1 00:00:29,168 --> 00:00:31,126 [solemn music gently fades in] 2 00:00:33,293 --> 00:00:36,501 [piano playing "This Little Light of Mine" solemnly] 3 00:00:45,584 --> 00:00:46,626 [inaudible] 4 00:01:17,126 --> 00:01:18,293 [music continues] 5 00:01:20,001 --> 00:01:20,834 [inaudible] 6 00:01:35,626 --> 00:01:36,543 [music stops] 7 00:01:41,793 --> 00:01:43,793 [woman] Things need to change and change now. 8 00:01:43,876 --> 00:01:46,084 [man] Which is why we are staging a protest 9 00:01:46,168 --> 00:01:48,293 at the Democratic National Convention. 10 00:01:48,376 --> 00:01:50,001 [man 2] And the Republicans are any better? 11 00:01:50,084 --> 00:01:53,501 -We plan on challenging them as well. -[distant phone ringing] 12 00:01:53,584 --> 00:01:57,751 So you want me to lead 5,000 Negroes into Los Angeles 13 00:01:57,834 --> 00:02:00,126 and disrupt the Democratic Convention? 14 00:02:02,043 --> 00:02:03,709 I'm sorry. I'm not your man. 15 00:02:06,876 --> 00:02:09,001 Who told you you are not our man? 16 00:02:10,793 --> 00:02:12,501 Were you not our man 17 00:02:12,584 --> 00:02:15,251 when you took command of the Montgomery bus boycott 18 00:02:15,334 --> 00:02:17,626 or spoke with such eloquence the night your home was bombed? 19 00:02:17,709 --> 00:02:20,543 You're conveniently forgetting I'm now co-pastor of Ebenezer. 20 00:02:20,626 --> 00:02:23,751 When C.L. first heard you speak, he rang me and said, 21 00:02:23,834 --> 00:02:26,543 "Bayard, there's magic going on down here." 22 00:02:26,626 --> 00:02:28,834 You know what he saw? A star. 23 00:02:29,543 --> 00:02:32,584 And when that star starts to shine brighter than any other, 24 00:02:32,668 --> 00:02:36,751 including the most powerful Negro leaders that came before, 25 00:02:36,834 --> 00:02:38,626 they will do everything in their power 26 00:02:38,709 --> 00:02:41,834 to extinguish your light and put you in your place. 27 00:02:43,834 --> 00:02:46,918 Mrs. Ella Baker, I have received a number of calls 28 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:50,668 from prominent men within the movement who see no wisdom in these protests. 29 00:02:50,751 --> 00:02:53,543 Men with whom I share a strong kinship. 30 00:02:53,626 --> 00:02:55,751 Not once you leave the room. 31 00:02:56,501 --> 00:03:01,084 [softly] Friend, one of my greatest joys is watching you rise. 32 00:03:01,668 --> 00:03:04,209 We need you to lead us into Los Angeles, 33 00:03:04,293 --> 00:03:09,001 where we will most vigorously let Kennedy and the entire Democratic Party know 34 00:03:09,084 --> 00:03:11,293 that unless they show up for our people, 35 00:03:11,376 --> 00:03:14,459 take a stand against segregation, our people will not show up for them. 36 00:03:14,543 --> 00:03:17,043 -Hear! Hear! -Yes! Yes! Yes! 37 00:03:17,126 --> 00:03:18,376 [Bayard] Do this, Martin. 38 00:03:18,876 --> 00:03:20,876 Own your power. 39 00:03:22,626 --> 00:03:24,459 -[big band music playing] -[chuckles] 40 00:03:25,043 --> 00:03:26,834 I am pleased to announce 41 00:03:26,918 --> 00:03:31,584 that my friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, will be joining us in Los Angeles. 42 00:03:31,668 --> 00:03:32,543 -Yes! -Yes! 43 00:03:32,626 --> 00:03:34,084 [cheering] 44 00:03:34,168 --> 00:03:36,168 [swing music playing] 45 00:03:36,876 --> 00:03:39,043 I'm telling you, the best grits ever. 46 00:03:39,126 --> 00:03:42,209 Lest I remind you, I was born and raised in Georgia. My mother was-- 47 00:03:42,293 --> 00:03:43,126 Try them. 48 00:03:43,751 --> 00:03:44,584 Hm? 49 00:03:51,084 --> 00:03:52,293 Mm! 50 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:54,168 Mm. 51 00:03:54,251 --> 00:03:56,793 -How's my beloved Coretta? -Fine. 52 00:03:56,876 --> 00:03:58,834 -And the kids? -Missing you. 53 00:03:58,918 --> 00:04:01,584 Every time I step through that house, "How's Uncle Bayard?" 54 00:04:01,668 --> 00:04:03,376 -Aw. [chuckles] -"Where's Uncle Bayard?" 55 00:04:04,126 --> 00:04:07,793 And those self-appointed noble Negroes of the NAACP? 56 00:04:08,459 --> 00:04:09,293 Roy. 57 00:04:09,793 --> 00:04:10,918 Powell. 58 00:04:12,834 --> 00:04:16,418 I can't wait to hear what they have to say about us making a move on LA. 59 00:04:19,126 --> 00:04:21,334 My convention, my party. 60 00:04:21,918 --> 00:04:24,751 I've spent the past 15 years fighting Dixiecrats in Congress, 61 00:04:24,834 --> 00:04:27,209 going after and winning on everything from poll taxes 62 00:04:27,293 --> 00:04:29,876 to the right to piss in the goddamn Congressional commode. 63 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:32,626 How dare his Black ass take aim without first coming to me? 64 00:04:32,709 --> 00:04:34,834 [man] Had King reached out, would you have said yes? 65 00:04:34,918 --> 00:04:38,251 Hell, no. That fighting son of a bitch needs to keep down South where he belongs. 66 00:04:40,043 --> 00:04:41,043 I blame Rustin. 67 00:04:43,751 --> 00:04:45,543 Ever since the Montgomery bus boycott, 68 00:04:45,626 --> 00:04:47,709 he's got King thinking he's the second coming. 69 00:04:48,793 --> 00:04:50,876 The hell with Bayard Rustin. 70 00:04:50,959 --> 00:04:53,334 His attention-grabbing antics are the exact opposite 71 00:04:53,418 --> 00:04:55,751 of how policy is altered and laws are changed. 72 00:04:56,334 --> 00:04:58,793 [softly] And let's not mention the unmentionable. 73 00:04:58,876 --> 00:04:59,751 [Powell] No. 74 00:04:59,834 --> 00:05:01,293 I say, say it. 75 00:05:01,376 --> 00:05:03,584 Say it, I say, and say it loud! 76 00:05:05,918 --> 00:05:06,751 Listen to me. 77 00:05:07,626 --> 00:05:10,876 I am phoning the good reverend doctor's office today. 78 00:05:11,918 --> 00:05:14,084 If they don't call this shit off, 79 00:05:14,876 --> 00:05:19,501 the world will know the truth about Martin Luther King and his queen. 80 00:05:19,584 --> 00:05:20,959 [inhales sharply] 81 00:05:21,043 --> 00:05:22,834 And, baby, I do not mean Coretta. 82 00:05:24,584 --> 00:05:28,001 Congressman Powell has done so much for Harlem. 83 00:05:28,793 --> 00:05:32,001 Almost as much as he's done for himself. 84 00:05:32,084 --> 00:05:36,668 But this is a bold-faced lie, and he knows it. 85 00:05:36,751 --> 00:05:38,584 [man] I have to tell Martin. I have-- 86 00:05:38,668 --> 00:05:40,126 Yes, I'm well aware of the fact 87 00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:42,751 that Martin is your boss as well as your friend, 88 00:05:42,834 --> 00:05:45,293 but at least let me speak with Bayard first, 89 00:05:45,376 --> 00:05:48,418 as this is certain to disorder his soul most of all! 90 00:05:48,501 --> 00:05:49,626 [laughing heartily] 91 00:05:50,459 --> 00:05:52,543 Me and Martin? 92 00:05:52,626 --> 00:05:54,584 [scoffs] No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 93 00:05:54,668 --> 00:05:56,126 Brothers, yes. 94 00:05:56,209 --> 00:05:57,751 Besides, he's not my type. 95 00:05:57,834 --> 00:06:00,668 [Randolph] Making threats, talking about going to the white print-- 96 00:06:00,751 --> 00:06:03,751 Chief, Chief, you call it trouble. I call it an opportunity. 97 00:06:04,334 --> 00:06:06,543 In response to Powell's reckless accusations, 98 00:06:06,626 --> 00:06:08,793 I'll write a letter tendering my resignation. 99 00:06:09,376 --> 00:06:12,209 When Martin rejects it, we will have forced him to see 100 00:06:12,293 --> 00:06:14,543 who wishes him well and who does not. 101 00:06:14,626 --> 00:06:16,709 -[Randolph] What makes you so sure? -Hm. 102 00:06:16,793 --> 00:06:19,876 -Be-- Because I know Martin, sir. -[Randolph] Bayard? 103 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:21,626 -Sir. -[Randolph] You may know Martin, but-- 104 00:06:21,709 --> 00:06:24,001 -All will be fine. -[music stops abruptly] 105 00:06:26,293 --> 00:06:28,376 I assumed it would just be the two of us. 106 00:07:02,126 --> 00:07:04,751 We thank you for your many years of service. 107 00:07:20,543 --> 00:07:22,709 [footsteps receding] 108 00:07:23,418 --> 00:07:24,251 [door closes] 109 00:07:24,834 --> 00:07:26,959 -[phone ringing] -[typewriter tapping] 110 00:07:33,543 --> 00:07:34,751 [dramatic sting plays] 111 00:07:38,209 --> 00:07:39,543 [metal clanking] 112 00:07:42,334 --> 00:07:44,293 -[stamping] -[paper rustling] 113 00:07:44,376 --> 00:07:45,793 -[metal clanking] -[stamping] 114 00:07:47,376 --> 00:07:48,626 [typewriter tapping] 115 00:07:56,918 --> 00:07:58,126 [phone ringing] 116 00:08:02,459 --> 00:08:03,584 [ringing continues] 117 00:08:07,584 --> 00:08:09,543 -[phone clicks] -[woman] War Resisters League. 118 00:08:09,626 --> 00:08:11,584 [mellow jazz saxophone playing] 119 00:08:15,209 --> 00:08:17,209 -[music continues] -[siren wailing] 120 00:08:52,043 --> 00:08:52,959 [groans] 121 00:09:11,959 --> 00:09:13,168 [breathing heavily] 122 00:09:17,376 --> 00:09:19,709 ["Shotgun" by Junior Walker and The All Stars playing] 123 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:20,793 [crowd] Whoo! 124 00:09:26,251 --> 00:09:27,668 [indistinct chattering] 125 00:09:32,001 --> 00:09:32,959 -[door opens] -Oh! 126 00:09:33,043 --> 00:09:33,959 Excuse me. 127 00:09:36,001 --> 00:09:38,459 -Hey! My brother. -[man] Blyden. 128 00:09:38,543 --> 00:09:40,293 -Hey! -Hey! 129 00:09:40,376 --> 00:09:42,501 -What's up, man? -[man] What's up, man? Looking good. 130 00:09:43,418 --> 00:09:44,584 Welcome to the party. 131 00:09:46,626 --> 00:09:47,751 Mm. 132 00:09:47,834 --> 00:09:49,584 Good Lordy, Miss Claudia. 133 00:09:50,459 --> 00:09:54,376 Goodness. I'm just gonna squeeze right through here. [chuckles] 134 00:09:55,543 --> 00:09:57,043 I tell you, man, I go south again, 135 00:09:57,126 --> 00:09:59,793 it's gonna be with a gun in my hand and Brother Malcolm in my heart. 136 00:09:59,876 --> 00:10:00,709 Right. 137 00:10:00,793 --> 00:10:02,626 Hey! What's up, man? 138 00:10:02,709 --> 00:10:04,293 [woman] Bayard. Bayard. 139 00:10:05,668 --> 00:10:06,543 Bayard. 140 00:10:07,251 --> 00:10:09,168 Aw. [chuckles] 141 00:10:09,251 --> 00:10:11,376 "For ne'er I saw a true beauty till this night." 142 00:10:11,459 --> 00:10:13,001 Are you talking to the vodka or me? 143 00:10:13,084 --> 00:10:14,293 [both laugh] 144 00:10:15,626 --> 00:10:17,084 [crowd] Whoo! 145 00:10:18,668 --> 00:10:20,793 I take it there was some sort of protest? 146 00:10:20,876 --> 00:10:24,168 Uh, it kinda got derailed, so we invited everyone back here. 147 00:10:24,251 --> 00:10:25,584 NAACP! 148 00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:27,459 -Yeah! -[man] Nice. 149 00:10:28,293 --> 00:10:30,043 Obscure fact about Miss Ella Baker, 150 00:10:30,834 --> 00:10:32,751 early champion of SNCC. 151 00:10:32,834 --> 00:10:35,668 She's Al Capone when it comes to cards. 152 00:10:35,751 --> 00:10:39,084 Tonk, Bid Whist, Crazy Eights. [laughs] 153 00:10:41,126 --> 00:10:44,001 You're marvelous and have absolutely no idea who I am. 154 00:10:45,126 --> 00:10:46,626 Like you know what I know? 155 00:10:49,459 --> 00:10:50,293 [softly] Ice. 156 00:10:53,459 --> 00:10:55,251 Uh, who is that? 157 00:10:56,251 --> 00:10:58,793 ["Walking the Dog" by Rufus Thomas playing next door] 158 00:10:58,876 --> 00:11:00,168 Doors barricaded… 159 00:11:02,376 --> 00:11:03,834 tires slashed. 