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Of god's creatures,
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the nearest thing to
an angelic being,
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is a well-bred southern woman
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or her blue-eyed,
golden-haired little girl.
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This is why we can't put
little boys
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and little girls together,
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negroes and whites,
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and have them sing together,
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play together,
dance together, eat together.
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You cannot do this
and then expect the sensitivity
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of those white children
not to be broken down.
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[ crowd shouting "no!" ]
you can't do it!
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By abolishing
school segregation,
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the supreme court has set aside
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all the laws of eugenics
and biology created by god.
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If trouble is to come, we can
predict how it will start --
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the glib young negro
who sojourned in chicago
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or new york
will perform an obscene act,
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or make an obscene remark,
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or assault on some white girl,
for they will reason,
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"has not the supreme court
abolished segregation?
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Would the federal government
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not protect us?"
[ crowd shouting "no!" ]
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this is the reasoning
which produces riots
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and bloodshed,
raping, and revolutions.
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[ cheers and applause ]
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♪♪
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[ indistinct conversations ]
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[ solemn music plays ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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we'll begin closing arguments
momentarily.
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How many do you think
they turned?
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At this point,
does it even matter?
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You're damn right it does.
The defense played dirty.
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They knew that
if the judge let carolyn
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take the stand,
her story would get to the jury.
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It didn't matter if he ruled it
inadmissible or not.
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Well, what'd you expect?
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Everyone knows breland ranks
high in the citizens' council.
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Well, it's not like
I haven't seen one before,
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but burning crosses
usually aren't directed at folks
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who look like us.
Hmph.
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[ sighs ]
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what happened there?
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Sunburn.
I see that.
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What's the story?
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I was following up
on a lead.
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I'd heard that, uh,
those two negro witnesses
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were being held
in the charleston jail
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for the duration
of the trial.
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Where'd you hear that?
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I can't reveal my sources,
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but I asked those deputies
for directions to sniff it out.
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Instead of directions,
they offered me a ride.
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Turns out
it was a one-way fare,
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and I was stuck
walking five miles
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in the midday sun
back into town.
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[ chuckles ]
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you're lucky
they didn't do more
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than leave your ass
in the country.
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[ sighs ] very true.
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Ruby: Mamie, we thought
you'd left town.
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I nearly did.
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I, um --
I bit my tongue yesterday
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while that woman lied
about my son,
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and I just couldn't
bring myself to sit
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through the parade of character
witnesses this morning.
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All you missed were
a bunch of peckerwoods
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trying to convince us
that bryant and milam
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had "the best reputations
two men could ever have."
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I figured.
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You know, as much as I wanted
to pack up
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and put this nightmare
behind me,
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I remembered what you said
about showing up.
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So...Here I am.
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[ indistinct conversations ]
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I don't want that woman
thinking I bought
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any of that garbage
she spewed up there,
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but if I had left,
she might've.
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[ tense music plays ]
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♪♪
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[ gavel bangs ]
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judge swango:
Order in the court.
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Gentlemen, are you prepared
to give your closing arguments?
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Breland:
Yes, your honor.
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The state may begin.
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Chatham: There's been a lot of
talk about this case
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inside this courtroom
and out,
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but I'm not concerned
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with outside organizations'
interference.
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My only concern is what
is morally right or wrong.
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And if you return a verdict
based on anything
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other than the evidence
presented to you
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in this courtroom,
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then you will endanger
every custom
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and tradition
the south holds dear.
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And we all know
that a true southerner
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would never kill a child.
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I was born and bred
in the south,
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and if emmett till acted up
and deserved to be punished,
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like the defense
would have you believe,
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then the worst punishment
that should've occurred
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was a whipping.
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Because down here, we deal
with a child as a child,
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not as a man.
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♪♪
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the fact remains the very first
words of the state's testimony
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were dripping with
the blood of a child.
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And what were those words,
gentlemen?
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They were "preacher, preacher.
I want that boy from chicago --
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the boy that did
the talking in money."
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[ telephones ringing ]
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I've come to collect my --
my witness fee, sir.
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Mose wright's my name.
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I know who you are.
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[ suspenseful music plays ]
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[ money rustling ]
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[ indistinct conversations
in distance ]
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[ flashbulb pops ]
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-mr. Wright. Sir.
-Mose. Mose.
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Can we get a question
from you, sir?
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Any comment, sir?
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where you going,
preacher?
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♪♪
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[ flashbulb pops ]
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chatham: Now we have
this doctor come up here,
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with his degrees and titles,
and he says that he cannot tell
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whether the body
was white or colored.
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Now, if a doctor cannot tell
a black body from white,
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I sure don't want him writing
any prescriptions for me.
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[ crowd laughs ]
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all it took was someone
who knew and loved emmett till
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to identify him,
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not a doctor or a sheriff.
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If there was anything
left of emmett till --
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a hairline, an ear,
or just part of a nose --
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then I say to you
that his mother, mamie bradley,
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was god's given witness
to identify him.
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[ dramatic music plays ]
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♪♪
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[ chair slides ]
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breland:
Now, in order to, uh,
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convict these young men of
murder in the first degree,
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each of you has to be convinced,
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beyond a reasonable doubt
and moral certainty,
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that the state
has proven their guilt.
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The state has proven nothing,
and certainly not murder.
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Eh, suppose j.W. Milam
and roy bryant
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did take emmett till
and later turned him loose.
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Suppose old mose got in his car
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and found the boy along the road
as he walked home.
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Mose may have taken him
to meet a friend,
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involved with people
who want to, uh,
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defy the customs of the south --
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people who may have persuaded
mose to take emmett till's ring
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and put it on a rotten,
stinking corpse
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that could later be found
floating in the river.
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Now, when you, uh, walk into
that room to deliberate,
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I want you to think
about your future.
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'cause when your summons comes
to cross the great divide,
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and as you enter
your father's house --
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a home not made by human hands,
but eternal in the heavens --
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you can look back to where
your father's feet have trod
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and see your good record
written in the sands of time,
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and when you go down
to your lonely, silent tomb
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to a sleep that knows no dreams,
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I want you to hold
in the palm of your hand
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a record of service to god
and your fellow man.
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[ tense music plays ]
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and the only way you can do that
is to turn these boys loose.
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Every last anglo-saxon
one of you
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has the courage
to free these men.
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has the defense completed
their closing arguments?
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Your honor, we have.
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The state has the option
of delivering
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the final word to the jury,
if you choose to take it.
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♪♪
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does the state have
anything else to offer?
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♪♪
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yes, your honor.
We do.
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♪♪
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what you just heard is
the most far-fetched argument
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ever uttered in a courtroom.
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Mose wright didn't
help stage a murder.
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It's simple.
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The defendants took the law
into their own hands
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and gave that boy
a court-martial
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with the death penalty imposed
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because they didn't think anyone
had the courage to come forward
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and do what was morally right.
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I am asking you to find that
courage within yourselves today,
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because the defense
is right about one thing --
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there are outside agitators
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trying to destroy
our southern way of life,
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but once we take
the life, liberty,
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and pursuit of happiness
from anyone,
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we will be put on the defensive
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and become vulnerable
in justifying our stand.
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Only so long as we can help
preserve the rights of everyone,
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white or black,
can we keep our way of life.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ tense music plays ]
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[ sighs ] so, what now?
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We just sit here and wait?
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[ sighs ]
that's all we really can do.
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Y-yes, of course,
but in here?
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With this humidity?
[ breathing heavily ]
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I mean, I -- I can
hardly breathe.
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If we leave now,
we're gon' lose our seats.
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Hicks: Alright.
[ paper tears ]
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write down your name
and a number.
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And what is he doing?
Being an ass.
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Making wagers.
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Predicting how long
it's gonna take.
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To deliberate?
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And acquit.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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everyone's expecting this
to wrap up soon, aren't they?
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A quick verdict doesn't
necessarily mean
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it won't go our way.
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[ door opens ]
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♪♪
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they're not done.
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They're thirsty.
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[ laughter ]
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well, let's get 'em
some cokes.
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[ laughter continues ]
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wait, this is a joke
to these people, isn't it?
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[ laughter subsides ]
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♪♪
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juror:
Ten not guilty.
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Two abstained.
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Looks like two of y'all
are trying to hang us.
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Guess we gotta sort some
things out before we vote again.
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Alright.
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According to
them undertakers,
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that body had hair
on its chest.
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Blacks don't grow hair
on their chest till they're 30,
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so there ain't no way
the body was that boy's.
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Eh, now wait a second.
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[ stammers ] that boy's mother
identified the body.
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That body didn't look
like nobody.
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Eh, it would be pretty hard
for a mother
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to make a mistake
about her own child.
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Juror #2: Eh, I didn't buy
a word she said.
261
00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:01,539
And if she tried
a little harder,
262
00:14:01,575 --> 00:14:03,208
she might have squeezed out
a few more tears,
263
00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:05,109
don't you think?
264
00:14:05,145 --> 00:14:07,212
Milam and bryant
confessed to taking the boy.
265
00:14:07,314 --> 00:14:08,746
They let him go,
266
00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:11,216
and what happened to him after
hasn't been proven by the state.
267
00:14:11,251 --> 00:14:12,550
Well, those farmhands --
268
00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:14,802
they saw him on the way
to the milam property.
269
00:14:14,888 --> 00:14:16,054
They -- they --
they heard his screams.
270
00:14:16,139 --> 00:14:18,273
And you heard what happened
in that market.
271
00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:20,925
Now, what if it had been
your wife or your sister,
272
00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:23,261
all alone when that brute
strutted in there,
273
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,696
smart-talking her,
274
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:27,398
thinking he could come down here
and do as he pleased?
275
00:14:27,484 --> 00:14:30,652
♪♪
276
00:14:30,737 --> 00:14:33,771
what we do today
means something.
277
00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:36,124
It'll either put folks
on notice,
278
00:14:36,243 --> 00:14:39,210
or give 'em permission to do
whatever the hell they please
279
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the next time the opportunity
presents itself.
