43:06,709 --> 00:43:07,960
That's right.
683
00:43:10,879 --> 00:43:12,463
This is our time, Corrie.
684
00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:16,844
Would you keep
this cold, please?
685
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:37,406
This is fame.
Use it wisely.
686
00:43:41,368 --> 00:43:45,372
Yeah.
Well done. Well done.
687
00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:51,629
He did it. He did it.
688
00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:53,796
You look beautiful.
689
00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:54,964
Thank you.
690
00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:17,029
Forgive me for
the immediacy of this meeting,
691
00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:22,241
but Brother Clyde has
informed me of the recent
692
00:44:22,242 --> 00:44:23,743
events in Harlem.
693
00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:27,456
I feel a
conversation is warranted.
694
00:44:29,958 --> 00:44:31,210
Absolutely.
695
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:37,132
And I must start by
expressing my gratitude
696
00:44:38,133 --> 00:44:39,467
for discussing this matter,
697
00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:41,928
and gratitude that you
are in good health as well.
698
00:44:41,929 --> 00:44:43,137
Praise to Allah.
699
00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:44,306
But please, if I may,
700
00:44:46,141 --> 00:44:47,892
you were sent to
spread the message of
701
00:44:47,893 --> 00:44:49,186
the nation to the people.
702
00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:52,522
Why the violence and discord?
703
00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:55,359
You would have
to ask that of our oppressors.
704
00:44:56,568 --> 00:44:58,277
But their actions
warranted a response.
705
00:44:58,278 --> 00:44:59,821
- Which was?
- Strength.
706
00:44:59,822 --> 00:45:02,573
It is the same sentiment you
instilled in me when I was at
707
00:45:02,574 --> 00:45:04,075
my lowest point
and the response that
708
00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:05,159
got their attention.
709
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:06,328
And what was that?
710
00:45:12,668 --> 00:45:16,338
$70,000 to
Hinton and the nation.
711
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:20,217
The largest settlement
in New York history.
712
00:45:23,595 --> 00:45:25,075
This is impressive, Malcolm,
713
00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:27,349
but that's not my point.
714
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:31,729
Why didn't you
consult with me first?
715
00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:34,314
Your Honorable One,
716
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:38,652
I humbly apologize for
not consulting with you.
717
00:45:39,319 --> 00:45:41,487
It is an oversight
that pains me,
718
00:45:41,488 --> 00:45:46,576
but I hope you know that
the love and devotion I have
719
00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:49,454
to you and your teachings
would never allow me to do
720
00:45:49,455 --> 00:45:51,874
anything of ill
intent towards you.
721
00:45:52,583 --> 00:45:54,584
I do, and always will do,
722
00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:56,795
everything in power
of our Nation.
723
00:45:57,504 --> 00:46:00,256
Our Nation, our members,
724
00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:04,135
and our message needs to
be protected at all costs.
725
00:46:04,136 --> 00:46:06,429
And within that protection,
726
00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:11,059
there comes to a need to
show strength and resolve,
727
00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:19,275
which is exactly which
has been demonstrated to
728
00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:22,446
this country which
we all inhabit.
729
00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:25,616
Malcolm, I'm proud of you.
730
00:46:26,533 --> 00:46:28,451
If you feel a calling,
731
00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:32,371
I would like to make
you the National Representative
732
00:46:32,372 --> 00:46:33,499
to the Nation.
733
00:46:35,375 --> 00:46:40,464
All I ask, is this the
future that you desire?
734
00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:44,551
Absolutely.
735
00:46:53,393 --> 00:46:54,793
Then I'll leave you to it.
736
00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:06,532
Well, congratulations.
737
00:47:28,470 --> 00:47:30,639
Sorry if I called
you at a troubled time.
738
00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:34,162
Never any
trouble when I hear your voice.
739
00:47:34,393 --> 00:47:35,560
How was your trip?
740
00:47:35,561 --> 00:47:37,728
Chicago was prosperous.
741
00:47:37,729 --> 00:47:40,232
Listen, I don't have
much time...
742
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,570
And frankly, I hoped to
do this in person.
743
00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:49,323
But as Allah alludes,
when the spirit is moved,
744
00:47:49,324 --> 00:47:52,619
its message comes with it.
745
00:47:54,162 --> 00:47:55,372
No matter where.
746
00:47:58,917 --> 00:48:03,588
Betty, my life with the
Nation is moving in a direction
747
00:48:03,589 --> 00:48:05,966
that Allah has paved.
748
00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:12,472
And it's a destination
that leads directly to you.
749
00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:17,895
Brother Malcolm,
what are you trying to tell me?
750
00:48:18,687 --> 00:48:22,190
Betty, will you marry me?
751
00:48:29,156 --> 00:48:33,869
Um, yes.
Yes, um,
752
00:48:35,621 --> 00:48:38,749
but I have to ask, why now?
753
00:48:39,958 --> 00:48:43,003
Because it feels right and, um,
754
00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:51,345
you and I, fit,
and we fit with the Nation.
755
00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:55,806
And I
just love how you make me feel.
756
00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:57,351
You inspire me to do more.
757
00:48:58,518 --> 00:48:59,895
And I guess I just love that.
758
00:49:01,730 --> 00:49:03,398
And I hope you feel the same.
759
00:49:04,691 --> 00:49:06,735
Well, I wouldn't
have said yes if I didn't.
760
00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:09,529
Get home safe.