160 00:11:06,126 --> 00:11:07,043 No escape. 161 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,793 Firebombs thrown inside. 162 00:11:11,751 --> 00:11:13,418 Folks started screamin'. 163 00:11:16,001 --> 00:11:16,918 I finally get out. 164 00:11:17,959 --> 00:11:19,418 I'm on the ground. 165 00:11:21,418 --> 00:11:22,543 This white man… 166 00:11:24,959 --> 00:11:27,126 takes this pipe 167 00:11:28,126 --> 00:11:29,876 and hits me… 168 00:11:31,543 --> 00:11:34,043 over and over. 169 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:35,043 I'm so sorry. 170 00:11:36,293 --> 00:11:38,126 Like we give a shit you sorry. 171 00:11:38,918 --> 00:11:41,168 It's probably one of your uncles or cousins with that pipe. 172 00:11:41,251 --> 00:11:43,543 -I was raised in Brooklyn. -Listening to this shit? 173 00:11:43,626 --> 00:11:46,501 -Why would I have cousins in Alabama? -White boy talking shit. 174 00:11:46,584 --> 00:11:47,501 Tom isn't like that. 175 00:11:47,584 --> 00:11:49,793 Bet you these two are card-carrying members 176 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:53,334 of Martin-de-Lawd's nonviolence jamboree. 177 00:11:53,918 --> 00:11:56,584 So let's play. I'll be the redneck. 178 00:11:57,459 --> 00:11:59,793 Beat you so bad your body starts to scream. 179 00:12:00,626 --> 00:12:02,959 Beat you like they beat Tyrone. 180 00:12:03,668 --> 00:12:05,376 Beat you till you're calling for your mama. 181 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,543 Whoa, hey! 182 00:12:07,626 --> 00:12:10,418 I'm the one that's been preaching passive resistance 183 00:12:10,501 --> 00:12:11,751 since before you were born. 184 00:12:11,834 --> 00:12:13,959 -So hit me. -Bayard, I can take care of myself. 185 00:12:14,043 --> 00:12:17,959 The pacifist is opposed to using violence, but must be prepared to receive it. 186 00:12:18,959 --> 00:12:20,001 Only aim left. 187 00:12:20,543 --> 00:12:23,084 A policeman in '42 already took care of the right. 188 00:12:25,376 --> 00:12:26,209 Symmetry. 189 00:12:26,709 --> 00:12:27,793 [scoffs softly] 190 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:34,209 I hear when King said "git," 191 00:12:35,376 --> 00:12:38,918 you tucked your tail between your legs and swished away. 192 00:12:42,751 --> 00:12:43,709 You're irrelevant. 193 00:12:46,709 --> 00:12:49,209 It's Friday night. I've been called worse. 194 00:12:55,168 --> 00:12:56,668 [banging on door] 195 00:13:03,543 --> 00:13:05,376 So, what are you gonna do? 196 00:13:05,959 --> 00:13:09,376 Offering my face as a punching bag to a would-be Sugar Ray wasn't enough? 197 00:13:09,459 --> 00:13:10,959 I am talking about the party. 198 00:13:11,543 --> 00:13:16,209 A party is hors d'oeuvres, laughter, mambo for Latin lovers on the hi-fi. 199 00:13:16,293 --> 00:13:18,376 Earlier today, a fight almost broke out. 200 00:13:18,459 --> 00:13:20,168 It did not used to be like that. 201 00:13:20,251 --> 00:13:24,168 And now it is like that all the time. SNCC, CORE, the NAACP kids, 202 00:13:24,251 --> 00:13:28,001 we're all fighting over agendas and slogans and songs. 203 00:13:28,084 --> 00:13:30,501 -And you know who's winning? -Something tells me I'm about to find out. 204 00:13:30,584 --> 00:13:33,918 Bull Connor in Birmingham, Strom Thurmond on the Senate floor. 205 00:13:34,001 --> 00:13:38,418 While we all snap and snarl and eat each other alive. 206 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:41,668 -So, what are you gonna do? -I already have a job. 207 00:13:41,751 --> 00:13:44,168 Muste and I have worked together off and on since I was in my twenties. 208 00:13:44,251 --> 00:13:46,834 The man hates you because you possess everything that he does not, 209 00:13:46,918 --> 00:13:48,876 charm, passion, a goddamn pulse. 210 00:13:48,959 --> 00:13:52,293 Tom, you've yet to learn it is unwise to speak of that which you do not know. 211 00:13:52,376 --> 00:13:54,084 Why don't you just admit that you're still upset 212 00:13:54,168 --> 00:13:56,126 over what happened between you and Dr. King, 213 00:13:56,209 --> 00:13:57,918 and so you will use any excuse, 214 00:13:58,001 --> 00:13:59,626 including working a job that you hate… 215 00:13:59,709 --> 00:14:01,668 -Irrational. -…to avoid a cause that you love? 216 00:14:01,751 --> 00:14:03,959 You're smart about some things, not about everything. 217 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:05,126 I can have an opinion. 218 00:14:05,209 --> 00:14:08,834 And when it comes to my life, my past, especially as it relates to Martin, 219 00:14:08,918 --> 00:14:10,668 I have the right to say, "Enough!" 220 00:14:19,668 --> 00:14:20,668 [lighter clicks] 221 00:14:26,668 --> 00:14:28,584 Last time I checked, that was illegal. 222 00:14:31,626 --> 00:14:33,293 Last time I checked, so were we. 223 00:14:37,959 --> 00:14:39,126 [clicks] 224 00:14:40,584 --> 00:14:42,459 [jazz double bass solo playing] 225 00:15:05,668 --> 00:15:06,668 [music stops] 226 00:15:14,293 --> 00:15:15,334 [kisses] 227 00:15:15,418 --> 00:15:17,376 -I've had an idea. -Hm. 228 00:15:20,168 --> 00:15:21,584 Wanna be my assistant again? 229 00:15:23,334 --> 00:15:24,209 Of course. 230 00:15:24,709 --> 00:15:26,668 Give me the Randolph/Truman '48 folder. 231 00:15:26,751 --> 00:15:28,001 In that trunk over there. 232 00:15:34,084 --> 00:15:37,418 Thirty years ago, Gandhi walked to the sea, 233 00:15:38,126 --> 00:15:39,959 picked up a handful of salt, 234 00:15:40,668 --> 00:15:43,293 and inspired a movement that brought down an empire. 235 00:15:44,126 --> 00:15:47,501 The time has come for us to do the same. 236 00:15:47,584 --> 00:15:49,001 [swing music playing] 237 00:15:54,709 --> 00:15:56,959 We are going to put together 238 00:15:57,043 --> 00:16:01,418 the largest peaceful protest in the history of this nation. 239 00:16:01,501 --> 00:16:02,584 How big? 240 00:16:03,293 --> 00:16:05,584 One hundred thousand people. 241 00:16:05,668 --> 00:16:06,751 Is he for real? 242 00:16:06,834 --> 00:16:09,293 A massive two-day demonstration 243 00:16:09,376 --> 00:16:12,418 with enough power to shut down the White House and Capitol Hill. 244 00:16:12,501 --> 00:16:16,793 Made up of angelic troublemakers such as yourselves, 245 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:19,626 with ideas so bold, so inspiring, 246 00:16:19,709 --> 00:16:23,376 their execution will demand all groups draw tightly together and become one. 247 00:16:24,376 --> 00:16:27,084 So, talk, shout, take command! 248 00:16:27,168 --> 00:16:30,334 What if we flood the offices of every member of the House and Senate 249 00:16:30,418 --> 00:16:33,334 with delegates of the church, labor, civil rights? 250 00:16:33,418 --> 00:16:34,543 -And-- -And? And? 251 00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:37,001 And such numbers the legislative branch will cease to function. 252 00:16:37,084 --> 00:16:38,334 Write it on the wall. 253 00:16:38,418 --> 00:16:41,459 No, no. It is impossible to train that many effective lobbyists-- 254 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:45,459 No, no, no. Do not kill an impulse before it's born. 255 00:16:45,543 --> 00:16:48,709 What if they were constituents from their respective states 256 00:16:48,793 --> 00:16:51,334 who refused to leave until they've been heard? 257 00:16:51,418 --> 00:16:53,709 -Now that's collaboration. -[all laugh] 258 00:16:53,793 --> 00:16:56,709 -[Bayard] Write it on the wall. -Why can't you be collaborative like Norm? 259 00:16:56,793 --> 00:16:58,418 -I… Shut up. -[chuckles] 260 00:16:58,501 --> 00:17:00,793 -Somebody didn't go home last night. -Shut up. [chuckles] 261 00:17:00,876 --> 00:17:03,793 Rachelle? How many bodies does it take to surround the White House? 262 00:17:03,876 --> 00:17:04,751 How many? 263 00:17:05,876 --> 00:17:07,626 Sorry. I thought that was a setup for a joke. 264 00:17:07,709 --> 00:17:09,584 -You literally want me to find out? -Yes! 265 00:17:09,668 --> 00:17:13,418 Because on day two, we shall surround the White House… 266 00:17:13,501 --> 00:17:15,043 Draw the White House on the board. 267 00:17:15,126 --> 00:17:16,626 …while serenading the president. 268 00:17:16,709 --> 00:17:20,084 ♪ Ain't gonna let the president Turn me around ♪ 269 00:17:20,168 --> 00:17:21,001 Come on now. 270 00:17:21,084 --> 00:17:23,251 ♪ Turn me around ♪ 271 00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:24,418 ♪ Turn me around ♪ 272 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:28,209 ♪ Ain't gonna let the president Turn me around ♪ 273 00:17:28,293 --> 00:17:30,459 -♪ I'm gonna-- ♪ -♪ Keep on walking ♪ 274 00:17:30,543 --> 00:17:31,959 ♪ Keep on talking ♪ 275 00:17:32,043 --> 00:17:32,876 Come on now. 276 00:17:32,959 --> 00:17:34,918 ♪ Marching up to freedom land ♪ 277 00:17:35,001 --> 00:17:36,626 [cheering] 278 00:17:36,709 --> 00:17:40,209 Well, what about sleeping arrangements? DC only has so many Negro hotels. 279 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,251 How about tents? You know, like a-- 280 00:17:42,334 --> 00:17:47,418 A sea of tents, big and bold enough to unify an entire movement. 281 00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:49,834 -Give me that thing. -[all laugh] 282 00:17:50,793 --> 00:17:54,126 And near the Lincoln Memorial, a stage where the head 283 00:17:54,209 --> 00:17:56,876 of every civil rights organization can be heard. 284 00:17:56,959 --> 00:17:58,793 Why just the heads? 285 00:17:59,459 --> 00:18:01,834 [all] Ooh! 286 00:18:01,918 --> 00:18:03,959 [Bayard] More! More! 287 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:05,959 We're not done yet. 288 00:18:07,168 --> 00:18:09,293 You know there's a lot we can do. 289 00:18:09,376 --> 00:18:12,043 -Get the signatures. We'll follow up-- -Yeah. 290 00:18:12,126 --> 00:18:13,793 That's a really good start. 291 00:18:14,376 --> 00:18:17,084 I think we need to organize this in a way that we all can… 292 00:18:17,168 --> 00:18:18,168 [music continues] 293 00:18:24,626 --> 00:18:25,501 [music stops] 294 00:18:36,043 --> 00:18:39,501 In '41, you called for a large-scale march 295 00:18:39,584 --> 00:18:42,709 to protest discrimination in the defense industry but then canceled. 296 00:18:42,793 --> 00:18:45,168 No, Roosevelt acquiesced to our demands. 297 00:18:45,668 --> 00:18:47,584 As did Truman in '48. 298 00:18:48,251 --> 00:18:51,168 Executive Order 9981, 299 00:18:51,251 --> 00:18:53,959 the end of segregation in the armed forces. 300 00:18:56,626 --> 00:18:59,043 -[spoon clinks] -The time has come for another. 301 00:19:00,626 --> 00:19:02,876 -No, Bayard. -I can handle all the grunt work. 302 00:19:03,418 --> 00:19:06,084 Building a grassroots operation, rally the young. 303 00:19:06,168 --> 00:19:08,418 But when it comes to the old guard… 304 00:19:08,501 --> 00:19:10,584 -Roy. -Especially Roy. 305 00:19:11,293 --> 00:19:12,793 …I'm considered a pariah. 306 00:19:13,876 --> 00:19:14,709 I need you. 307 00:19:15,209 --> 00:19:16,918 Bayard, I can't. 308 00:19:17,001 --> 00:19:19,751 If Lucille makes it to another summer-- 309 00:19:19,834 --> 00:19:23,043 We honor her by doing the work we've always done. 310 00:19:23,834 --> 00:19:25,709 The work the two of you did together. 