280
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:49,170
♪♪
281
00:14:49,256 --> 00:14:51,306
[ papers rustle ]
282
00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:57,295
♪♪
283
00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:03,268
♪♪
284
00:15:03,353 --> 00:15:04,402
[ knock on door ]
285
00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:06,104
[ door opens ]
286
00:15:06,189 --> 00:15:09,073
♪♪
287
00:15:09,159 --> 00:15:12,360
[ crowd murmuring ]
288
00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:16,197
♪♪
289
00:15:16,283 --> 00:15:17,916
let the courtroom be in order.
290
00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:23,338
♪♪
291
00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:25,089
have you gentlemen
reached a verdict?
292
00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:26,207
Yes.
293
00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:27,375
Has your verdict been made
in accordance
294
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,993
with the form
that was given to you?
295
00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:30,094
Yes.
296
00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:31,763
Please give the verdict
to the clerk.
297
00:15:31,848 --> 00:15:40,438
♪♪
298
00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:44,442
for the charge of murder,
we the jury find the defendants,
299
00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:47,228
roy bryant and j.W. Milam...
300
00:15:47,314 --> 00:15:50,348
♪ I love my baby ♪
301
00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,817
♪ with all my might ♪
302
00:15:52,902 --> 00:15:54,535
reporter:
We're broadcasting live outside
303
00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:56,037
of the tallahatchie
county courthouse.
304
00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:59,741
The murder trial against
j.W. Milam and roy bryant,
305
00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:03,194
the two men accused of killing
14-year-old negro emmett till,
306
00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:04,862
has come to an end.
307
00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:07,165
After 67 minutes
of deliberation,
308
00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:09,667
the jury has reached
a verdict --
309
00:16:12,255 --> 00:16:13,504
not guilty.
310
00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:16,307
[ cheers and applause ]
311
00:16:16,393 --> 00:16:19,310
[ horns honking ]
312
00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,396
[ click, radio shuts off ]
313
00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:25,767
67 minutes.
314
00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,268
It was all show.
315
00:16:27,354 --> 00:16:28,719
They threw us a bone.
316
00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:31,856
They gave us a trial
because the world was watching,
317
00:16:31,941 --> 00:16:34,392
and they will claim
that they gave us a fair shot,
318
00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,693
and that the state
of mississippi did
319
00:16:35,779 --> 00:16:38,863
all that they could do,
and the world will believe it.
320
00:16:38,948 --> 00:16:40,832
Unless we tell them
otherwise.
321
00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:42,500
Unless we tell the truth.
322
00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,502
I have no doubt
that you will.
323
00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:47,205
I said "we."
324
00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:51,575
if leflore county prosecutes
on kidnapping charges,
325
00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,577
we could have
another trial ahead of us.
326
00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,264
How do we pressure them
to make sure they do prosecute?
327
00:16:56,383 --> 00:16:58,099
Invitations for you to speak
started coming in
328
00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:01,052
the moment you stepped off
that stage in chicago.
329
00:17:01,137 --> 00:17:02,553
I didn't think it was
appropriate to bother you
330
00:17:02,639 --> 00:17:04,472
with all that business
during the trial,
331
00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,808
but now that it's over,
332
00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:08,226
what do you think
about getting out there
333
00:17:08,311 --> 00:17:10,945
and telling folks
what really went on down here?
334
00:17:11,064 --> 00:17:13,431
[ somber music plays ]
335
00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:18,069
I let people see
what they did to emmett.
336
00:17:18,154 --> 00:17:20,321
Now it's time to tell them.
337
00:17:20,407 --> 00:17:27,962
♪♪
338
00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:30,465
I realize it's been
quite a stressful day,
339
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:33,835
so I appreciate your time
in speaking with us.
340
00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,671
[ indistinct conversations ]
341
00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:38,789
so, how do you folks feel
now that it's all over?
342
00:17:38,892 --> 00:17:40,791
Roy, how about you?
343
00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:42,760
I'm just glad
it's over with.
344
00:17:42,846 --> 00:17:44,011
J.W.?
345
00:17:44,097 --> 00:17:45,263
I am, too.
346
00:17:45,348 --> 00:17:46,681
Mrs. Bryant?
Uh...
347
00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:48,066
I'm fine.
348
00:17:48,151 --> 00:17:50,401
And how about you,
mrs. Milam?
Juanita: Fine.
349
00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:51,686
What happens next
for you folks?
350
00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:52,970
What's on the docket?
351
00:17:53,073 --> 00:17:55,406
I haven't decided yet.
I don't know yet.
352
00:17:55,492 --> 00:17:57,075
Roy, will you open
your store again?
353
00:17:58,661 --> 00:17:59,977
I don't know.
354
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,612
The eyes of a lot of people
have been on you
355
00:18:01,698 --> 00:18:03,081
these last few days,
356
00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,833
and now you're free
of this murder charge.
357
00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:07,368
There's still
the kidnapping charge
358
00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:08,503
that has to be
taken care of, too.
359
00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:09,954
Is that right?
360
00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:11,873
I don't know.
If you want anything else,
361
00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:13,591
you'll have to
talk to our lawyers.
362
00:18:13,676 --> 00:18:15,710
Now,
if you'll excuse us.
363
00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:17,595
[ giggles ]
364
00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,099
[ camera shutters clicking ]
365
00:18:21,184 --> 00:18:23,384
[ film reel clicking ]
366
00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,002
[ flashbulb pops ]
367
00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:27,638
I need you fellas
to come with me.
368
00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,025
What?
Where are you taking them?
369
00:18:31,144 --> 00:18:33,511
Leflore county.
For processing.
370
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:40,451
♪♪
371
00:18:40,537 --> 00:18:42,703
alright, make room,
make room.
372
00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:44,688
Y'all back off.
Back off there.
373
00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:45,740
Sheriff smith:
Afternoon.
374
00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:49,127
J.W. Milam,
roy bryant,
375
00:18:49,212 --> 00:18:51,829
you're under arrest for
the kidnapping of emmett till.
376
00:18:51,915 --> 00:18:53,331
[ flashbulb pops ]
377
00:18:53,416 --> 00:18:58,219
♪♪
378
00:18:58,338 --> 00:19:00,388
[ handcuffs click ]
379
00:19:00,507 --> 00:19:01,539
we'll be out
in no time.
380
00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:03,641
[ handcuffs click ]
381
00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:06,894
♪♪
382
00:19:07,013 --> 00:19:08,513
george.
383
00:19:08,598 --> 00:19:10,231
[ sighs ]
384
00:19:10,767 --> 00:19:12,850
folks are tired, george.
385
00:19:12,936 --> 00:19:14,852
They're ready for this circus
to leave town.
386
00:19:14,938 --> 00:19:17,355
You drag this kidnapping
nonsense on too long,
387
00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,656
they'll grow tired
of you, too.
388
00:19:18,741 --> 00:19:20,992
I'm gonna do the job
I was elected to do
389
00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:23,244
for as long as
I'm in the sheriff's office.
390
00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,279
It might serve you well
to do the same.
391
00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:29,333
♪♪
392
00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:30,918
let's get the hell
out of here.
393
00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:32,603
[ engine starts ]
394
00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:37,625
♪♪
395
00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:48,085
♪♪
[ vehicle approaches ]
396
00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:51,055
[ horn honks ]
397
00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,191
[ brakes squeak ]
398
00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:54,942
[ sighs ]
399
00:19:56,446 --> 00:19:58,062
come on, dallas.
400
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,732
[ grunts ]
401
00:20:01,818 --> 00:20:03,067
it's time.
402
00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,454
[ clang ]
403
00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:07,805
[ door opens ]
404
00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:10,774
come on.
405
00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,043
Come on.
406
00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:15,663
Morning, paul.
Morning.
407
00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:17,448
You sure
you're ready to do this?
408
00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:20,117
Yeah. I don't have
much choice, do I?
409
00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:21,786
See, that's where
you're wrong.
410
00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:23,120
You made a living
down here.
411
00:20:23,223 --> 00:20:27,391
You have a little something left
over every month, don't you?
412
00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:29,677
There's not many of us
that can say that.
413
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,646
Surely
things'll calm down soon.
414
00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:34,065
Now there's
a kidnapping trial.
415
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,833
If there is, won't they
want you to testify?
416
00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:37,702
They will,
and I'll come back to do it,
417
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,086
but I won't be staying.
418
00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:41,706
Suppose things won't be
getting back to normal
419
00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:43,007
around here anytime soon.
420
00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:45,042
Not for me and my boys,
it won't.
421
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:49,080
Not for any of us.
422
00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,250
What's that?
423
00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:55,253
Oh, it's --
it's some dog chow.
424
00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:57,088
Some old dried bones.
425
00:20:57,123 --> 00:20:59,140
You gon' be
a tough act to follow,
426
00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:00,458
mose wright.
427
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:01,826
You done spoiled
this animal.
428
00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:02,827
Yeah.
429
00:21:02,879 --> 00:21:05,529
He's the best dog
in seven states.
430
00:21:05,632 --> 00:21:08,249
Mm-hmm.
431
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:09,750
Hey.
432
00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:11,002
There you go.
433
00:21:11,087 --> 00:21:12,370
There you go.
434
00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:15,423
[ uplifting music plays ]
435
00:21:16,426 --> 00:21:18,175
you take care of him.
436
00:21:20,063 --> 00:21:21,729
Go on home with paul,
okay?
437
00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:23,898
That's paul.
You're going home with him.
438
00:21:24,017 --> 00:21:25,099
You got it?
439
00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:26,067
Alright.
Come on.
440
00:21:26,185 --> 00:21:27,401
Get going.
441
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,103
♪♪
442
00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:30,738
go on.
443
00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:33,107
[ dallas whimpers ]
444
00:21:34,410 --> 00:21:36,727
it took guts to get up there
on the stand.
445
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:38,562
♪♪
446
00:21:38,665 --> 00:21:40,998
you know what else?
447
00:21:41,084 --> 00:21:42,583
Leaving takes guts, too.
448
00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:50,675
♪♪
449
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:58,749
♪♪
450
00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:01,018
[ door opens ]
451
00:22:01,104 --> 00:22:03,854
paul: Get over there, boy.
Go on now.
452
00:22:03,940 --> 00:22:04,922
[ door closes ]
453
00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:08,142
there you go.
Go on. Go on.