311 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:29,126 [jazz music playing] 312 00:19:29,209 --> 00:19:30,293 [phones ringing] 313 00:19:30,959 --> 00:19:33,959 No matter what Roy says or does, I need you to behave. 314 00:19:34,043 --> 00:19:35,668 I do not have issues with Roy. 315 00:19:35,751 --> 00:19:37,459 It's Roy who has issues with me. 316 00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:39,709 But in deference to both you and the cause, 317 00:19:39,793 --> 00:19:41,459 I'll sit in the corner and smile. 318 00:19:42,168 --> 00:19:45,959 After a day spent flooding the capital and encircling the White House 319 00:19:46,043 --> 00:19:49,793 so that the president of the United States cannot get in or out of his own home, 320 00:19:49,876 --> 00:19:53,501 our intrepid protesters would retire to tents 321 00:19:53,584 --> 00:19:55,418 which now cover the National Mall. 322 00:19:55,501 --> 00:19:57,876 Chief, do you plan on pulling this together yourself? 323 00:19:57,959 --> 00:20:01,709 We all know there's only one person who can organize an event of this scale. 324 00:20:04,168 --> 00:20:05,168 Bayard. 325 00:20:05,709 --> 00:20:07,959 I was under the impression you were busy serving-- 326 00:20:08,043 --> 00:20:10,543 I mean, saving white people from the bomb. 327 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:12,334 -[scattered chuckling] -I go where needed. 328 00:20:12,418 --> 00:20:15,251 Chief, if memory serves me, this is your third attempt. 329 00:20:15,334 --> 00:20:17,251 -He did not say "attempt." -Did you say something? 330 00:20:17,334 --> 00:20:20,709 "Attempt" is hardly the word I'd use to describe the actions of a man 331 00:20:20,793 --> 00:20:24,001 who is single-handedly responsible for integrating both the armed forces 332 00:20:24,084 --> 00:20:25,084 and the defense industry. 333 00:20:25,751 --> 00:20:27,334 -[man] Roy. -[Roy] Yes, Medgar. 334 00:20:27,418 --> 00:20:29,043 Most of our folks in Mississippi 335 00:20:29,126 --> 00:20:31,543 have never been outside of their hometowns, 336 00:20:31,626 --> 00:20:34,376 so the opportunity to march with people from all over… 337 00:20:34,459 --> 00:20:35,293 There it is. 338 00:20:35,376 --> 00:20:39,251 …will afford them the chance to discover not only are they not alone… 339 00:20:39,334 --> 00:20:40,168 He gets it. 340 00:20:40,251 --> 00:20:43,626 …but are engaged in a struggle far greater than they ever dreamed. 341 00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:45,793 Thank you, Brother Evers. 342 00:20:46,334 --> 00:20:48,168 Chief, what size crowd are you projecting? 343 00:20:48,251 --> 00:20:50,501 One hundred thousand people. 344 00:20:50,584 --> 00:20:51,959 -[murmuring] -[man 2] It can't be done. 345 00:20:52,043 --> 00:20:54,418 Mr. Wilkins, forgive me, but that's impractical. 346 00:20:54,501 --> 00:20:57,918 Elias here's from Alabama, field organizer. 347 00:20:59,668 --> 00:21:02,168 Perhaps you have facts to substantiate your claims? 348 00:21:02,668 --> 00:21:04,251 Previous DC demonstrations. 349 00:21:05,251 --> 00:21:07,668 In 1913, 8,000 suffragettes, 350 00:21:07,751 --> 00:21:10,084 in '26, 25,000 Ku Klux Klan, 351 00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:15,418 and in 1932, 42,000 veterans marched and were attacked with tear gas and tanks. 352 00:21:16,001 --> 00:21:17,543 -[Roy] Who led the attack? -The military. 353 00:21:17,626 --> 00:21:19,418 -And the race of the veterans? -White. 354 00:21:19,918 --> 00:21:21,709 White boys. 355 00:21:21,793 --> 00:21:23,126 [murmuring] 356 00:21:24,334 --> 00:21:28,126 Young man, your facts are correct. Your sense of history is not. 357 00:21:28,626 --> 00:21:32,751 Those 42,000 men marched on Washington, DC because it was the Depression. 358 00:21:32,834 --> 00:21:34,584 And after dutifully serving their country, 359 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:38,084 found themselves without jobs and homes and food to feed their family. 360 00:21:38,168 --> 00:21:40,793 And when they took to the streets and were attacked, 361 00:21:40,876 --> 00:21:42,918 the world did, in fact, bear witness. 362 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:45,543 Gandhi brought an empire down to its knees-- 363 00:21:45,626 --> 00:21:48,543 Will someone please tell this man that this is not India? 364 00:21:48,626 --> 00:21:51,834 For decades, the NAACP has been legally leading the charge, 365 00:21:51,918 --> 00:21:56,251 and now you're proposing 100,000 Black folks invade Washington, DC. 366 00:21:56,334 --> 00:22:00,334 -Have you talked to Martin about this? -I lost his number. He lost mine. 367 00:22:00,418 --> 00:22:03,043 Well, Dr. King, who hasn't lost my number, 368 00:22:03,126 --> 00:22:06,501 has come to understand that mass lobbying is sheer madness. 369 00:22:06,584 --> 00:22:10,751 Brown v. Board is the crowning glory of this organization, 370 00:22:10,834 --> 00:22:14,084 yet all across the South, when Negro children sleep, 371 00:22:14,168 --> 00:22:17,626 they see "whites only" signs instead of their dreams. 372 00:22:17,709 --> 00:22:20,876 Counting on the courts to eradicate racial inequity, 373 00:22:20,959 --> 00:22:22,126 that's madness! 374 00:22:26,418 --> 00:22:29,626 Mr. Randolph, you are a giant amongst men, 375 00:22:30,501 --> 00:22:32,209 but when it comes to this, 376 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:35,126 the NAACP says no. 377 00:22:37,293 --> 00:22:39,293 [murmuring] 378 00:22:45,918 --> 00:22:46,793 [door closes] 379 00:22:46,876 --> 00:22:51,084 Now that Roy has made his position clear, 380 00:22:51,668 --> 00:22:55,001 Dr. King's number, which you have allegedly lost? 381 00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:57,793 Go find it. 382 00:23:02,043 --> 00:23:03,209 [footsteps receding] 383 00:23:03,293 --> 00:23:05,376 -[buckle jingles] -[footsteps approaching] 384 00:23:07,334 --> 00:23:08,376 [urinating] 385 00:23:11,126 --> 00:23:13,084 "When an individual is protesting 386 00:23:13,168 --> 00:23:15,834 society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity, 387 00:23:15,918 --> 00:23:19,126 his act of protest confers dignity on him." 388 00:23:22,043 --> 00:23:24,709 -Why are you quoting me to me? -You're an inspiration. 389 00:23:25,793 --> 00:23:28,793 Inspiration untethered from action loses all value. 390 00:23:28,876 --> 00:23:29,709 Who said that? 391 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:31,584 -I did… -[zipper zips] 392 00:23:31,668 --> 00:23:33,126 -…just now. -[toilet flushes] 393 00:23:34,793 --> 00:23:36,251 -[opens tap] -[water running] 394 00:23:36,959 --> 00:23:39,918 Now, I agree with Mr. Evers. Your idea has potential. 395 00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:42,334 I would have spoken up, but I didn't think it was my place. 396 00:23:42,418 --> 00:23:43,251 [paper towels rustle] 397 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:46,668 It wasn't your place to voice support, but it was yours to help tear it down? 398 00:23:47,751 --> 00:23:52,584 Your march is possible without the NAACP, but not without Dr. King. 399 00:23:52,668 --> 00:23:54,334 And Mr. Wilkins knows it. 400 00:23:58,793 --> 00:23:59,834 Elias Taylor. 401 00:24:00,751 --> 00:24:02,543 Looked like you was about to ask. 402 00:24:02,626 --> 00:24:05,001 I was about to ask something, but it wasn't that. 403 00:24:06,126 --> 00:24:07,376 [chuckles] 404 00:24:07,459 --> 00:24:09,709 -I was warned. [chuckles] -[chuckles] 405 00:24:10,918 --> 00:24:12,918 Well, whatever you wanna say, you just say it. 406 00:24:13,001 --> 00:24:14,334 -Doesn't everyone? -No. 407 00:24:15,668 --> 00:24:18,876 No, most people are modest, cautious, afraid. 408 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:22,626 So say it, whatever's on your mind this very second. 409 00:24:22,709 --> 00:24:24,043 No caution, no fear. 410 00:24:29,876 --> 00:24:30,793 [scoffs] 411 00:24:30,876 --> 00:24:33,001 My wife is in town through Saturday night. 412 00:24:35,209 --> 00:24:36,084 [Bayard chuckles] 413 00:24:42,043 --> 00:24:43,709 [man] Now, Mr. Wilkins here, he's a… 414 00:24:44,293 --> 00:24:46,834 Mr. Rustin. Claudia Taylor. 415 00:24:47,543 --> 00:24:48,793 -Have we… -Oh, years ago. 416 00:24:48,876 --> 00:24:51,043 I volunteered for the Women's Political Council 417 00:24:51,126 --> 00:24:52,334 during the bus boycott. 418 00:24:52,418 --> 00:24:55,626 [inhales] You spoke, and my spirit soared. 419 00:24:56,251 --> 00:24:57,459 Uh, Elias. 420 00:24:58,626 --> 00:24:59,626 Have you two met? 421 00:25:00,376 --> 00:25:01,876 -Just now. -Earlier? 422 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:04,043 Mr. Wilkins chose Elias to coordinate the efforts 423 00:25:04,126 --> 00:25:06,126 between the national and regional branches 424 00:25:06,209 --> 00:25:08,376 before he takes over for my daddy's church. 425 00:25:08,459 --> 00:25:12,543 Such a vocation holds great rewards both worldly and celestial. 426 00:25:12,626 --> 00:25:15,043 -A heavenly calling indeed. -[Bayard] Hm. 427 00:25:15,126 --> 00:25:18,584 But once my daddy says yes, I expect a Lincoln like my mama's. 428 00:25:18,668 --> 00:25:19,793 [all laugh] 429 00:25:22,543 --> 00:25:25,876 Well, I hope to see you both again very soon, perhaps on the Sabbath. 430 00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:28,126 Oh, sadly, no. I leave Saturday. 431 00:25:28,209 --> 00:25:30,334 But wouldn't that have been a dream? 432 00:25:31,459 --> 00:25:33,834 -[distant traffic buzzing] -[footsteps receding] 433 00:25:33,918 --> 00:25:35,293 [horns honking] 434 00:25:35,876 --> 00:25:36,751 Careful. 435 00:25:37,876 --> 00:25:40,168 I asked you to be my assistant, not Mrs. Rustin. 436 00:25:41,043 --> 00:25:42,793 That is, if you still want the job. 437 00:25:43,293 --> 00:25:44,501 Mwah! 438 00:25:45,793 --> 00:25:48,709 [horn honks loudly] 439 00:25:48,793 --> 00:25:51,126 ["Everybody Loves a Lover" by Doris Day playing] 440 00:25:51,209 --> 00:25:53,459 The first time I was invited into Martin's home, 441 00:25:53,543 --> 00:25:55,334 there were guns under the sofa, 442 00:25:55,418 --> 00:25:56,543 guards on the front porch. 443 00:25:56,626 --> 00:26:00,834 Understandably so, given the threats being leveled at he and his family. 444 00:26:01,626 --> 00:26:04,584 I started talking to him about passive resistance. 445 00:26:05,126 --> 00:26:07,543 Over time, the guns went away. 446 00:26:08,251 --> 00:26:12,126 So Dr. King's stance on nonviolence, he got from you? 447 00:26:12,209 --> 00:26:15,918 -By way of Jesus Christ, Gandhi, Thoreau. -[laughs] 448 00:26:17,501 --> 00:26:18,584 So he trusted you. 449 00:26:19,168 --> 00:26:21,626 I always told him what I knew to be true. 450 00:26:23,334 --> 00:26:25,168 Excuse me. Vodka water. 451 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:29,126 And how about a… Manhattan? 452 00:26:29,626 --> 00:26:32,793 -Ha! After two, you'll be a changed man. -Well, in that case, give me three. 