454
00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:09,477
[ engine starts ]
455
00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:16,600
♪♪
456
00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:23,708
♪♪
457
00:22:23,793 --> 00:22:30,831
♪♪
458
00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:37,955
♪♪
459
00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:45,062
♪♪
460
00:22:45,148 --> 00:22:46,564
[ sighs ]
461
00:22:46,649 --> 00:22:57,174
♪♪
462
00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:00,528
[ indistinct conversations ]
463
00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:02,813
[ train horn honks ]
464
00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:04,248
daddy!
465
00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:05,833
Hey, son!
466
00:23:05,952 --> 00:23:08,035
[ chuckling ]
hey, boy. Hey.
467
00:23:08,121 --> 00:23:10,671
[ laughs ] hi.
468
00:23:10,790 --> 00:23:12,873
Maurice. Gimme that.
Gimme that. Let me. I got it.
469
00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:14,258
[ grunting ] I got it.
470
00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,429
Put it up here.
Alright.
471
00:23:18,514 --> 00:23:21,665
Good to see you.
[ laughs ]
472
00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:24,602
so, you excited
to see chicago?
473
00:23:24,687 --> 00:23:25,686
And mama.
474
00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:27,638
I can't wait to see
lincoln park.
475
00:23:27,723 --> 00:23:30,007
What you know
about lincoln park?
476
00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:31,809
Bobo told me
all about it.
477
00:23:33,613 --> 00:23:35,112
He did?
478
00:23:35,198 --> 00:23:38,115
[ somber music plays ]
479
00:23:38,201 --> 00:23:46,207
♪♪
480
00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:47,458
what'd he say?
481
00:23:47,543 --> 00:23:49,043
That chicago summers
were the best.
482
00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:50,628
Hmm.
483
00:23:51,747 --> 00:23:54,882
[ snorts, laughs ]
484
00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:58,335
yeah.
485
00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:02,006
You'll see.
486
00:24:02,091 --> 00:24:11,599
♪♪
487
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:21,192
♪♪
488
00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:25,079
[ brakes screech ]
489
00:24:25,198 --> 00:24:27,198
[ bell dinging ]
490
00:24:27,283 --> 00:24:29,733
[ gentle music plays ]
491
00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:33,587
♪♪
492
00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:36,540
[ indistinct conversations ]
493
00:24:36,626 --> 00:24:38,375
maurice, robert, simeon:
Mama!
494
00:24:38,461 --> 00:24:47,551
♪♪
495
00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:56,727
♪♪
496
00:24:56,812 --> 00:25:05,903
♪♪
497
00:25:05,988 --> 00:25:19,650
mamie: What I saw
in that courtroom
498
00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:23,070
was a shame before god and man.
499
00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:26,473
It's about the biggest farce
I have ever seen.
500
00:25:26,576 --> 00:25:29,443
They claim to have
their own culture
501
00:25:29,478 --> 00:25:33,013
based on traditions
and institutions.
502
00:25:33,049 --> 00:25:34,682
They claim that they are
no different
503
00:25:34,717 --> 00:25:36,283
than other people
in this country,
504
00:25:36,319 --> 00:25:39,186
and I tell you that is a lie!
505
00:25:39,255 --> 00:25:42,172
[ cheers and applause ]
506
00:25:45,228 --> 00:25:48,529
my son didn't attack that woman.
507
00:25:48,598 --> 00:25:49,830
Man: No.
508
00:25:49,899 --> 00:25:51,732
He was just a boy.
509
00:25:51,834 --> 00:26:00,474
♪♪
510
00:26:00,509 --> 00:26:04,111
and he paid a debt
for a lot of people.
511
00:26:06,882 --> 00:26:10,084
But I don't feel
that he is my child anymore.
512
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,387
A little bit of him belongs
to everybody now,
513
00:26:13,422 --> 00:26:16,857
so it is up to all of us
to do our part.
514
00:26:16,926 --> 00:26:19,927
[ cheers and applause ]
515
00:26:19,996 --> 00:26:28,869
♪♪
516
00:26:28,938 --> 00:26:38,195
♪♪
517
00:26:38,314 --> 00:26:40,030
ah.
518
00:26:41,284 --> 00:26:42,349
Welcome to harlem.
519
00:26:42,451 --> 00:26:45,352
Mr. Wilkins,
thank you so much for coming.
520
00:26:45,454 --> 00:26:46,654
Of course.
521
00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:49,856
I must say, I have never seen
anything like that,
522
00:26:49,959 --> 00:26:53,527
certainly not with a woman
at the microphone.
523
00:26:53,629 --> 00:26:55,996
But first and foremost,
I am sorry that the trial
524
00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:57,864
did not go our way.
525
00:26:57,967 --> 00:26:59,166
Thank you.
526
00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:01,435
Rayfield: The good news is
the verdict is on the front page
527
00:27:01,470 --> 00:27:02,970
of every newspaper
in the country,
528
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,405
and that means
every potential member
529
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,274
of the next grand jury
is already following the story.
530
00:27:07,309 --> 00:27:09,042
I think it's time
we took control
531
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:10,644
of the narrative,
don't you think?
532
00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:11,979
Absolutely.
533
00:27:12,048 --> 00:27:13,580
And we'd like to do just that,
534
00:27:13,616 --> 00:27:15,449
by offering you
an exclusive speaking tour,
535
00:27:15,484 --> 00:27:18,585
sponsored by the naacp.
536
00:27:18,688 --> 00:27:19,987
If you'll have us.
537
00:27:20,022 --> 00:27:21,488
I'd be honored.
[ chuckles ]
538
00:27:21,524 --> 00:27:22,790
isn't that wonderful,
rayfield?
539
00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:25,326
Yes, of course.
540
00:27:25,378 --> 00:27:29,446
But with all due respect,
as mamie's advisor,
541
00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:31,565
I would ask that you give
her time to talk to a lawyer --
542
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,101
one who isn't affiliated
with the naacp --
543
00:27:34,136 --> 00:27:36,236
to make sure she's aware
of her options.
544
00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:37,688
As you know,
there are many.
545
00:27:37,773 --> 00:27:40,240
Until you've settled on terms
with the naacp,
546
00:27:40,276 --> 00:27:42,409
you have the freedom
to speak wherever you choose,
547
00:27:42,445 --> 00:27:44,011
but we will need
an answer soon,
548
00:27:44,046 --> 00:27:46,980
because the demand is only gonna
grow with each passing day,
549
00:27:47,016 --> 00:27:48,932
especially if you keep
delivering like you did today.
550
00:27:48,984 --> 00:27:50,417
[ chuckles ]
well, I have faith
551
00:27:50,486 --> 00:27:53,687
we will come to an agreement
we're all happy with.
552
00:27:53,723 --> 00:27:56,623
Until then,
I'm gonna keep talking.
553
00:27:56,659 --> 00:27:58,926
Good.
Because people are listening.
554
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:00,678
[ applause ]
555
00:28:00,796 --> 00:28:02,429
come with me.
556
00:28:07,470 --> 00:28:10,670
[ door squeaks ]
557
00:28:10,773 --> 00:28:13,357
[ cheers and applause ]
558
00:28:13,476 --> 00:28:15,142
[ flashbulb pops ]
559
00:28:20,316 --> 00:28:21,815
[ flashbulb pops ]
560
00:28:26,789 --> 00:28:28,021
let this serve as a reminder
561
00:28:28,124 --> 00:28:30,991
that only you
can tell your story.
562
00:28:32,495 --> 00:28:34,078
May I?
563
00:28:34,163 --> 00:28:37,381
[ cheers and applause ]
564
00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:40,384
[ uplifting music plays ]
565
00:28:40,503 --> 00:28:46,056
♪♪
566
00:28:46,175 --> 00:28:51,729
♪♪
567
00:28:51,847 --> 00:28:53,547
[ film whirring ]
568
00:28:53,649 --> 00:29:00,020
♪♪
569
00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:06,493
♪♪
570
00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:10,914
I want you all to support
this wonderful organization,
571
00:29:11,033 --> 00:29:13,617
because they alone
can get laws in the books
572
00:29:13,702 --> 00:29:15,085
to stop these lynchings.
573
00:29:15,204 --> 00:29:16,203
[ crowd shouts in agreement ]
574
00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:18,005
and they alone can see to it
575
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:21,241
that what happened in that trial
doesn't happen again.
576
00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:22,793
[ crowd shouts in agreement ]
577
00:29:22,878 --> 00:29:26,079
we can't leave it
in their hands.
578
00:29:26,182 --> 00:29:28,048
Mississippi officials
have shown us
579
00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:32,803
that they cannot be trusted to
uphold the laws of this nation,
580
00:29:32,888 --> 00:29:36,089
a nation that my son's father,
louis till,
581
00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:38,525
died fighting to protect.
582
00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:41,228
[ cheers and applause ]
583
00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:44,031
[ flashbulbs pop ]
584
00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:47,651
reporter: On the day
that the verdict came down,
585
00:29:47,736 --> 00:29:52,439
our members and our leaders
were shocked and revolted
586
00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:55,576
by the fact that
the state of mississippi
587
00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:59,847
had seen fit
to take two murderers
588
00:29:59,949 --> 00:30:01,982
and elevate them
to the level of heroes.
589
00:30:02,084 --> 00:30:04,918
The leadership of
the united states
590
00:30:05,004 --> 00:30:09,389
has definitely suffered
in africa and in europe
591
00:30:09,492 --> 00:30:11,691
because of what's happened
in mississippi.
592
00:30:11,794 --> 00:30:15,179
The jury that was supposed
to render this verdict
593
00:30:15,264 --> 00:30:18,765
contained not a single member
of the race
594
00:30:18,868 --> 00:30:21,735
of the boy who had been killed.
595
00:30:21,837 --> 00:30:24,037
We will continue to battle
this thing
596
00:30:24,139 --> 00:30:27,524
until every man, woman,
and child of the united states,
597
00:30:27,610 --> 00:30:32,513
when he goes before a court
of justice, will get justice.
598
00:30:32,615 --> 00:30:34,198
[ cheers and applause ]
599
00:30:34,283 --> 00:30:38,535
days ago, my son's lynchers
were bailed out of jail
600
00:30:38,621 --> 00:30:40,820
by a group of plantation owners
601
00:30:40,923 --> 00:30:43,674
who banded together
to raise $20,000...