453 00:26:32,876 --> 00:26:35,334 -Ah! [laughing] -["I Don't Know" by Ruth Brown playing] 454 00:26:35,418 --> 00:26:37,709 Oh, the man is asthmatic. Mm. 455 00:26:37,793 --> 00:26:40,001 Now, he can barely walk or breathe, 456 00:26:40,084 --> 00:26:45,459 but the second he hits that pulpit, you know the end of the world is at hand. 457 00:26:46,168 --> 00:26:49,334 -Oh! Well, I'm gonna burn in hell. -For sharing how you feel? 458 00:26:49,418 --> 00:26:53,209 Oh, for not revering a man who welcomed me into his home and hates my guts. 459 00:26:53,293 --> 00:26:55,793 And I feel the exact same way about him. 460 00:26:55,876 --> 00:26:57,751 -Mm-hmm. Mm. -[laughing] 461 00:26:58,376 --> 00:27:01,543 Oh, you're bad. You're good. I'll have another. Do you want one? 462 00:27:01,626 --> 00:27:02,834 You got it. 463 00:27:02,918 --> 00:27:04,751 So, the church, 464 00:27:04,834 --> 00:27:06,168 your dream or hers? 465 00:27:06,251 --> 00:27:08,459 Well, I've always wanted to serve the Lord. 466 00:27:10,209 --> 00:27:12,251 -And you were raised… -Quaker. 467 00:27:12,334 --> 00:27:13,709 -[Elias] Nah. -[chuckles] 468 00:27:13,793 --> 00:27:14,959 My parents… [chuckles] 469 00:27:15,543 --> 00:27:19,418 Well, really, my grandparents raised me after their daughter, 470 00:27:20,626 --> 00:27:22,418 my mother, flew the coop. 471 00:27:24,501 --> 00:27:28,876 So… the rumors about you and Dr. King… 472 00:27:28,959 --> 00:27:30,668 Ugh! An ugly lie 473 00:27:31,293 --> 00:27:34,584 perpetrated by Adam Clayton Powell to stop a planned protest. 474 00:27:36,043 --> 00:27:38,668 He threatened to share his lie with the press. 475 00:27:39,459 --> 00:27:40,293 [groans] 476 00:27:40,376 --> 00:27:42,834 I called Martin's bluff and resigned. 477 00:27:44,918 --> 00:27:46,501 [chuckles] He accepted, 478 00:27:47,418 --> 00:27:50,876 effectively ending my connection to the movement. 479 00:27:52,918 --> 00:27:55,584 Months later, Reverend Powell was made chairman 480 00:27:55,668 --> 00:27:57,543 of the House Committee on Education and Labor. 481 00:27:57,626 --> 00:28:00,876 ♪ I get a thrill that's much too much ♪ 482 00:28:00,959 --> 00:28:04,376 ♪ Too much, too much, too much ♪ 483 00:28:06,668 --> 00:28:09,334 ♪ Could a heart so right ♪ 484 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:13,918 ♪ Be led so wrong… ♪ 485 00:28:15,168 --> 00:28:16,001 You're okay… 486 00:28:17,376 --> 00:28:18,209 in here… 487 00:28:19,918 --> 00:28:20,751 at this hour. 488 00:28:21,251 --> 00:28:23,251 ♪ Would it last this long… ♪ 489 00:28:24,168 --> 00:28:26,168 [indistinct chattering, laughing] 490 00:28:26,876 --> 00:28:30,709 -♪ I don't know ♪ -♪ I don't know, I don't know ♪ 491 00:28:31,626 --> 00:28:35,084 -♪ I don't know ♪ -♪ I don't know, I don't know ♪ 492 00:28:38,709 --> 00:28:41,209 That's drilled into you the day you're born, huh? 493 00:28:41,293 --> 00:28:43,543 They think you're less than, so you gotta be better than. 494 00:28:43,626 --> 00:28:46,709 -Yes. -So be charming, be perfect, be polite. 495 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:49,834 The suffocating chains of Negro respectability. 496 00:28:51,043 --> 00:28:56,168 When I told Ma Rustin I preferred dancing with boys instead of girls, she said, 497 00:28:57,293 --> 00:28:59,209 "What would you have me do with that?" 498 00:29:00,376 --> 00:29:04,043 And then she said, "I suppose that's what you need to do." 499 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:09,751 When Martin speaks, he holds nothing back. 500 00:29:10,751 --> 00:29:13,959 That's what people feel when they hear him. 501 00:29:14,876 --> 00:29:15,709 Truth. 502 00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:18,501 So tell me, 503 00:29:19,626 --> 00:29:20,834 Elias Taylor, 504 00:29:22,876 --> 00:29:24,626 how can you preach salvation 505 00:29:25,293 --> 00:29:27,001 and not wanna save yourself? 506 00:29:28,043 --> 00:29:29,668 How can you speak of love 507 00:29:30,168 --> 00:29:32,959 when your heart is disconnected from your flesh? 508 00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:36,793 [chuckles] Ah. 509 00:29:36,876 --> 00:29:38,626 [sensual music playing] 510 00:29:38,709 --> 00:29:40,834 And when Roy said, 511 00:29:40,918 --> 00:29:43,793 "Elias, can you substantiate your claim?" 512 00:29:43,876 --> 00:29:46,584 and you pulled out that piece of paper, 513 00:29:46,668 --> 00:29:48,959 I hope you didn't think that I was go-- 514 00:29:53,376 --> 00:29:55,334 [softly] Teach me how not to be afraid. 515 00:30:15,418 --> 00:30:16,334 Good night. 516 00:30:32,626 --> 00:30:33,918 [woman] Lord, no. 517 00:30:42,376 --> 00:30:43,376 [inaudible] 518 00:30:55,668 --> 00:30:56,876 [man] Shame on Reverend King. 519 00:30:56,959 --> 00:31:00,293 Sending those poor children to march the streets of Birmingham? 520 00:31:01,543 --> 00:31:06,084 A man in uniform unleashes attack dogs, turns fire hoses on the innocent, 521 00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:08,251 and the first words out of your goddamn mouth 522 00:31:08,334 --> 00:31:10,459 are "shame on Reverend King"? 523 00:31:10,543 --> 00:31:12,043 Bayard, there's no reason-- 524 00:31:12,126 --> 00:31:15,459 You see this and think, "Those poor Negroes down south," 525 00:31:15,543 --> 00:31:18,668 incapable of understanding they are beyond powerful, 526 00:31:18,751 --> 00:31:23,209 because today they discovered a bravery they never knew they had. 527 00:31:23,293 --> 00:31:25,293 -A bravery you'll never know. -[colleague] Now, Bayard-- 528 00:31:25,376 --> 00:31:28,168 You sit behind that desk as you've sat for over 30 years, 529 00:31:28,251 --> 00:31:31,043 convincing yourself that you're committed to saving the world, 530 00:31:31,126 --> 00:31:35,001 when the only thing you're committed to is your own safety and superiority. 531 00:31:35,084 --> 00:31:36,501 Bayard, enough. 532 00:31:36,584 --> 00:31:39,001 Railing against Jim because of the color of his skin. 533 00:31:39,084 --> 00:31:42,168 I'm not railing against Jim because of the color of his skin. 534 00:31:42,251 --> 00:31:45,959 I'm railing at Jim for being arrogant and ill-informed. 535 00:31:46,043 --> 00:31:48,376 The fact that he happens to be white while doing so, well, 536 00:31:48,459 --> 00:31:50,126 that's between him and the Lord. 537 00:31:51,084 --> 00:31:52,334 [footsteps receding] 538 00:31:53,501 --> 00:31:57,751 Every day, we agree to surrender that which makes us different 539 00:31:57,834 --> 00:32:00,418 so that together we might forge a more humane world. 540 00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:02,418 I can't surrender my differences. 541 00:32:02,501 --> 00:32:03,876 The world won't let me. 542 00:32:03,959 --> 00:32:06,459 And even if I could, I wouldn't want to. Not today. 543 00:32:07,543 --> 00:32:08,584 Not today. 544 00:32:08,668 --> 00:32:09,626 What are you doing? 545 00:32:10,251 --> 00:32:11,501 Where are you going? 546 00:32:14,084 --> 00:32:16,793 Bayard, you must stay here where I can protect you 547 00:32:16,876 --> 00:32:18,709 from the world and from yourself. 548 00:32:18,793 --> 00:32:21,793 You are a man of exceptional skills and of keen intellect, 549 00:32:21,876 --> 00:32:26,501 but until you admit your anger at being abandoned by your parents, 550 00:32:26,584 --> 00:32:30,584 which is why you became homosexual, to hurt them and yourself, 551 00:32:30,668 --> 00:32:33,543 you will never be fully whole, do you hear me? 552 00:32:34,376 --> 00:32:38,084 Not as a man and not as a person committed to saving the world. 553 00:32:38,168 --> 00:32:42,543 Mr. Muste, sir, have you ever been to a Negro church? 554 00:32:43,251 --> 00:32:44,709 Innumerable times. 555 00:32:44,793 --> 00:32:47,251 As a Quaker, I'd never seen anything like it. 556 00:32:47,751 --> 00:32:50,418 The hand-clapping, the singing, the shouting. 557 00:32:50,918 --> 00:32:51,751 It felt like… 558 00:32:52,876 --> 00:32:54,626 exalted rage. 559 00:32:55,584 --> 00:32:59,876 So instead of standing here and saying something I might regret, 560 00:32:59,959 --> 00:33:00,959 I'm gonna leave. 561 00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:03,001 And this coming Sunday… 562 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:06,834 I'm going to church. 563 00:33:09,626 --> 00:33:11,543 -[footsteps receding] -[door closes] 564 00:33:13,793 --> 00:33:15,376 [Latin jazz music playing] 565 00:33:17,543 --> 00:33:20,209 This, uh, new young preacher that's working for Roy, 566 00:33:20,293 --> 00:33:23,043 I hear he's so fine the Lord cried when he made him. 567 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:27,418 I have no idea to what or whom you are referring. 568 00:33:27,501 --> 00:33:31,376 What about the other one? What's his name? The… The pale one. Tom. 569 00:33:31,459 --> 00:33:33,543 -[laughs] -Is that more your flavor? 570 00:33:33,626 --> 00:33:35,209 I am drawn to beauty, 571 00:33:35,293 --> 00:33:39,043 Black, white, indeterminate, so long as they're passionate and smart. 572 00:33:39,126 --> 00:33:42,209 Why is everyone so obsessed with what I'm doing and with whom? 573 00:33:42,293 --> 00:33:45,626 I'm just curious as to why it took you so long to return my calls. 574 00:33:45,709 --> 00:33:49,209 Because, my dear Miss Baker, you casually ask questions 575 00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:51,709 which cut to the core of one's soul. 576 00:33:52,709 --> 00:33:56,043 -So why aren't you on a bus to Atlanta? -Because I do not care. 577 00:33:57,334 --> 00:34:00,251 And besides, Dr. King is doing just fine. 578 00:34:01,126 --> 00:34:02,543 Albany, Georgia. 579 00:34:02,626 --> 00:34:06,418 -You call that doing just fine? -Who tries to integrate an entire town? 580 00:34:07,709 --> 00:34:11,501 Your focus must be singular. A… A lunch counter, a bus boycott. 581 00:34:11,584 --> 00:34:15,043 Sheriff Pritchett undermined every media-savvy move Martin made. 582 00:34:15,126 --> 00:34:17,918 As a result, the civil rights struggle got swept off the front pages 583 00:34:18,001 --> 00:34:19,043 of The New York Times. 584 00:34:19,126 --> 00:34:21,084 -[phone ringing] -I thought you didn't care. 585 00:34:21,668 --> 00:34:25,501 Of course I care about the cause. More so Coretta and the kids. 586 00:34:25,584 --> 00:34:27,584 -Just answer the phone. -[Bayard] Yes? 587 00:34:27,668 --> 00:34:28,584 [music stops] 588 00:34:29,376 --> 00:34:30,626 [softly] Ella, turn on the TV. 589 00:34:31,626 --> 00:34:32,709 What? Okay. 590 00:34:35,001 --> 00:34:36,959 …where legal remedies are not at hand. 591 00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:42,043 Redress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations and protests, 592 00:34:42,626 --> 00:34:46,626 which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. 593 00:34:47,543 --> 00:34:50,584 We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and a people. 594 00:34:51,501 --> 00:34:54,751 Next week, I shall ask the Congress of the United States to act. 595 00:34:55,418 --> 00:34:58,126 To make a commitment it has not fully made in this century 596 00:34:58,626 --> 00:35:01,459 to the proposition that race has no place 597 00:35:02,043 --> 00:35:04,084 in American life or law. 598 00:35:04,918 --> 00:35:05,751 The Federal-- 599 00:35:09,918 --> 00:35:12,459 On your own, you and Martin are fine, 600 00:35:13,376 --> 00:35:15,668 but together, you are fire. 601 00:35:16,793 --> 00:35:18,584 -Now, he needs you… -I can't. 602 00:35:18,668 --> 00:35:21,168 …to help him figure out what's next, and you need him 603 00:35:21,251 --> 00:35:23,501 to nationalize this march. 604 00:35:23,584 --> 00:35:26,543 And don't you dare tell me about your damn job as an excuse. 605 00:35:26,626 --> 00:35:31,668 I quit my job this afternoon or took a leave of absence or something. 606 00:35:31,751 --> 00:35:32,668 Good. 607 00:35:35,251 --> 00:35:38,543 A shark trapped in a damn shot glass. 608 00:35:39,418 --> 00:35:41,918 Now, I never believed for one second Powell's lie, 609 00:35:42,001 --> 00:35:45,584 but I do believe that he saw the power that you and Martin had, 610 00:35:45,668 --> 00:35:47,001 and it threatened him. 611 00:35:48,501 --> 00:35:49,626 Threatens 'em all. 612 00:35:51,251 --> 00:35:52,876 But this… this country 613 00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:57,334 has failed us over and over again. 614 00:35:58,168 --> 00:36:03,501 And even so, each day, we forgive by fighting to make things right. 615 00:36:03,584 --> 00:36:06,709 And yet you can't forgive Martin for failing you that one time? 616 00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:14,626 This new generation is restless and… and angry. 617 00:36:16,043 --> 00:36:17,918 You want that anger to turn to blood? 618 00:36:18,584 --> 00:36:19,834 Our children's blood? 619 00:36:19,918 --> 00:36:23,751 Or will you harness it with Martin for our freedom? 620 00:36:26,126 --> 00:36:27,084 You go. 621 00:36:29,459 --> 00:36:31,501 You go get your friend back. 622 00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:36,459 [sniffles] 623 00:36:38,293 --> 00:36:41,543 [radio announcer] That 1510 spot way down south here in Dixie. 624 00:36:41,626 --> 00:36:45,334 John R., WLAC soul center, Nashville, Tennessee, 625 00:36:45,918 --> 00:36:49,751 the broadcasting service of Life and Casualty Insurance Company. 626 00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:51,626 [mellow saxophone solo playing] 627 00:37:01,418 --> 00:37:02,668 Don't touch that nigger. 628 00:37:11,543 --> 00:37:12,543 Get on back now. 629 00:37:14,168 --> 00:37:17,834 If I move, this child will never know that an injustice is taking place. 630 00:37:19,209 --> 00:37:20,418 -[punch thuds] -[both grunt] 631 00:37:20,501 --> 00:37:21,918 [both grunting] 632 00:37:22,001 --> 00:37:23,668 -I'm not resisting. -[grunting] 633 00:37:24,834 --> 00:37:25,918 I'm not-- [straining] 634 00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:27,834 -I'm-- [grunts] -[body thuds] 635 00:37:28,501 --> 00:37:30,668 -[both grunt] -[music continues] 636 00:37:31,293 --> 00:37:32,376 [punches thudding] 637 00:37:45,293 --> 00:37:46,501 [grunts] 638 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:50,751 -[music stops] -[bus engine running] 639 00:38:05,459 --> 00:38:07,668 ["Lucille" by Little Richard playing] 640 00:38:19,668 --> 00:38:20,793 [music fading] 641 00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:23,418 [doorbell chimes] 642 00:38:25,793 --> 00:38:28,251 -Bayard. Oh my word! -Coretta. 643 00:38:28,334 --> 00:38:30,084 -As I live and breathe! -[laughing] 644 00:38:30,793 --> 00:38:33,918 -When did you get into town? -Oh, within the hour. 645 00:38:34,001 --> 00:38:35,251 Oh, look at you. 646 00:38:35,334 --> 00:38:37,918 -No, look at you. -Oh, you must stay for dinner. 647 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:39,834 Oh, you better ask the master of the house. 648 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,709 Oh, hush. You can't be a master without slaves, 649 00:38:42,793 --> 00:38:45,001 and in this house, there are neither. [chuckles] 650 00:38:45,084 --> 00:38:46,793 Oh, you must see the children. 651 00:38:46,876 --> 00:38:49,168 I did it! Look, I did it! 652 00:38:49,251 --> 00:38:52,251 -[girl] Shut up. -So, Madam Coloratura. 653 00:38:52,334 --> 00:38:53,918 Carnegie Hall? 654 00:38:54,001 --> 00:38:58,168 -I know some folks who know some folks. -You haven't been here ten minutes. 655 00:38:58,751 --> 00:39:01,584 ♪ This little light of mine ♪ 656 00:39:01,668 --> 00:39:04,959 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 657 00:39:06,418 --> 00:39:10,876 ♪ This little light of mine ♪ 658 00:39:11,418 --> 00:39:15,084 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 659 00:39:15,168 --> 00:39:19,251 ♪ This little light of mine ♪ 660 00:39:19,334 --> 00:39:23,126 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 661 00:39:23,209 --> 00:39:25,459 ♪ Let it shine ♪ 662 00:39:25,543 --> 00:39:28,084 ♪ Let it shine ♪ 663 00:39:28,584 --> 00:39:29,959 ♪ Let it shine ♪ 664 00:39:30,043 --> 00:39:30,876 All right. All right. 665 00:39:30,959 --> 00:39:33,126 -♪ Everywhere I go ♪ -♪ Go ♪ 666 00:39:33,209 --> 00:39:36,043 -♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ -Oh! 667 00:39:36,126 --> 00:39:38,001 ♪ Everywhere I go ♪ 668 00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:39,126 Good. Good. 669 00:39:39,209 --> 00:39:40,668 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 670 00:39:40,751 --> 00:39:42,251 Your microphone. Here you go. 671 00:39:42,334 --> 00:39:45,043 ♪ Everywhere I go ♪ 672 00:39:45,126 --> 00:39:46,959 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 673 00:39:47,043 --> 00:39:51,251 ♪ Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine ♪ 674 00:39:51,334 --> 00:39:53,584 -Well, all right. Come on. -[solo] ♪ Jesus is the light ♪ 675 00:39:53,668 --> 00:39:56,709 ♪ Jesus is the light ♪ 676 00:39:56,793 --> 00:39:59,543 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 677 00:39:59,626 --> 00:40:02,168 -♪ Jesus is the light ♪ -[clapping] 678 00:40:02,251 --> 00:40:03,793 ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 679 00:40:03,876 --> 00:40:04,959 -[Bayard] Yes! -[Coretta] Come on, Bernice. 680 00:40:05,043 --> 00:40:06,709 ♪ Jesus is the light ♪ 681 00:40:06,793 --> 00:40:09,584 -[Coretta] Thank you. -♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 682 00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:12,209 ♪ Let it shine, let it shine ♪ 683 00:40:12,293 --> 00:40:14,626 ♪ Let it shine, let it shine ♪ 684 00:40:14,709 --> 00:40:17,543 -♪ Let it shine, let it shine ♪ -[Bayard] Fortissimo! Which means loud! 685 00:40:17,626 --> 00:40:22,376 ♪ Let it shine ♪ 686 00:40:22,459 --> 00:40:23,293 -Bravo! -[clapping] 687 00:40:23,376 --> 00:40:25,584 -Bravo, Uncle Bayard! -Yeah, Uncle Bayard! 688 00:40:25,668 --> 00:40:27,084 [humming "Let It Shine"] 689 00:40:29,793 --> 00:40:30,959 [humming continues] 690 00:40:42,084 --> 00:40:43,209 [exhales] 691 00:40:44,793 --> 00:40:47,584 So… Brother Medgar. 692 00:40:49,626 --> 00:40:50,543 Unspeakable. 693 00:40:53,793 --> 00:40:55,709 What did you make of Kennedy's speech? 694 00:40:56,876 --> 00:40:58,918 Calculated, cautious. 695 00:40:59,668 --> 00:41:01,501 Hours later, Medgar gets shot. 696 00:41:06,001 --> 00:41:08,959 So your march is… ambitious. 697 00:41:09,043 --> 00:41:13,293 Unless we demonstrate strength in unity, Kennedy will do what they've always done, 698 00:41:13,876 --> 00:41:16,418 champion legislation that's destined to fail. 699 00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:20,209 This was not an easy journey for me. 700 00:41:21,834 --> 00:41:25,626 But… the promise of what this march could become, 701 00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:29,751 the monumental impact it could have, the lives it could radically alter. 702 00:41:29,834 --> 00:41:31,293 -[laughing] -The dreams, the visions, 703 00:41:31,376 --> 00:41:33,459 and unfulfilled aspirations of our ancestors-- 704 00:41:33,543 --> 00:41:35,584 First time we met… [laughs] 705 00:41:36,793 --> 00:41:38,001 …I remember calling Corrie 706 00:41:38,084 --> 00:41:42,084 and saying that this Rustin fella's a little crazy in the head. 707 00:41:42,168 --> 00:41:43,001 [chuckles] 708 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,459 Only later did I fully comprehend 709 00:41:46,668 --> 00:41:48,584 that "a little" didn't even come close. 710 00:41:49,501 --> 00:41:50,376 [chuckles] 711 00:41:52,876 --> 00:41:53,959 I missed you, friend. 712 00:41:56,876 --> 00:41:57,709 And I you. 713 00:42:01,251 --> 00:42:05,376 Come fall, the Dixiecrats will get to work gutting Kennedy's bill, which leaves us-- 714 00:42:05,459 --> 00:42:09,251 Two months to organize the largest peaceful protest ever 715 00:42:09,334 --> 00:42:11,418 and absolutely no time for anything else. 716 00:42:11,501 --> 00:42:12,334 Such as? 717 00:42:12,418 --> 00:42:15,793 Succumbing to blackmail, innuendo, and lies, 718 00:42:15,876 --> 00:42:19,376 which are sure to follow if and when the march is announced. 719 00:42:21,001 --> 00:42:23,918 What about things that are true about you? 720 00:42:25,918 --> 00:42:27,918 What you see, I cannot conceal. 721 00:42:29,001 --> 00:42:32,043 But… I swear to you, 722 00:42:32,709 --> 00:42:33,876 there will be no… 723 00:42:36,043 --> 00:42:37,084 incidents. 724 00:42:41,293 --> 00:42:44,084 So an epic demonstration in our nation's capital, 725 00:42:44,168 --> 00:42:46,584 organized in eight to ten weeks 726 00:42:46,668 --> 00:42:49,126 without the help of the NAACP. 727 00:42:49,918 --> 00:42:51,918 Sounds like a hell of a good time. 728 00:42:55,959 --> 00:42:56,918 You once said, 729 00:42:58,376 --> 00:43:00,459 "The time is always right 730 00:43:01,584 --> 00:43:02,584 to do right." 731 00:43:06,209 --> 00:43:08,584 We're calling for a nonviolent, 732 00:43:09,418 --> 00:43:11,293 peaceful march on Washington. 733 00:43:11,876 --> 00:43:12,793 Yes! 734 00:43:12,876 --> 00:43:16,793 We intend to go there not by the hundreds or by the thousands, 735 00:43:17,709 --> 00:43:19,668 but by the hundreds of thousands. 736 00:43:20,543 --> 00:43:22,876 [Elias] Now that Dr. King has publicly endorsed the march, 737 00:43:24,209 --> 00:43:25,834 Mr. Wilkins can't attack it. 738 00:43:27,293 --> 00:43:28,793 So he's coming after you. 739 00:43:30,668 --> 00:43:32,209 [man shouts] Brother Rustin! 740 00:43:33,251 --> 00:43:35,459 -Cleve! What are you doing here? -[laughing] 741 00:43:35,543 --> 00:43:38,793 When I heard about Roy's little coup de tête-à-tête, 742 00:43:38,876 --> 00:43:42,751 I decided to come and provide support, moral and otherwise. 743 00:43:45,001 --> 00:43:45,959 Norm, Tom, 744 00:43:46,043 --> 00:43:49,876 meet the indomitable Cleve Robinson, union leader of District 65. 745 00:43:49,959 --> 00:43:53,043 And newly appointed chairman of the march's administrative committee. 746 00:43:53,126 --> 00:43:54,293 And our first donor. 747 00:43:55,751 --> 00:43:59,501 You'd think they've never seen proud Black men before. 748 00:43:59,584 --> 00:44:02,168 "Glorious shall be the battle when the time comes 749 00:44:02,251 --> 00:44:04,584 to fight for our people and our race!" 750 00:44:06,334 --> 00:44:09,084 Black gents, and Tom, shall we? 751 00:44:09,168 --> 00:44:10,168 [all laughing] 752 00:44:12,709 --> 00:44:16,001 I realize a total budget of $65,000 may seem like a lot-- 753 00:44:16,084 --> 00:44:18,043 Chief, there's a rumor going around that you're planning 754 00:44:18,126 --> 00:44:19,501 on holding the march this summer? 