602
00:30:43,792 --> 00:30:46,844
So that those men could get back
to supporting their families
603
00:30:46,962 --> 00:30:48,795
until the grand jury convenes.
604
00:30:48,881 --> 00:30:52,466
[ crowd boos ]
605
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,219
we must do more than complain.
606
00:30:55,304 --> 00:30:56,470
[ crowd shouts "yes" ]
607
00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:59,223
we must band together,
just like them.
608
00:30:59,308 --> 00:31:02,175
We must use our anger
and our voices.
609
00:31:02,278 --> 00:31:06,230
And if our calls and letters
and telegrams are ignored...
610
00:31:06,315 --> 00:31:08,232
We must beat them
at their own game
611
00:31:08,317 --> 00:31:10,350
and protest the state of
mississippi
612
00:31:10,452 --> 00:31:12,352
with our pocketbooks!
613
00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:15,355
[ cheers and applause ]
614
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:18,358
[ inspiring music plays ]
615
00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:21,828
♪♪
616
00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:01,285
[ solemn music plays ]
617
00:32:01,370 --> 00:32:10,277
♪♪
618
00:32:10,346 --> 00:32:18,885
♪♪
619
00:32:18,954 --> 00:32:27,494
♪♪
620
00:32:27,563 --> 00:32:36,103
♪♪
621
00:32:36,205 --> 00:32:37,738
roy: Carolyn!
[ car horn honks ]
622
00:32:37,823 --> 00:32:45,712
♪♪
623
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:53,637
♪♪
624
00:32:53,756 --> 00:33:01,628
♪♪
625
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:04,982
I just wanted to make sure
I got everything.
626
00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,466
♪♪
627
00:33:06,568 --> 00:33:08,235
ain't like
there's much to get.
628
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:17,027
♪♪
629
00:33:17,112 --> 00:33:25,836
♪♪
630
00:33:25,954 --> 00:33:27,337
[ indistinct conversations ]
631
00:33:27,456 --> 00:33:28,822
[ telephones ringing
in distance ]
632
00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:32,342
the naacp is using this woman
to collect huge sums of money
633
00:33:32,461 --> 00:33:34,494
based on distorted facts.
634
00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:35,995
She's a grieving mother.
635
00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:37,664
She's a puppet.
636
00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:39,766
The northern papers are printing
her hate propaganda
637
00:33:39,835 --> 00:33:41,601
like it's gospel,
knowing damn well
638
00:33:41,637 --> 00:33:44,171
she's painting mississippi
with a dangerous brush.
639
00:33:44,206 --> 00:33:47,908
"they're calling mississippi
the purgatory of racial tension
640
00:33:47,976 --> 00:33:50,744
and a hellhole of
american democracy.
641
00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:53,647
How long are we gonna let them
get away with that?"
642
00:33:53,716 --> 00:33:55,232
"if till was really killed,
643
00:33:55,284 --> 00:33:58,185
then the naacp,
its mongrel leaders,
644
00:33:58,220 --> 00:34:00,921
and the abominable excuse
for a supreme court
645
00:34:00,956 --> 00:34:03,840
are solely responsible, not us."
646
00:34:03,926 --> 00:34:05,825
this is just today's mail.
647
00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:07,627
We need a rebuttal --
648
00:34:07,663 --> 00:34:09,796
a story powerful enough
to silence them
649
00:34:09,865 --> 00:34:12,499
so that our readers feel heard.
650
00:34:12,568 --> 00:34:13,734
What about the boy's father?
651
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,118
What about him?
652
00:34:15,204 --> 00:34:16,369
He's dead, right?
653
00:34:16,438 --> 00:34:18,872
A war hero, died overseas.
There's no story there.
654
00:34:18,907 --> 00:34:21,241
Senator eastland seems to think
there's more to it than that.
655
00:34:21,276 --> 00:34:23,477
It's time we did
a little digging.
656
00:34:24,913 --> 00:34:28,682
Packton, you were hot on this
back in September.
657
00:34:28,784 --> 00:34:31,084
You go ahead
and take the lead.
658
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:36,389
I'll meet you in d.C.
659
00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:38,058
From there, we'll head to
grand rapids
660
00:34:38,143 --> 00:34:39,443
and then des moines.
661
00:34:39,528 --> 00:34:41,862
Well, I suppose I should be
grateful to get a few days
662
00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:45,982
to rest and recharge in chicago
with gene and mama.
663
00:34:46,068 --> 00:34:48,235
I'm exhausted
just thinking about it.
664
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,037
I know it's been tough,
but these next few weeks
665
00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:54,541
before the grand jury convenes
are critical,
666
00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:58,295
and while you're home,
you need to talk to a lawyer
667
00:34:58,397 --> 00:34:59,830
so we can start
negotiating.
668
00:34:59,915 --> 00:35:02,749
I am not looking to get rich
off of any tour.
669
00:35:02,835 --> 00:35:04,134
I just want to
pay my rent.
670
00:35:04,219 --> 00:35:06,002
Wilkins:
Good afternoon.
671
00:35:06,088 --> 00:35:07,304
Roy.
672
00:35:07,389 --> 00:35:09,372
What brings you
down here?
673
00:35:09,475 --> 00:35:11,174
This.
674
00:35:11,260 --> 00:35:17,380
♪♪
675
00:35:17,483 --> 00:35:18,348
how much did you know?
676
00:35:18,433 --> 00:35:20,066
Please, mr. Wilkins.
677
00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:22,819
I learned about louis' death
by telegram 10 years ago.
678
00:35:22,905 --> 00:35:23,887
And what did it say?
679
00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:25,822
I-it said he --
he was charged with
680
00:35:25,858 --> 00:35:27,657
willful misconduct
in Italy.
681
00:35:27,693 --> 00:35:29,860
And what did that mean to you --
"willful misconduct?"
682
00:35:29,895 --> 00:35:32,195
I didn't know.
He was executed!
683
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:35,966
Hanged for rape, mamie.
684
00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:38,235
And by you leaving that detail
out of your speeches,
685
00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:39,402
people are saying
that you implied
686
00:35:39,438 --> 00:35:42,105
that he died
for our country in war.
687
00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,407
[ groans ]
688
00:35:44,459 --> 00:35:48,411
I didn't believe it,
alright?
689
00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:50,347
This country isn't the only
place where they [sniffles]
690
00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:52,615
lynch black men
for looking at white women.
691
00:35:52,634 --> 00:35:54,584
But you have no proof.
Neither did they!
692
00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:58,155
♪♪
693
00:35:58,223 --> 00:36:00,257
louis till
was a bad husband.
694
00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:01,525
He stepped out.
695
00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:02,592
He put his hands on me.
696
00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,794
I am not proud
of any of that.
697
00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:08,465
I-I am ashamed, but that
has nothing to do with emmett.
698
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,167
He barely knew his father.
699
00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:12,402
He -- he didn't learn a thing
from that man.
700
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,437
♪♪
701
00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:16,273
"like father, like son."
702
00:36:16,358 --> 00:36:19,359
♪♪
703
00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:21,811
it is no coincidence
that this story came out
704
00:36:21,830 --> 00:36:23,914
right before the grand jury
hearing, is it?
705
00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:27,200
If I had known, mamie, I could
have gotten ahead of this thing.
706
00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:32,055
I cannot let that
poison the jury.
707
00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:34,658
I-I -- I-I have to
fight this.
708
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,793
Unfortunately,
you don't have much time.
709
00:36:36,828 --> 00:36:41,464
If you want the last word,
you must control the message.
710
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:43,250
Let us help you do that.
711
00:36:43,335 --> 00:36:45,318
Mamie's exhausted.
712
00:36:45,404 --> 00:36:47,270
If you want her to continue
for you,
713
00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:50,323
she deserves a substantial
piece of the tour.
714
00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:52,909
That's our bottom line.
Enough!
715
00:36:52,995 --> 00:36:55,078
I can't do this
right now.
716
00:36:55,163 --> 00:36:57,113
Not while they're saying
these sick things about my boy.
717
00:36:57,199 --> 00:36:58,982
I am sorry,
718
00:36:59,084 --> 00:37:01,201
but I need to go.
719
00:37:01,286 --> 00:37:02,836
Mamie.
Thank you...
720
00:37:02,955 --> 00:37:05,705
For everything you've done,
both of you,
721
00:37:05,791 --> 00:37:07,507
but I need to be alone.
722
00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:15,131
♪♪
723
00:37:15,217 --> 00:37:18,167
well now, they haven't [sighs]
said a word about that night
724
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:20,353
to anybody but me,
725
00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:23,690
so why should they tell
some fiction writer?
726
00:37:23,809 --> 00:37:25,859
[ chuckles ]
727
00:37:28,313 --> 00:37:29,696
I'll pay.
728
00:37:29,815 --> 00:37:32,181
How much?
729
00:37:32,284 --> 00:37:34,017
$4,000,
730
00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,585
to be divided
among the three of you.
731
00:37:35,637 --> 00:37:36,753
Now, mr. Breland,
of course,
732
00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:38,521
will receive
his commission.
733
00:37:38,557 --> 00:37:39,889
In addition to
your advance,
734
00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:42,492
look magazine will add
a percentage of the profits
735
00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:44,027
from the publication
of the story.
736
00:37:44,096 --> 00:37:45,862
Mm-hmm.
737
00:37:45,914 --> 00:37:46,930
Roy:
I don't know, j.W.
738
00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:48,765
I ain't feeling right
about all this.
739
00:37:48,834 --> 00:37:50,800
Oh, really?
740
00:37:50,836 --> 00:37:52,836
You feeling right about
your market being closed?
741
00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:54,821
Or how y'all feeling
about not being able
742
00:37:54,873 --> 00:37:56,172
to put food
in your boys' mouths
743
00:37:56,241 --> 00:37:58,808
'cause everybody
jumped ship?
744
00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:00,710
[ sighs ]
745
00:38:00,762 --> 00:38:02,712
what would we have to do?
746
00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:04,014
Confess.
747
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,882
[ sighs ]
748
00:38:09,204 --> 00:38:11,538
I will make no claim
that the story
749
00:38:11,573 --> 00:38:14,491
is based on a confession
from the actual killers,
750
00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,860
but rather from
very reliable sources.