755 00:44:19,584 --> 00:44:22,668 -Way too soon. -While the horror of Birmingham is fresh-- 756 00:44:22,751 --> 00:44:25,084 -Bayard assured me the time-- -Let the man speak! 757 00:44:25,168 --> 00:44:27,293 We've got to seize the moment. The time is now. 758 00:44:27,376 --> 00:44:29,209 -Bayard, if I might. -Do you understand-- 759 00:44:29,293 --> 00:44:30,334 [Martin decisively] Bayard! 760 00:44:32,251 --> 00:44:33,084 Martin. 761 00:44:33,876 --> 00:44:36,918 We all heard the president announce on national television 762 00:44:37,459 --> 00:44:39,668 that he intends to send a bill to Congress. 763 00:44:40,209 --> 00:44:43,543 It is my personal estimation that in order to get the bill 764 00:44:43,626 --> 00:44:47,459 past Southern segregationists will take a president of intelligence, 765 00:44:48,168 --> 00:44:52,043 political savvy, and the passion. 766 00:44:52,126 --> 00:44:54,959 Kennedy has the first two in abundance but not the third. 767 00:44:55,043 --> 00:44:57,126 Not when it comes to civil rights. 768 00:44:57,209 --> 00:44:59,501 So to ensure he does not relent, 769 00:44:59,584 --> 00:45:05,584 we must not relent in our commitment to the country and to the race. 770 00:45:05,668 --> 00:45:08,043 And that is the reason for the timely nature 771 00:45:08,126 --> 00:45:12,126 of this most improbable yet most essential endeavor. 772 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:15,001 -I couldn't have said it better-- -Who are all these people? 773 00:45:15,084 --> 00:45:17,376 You, you, you, you, stay. 774 00:45:17,459 --> 00:45:19,084 Everyone else, out. 775 00:45:19,168 --> 00:45:21,918 I am chairman of the administrative committee 776 00:45:22,001 --> 00:45:24,501 and, to date, the march's only donor. 777 00:45:24,584 --> 00:45:26,751 Much appreciated. Out! 778 00:45:26,834 --> 00:45:29,543 Go on. Write yourselves out of history. 779 00:45:29,626 --> 00:45:32,043 -[Bayard] Come on. -I'd be happier doing it without you. 780 00:45:32,126 --> 00:45:36,043 You showboating, bloodsucking sons of whores! 781 00:45:36,126 --> 00:45:37,418 -Gonna throw me out? -Cleve! 782 00:45:38,001 --> 00:45:40,084 -Go and suck your mother! -Oh, Cleve. Cleve. 783 00:45:43,709 --> 00:45:45,793 You do realize what's happening right this second? 784 00:45:46,751 --> 00:45:50,043 My guess is Roy is starting to build his case against me. 785 00:45:50,126 --> 00:45:51,834 We must ask ourselves, 786 00:45:51,918 --> 00:45:56,084 is this the man we wish to see labeled Mr. March-on-Washington? 787 00:45:56,168 --> 00:45:58,043 [Bayard] John Lewis and the chief will defend me. 788 00:45:58,126 --> 00:46:00,043 [Roy] He was in the Young Communist League. 789 00:46:00,126 --> 00:46:01,959 Which he renounced years ago. 790 00:46:02,043 --> 00:46:06,043 -Imprisoned for refusing the draft. -A moral decision, not a cowardly one. 791 00:46:06,126 --> 00:46:08,959 Even so, Roy will press on. 792 00:46:09,043 --> 00:46:12,793 His mannerisms and reputation make him an easy target. 793 00:46:12,876 --> 00:46:15,543 And when the white press and the powers that be take aim, 794 00:46:15,626 --> 00:46:16,543 and they will, 795 00:46:16,626 --> 00:46:19,876 every person seated at this table 796 00:46:19,959 --> 00:46:23,209 will be in the line of fire because of him. 797 00:46:26,084 --> 00:46:27,209 Chief? 798 00:46:30,334 --> 00:46:33,001 What date is strategically wise for a march? 799 00:46:33,709 --> 00:46:37,001 -We'll need at least eight weeks. -Monday, August 26th. 800 00:46:37,084 --> 00:46:40,668 Mondays are challenging for Protestants, Fridays complicated for Jewish friends. 801 00:46:40,751 --> 00:46:42,668 Sorry, sir, but what happened in there? 802 00:46:42,751 --> 00:46:46,126 -They voted to remove Bayard as director. -Son of a bitch. 803 00:46:46,209 --> 00:46:47,459 My first order of business 804 00:46:47,543 --> 00:46:49,668 was to reappoint him as my deputy director, 805 00:46:49,751 --> 00:46:52,168 -putting him fully in charge. -[all laughing] 806 00:46:52,251 --> 00:46:55,626 You can call me trash collector for all I care. 807 00:46:56,584 --> 00:46:58,793 You are one very clever Black man. 808 00:46:58,876 --> 00:47:00,376 [Cleve laughs] 809 00:47:00,459 --> 00:47:02,209 [softly] Get to work, my friend. 810 00:47:02,793 --> 00:47:04,543 [upbeat jazz music playing] 811 00:47:11,001 --> 00:47:12,709 [indistinct chattering] 812 00:47:28,584 --> 00:47:30,001 Come on. Come on. Come on. 813 00:47:31,834 --> 00:47:32,668 Lights. 814 00:47:34,126 --> 00:47:35,668 Our new offices! 815 00:47:36,293 --> 00:47:37,834 The third floor's uninhabitable, 816 00:47:37,918 --> 00:47:40,459 so we'll be all on top of each other down here. 817 00:47:40,543 --> 00:47:41,668 Ugh, dirty. 818 00:47:43,251 --> 00:47:44,084 There you go. 819 00:47:45,376 --> 00:47:46,293 Over here. 820 00:47:49,668 --> 00:47:51,334 -Our boardroom. -[woman] Our boardroom? 821 00:47:51,418 --> 00:47:54,584 Rachelle, you'll be in charge of transportation. 822 00:47:54,668 --> 00:47:56,126 For 100,000 people? 823 00:47:56,209 --> 00:47:57,376 I can't even drive. 824 00:47:57,459 --> 00:48:02,209 Norm, you'll travel from city to city raising funds and spreading the word. 825 00:48:02,293 --> 00:48:03,293 Well, what's my budget? 826 00:48:04,293 --> 00:48:08,043 This'll get you to your first city where you'll raise funds to get you to the next. 827 00:48:09,626 --> 00:48:10,751 My office. 828 00:48:10,834 --> 00:48:14,084 Near the stairs and the front door? Is that wise? 829 00:48:14,168 --> 00:48:16,959 I'd like to welcome a woman who needs no introduction. 830 00:48:17,043 --> 00:48:18,501 Dr. Anna Hedgeman. 831 00:48:18,584 --> 00:48:19,584 [cheering] 832 00:48:20,751 --> 00:48:22,751 Dr. Hedgeman has volunteered 833 00:48:22,834 --> 00:48:25,209 to lead outreach to all religious organizations. 834 00:48:26,251 --> 00:48:27,501 Tom, Eleanore. 835 00:48:27,584 --> 00:48:29,709 -You'll oversee all written documents. -Yeah. 836 00:48:29,793 --> 00:48:32,168 First up, an invite to a July 2nd meeting 837 00:48:32,251 --> 00:48:34,626 with the leaders of the Big Six civil rights organizations. 838 00:48:34,709 --> 00:48:35,793 -[Anna] Oh. -[clamoring] 839 00:48:35,876 --> 00:48:40,293 All those big oversized hats for those big oversized heads. 840 00:48:40,376 --> 00:48:42,959 -[woman laughs] -We need their numbers and resources. 841 00:48:43,043 --> 00:48:44,334 -Courtney? -Yes, sir. 842 00:48:45,043 --> 00:48:46,376 You'll come with me to DC. 843 00:48:46,459 --> 00:48:47,626 -Tom? -Yup. 844 00:48:48,293 --> 00:48:51,084 Instead of finding a place in the city, you're gonna stay in my spare room. 845 00:48:51,168 --> 00:48:54,709 -Keep me focused and out of trouble. -We tried this, and it doesn't work. 846 00:48:54,793 --> 00:48:55,626 Everyone! 847 00:48:55,709 --> 00:48:57,001 [music stops] 848 00:48:58,501 --> 00:49:00,834 By the time I get back from DC tomorrow night, 849 00:49:00,918 --> 00:49:03,918 this dump needs to be operational. 850 00:49:04,501 --> 00:49:06,209 [big band swing music playing] 851 00:49:13,668 --> 00:49:15,334 [classical music playing] 852 00:49:16,168 --> 00:49:18,084 [Bayard] One can't help but be in awe. 853 00:49:19,043 --> 00:49:20,293 Makes you wanna believe. 854 00:49:26,543 --> 00:49:28,751 Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the March on Washington 855 00:49:28,834 --> 00:49:29,918 for Jobs and Freedom. 856 00:49:30,001 --> 00:49:30,876 Chief Wells. 857 00:49:31,626 --> 00:49:34,251 Mr. Caldwell, Deputies Walden, Cowell, and Barnes. 858 00:49:34,751 --> 00:49:37,376 -Who's with the National Park Service? -No one. 859 00:49:38,251 --> 00:49:42,709 If I'm not mistaken, the mall falls under NPS jurisdiction. 860 00:49:42,793 --> 00:49:43,626 Correct. 861 00:49:45,959 --> 00:49:49,584 Chief Wells, in little under seven weeks' time, 862 00:49:49,668 --> 00:49:51,334 a monumental, two-day event is-- 863 00:49:51,418 --> 00:49:53,709 One day. It's no longer a two-day event. 864 00:49:54,876 --> 00:49:55,918 According to whom? 865 00:49:56,001 --> 00:49:59,793 Mr. Wilkins of the NAACP also believes it should be one day. 866 00:49:59,876 --> 00:50:02,834 I'd be safe in assuming you do not work for Mr. Wilkins. 867 00:50:02,918 --> 00:50:04,376 No, I do not. 868 00:50:04,459 --> 00:50:06,001 [chuckles] Well, neither do I, 869 00:50:06,084 --> 00:50:08,293 so I'm confused as to why you even mentioned his name. 870 00:50:08,376 --> 00:50:09,209 Mr. Rustin-- 871 00:50:09,293 --> 00:50:11,793 I am, however, very interested in knowing who you do work for. 872 00:50:11,876 --> 00:50:13,918 Mr. Rustin, we find what works best is for you 873 00:50:14,001 --> 00:50:15,751 to answer our questions, not the reverse. 874 00:50:15,834 --> 00:50:17,334 And I found a free-flowing exchange 875 00:50:17,418 --> 00:50:19,959 of information and ideas works even better. 876 00:50:20,043 --> 00:50:22,834 Well, when you put on an event in your mall, we'll give that a go, 877 00:50:22,918 --> 00:50:25,209 but seeing as it's your gathering in our mall-- 878 00:50:25,293 --> 00:50:28,709 Your mall? Not the National Mall or America's Front Yard-- 879 00:50:28,793 --> 00:50:31,584 -Since you insist on raising your voice-- -I have not raised my voice-- 880 00:50:31,668 --> 00:50:35,251 You're more invested in constructing roadblocks instead of finding solutions-- 881 00:50:35,334 --> 00:50:39,168 The person I needed to communicate with didn't even bother to show up. 882 00:50:39,251 --> 00:50:41,918 I fail to see how we can support your gathering. Gentlemen. 883 00:50:43,584 --> 00:50:44,709 Where are you going? 884 00:50:44,793 --> 00:50:48,668 Sir, sir! It is not a gathering. It is an act of civil disobedience, 885 00:50:48,751 --> 00:50:50,626 sanctioned by some of the most meaningful minds 886 00:50:50,709 --> 00:50:51,626 in the country. 887 00:50:51,709 --> 00:50:56,584 And it is going to take place over two days! 888 00:50:57,626 --> 00:50:58,459 [exhales] 889 00:50:59,334 --> 00:51:02,543 [announcer] …departing from Union Station for Boston… 890 00:51:02,626 --> 00:51:04,543 I tell you, Martin, not since Tennessee, 891 00:51:04,626 --> 00:51:07,251 when those two policemen set out to reconfigure my face, 892 00:51:07,334 --> 00:51:10,001 have I experienced such an overt display of disregard. 893 00:51:10,834 --> 00:51:15,126 They had one goal, to make sure the meeting was a resounding failure. 894 00:51:16,168 --> 00:51:17,709 [Martin] You say he mentioned Roy. 895 00:51:23,209 --> 00:51:26,959 Yeah, but it was clear this was coming from someplace higher up. 896 00:51:27,876 --> 00:51:29,709 [Martin] President Kennedy and his attorney general brother 897 00:51:29,793 --> 00:51:30,626 higher up? 898 00:51:31,376 --> 00:51:32,834 Or Hoover and the FBI? 899 00:51:34,793 --> 00:51:35,834 All of the above. 900 00:51:38,334 --> 00:51:39,209 [Coretta] Martin? 901 00:51:40,209 --> 00:51:41,709 Corrie's calling me to dinner. 902 00:51:43,459 --> 00:51:44,626 We'll speak tomorrow. 903 00:51:45,376 --> 00:51:46,293 Give her a hug. 904 00:51:48,668 --> 00:51:49,834 [coins clink] 905 00:51:55,709 --> 00:51:56,793 [phone ringing] 906 00:51:59,251 --> 00:52:00,293 Hello. 907 00:52:00,959 --> 00:52:02,334 -[sniffs] -[heavy breathing] 908 00:52:04,209 --> 00:52:05,043 Hello? 909 00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:11,876 -[receiver clanks, rings out] -[suspenseful music plays] 910 00:52:15,501 --> 00:52:16,959 [phone ringing] 911 00:52:19,626 --> 00:52:22,043 ["Sacred Is the Lord" by Mahalia Jackson playing] 912 00:52:22,126 --> 00:52:23,334 [phone ringing] 913 00:52:24,209 --> 00:52:26,584 [singing along] 914 00:52:26,668 --> 00:52:28,418 [phone ringing] 915 00:52:30,001 --> 00:52:31,543 [volume increases] 916 00:52:31,626 --> 00:52:33,209 [phone ringing] 917 00:52:33,293 --> 00:52:35,959 ♪ Oh my Lord… rain… ♪ 918 00:52:36,543 --> 00:52:38,418 -[phone ringing] -♪ …rain… ♪ 919 00:52:42,876 --> 00:52:44,376 Oh sorry. 920 00:52:47,293 --> 00:52:48,751 -Sorry. -Come on. 921 00:52:49,418 --> 00:52:50,543 You alone? 922 00:52:50,626 --> 00:52:53,126 -Never, when Mahalia's around. [chuckles] -[music stops] 923 00:52:53,626 --> 00:52:54,459 Drink? 924 00:52:55,501 --> 00:52:58,793 Uh, no, I should probably go to sleep. -Oh no. 925 00:53:00,334 --> 00:53:01,709 I made you one anyway. 926 00:53:01,793 --> 00:53:02,626 Bayard… 927 00:53:10,501 --> 00:53:11,334 Good night. 928 00:53:14,626 --> 00:53:15,459 [door closes] 929 00:53:26,543 --> 00:53:28,168 [sinister music playing] 930 00:53:41,959 --> 00:53:42,918 [car approaching] 931 00:53:49,334 --> 00:53:50,918 -[phones ringing] -[indistinct chattering] 932 00:53:51,001 --> 00:53:54,793 -[woman] Yes, this is Michelle Harwood. -Yes. Yes, this is Michelle Harwood 933 00:53:58,668 --> 00:54:01,543 March on Washington, Michelle Harwood. How may I help you? 934 00:54:02,584 --> 00:54:04,709 [woman 2] Yes. Yes, this is Michelle Harwood. 935 00:54:08,126 --> 00:54:10,084 -[woman] Louisville 50? -[phone ringing] 936 00:54:10,834 --> 00:54:13,918 -[woman 3] Michelle Harwood speaking. -Who is Michelle Harwood? 937 00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:16,501 Anyone involved in travel is Michelle Harwood. 938 00:54:16,584 --> 00:54:19,459 Keeps it simple when they call back. It was Bayard's idea. 939 00:54:19,543 --> 00:54:20,793 [woman 4] Yes, this is Michelle Harwood. 940 00:54:20,876 --> 00:54:23,584 [Lewis] The president kept talking, mostly about himself. 941 00:54:23,668 --> 00:54:26,626 How if anything goes wrong at the march, it's gonna kill his bill. 942 00:54:26,709 --> 00:54:31,501 And why protest at the White House, especially after his speech and his bill? 943 00:54:31,584 --> 00:54:33,251 What was Roy's response? 944 00:54:33,334 --> 00:54:34,334 He nodded mostly. 945 00:54:35,043 --> 00:54:38,293 -Whitney and Jim? -Watching Martin, who was listening. 946 00:54:38,376 --> 00:54:41,793 -[inhales] Then the president's brother-- -The attorney general was there? 947 00:54:41,876 --> 00:54:45,126 Kept saying we should cancel, call the whole thing off. 948 00:54:45,751 --> 00:54:47,959 And this took place in the Oval Office? 949 00:54:48,043 --> 00:54:49,209 Three days ago. 950 00:54:51,959 --> 00:54:55,168 Now, I received a very distressing letter from Senator Douglas. 951 00:54:55,251 --> 00:54:57,418 I received one as well, from Senator Humphrey. 952 00:54:57,501 --> 00:54:58,876 So did I, Senator Hart. 953 00:54:58,959 --> 00:55:00,459 -Regarding? -Latrines. 954 00:55:00,543 --> 00:55:03,418 -Isn't Park Services helping us out? -No, they are not. 955 00:55:03,501 --> 00:55:06,418 Which is why I'm proposing the march from a coalition with the unions. 956 00:55:06,501 --> 00:55:08,543 The AFL-CIO, the UAW-- 957 00:55:08,626 --> 00:55:11,543 Both of whom are against a two-day event-- 958 00:55:11,626 --> 00:55:12,876 You're on the AFL council. 959 00:55:12,959 --> 00:55:16,084 Well, I'm not sure about Meany, but Reuther does, in fact, 960 00:55:16,168 --> 00:55:17,959 favor a one-day march and no White House event. 961 00:55:18,043 --> 00:55:19,543 Exactly what I said. 962 00:55:19,626 --> 00:55:22,584 We need to limit this to one day and take the White House off the table. 963 00:55:22,668 --> 00:55:25,501 You try to get me fired. Now you wanna see the march destroyed. 964 00:55:25,584 --> 00:55:28,251 Do you think I just woke up one day and said to myself, 965 00:55:28,334 --> 00:55:30,293 "Let's stage the largest march ever 966 00:55:30,376 --> 00:55:33,418 and get former communist Quaker Bayard Rustin to pull it all together?" 967 00:55:33,501 --> 00:55:34,834 No, I did not. 968 00:55:34,918 --> 00:55:38,376 But once we signed on, we're in it no matter what. 969 00:55:39,501 --> 00:55:41,459 If you would just accept the inevitable now, 970 00:55:41,543 --> 00:55:43,584 instead of later when economics force you to, 971 00:55:43,668 --> 00:55:46,168 it would give the appearance of strength and unity. 972 00:55:47,543 --> 00:55:50,043 It's called being strategic. 973 00:55:53,001 --> 00:55:56,126 I know this may feel like an attenuation of everything that we fought for-- 974 00:55:56,209 --> 00:55:57,793 Because that's exactly what it is. 975 00:55:57,876 --> 00:56:01,376 A two-day event will make it clear that we will not back down or back away. 976 00:56:01,459 --> 00:56:03,668 -If you allow Roy this one-- -Absolutely not. 977 00:56:03,751 --> 00:56:07,459 Bayard, you have Chief, you have me, Dr. Hedgeman, and Jim. 978 00:56:07,543 --> 00:56:10,084 An uneasy alliance, but an alliance nonetheless. 979 00:56:10,168 --> 00:56:13,418 And if I'm not asking attendees to get arrested at the White House 980 00:56:13,501 --> 00:56:17,334 or, heaven forbid, sleep in tents, I could get more congregations to sign on. 981 00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:21,376 -So no lobbying Congress? -Or marching on the White House? 982 00:56:21,459 --> 00:56:24,084 -Or tents on the Mall? -Turning into a goddamn picnic. 983 00:56:24,168 --> 00:56:26,834 That first day, sharing ideas, writing them on the wall… 984 00:56:26,918 --> 00:56:28,834 Bayard, you have to understand our disappointment. 985 00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:30,793 Do I want this? No. 986 00:56:31,543 --> 00:56:34,543 But if we wanna make sure 100,000 people show up, we need help. 987 00:56:34,626 --> 00:56:38,543 And in order to get the unions and their money, changes have to be made. 988 00:56:39,918 --> 00:56:42,584 If Sisters Dorie and Joyce went out to Westchester 989 00:56:42,668 --> 00:56:44,001 or the Upper East Side, 990 00:56:44,084 --> 00:56:47,668 I know you'd come back with not only enough money for one bus but three. 991 00:56:48,293 --> 00:56:50,543 Same with you Eleanore, Tom, Charlene. 992 00:56:51,209 --> 00:56:53,168 We are committed to the cause 993 00:56:53,251 --> 00:56:56,668 of altering the trajectory of this country towards freedom. 994 00:56:58,293 --> 00:56:59,668 That's what's on the line. 995 00:57:02,334 --> 00:57:03,209 Nothing less. 996 00:57:03,876 --> 00:57:06,418 [rhythmic jazz music playing] 997 00:57:10,459 --> 00:57:13,543 I'd like to share what it was like growing up in Hattiesburg. 998 00:57:13,626 --> 00:57:15,168 As a young girl in Mississippi… 999 00:57:15,251 --> 00:57:16,959 Regardless of how smart you were… 1000 00:57:17,043 --> 00:57:18,334 …and never miss Sunday school. 1001 00:57:18,418 --> 00:57:20,793 …you were told that your dreams were never gonna happen. 1002 00:57:20,876 --> 00:57:24,126 -Because of what you looked like. -Because of the color of your skin. 1003 00:57:24,209 --> 00:57:25,584 [music continues] 1004 00:57:26,251 --> 00:57:27,501 We got another bus! 1005 00:57:29,626 --> 00:57:31,293 [horn honking] 1006 00:57:33,834 --> 00:57:38,334 As long as Negro workers are ill-housed and underpaid, 1007 00:57:38,418 --> 00:57:40,459 then the fate of all workers will be at peril. 1008 00:57:40,543 --> 00:57:44,168 My father was president of Transportation Workers Local 101. 1009 00:57:44,251 --> 00:57:46,459 -Brooklyn! -[all] Brooklyn! 1010 00:57:46,543 --> 00:57:47,876 [music continues] 1011 00:57:51,751 --> 00:57:53,709 [Cleve] Get your March on Washington buttons! 1012 00:57:53,793 --> 00:57:56,668 One quarter, brother. One quarter. One quarter-- Thank you! 1013 00:57:56,751 --> 00:57:59,459 For the emancipation of our race! 1014 00:57:59,543 --> 00:58:02,084 One quarter. One quarter. Make sure you are there! 1015 00:58:02,168 --> 00:58:03,959 -Sister, one quarter. One quarter. -Mm-mm. Mm-mm. 1016 00:58:04,043 --> 00:58:04,876 One quarter! 1017 00:58:07,334 --> 00:58:09,459 We just had the best idea ever. 1018 00:58:09,543 --> 00:58:11,668 Everybody say yeah! 1019 00:58:11,751 --> 00:58:13,584 [crowd cheering, applauding] 1020 00:58:13,668 --> 00:58:15,334 Say yeah! 1021 00:58:15,876 --> 00:58:17,209 [crowd] Yeah! 1022 00:58:17,293 --> 00:58:19,376 -Say yeah! -[crowd] Yeah! 1023 00:58:19,459 --> 00:58:21,084 -Yeah! -[crowd] Yeah! 1024 00:58:21,168 --> 00:58:22,918 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1025 00:58:25,959 --> 00:58:28,459 -[Tom] Five thousand! -[Eleanore] Five thousand dollars. 1026 00:58:28,543 --> 00:58:33,834 August 28th, Mahalia Jackson's gonna sing, and freedom's gonna shine. 1027 00:58:33,918 --> 00:58:35,626 Freedom has never been free, 1028 00:58:36,126 --> 00:58:40,209 so we will continue to march, and we will fight and will not stop. 1029 00:58:40,793 --> 00:58:41,876 [cheering] 1030 00:58:45,293 --> 00:58:46,459 [music stops] 1031 00:58:48,584 --> 00:58:50,293 [piano playing gospel music] 1032 00:58:54,126 --> 00:58:58,709 And the Lord wants you to know that you're loved. 1033 00:58:58,793 --> 00:59:00,126 -Yes. Thank the Lord. -Yes. 1034 00:59:00,209 --> 00:59:02,793 -[Elias] Now, he wraps you in his arms… -[all] Yes, he does. 1035 00:59:02,876 --> 00:59:06,084 -…and your fears begin to fade. -[all] Yes! 1036 00:59:06,834 --> 00:59:09,626 -Now, his touch… -Yes! 1037 00:59:09,709 --> 00:59:10,876 …is his way of saying… 1038 00:59:10,959 --> 00:59:13,043 -[woman] Praise to God! -…you're not alone. 1039 00:59:13,126 --> 00:59:14,626 -[woman] You're not alone. -[man] Thank you! 1040 00:59:14,709 --> 00:59:16,793 Now, where you once felt hopeless… 1041 00:59:16,876 --> 00:59:17,751 [woman] Yes! 1042 00:59:17,834 --> 00:59:19,376 …you now feel strong. 1043 00:59:19,459 --> 00:59:20,501 [woman] Uh-huh! 1044 00:59:20,584 --> 00:59:22,751 -Where there was once doubt, ha… -[all] Yes! 1045 00:59:22,834 --> 00:59:26,251 -Amen! Praise the Lord! -…you now feel brave and alive. 1046 00:59:26,834 --> 00:59:27,834 Because you know. 1047 00:59:27,918 --> 00:59:29,793 -[all] Amen! -[Elias] Oh, you know! 1048 00:59:29,876 --> 00:59:32,084 You know! You know! 1049 00:59:32,168 --> 00:59:34,626 You know! You know 1050 00:59:34,709 --> 00:59:36,876 with all of your heart 1051 00:59:36,959 --> 00:59:39,376 that you are a child of God. 1052 00:59:39,459 --> 00:59:42,918 That you have the right to love and be loved. 1053 00:59:43,001 --> 00:59:46,459 -Yes! -Let the congregation say amen. 1054 00:59:46,543 --> 00:59:47,959 [congregation] Amen! 1055 00:59:48,043 --> 00:59:51,876 [Elias] Amen and amen and amen and amen and amen! 1056 01:00:02,668 --> 01:00:04,084 -Tom! -Yeah? 1057 01:00:04,168 --> 01:00:07,543 On the desk, an invitation to the march Dr. Anna asked me to write. 