751
00:38:16,928 --> 00:38:18,061
Mm.
752
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:20,730
Now, this story will be billed
as my version
753
00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:22,399
of exactly what happened --
754
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,934
exactly what was said,
exactly what was done
755
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:27,337
at exactly what date
and what hour.
756
00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:30,407
But I will not state,
declare, or claim
757
00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:34,244
that I had the assistance
of any particular person.
758
00:38:34,313 --> 00:38:35,795
And what happens
if they get indicted
759
00:38:35,831 --> 00:38:38,181
on them kidnapping charges
in the coming days?
760
00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:39,332
Well, if there's a trial,
761
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:40,650
the magazine won't publish
the story
762
00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:42,052
until there's a verdict,
763
00:38:42,104 --> 00:38:44,554
but I don't want to
wait for all that.
764
00:38:44,623 --> 00:38:47,273
Once you sign that contract,
we begin,
765
00:38:47,309 --> 00:38:49,726
and we'll need to keep
our meetings quiet.
766
00:38:49,761 --> 00:38:51,194
I don't see any reason
why anybody should know
767
00:38:51,263 --> 00:38:53,163
what's being discussed
in this office.
768
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,832
And even if we meet in secret,
things happen.
769
00:38:55,867 --> 00:38:57,951
People talk.
What then?
770
00:38:57,986 --> 00:39:00,854
If I'm subpoenaed
for some reason,
771
00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:03,039
I will invoke
my constitutional right
772
00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,541
to withhold my sources.
773
00:39:06,745 --> 00:39:09,312
I'll refuse to testify.
774
00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:12,682
So, we have a deal?
775
00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:15,685
[ tense music plays ]
776
00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:25,545
♪♪
777
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,630
well, if it isn't
my favorite yankee,
778
00:39:27,716 --> 00:39:29,248
mr. Dan wakefield.
779
00:39:30,185 --> 00:39:31,851
I guess strider's deputies
are gonna have to try
780
00:39:31,937 --> 00:39:33,553
a little harder to keep you
out of the delta, huh?
781
00:39:33,638 --> 00:39:35,438
I guess so, yeah.
[ chuckles ]
782
00:39:35,557 --> 00:39:38,425
what a piss-poor
turnout.
783
00:39:39,494 --> 00:39:41,111
Yeah, well, this case is bigger
than any courthouse,
784
00:39:41,229 --> 00:39:43,613
but you know
that firsthand, don't you?
785
00:39:44,566 --> 00:39:46,199
What's eating at you?
786
00:39:47,235 --> 00:39:48,535
Before the murder trial,
787
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:51,154
the case was all about
a wolf-whistle.
788
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,206
Once the press got wind
of carolyn bryant's testimony,
789
00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:56,609
it turned into something else --
attempted rape.
790
00:39:56,711 --> 00:39:58,578
The story about his father
really ties it all together,
791
00:39:58,663 --> 00:39:59,913
doesn't it?
Now, listen --
792
00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:02,048
your paper justified
the boy's murder.
793
00:40:03,585 --> 00:40:05,085
We just reported the facts,
794
00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:08,004
and we did so with an editorial
assuring readers
795
00:40:08,090 --> 00:40:10,056
that the details of
till's father's execution
796
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:12,425
had no bearing
on this kidnapping case.
797
00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:14,027
[ door opens ]
798
00:40:17,099 --> 00:40:18,231
I guess you're about to
find out
799
00:40:18,316 --> 00:40:20,100
if any of that's true,
aren't you?
800
00:40:22,604 --> 00:40:24,270
Court clerk: The grand jury
has reached decisions
801
00:40:24,356 --> 00:40:27,357
in all of the cases
under consideration.
802
00:40:27,442 --> 00:40:30,326
It's over.
803
00:40:30,445 --> 00:40:31,611
No trial.
804
00:40:33,615 --> 00:40:36,366
They're free.
805
00:40:36,451 --> 00:40:37,417
No.
806
00:40:37,502 --> 00:40:38,484
Don't leave the shop,
gene.
807
00:40:38,587 --> 00:40:41,538
I-I-I'm fine.
808
00:40:41,623 --> 00:40:44,174
Call mama, will you?
809
00:40:44,292 --> 00:40:46,176
I can't bear it.
810
00:40:54,186 --> 00:40:55,635
[ receiver clacks ]
811
00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:03,276
[ telephone rings ]
812
00:41:07,983 --> 00:41:09,816
[ receiver clatters ]
813
00:41:09,901 --> 00:41:12,819
[ somber music plays ]
814
00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:21,161
♪♪
815
00:41:21,246 --> 00:41:29,469
♪♪
816
00:41:29,554 --> 00:41:37,810
♪♪
817
00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:46,152
♪♪
818
00:41:46,238 --> 00:41:49,155
[ wringer whirring ]
819
00:41:49,241 --> 00:41:54,694
♪♪
820
00:41:54,779 --> 00:41:56,246
[ whirring stops ]
821
00:41:56,364 --> 00:41:58,331
♪♪
822
00:41:58,416 --> 00:42:00,450
[ switch clicking ]
823
00:42:00,535 --> 00:42:06,172
♪♪
824
00:42:06,258 --> 00:42:09,242
[ grunts ]
825
00:42:09,344 --> 00:42:13,746
♪♪
826
00:42:13,848 --> 00:42:15,848
emmett!
827
00:42:15,934 --> 00:42:17,934
[ sobbing ]
828
00:42:18,053 --> 00:42:24,440
♪♪
829
00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:30,947
♪♪
830
00:42:31,066 --> 00:42:33,950
[ sobbing continues ]
831
00:42:34,069 --> 00:42:35,618
♪♪
832
00:42:35,737 --> 00:42:37,203
[ door opens ]
833
00:42:37,289 --> 00:42:39,038
♪♪
834
00:42:39,124 --> 00:42:40,540
[ door closes ]
835
00:42:40,625 --> 00:42:46,379
♪♪
836
00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:52,252
♪♪
837
00:42:52,337 --> 00:42:54,387
[ sobs, sniffles ]
838
00:43:01,346 --> 00:43:04,564
I've been calling, baby.
839
00:43:04,649 --> 00:43:06,266
Everybody has.
840
00:43:08,770 --> 00:43:11,104
I am so sorry.
841
00:43:16,111 --> 00:43:18,444
Washing machine's broke,
mama.
842
00:43:19,998 --> 00:43:22,248
Okay.
843
00:43:22,334 --> 00:43:24,317
Then we'll fix it.
844
00:43:24,419 --> 00:43:27,820
Emmett was always
doing laundry.
845
00:43:27,922 --> 00:43:31,207
He had to have his clothes
just so.
846
00:43:31,293 --> 00:43:33,492
That boy had too much pride
for his own good.
847
00:43:33,595 --> 00:43:35,494
Stop that.
No, mama.
Don't you see?
848
00:43:35,597 --> 00:43:37,513
He went and broke
the damn machine before he left,
849
00:43:37,632 --> 00:43:39,515
and he kept it from me.
850
00:43:39,634 --> 00:43:41,434
What you mean
he broke it?
851
00:43:43,438 --> 00:43:45,688
You haven't done laundry
in two months?
852
00:43:45,807 --> 00:43:47,840
I was never home
long enough.
853
00:43:47,942 --> 00:43:50,226
Oh.
854
00:43:50,312 --> 00:43:53,363
[ clicking ]
855
00:43:55,650 --> 00:43:57,200
[ sighs ]
856
00:43:57,319 --> 00:43:58,284
[ sniffles ]
857
00:44:02,324 --> 00:44:04,023
[ clinking ]
858
00:44:04,125 --> 00:44:07,160
[ washing machine whirring ]
859
00:44:09,047 --> 00:44:11,798
[ switch clicks,
whirring stops ]
860
00:44:11,883 --> 00:44:15,551
just needed to give it
a -- a little tlc.
861
00:44:15,670 --> 00:44:18,638
You always swoop in
to save the day, don't you?
862
00:44:20,258 --> 00:44:23,542
On a day like today,
863
00:44:23,645 --> 00:44:25,345
I wish that I could.
864
00:44:26,314 --> 00:44:29,215
I just don't know how I'm gonna
get through the holidays.
865
00:44:29,317 --> 00:44:32,051
[ sighs ]
866
00:44:32,153 --> 00:44:35,822
[ voice breaking ] it'll be our
first thanksgiving without him.
867
00:44:35,857 --> 00:44:40,760
Meanwhile, those men are free
to carve their turkeys
868
00:44:40,795 --> 00:44:45,798
and watch their boys open
presents on christmas morning.
869
00:44:45,834 --> 00:44:49,736
When I think of that,
when I think of --
870
00:44:49,804 --> 00:44:52,605
of all that I'll miss,
871
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,508
of all that
they've taken from me,
872
00:44:55,577 --> 00:44:56,843
I can't help but wonder
873
00:44:56,945 --> 00:44:59,128
what more I could've done
to see to it
874
00:44:59,247 --> 00:45:01,080
that they paid
for what they did.
875
00:45:01,166 --> 00:45:02,331
Unh-unh.
876
00:45:02,417 --> 00:45:04,467
[ crying ]
877
00:45:04,586 --> 00:45:06,719
god'll see to it.
878
00:45:06,805 --> 00:45:09,922
I-I should've
fought harder.
879
00:45:10,008 --> 00:45:12,124
I-I could've been louder
than those articles
880
00:45:12,227 --> 00:45:15,228
about his father, and...
881
00:45:15,313 --> 00:45:19,232
You did more
than most women
882
00:45:19,317 --> 00:45:22,835
could have done
in your position.
883
00:45:22,904 --> 00:45:27,607
Most women would have taken
to their bed for months --
884
00:45:27,675 --> 00:45:29,642
for years --
885
00:45:29,711 --> 00:45:31,511
and they would've had
every right
886
00:45:31,613 --> 00:45:33,346
to have done just that.
887
00:45:35,250 --> 00:45:36,816
What if I had been --
been --
888
00:45:36,885 --> 00:45:39,118
been harder on him,
like you were with me?
889
00:45:39,187 --> 00:45:41,304
M-maybe he --
he would still be here.
890
00:45:41,389 --> 00:45:42,922
Enough.
891
00:45:45,009 --> 00:45:46,893
That woman --
892
00:45:46,961 --> 00:45:49,662
those monsters --
893
00:45:49,714 --> 00:45:51,230
they poisoned the jury.
894
00:45:51,299 --> 00:45:52,665
[ sniffles ]
895
00:45:52,717 --> 00:45:55,234
don't let them get
inside your head, too.
896
00:45:55,303 --> 00:45:58,404
[ sobs ] but I can't
get them out.
897
00:45:58,506 --> 00:46:01,140
I --
you got to try,
because --
898
00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:04,944
because there are things
we'll never know.
899
00:46:05,046 --> 00:46:10,817
♪♪
900
00:46:10,885 --> 00:46:12,919
like what really happened
to him.
901
00:46:12,987 --> 00:46:18,658
♪♪
902
00:46:18,726 --> 00:46:23,796
they took his body,
not his spirit.
903
00:46:23,865 --> 00:46:28,367
♪♪
904
00:46:28,403 --> 00:46:32,905
his death woke up the world,
mamie.
905
00:46:32,974 --> 00:46:34,907
♪♪
906
00:46:34,976 --> 00:46:39,061
but I never wanted him
to be a martyr, mama.
907
00:46:39,147 --> 00:46:40,479
[ crying ] I know.
908
00:46:40,532 --> 00:46:41,664
I-I never --
909
00:46:41,749 --> 00:46:44,133
no, no, no, no.
910
00:46:44,252 --> 00:46:49,221
I never wanted that.
911
00:46:49,324 --> 00:46:55,995
♪♪
912
00:46:56,080 --> 00:47:06,389
♪♪
to freedom.
913
00:47:06,508 --> 00:47:07,840
-Freedom.
-To freedom.
914
00:47:07,926 --> 00:47:08,841
[ glasses clink ]
915
00:47:08,927 --> 00:47:10,726
alright.
916
00:47:10,845 --> 00:47:13,346
Well, a-alright, al--
alright, alright.
917
00:47:13,431 --> 00:47:15,314
Let's take it easy
on the swill, now.
918
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,850
I need you
thinking straight.
919
00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:19,418
Straight as I'll ever be.
920
00:47:19,521 --> 00:47:21,254
[ chuckling ] okay.
921
00:47:21,322 --> 00:47:23,322
So, I'd like to
start by, uh,
922
00:47:23,424 --> 00:47:24,857
clearing up a rumor
923
00:47:24,909 --> 00:47:26,359
that's been eating up
a lot of folks' time
924
00:47:26,461 --> 00:47:27,760
since all this began.
925
00:47:27,829 --> 00:47:28,728
Hmm.
926
00:47:28,796 --> 00:47:30,563
Now, you had at least
two white men
927
00:47:30,665 --> 00:47:32,348
and three negroes
with you all that night,
928
00:47:32,433 --> 00:47:34,033
and I want their names.
No, we were alone.
929
00:47:34,102 --> 00:47:35,200
You even think about
printing anything else,
930
00:47:35,220 --> 00:47:36,602
I'll tear that contract
up right now.
931
00:47:36,638 --> 00:47:38,838
Don't act like you don't know
about the double jeopardy law.
932
00:47:38,873 --> 00:47:41,457
These boys can't be tried again,
even with a confession,
933
00:47:41,543 --> 00:47:43,142
but if they incriminate
someone else,
934
00:47:43,211 --> 00:47:46,078
charges could be brought
against those parties.
935
00:47:46,130 --> 00:47:49,282
Of course.
Of course.
936
00:47:49,334 --> 00:47:51,083
Y'all can't blame me
for digging, now, can you?
937
00:47:51,152 --> 00:47:53,152
[ chuckles ]
alright.
938
00:47:53,221 --> 00:47:57,924
Uh, so, I want to start with,
uh, the night you took emmett
939
00:47:58,026 --> 00:47:59,325
from mose wright's home.
940
00:47:59,377 --> 00:48:03,362
It was, uh, August 28th of 1955,
correct?
941
00:48:03,431 --> 00:48:05,364
Yeah.
942
00:48:05,466 --> 00:48:06,699
What sent you there?
943
00:48:10,772 --> 00:48:14,774
My brother and me had heard
that this chicago nigger
944
00:48:14,842 --> 00:48:19,045
had gotten mouthy,
whistled at my sister-in-law.
945
00:48:19,113 --> 00:48:21,514
One of my workers said
that he was staying
946
00:48:21,583 --> 00:48:23,149
with the old preacher,
947
00:48:23,217 --> 00:48:26,686
and so, we drove out to
mose wright's and asked for him,
948
00:48:26,788 --> 00:48:28,738
and the preacher led us
right to him.
949
00:48:29,524 --> 00:48:31,440
[ thud ]
950
00:48:31,526 --> 00:48:33,442
please.
You want out of this?
951
00:48:33,528 --> 00:48:35,578
Stay down
and shut the hell up.
952
00:48:35,697 --> 00:48:37,780
[ engine rumbles ]
953
00:48:37,865 --> 00:48:41,584
[ vehicle departs ]
954
00:48:41,703 --> 00:48:48,591
♪♪
955
00:48:48,710 --> 00:48:50,909
so, when you got him,
956
00:48:51,012 --> 00:48:53,212
did you take him
back to, uh, the market
957
00:48:53,298 --> 00:48:54,964
for mrs. Bryant
to identify?
958
00:48:55,049 --> 00:49:00,620
♪♪
959
00:49:00,722 --> 00:49:03,255
j.W.?
Yeah?
960
00:49:03,358 --> 00:49:04,640
You take him back
to the market?
961
00:49:04,726 --> 00:49:06,425
No.
962
00:49:06,527 --> 00:49:07,693
Well, no reason to.
963
00:49:07,779 --> 00:49:08,945
He didn't deny he was the one
done the talking,
964
00:49:09,063 --> 00:49:10,980
so we didn't need her.
We knew.
965
00:49:11,065 --> 00:49:12,398
We knew.
966
00:49:12,483 --> 00:49:15,701
[ doors open, close ]
967
00:49:18,539 --> 00:49:21,040
[ engine revs ]
968
00:49:21,125 --> 00:49:26,078
♪♪
969
00:49:26,164 --> 00:49:31,116
♪♪
970
00:49:31,219 --> 00:49:34,053
after we left the uncle's,
we just went driving,
971
00:49:34,138 --> 00:49:37,289
looking for a spot just to
scare some sense into the boy.
972
00:49:37,392 --> 00:49:40,626
♪♪
973
00:49:40,728 --> 00:49:42,728
here he is.
974
00:49:42,814 --> 00:49:44,230
The smart talker.
975
00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:46,015
Roy:
Well, now, looky here.
976
00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:47,966
Ain't saying much now,
boy, are you?
977
00:49:48,069 --> 00:49:50,302
[ whimpering ]
978
00:49:50,405 --> 00:49:56,192
♪♪
979
00:49:56,277 --> 00:49:57,860
[ liquid pouring ]
980
00:49:57,945 --> 00:49:59,695
ahh.
981
00:50:00,782 --> 00:50:03,165
Go.
982
00:50:03,284 --> 00:50:06,085
♪♪
983
00:50:06,170 --> 00:50:07,336
come on.
984
00:50:07,455 --> 00:50:08,537
Go on.
985
00:50:08,623 --> 00:50:14,510
♪♪
986
00:50:14,629 --> 00:50:16,712
[ whimpering ]
987
00:50:19,467 --> 00:50:22,351
what kinda poison
they pumping in you up north
988
00:50:22,470 --> 00:50:24,854
to make you think it's okay
to run your filthy mouth
989
00:50:24,972 --> 00:50:26,389
to my wife?!
990
00:50:26,474 --> 00:50:29,225
[ screams, crying ]
991
00:50:29,310 --> 00:50:30,676
milam: He was tough.
992
00:50:30,778 --> 00:50:32,478
We never could scare him enough.
993
00:50:32,563 --> 00:50:35,564
Throughout the whole ordeal,
he never even hollered.
994
00:50:35,650 --> 00:50:38,484
[ punches landing,
emmett screaming ]
995
00:50:38,569 --> 00:50:42,855
♪♪
996
00:50:42,957 --> 00:50:45,041
we drove around with him in
the back of the truck for hours.
997
00:50:45,159 --> 00:50:47,192
He never even tried to run.
998
00:50:47,295 --> 00:50:48,994
♪♪
999
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,380
alright, get him out.
Come on!
1000
00:50:51,499 --> 00:50:54,083
If folks haven't already started
looking for him, they will.
1001
00:50:54,168 --> 00:50:55,367
Well, why the hell
did you bring him here?
1002
00:50:55,470 --> 00:50:56,802
We got lost.
1003
00:50:56,888 --> 00:50:58,921
Well, I got fields to work,
I got farmhands gonna show up.
1004
00:50:59,006 --> 00:51:00,222
Take care of it.
1005
00:51:00,341 --> 00:51:04,977
♪♪
1006
00:51:05,063 --> 00:51:09,231
the boy was hopeless,
so we took him back to my place.
1007
00:51:09,350 --> 00:51:11,233
And that's where
we whipped him.
1008
00:51:11,352 --> 00:51:13,736
[ whip cracking,
emmett screaming ]
1009
00:51:13,855 --> 00:51:15,738
[ door squeaks ]
1010
00:51:15,857 --> 00:51:23,729
♪♪
1011
00:51:23,831 --> 00:51:26,165
huie: The farmhands, uh,
said they saw you
1012
00:51:26,250 --> 00:51:29,251
with the boy at a plantation
run by your brother, leslie.
1013
00:51:29,370 --> 00:51:31,804
No, we were at my shop,
like I just said to you.
1014
00:51:31,906 --> 00:51:33,873
♪♪
1015
00:51:33,958 --> 00:51:34,874
okay.
Okay.
1016
00:51:34,959 --> 00:51:36,408
Alright.
1017
00:51:36,511 --> 00:51:39,411
[ whip cracking,
emmett screaming ]
1018
00:51:39,514 --> 00:51:44,967
♪♪
1019
00:51:45,052 --> 00:51:47,219
milam: He just kept saying
he wasn't afraid of us.
1020
00:51:49,223 --> 00:51:52,775
Kept saying he was
as good as us.
1021
00:51:52,894 --> 00:51:54,193
Just taunting us.
1022
00:51:54,278 --> 00:51:56,395
Even said that he had
white women.
1023
00:51:56,481 --> 00:51:58,647
♪♪
1024
00:51:58,733 --> 00:52:00,099
[ gun clicks ]
1025
00:52:00,201 --> 00:52:02,535
[ weakly ] mama.
1026
00:52:03,404 --> 00:52:05,037
[ gunshot ]
1027
00:52:12,513 --> 00:52:13,729
uh...
1028
00:52:13,815 --> 00:52:15,881
So you -- you whipped him
good at your place.
1029
00:52:15,983 --> 00:52:17,082
Then what?
1030
00:52:18,836 --> 00:52:20,386
We got back in my truck.
1031
00:52:20,454 --> 00:52:22,121
Could the boy walk
on his own?
1032
00:52:23,357 --> 00:52:24,557
Yeah. Sure.
1033
00:52:25,593 --> 00:52:27,660
Was he bleeding?
1034
00:52:27,762 --> 00:52:28,861
Not much.
1035
00:52:28,930 --> 00:52:32,030
Pistol-whipping bruises
more than it cuts.
1036
00:52:32,083 --> 00:52:34,266
So, you left your shop...
Mm-hmm.
1037
00:52:34,368 --> 00:52:36,769
And we went to
progressive ginning company.
1038
00:52:36,838 --> 00:52:38,137
We took an old gin fan
1039
00:52:38,206 --> 00:52:41,006
and made the boy load it up
on the back of the truck,
1040
00:52:41,075 --> 00:52:43,876
and then we drove off
looking for that bluff.
1041
00:52:43,945 --> 00:52:46,678
We were hell-bent
on finding that.
1042
00:52:46,731 --> 00:52:48,531
Was he alive
when y'all got there?
1043
00:52:50,535 --> 00:52:51,917
Yeah.
1044
00:52:54,872 --> 00:52:56,455
Milam: That's where we made him
undress.
1045
00:52:56,541 --> 00:52:58,541
♪♪
1046
00:52:58,626 --> 00:53:00,342
he didn't like that.
1047
00:53:00,461 --> 00:53:01,627
[ both grunting ]
1048
00:53:01,712 --> 00:53:02,795
milam: And after,
we just kind of stood there
1049
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,129
for a little while,
1050
00:53:04,215 --> 00:53:05,714
just hating each other.
1051
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,100
♪♪
1052
00:53:08,186 --> 00:53:10,553
milam:
Alright, get the fan.
1053
00:53:10,638 --> 00:53:12,137
And then I gave him a chance
to fix things.
1054
00:53:12,223 --> 00:53:15,357
I said, "you still had
white women?"
1055
00:53:15,476 --> 00:53:19,177
♪♪
1056
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,481
he said, "yeah."
1057
00:53:22,567 --> 00:53:24,400
♪♪
1058
00:53:24,485 --> 00:53:26,986
so, I stood there
and listened to him
1059
00:53:27,071 --> 00:53:29,121
throw that poison at me,
and I just made up my mind.
1060
00:53:29,207 --> 00:53:32,357
I was gonna make an example
out of him.
1061
00:53:32,460 --> 00:53:36,128
♪♪
1062
00:53:36,214 --> 00:53:37,713
so I shot him.
1063
00:53:37,832 --> 00:53:40,332
♪♪
1064
00:53:40,434 --> 00:53:43,552
ready?
One, two, three!
1065
00:53:43,671 --> 00:53:45,254
[ groans ]
1066
00:53:45,339 --> 00:53:47,423
one, two, three.
1067
00:53:48,509 --> 00:53:50,476
[ splash ]
1068
00:53:50,561 --> 00:53:52,478
[ water bubbles ]
1069
00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:56,282
[ panting ]
1070
00:53:56,384 --> 00:53:58,601
♪♪
1071
00:54:00,938 --> 00:54:03,172
remained hidden until now.
1072
00:54:03,274 --> 00:54:04,840
The brutal step-by-step account
1073
00:54:04,942 --> 00:54:07,610
of what happened on
that fateful night.
1074
00:54:07,695 --> 00:54:09,612
Get your copy of look early.
1075
00:54:09,697 --> 00:54:12,615
[ somber music plays ]
1076
00:54:12,700 --> 00:54:21,707
♪♪
1077
00:54:21,826 --> 00:54:25,327
I don't know how much more
I can stand.
1078
00:54:25,429 --> 00:54:27,029
How I can go on.
1079
00:54:29,166 --> 00:54:31,800
These horrible lies they tell
to explain away
1080
00:54:31,886 --> 00:54:34,903
the killing of a child
in cold blood --
1081
00:54:35,006 --> 00:54:38,841
a child that they portrayed
as a man --
1082
00:54:38,926 --> 00:54:40,709
a man who never fought back
and who -- who --
1083
00:54:40,811 --> 00:54:42,878
who was defiant until the end.
1084
00:54:42,980 --> 00:54:44,847
They -- they aren't human.
They're beasts.
1085
00:54:46,851 --> 00:54:48,267
And that woman --
1086
00:54:48,352 --> 00:54:50,936
I don't even see
how she can sleep at night.
1087
00:54:57,361 --> 00:55:01,363
I used to think there was
a reason for all this pain --
1088
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:07,086
that god had given me
a purpose and a mission,
1089
00:55:07,204 --> 00:55:08,587
and I was happy to accept it
1090
00:55:08,706 --> 00:55:12,007
when I thought that people were
listening, but here we are.
1091
00:55:12,093 --> 00:55:15,544
Some white man just put his name
on that, and that is it.
1092
00:55:15,629 --> 00:55:17,079
End of story!
1093
00:55:17,181 --> 00:55:18,931
It's only the end
if you say so.
1094
00:55:19,050 --> 00:55:21,850
What can I say now?
1095
00:55:21,936 --> 00:55:25,587
Nothing I have said or ever
will say is going to matter,
1096
00:55:25,690 --> 00:55:29,558
because that trash
is now my son's legacy!
1097
00:55:29,643 --> 00:55:32,311
And the sick thing is,
if it weren't for this article,
1098
00:55:32,396 --> 00:55:34,480
people would have
forgotten about emmett.
1099
00:55:34,565 --> 00:55:36,115
Well, that's not true.
Open a paper.
1100
00:55:36,233 --> 00:55:38,617
Turn on a television.
Emmett is old news now.
1101
00:55:38,736 --> 00:55:40,119
People are thinking
about what's next.
1102
00:55:40,237 --> 00:55:41,537
Come on, now.
That's not true, mamie.
1103
00:55:41,622 --> 00:55:43,238
But it is!
1104
00:55:45,242 --> 00:55:47,209
I used to be a part
of the movement.
1105
00:55:48,913 --> 00:55:51,279
Now I am just sitting at home,
watching it unfold,
1106
00:55:51,382 --> 00:55:52,948
while folks like
martin luther king
1107
00:55:53,050 --> 00:55:56,385
and rosa parks are out there
making things happen.
1108
00:55:58,839 --> 00:56:01,390
I don't expect for you
to understand.
1109
00:56:04,228 --> 00:56:05,844
But I do.
1110
00:56:09,266 --> 00:56:12,351
You feel...
1111
00:56:12,436 --> 00:56:13,969
Left behind.
1112
00:56:14,071 --> 00:56:16,105
♪♪
1113
00:56:16,190 --> 00:56:19,658
and you're full of regrets --
1114
00:56:19,777 --> 00:56:24,279
of all the things you wish
you had said but couldn't.
1115
00:56:24,365 --> 00:56:26,665
You couldn't...
1116
00:56:26,784 --> 00:56:28,450
Because you didn't know.
1117
00:56:29,587 --> 00:56:32,821
Just like I couldn't have known
that I'd never get the chance
1118
00:56:32,923 --> 00:56:34,489
to try to be the father
he deserved.
1119
00:56:34,592 --> 00:56:36,925
Oh, I can't do this
right now.
1120
00:56:37,011 --> 00:56:38,961
I can't take it,
your -- your tenderness
1121
00:56:39,046 --> 00:56:40,162
and -- and your kind words.
1122
00:56:40,264 --> 00:56:41,830
I am just not in
the right mind.
1123
00:56:41,932 --> 00:56:46,101
Be angry,
but do it with me.
1124
00:56:46,187 --> 00:56:47,386
Marry me.
1125
00:56:48,139 --> 00:56:49,304
Ridiculous.
1126
00:56:51,642 --> 00:56:53,341
What, you call that
a proposal?
1127
00:56:53,444 --> 00:56:55,677
♪♪
1128
00:56:55,780 --> 00:56:56,862
how is it
any more ridiculous
1129
00:56:56,947 --> 00:56:58,414
than all the other times
I've done it?
1130
00:57:00,351 --> 00:57:01,316
You remember when I asked you
to marry me
1131
00:57:01,402 --> 00:57:03,986
at the dinner table
last summer?
1132
00:57:04,088 --> 00:57:05,487
Mose was there.
1133
00:57:06,357 --> 00:57:07,556
Alma, too.
1134
00:57:07,641 --> 00:57:09,458
And emmett.
1135
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:16,298
♪♪
1136
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:23,172
♪♪
1137
00:57:23,274 --> 00:57:30,045
♪♪
1138
00:57:30,114 --> 00:57:31,814
he was my protector.
1139
00:57:31,882 --> 00:57:34,750
♪♪
1140
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:37,386
and I wasn't there for him
when he needed me most.
1141
00:57:38,789 --> 00:57:42,274
Well, I don't think
he'd want you stuck.
1142
00:57:42,359 --> 00:57:43,926
I think he'd want you
to move forward.
1143
00:57:43,994 --> 00:57:46,628
And I'm not just talking
about with me.
1144
00:57:46,697 --> 00:57:51,934
Your words sparked
the whole world to fight.
1145
00:57:52,002 --> 00:57:55,504
But right now, it's not
the world who needs that spark.
1146
00:57:55,606 --> 00:57:57,039
It's you.
1147
00:57:57,141 --> 00:57:59,508
♪♪
1148
00:57:59,610 --> 00:58:01,043
I want it back.
1149
00:58:01,145 --> 00:58:03,312
♪♪
1150
00:58:03,414 --> 00:58:04,513
that spark.
1151
00:58:04,548 --> 00:58:07,282
Then get out there
and find it.
1152
00:58:07,351 --> 00:58:10,486
[ brakes squeal nearby ]
1153
00:58:10,571 --> 00:58:15,857
♪♪
1154
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:21,213
♪♪
1155
00:58:21,332 --> 00:58:24,216
[ indistinct chatter ]
1156
00:58:24,335 --> 00:58:31,206
♪♪
1157
00:58:31,308 --> 00:58:38,146
♪♪
1158
00:58:38,232 --> 00:58:40,432
I've been living in the moment
for too long.
1159
00:58:43,404 --> 00:58:46,738
Maybe it's time
I focus on what's next.
1160
00:58:46,857 --> 00:58:48,407
Mm-hmm.
1161
00:58:48,526 --> 00:58:50,442
There it is.
1162
00:58:50,528 --> 00:58:51,743
That spark.
1163
00:58:53,864 --> 00:58:56,832
A-ask me again.
1164
00:58:58,285 --> 00:58:59,918
What?
1165
00:59:02,957 --> 00:59:06,091
That ridiculous question
of yours.
1166
00:59:11,849 --> 00:59:18,136
♪♪
1167
00:59:18,222 --> 00:59:19,771
what was it again?
1168
00:59:21,225 --> 00:59:22,524
[ both laugh ]
1169
00:59:22,610 --> 00:59:28,113
♪♪
1170
00:59:28,232 --> 00:59:31,817
♪♪
1171
00:59:31,902 --> 00:59:33,151
will you marry me?
1172
00:59:33,237 --> 00:59:36,321
♪♪
1173
00:59:36,407 --> 00:59:37,306
mm-hmm.
1174
00:59:37,408 --> 00:59:39,941
[ laughter ]
1175
00:59:40,044 --> 00:59:42,077
♪♪
1176
00:59:42,162 --> 00:59:43,211
[ sighs ]
1177
00:59:43,247 --> 00:59:51,169
♪♪
1178
00:59:51,255 --> 00:59:59,144
♪♪
1179
00:59:59,263 --> 01:00:02,147
[ indistinct conversations ]
1180
01:00:02,266 --> 01:00:11,356
♪♪
1181
01:00:11,442 --> 01:00:20,532
♪♪
1182
01:00:20,618 --> 01:00:29,758
♪♪
1183
01:00:29,843 --> 01:00:31,293
mrs. Bradley?
1184
01:00:31,378 --> 01:00:33,045
It's an honor.
I'm rita.
1185
01:00:33,130 --> 01:00:35,764
Oh, calling me mamie's
just fine.
1186
01:00:35,849 --> 01:00:37,049
It's nice to meet you.
1187
01:00:37,134 --> 01:00:39,184
I remember my mama
skipping work
1188
01:00:39,303 --> 01:00:41,687
to get in line
for your son's viewing.
1189
01:00:41,805 --> 01:00:45,307
When she got home that night,
she just...Held me.
1190
01:00:45,392 --> 01:00:48,060
She was saying how brave
you were,
1191
01:00:48,145 --> 01:00:49,444
how things were gonna
start changing
1192
01:00:49,530 --> 01:00:51,313
because of what you did.
1193
01:00:51,398 --> 01:00:53,281
She was right.
1194
01:00:53,367 --> 01:01:02,407
♪♪
1195
01:01:02,493 --> 01:01:11,550
♪♪
1196
01:01:11,669 --> 01:01:14,586
mamie: When you find out
that you're gonna be a mother,
1197
01:01:14,672 --> 01:01:16,705
you have all these ideas
in your head
1198
01:01:16,807 --> 01:01:18,840
about how your baby's
gonna look
1199
01:01:18,926 --> 01:01:21,176
and who he's gonna be.
1200
01:01:21,261 --> 01:01:24,730
And then all of a sudden,
he's here,
1201
01:01:24,848 --> 01:01:27,099
and none of that stuff
matters anymore
1202
01:01:27,184 --> 01:01:32,354
because he decides
and you just let him be.
1203
01:01:32,439 --> 01:01:35,390
News anchor:
On December 5, 1955,
1204
01:01:35,492 --> 01:01:37,743
many of montgomery's busses
were empty,
1205
01:01:37,861 --> 01:01:40,078
the result of a negro boycott
that began
1206
01:01:40,197 --> 01:01:42,497
when rosa parks made
a momentous decision.
1207
01:01:42,583 --> 01:01:44,866
I didn't feel that
1208
01:01:44,952 --> 01:01:46,868
I was being treated
as a human being.
1209
01:01:46,954 --> 01:01:48,437
I refused to give up
the seat.
1210
01:01:48,505 --> 01:01:49,805
I said, "no."
1211
01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:53,008
mamie: And then, when he falls,
you blame yourself
1212
01:01:53,043 --> 01:01:57,345
for not being around enough,
or for being around too much.
1213
01:01:57,448 --> 01:01:59,181
You can't help it.
1214
01:01:59,283 --> 01:02:00,615
You're a mother.
1215
01:02:00,718 --> 01:02:02,350
It's what we do.
1216
01:02:02,419 --> 01:02:06,455
Dr. King: The year-old protest
is officially called off,
1217
01:02:06,507 --> 01:02:08,890
and the negro citizens
of montgomery
1218
01:02:08,976 --> 01:02:12,527
are urged to return
to the busses tomorrow morning
1219
01:02:12,613 --> 01:02:14,162
on a non-segregated basis.
1220
01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:16,698
[ cheers and applause ]
1221
01:02:16,767 --> 01:02:18,133
mamie:
There will come a day
1222
01:02:18,235 --> 01:02:20,969
when you'll be forced
to let go,
1223
01:02:21,071 --> 01:02:23,605
and all you can do is hope
that you've done enough
1224
01:02:23,690 --> 01:02:25,157
to prepare him for the world.
1225
01:02:25,275 --> 01:02:27,492
Reporter: ...Arkansas,
where nine negro students
1226
01:02:27,611 --> 01:02:28,994
were blocked
from entering the school
1227
01:02:29,113 --> 01:02:30,812
by the national guard.
1228
01:02:30,914 --> 01:02:33,281
Today, on what marks
the 8-year anniversary
1229
01:02:33,367 --> 01:02:36,084
of the death of emmett till,
martin luther king jr.
1230
01:02:36,170 --> 01:02:40,205
And nearly 250,000 people
from across the united states
1231
01:02:40,290 --> 01:02:43,125
marched on washington
for jobs and freedom.
1232
01:02:43,210 --> 01:02:45,293
[ crowd chanting "now!" ]
1233
01:02:45,379 --> 01:02:48,880
mamie: I thought I failed
to prepare you, emmett.
1234
01:02:48,966 --> 01:02:53,468
I tried to ignore it
for some time -- that blame --
1235
01:02:53,554 --> 01:02:58,557
but it was always here,
buried deep in my bones.
1236
01:02:58,642 --> 01:03:01,777
I kept myself busy so I didn't
have to feel it.
1237
01:03:01,862 --> 01:03:05,013
I'd just go, go, go because
I felt like
1238
01:03:05,115 --> 01:03:08,516
I was part of something big.
1239
01:03:08,619 --> 01:03:09,818
It was a great distraction...
1240
01:03:09,903 --> 01:03:11,203
[ tv turns off ]
1241
01:03:11,321 --> 01:03:14,906
...Until I wasn't
part of anything at all.
1242
01:03:14,992 --> 01:03:21,296
♪♪
1243
01:03:21,381 --> 01:03:29,004
♪♪
1244
01:03:29,089 --> 01:03:36,711
♪♪
1245
01:03:36,814 --> 01:03:44,552
I had to sit in the stillness
and feel my feelings,
1246
01:03:44,655 --> 01:03:48,523
until the truth
finally revealed itself to me.
1247
01:03:48,609 --> 01:03:52,194
I didn't fail to prepare you
for the world.
1248
01:03:54,364 --> 01:03:56,114
The world failed you.
1249
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,233
♪♪
1250
01:03:58,335 --> 01:04:01,703
it wasn't ready for you,
my boy.
1251
01:04:01,788 --> 01:04:03,371
My bobo.
1252
01:04:04,925 --> 01:04:07,175
It still isn't.
1253
01:04:07,261 --> 01:04:10,712
But I believe it will be,
one day.
1254
01:04:12,683 --> 01:04:15,083
I have to believe...
1255
01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:20,355
Because of all the little boys
out there just like you.
1256
01:04:20,457 --> 01:04:22,357
♪♪
1257
01:04:22,442 --> 01:04:26,144
boys whose mamas raised them
to live in a better world
1258
01:04:26,230 --> 01:04:29,064
than the world
they were born into.
1259
01:04:29,149 --> 01:04:32,067
[ solemn music plays ]
1260
01:04:32,152 --> 01:04:40,292
♪♪
1261
01:04:40,410 --> 01:04:48,500
♪♪
1262
01:04:48,585 --> 01:05:03,899
♪♪
1263
01:05:11,024 --> 01:05:12,991
I'm just glad
it's over with.
1264
01:05:13,110 --> 01:05:14,776
Mrs. Bryant?
I'm fine.
1265
01:05:20,284 --> 01:05:22,534
I want to say that I feel that
1266
01:05:22,619 --> 01:05:24,819
emmett was more or less
loaned to me --
1267
01:05:24,922 --> 01:05:26,538
that perhaps I wasn't his mother
1268
01:05:26,623 --> 01:05:30,175
in the sense that other women
are mothers to their children,
1269
01:05:30,294 --> 01:05:33,595
but I appreciate the 14 years
that we spent together.
1270
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:37,265
It was a joy watching
the unfolding of his mind
1271
01:05:37,351 --> 01:05:39,668
and the development of his body,
1272
01:05:39,770 --> 01:05:42,537
and I don't regret a minute of
the time that we spent together.
1273
01:05:42,639 --> 01:05:44,539
I'm just sorry
that it was so short.
1274
01:05:44,641 --> 01:05:47,409
♪♪