1058 01:00:07,626 --> 01:00:08,876 My spelling is atrocious. 1059 01:00:08,959 --> 01:00:12,751 Also, have Officer Johnson from the New York Guardians come see me. 1060 01:00:13,876 --> 01:00:15,709 -[glass thuds] -And in addition to an FBI detail 1061 01:00:15,793 --> 01:00:18,418 being parked out front, careful what you say on the phone. 1062 01:00:18,501 --> 01:00:21,501 I have a feeling the entire Kennedy clan is listening in. 1063 01:00:21,584 --> 01:00:22,584 [door closes] 1064 01:00:22,668 --> 01:00:25,084 [officer] Keep moving. Go. Everybody go. 1065 01:00:25,168 --> 01:00:26,334 [tense music playing] 1066 01:00:26,418 --> 01:00:28,418 [officer] Move it. Move it. Get in. 1067 01:00:31,959 --> 01:00:32,876 Go. 1068 01:00:36,626 --> 01:00:37,793 -[thuds] -[Elias] Mr. Rustin? 1069 01:00:40,459 --> 01:00:41,793 I waited for you outside. 1070 01:00:42,793 --> 01:00:44,376 When the cops showed up, uh, 1071 01:00:44,459 --> 01:00:47,001 they closed the curtains and rounded them up like dogs. 1072 01:00:47,793 --> 01:00:48,751 Why the cameras? 1073 01:00:49,584 --> 01:00:52,459 The police sometimes alert the press when there's gonna be a raid. 1074 01:00:53,501 --> 01:00:54,543 I have a wife. 1075 01:00:55,501 --> 01:00:58,459 You know, parents, six brothers and sisters, a congregation in wait. 1076 01:00:58,543 --> 01:01:00,709 What if I'd gone inside? I almost did. 1077 01:01:02,001 --> 01:01:02,834 Where were you? 1078 01:01:03,334 --> 01:01:04,959 Running late, thank God. 1079 01:01:07,668 --> 01:01:08,709 Or God's warning. 1080 01:01:10,418 --> 01:01:13,251 Ma Rustin once told me that I should only associate 1081 01:01:13,334 --> 01:01:15,876 with those who had as much to lose as I did. 1082 01:01:17,668 --> 01:01:19,084 We'll be more careful. 1083 01:01:20,418 --> 01:01:21,543 [breathily] I have to go. I… 1084 01:01:25,084 --> 01:01:26,293 [whispering] Elias. 1085 01:01:30,293 --> 01:01:32,334 Uh, roughly speaking, there are how many Guardians? 1086 01:01:32,418 --> 01:01:34,876 One thousand one hundred Negro New York City policemen. 1087 01:01:34,959 --> 01:01:36,751 Ah, you're the only cops I trust, 1088 01:01:36,834 --> 01:01:40,876 so I'm gonna need every single one of you in DC, but your guns must stay at home. 1089 01:01:40,959 --> 01:01:43,543 Even if I thought that was a good idea, which I do not, 1090 01:01:43,626 --> 01:01:46,418 New York law requires that we're in possession of our firearms 1091 01:01:46,501 --> 01:01:47,543 24 hours a day. 1092 01:01:47,626 --> 01:01:49,834 Well, then I guess we're gonna have to change the law. 1093 01:01:49,918 --> 01:01:53,209 -Thank you so very much for coming. -[announcer] Today, from the Senate floor, 1094 01:01:53,293 --> 01:01:56,209 the following allegations were made by Senator Strom Thurmond. 1095 01:01:57,084 --> 01:01:58,334 [Bayard] We'll be in touch. 1096 01:01:58,418 --> 01:02:02,751 [Thurmond] Mr. King's infamous alliances with communists and agitators 1097 01:02:03,501 --> 01:02:05,251 has been a carefully guarded secret. 1098 01:02:05,334 --> 01:02:06,209 [Bayard] Eleanore! 1099 01:02:06,293 --> 01:02:08,459 -[Thurmond] Until now. -Get Mayor Wagner on the phone. 1100 01:02:08,543 --> 01:02:13,168 [Thurmond] Mr. Bayard Rustin, not only Mr. King’s closest advisor, 1101 01:02:13,918 --> 01:02:15,334 he is also a communist. 1102 01:02:16,459 --> 01:02:19,959 This march is being built by the Communist Party. It-- 1103 01:02:20,709 --> 01:02:23,126 Tom, we're gonna need three press releases, 1104 01:02:23,209 --> 01:02:26,251 ranging from purely pissed to questioning the mental well-being 1105 01:02:26,334 --> 01:02:28,543 of the not-so-beloved senator from South Carolina. 1106 01:02:29,084 --> 01:02:30,876 Eleanore, what's the name of that woman reporter 1107 01:02:30,959 --> 01:02:31,959 from The Washington Post? 1108 01:02:32,043 --> 01:02:33,918 -McNair? -Susanna McBee? 1109 01:02:34,001 --> 01:02:36,584 -Bayard, Dr. King. -Oh, thank you. I'll take it in my office. 1110 01:02:36,668 --> 01:02:38,959 I will not speak to anyone else from the press except her. 1111 01:02:39,043 --> 01:02:41,251 And get Mayor Wagner to call me back. 1112 01:02:42,834 --> 01:02:45,251 [Martin] Fortunately, Roy's animus towards you 1113 01:02:45,334 --> 01:02:48,876 is eclipsed by his unadulterated hatred for Strom Thurmond. 1114 01:02:49,668 --> 01:02:51,251 So we're safe for now, friend. 1115 01:02:51,751 --> 01:02:53,251 Thank you, friend. 1116 01:02:55,584 --> 01:02:56,668 [phone clunks] 1117 01:02:58,584 --> 01:02:59,543 [knocking on door] 1118 01:03:00,876 --> 01:03:02,126 Press release number one. 1119 01:03:11,209 --> 01:03:14,668 Years ago, when I was in Pasadena 1120 01:03:14,751 --> 01:03:17,626 doing speeches for the Fellowship of Reconciliation… 1121 01:03:19,334 --> 01:03:20,334 [knocking on door] 1122 01:03:21,001 --> 01:03:23,918 Is this the office of the famous Bayard Rustin? [chuckles] 1123 01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:25,043 [chuckles] 1124 01:03:29,876 --> 01:03:31,209 I'll finish the other two. 1125 01:03:34,918 --> 01:03:36,709 -I've been thinking. -About? 1126 01:03:36,793 --> 01:03:38,251 What Ma Rustin said. 1127 01:03:39,418 --> 01:03:41,126 "Only associate with someone 1128 01:03:42,209 --> 01:03:43,584 with as much to lose." 1129 01:03:45,626 --> 01:03:47,793 And who might that someone be? 1130 01:03:49,709 --> 01:03:50,584 Who do you think? 1131 01:03:52,751 --> 01:03:56,668 [Eleanore] She goes on to talk about your dedication to justice and peace 1132 01:03:56,751 --> 01:03:58,251 and calls you heroic. 1133 01:03:58,334 --> 01:03:59,959 [cheering] 1134 01:04:00,043 --> 01:04:01,251 -Yeah! -[Eleanore laughs] 1135 01:04:01,959 --> 01:04:04,126 Enough. Enough. Get rid of all that. 1136 01:04:04,209 --> 01:04:07,251 -[all laugh] -So, last night, thinking about the march… 1137 01:04:07,334 --> 01:04:10,334 We need to provide toll booths with leaflets 1138 01:04:10,418 --> 01:04:13,793 so that those arriving by cars know where to go once they're in DC. 1139 01:04:14,501 --> 01:04:16,418 It's, uh, just after one. 1140 01:04:18,084 --> 01:04:18,918 Early. 1141 01:04:20,418 --> 01:04:21,959 Good night, everyone. 1142 01:04:22,043 --> 01:04:23,084 Go. Go. 1143 01:04:26,209 --> 01:04:28,709 -Blyden. -Mr. Rustin, sir. 1144 01:04:29,501 --> 01:04:32,418 I've been hounding the mayor about a project. 1145 01:04:32,501 --> 01:04:36,793 Today he called me back and said yes. So, starting next week… 1146 01:04:38,168 --> 01:04:39,959 [solemn music playing] 1147 01:04:44,126 --> 01:04:46,043 Please follow me to the third floor. 1148 01:04:46,126 --> 01:04:47,793 -[music continues] -[rain tapping] 1149 01:05:03,876 --> 01:05:09,418 I do not take orders from no goddamn Uncle Tom's. 1150 01:05:10,334 --> 01:05:13,001 Thinking you shit 'cause of that badge. 1151 01:05:13,959 --> 01:05:18,043 How many niggas dead 'cause of that badge? 1152 01:05:18,126 --> 01:05:19,293 [music continues] 1153 01:05:21,834 --> 01:05:22,668 Good. 1154 01:05:23,501 --> 01:05:24,751 Good. Breathe. 1155 01:05:29,418 --> 01:05:31,126 -[inaudible] -[Bayard] When they see an aggressor, 1156 01:05:32,626 --> 01:05:34,626 move as one, work as one. 1157 01:05:39,001 --> 01:05:40,959 If we desire a society of peace, 1158 01:05:42,668 --> 01:05:46,126 then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. 1159 01:06:02,126 --> 01:06:04,959 You will leave your weapons at home. 1160 01:06:05,918 --> 01:06:11,709 You will wear white identifying armbands, wear a white hat, and carry a whistle. 1161 01:06:12,793 --> 01:06:14,626 It is your responsibility 1162 01:06:14,709 --> 01:06:19,793 to create an atmosphere of peace for all to witness and follow. 1163 01:06:21,918 --> 01:06:22,834 God bless you all. 1164 01:06:23,793 --> 01:06:26,043 -Good job. -All right. 1165 01:06:26,126 --> 01:06:27,418 That… 1166 01:06:28,209 --> 01:06:29,043 Appreciate it. 1167 01:06:29,959 --> 01:06:32,584 -My friend, Elias Taylor, with the NAACP. -Thank you, sir. 1168 01:06:32,668 --> 01:06:34,168 -Thank you. -Nice work. 1169 01:06:34,251 --> 01:06:36,251 -Good job. -Take care now. 1170 01:06:36,751 --> 01:06:38,334 Thank you. Elias Taylor. 1171 01:06:39,834 --> 01:06:40,876 Oh. 1172 01:06:40,959 --> 01:06:42,668 [chuckles] 1173 01:06:43,293 --> 01:06:45,668 Elizabethan Songs & Negro Spirituals. 1174 01:06:45,751 --> 01:06:46,918 So you sang, huh? 1175 01:06:47,001 --> 01:06:49,293 And on two songs, played the lute. [chuckles] 1176 01:06:49,376 --> 01:06:52,626 Oh, they sure as hell don't grow 'em like you down in Alabama. 1177 01:06:52,709 --> 01:06:55,043 Or anywhere else. [laughs] 1178 01:06:56,043 --> 01:06:56,918 [glass thuds] 1179 01:06:57,418 --> 01:07:00,543 -Oh God, no. No, I… I… I-- -Yes. Yes. 1180 01:07:01,501 --> 01:07:03,084 [playing lute] 1181 01:07:03,168 --> 01:07:08,501 ♪ I ne'er didst dream ♪ 1182 01:07:08,584 --> 01:07:12,959 ♪ Such heavenly joy ♪ 1183 01:07:13,959 --> 01:07:16,043 ♪ Wouldst come my-- ♪ 1184 01:07:19,709 --> 01:07:20,751 [door closes] 1185 01:07:21,334 --> 01:07:23,334 Tom! [chuckles] 1186 01:07:23,834 --> 01:07:26,043 Tom's staying here through the march. 1187 01:07:26,126 --> 01:07:28,293 -I thought you and Eleanore were-- -Canceled. 1188 01:07:28,376 --> 01:07:29,334 [Bayard] Oh. 1189 01:07:29,959 --> 01:07:32,168 -I'm sure you must be-- -No, I'm good. 1190 01:07:35,043 --> 01:07:36,959 -So, Elias, I hear you're married. -[Bayard] Tom-- 1191 01:07:37,043 --> 01:07:40,334 And you attended Howard University. I heard of colored passing for white. 1192 01:07:40,418 --> 01:07:42,168 -Good luck with the reverse. -Elias, please! 1193 01:07:42,251 --> 01:07:45,418 When I was 16, I brought a Negro friend home for dinner. 1194 01:07:45,501 --> 01:07:48,876 My father told me he was not going to allow "that boy" to sit at his table. 1195 01:07:49,459 --> 01:07:51,251 And that was the end of that. 1196 01:07:51,334 --> 01:07:52,168 Your friend? 1197 01:07:52,751 --> 01:07:53,626 My family. 1198 01:07:54,209 --> 01:07:56,168 I moved out, and I've been on my own ever since. 1199 01:07:56,668 --> 01:08:00,084 Where I come from, we hold on to our family… 1200 01:08:02,709 --> 01:08:03,626 no matter what. 1201 01:08:04,459 --> 01:08:05,668 [footsteps receding] 1202 01:08:07,084 --> 01:08:07,918 [Bayard] Elias. 1203 01:08:13,209 --> 01:08:14,418 [softly] I care about him. 1204 01:08:15,793 --> 01:08:17,501 Who don't you care about? 1205 01:08:18,626 --> 01:08:21,043 I'm sure there's some PhD student at Columbia 1206 01:08:21,126 --> 01:08:23,251 or some junior activist fresh out of Fisk. 1207 01:08:23,334 --> 01:08:26,168 Why don't you take them both down to that bar on 8th Avenue 1208 01:08:26,251 --> 01:08:29,543 and regale them with stories about Gandhi and King? 1209 01:08:29,626 --> 01:08:30,793 And then, when it's convenient-- 1210 01:08:30,876 --> 01:08:33,959 Oh, I'm sorry. When their feelings become inconvenient, 1211 01:08:34,543 --> 01:08:35,793 it's on to the next one. 1212 01:08:36,334 --> 01:08:37,293 [breathing heavily] 1213 01:08:38,084 --> 01:08:40,376 Except this time, you started giving your heart to someone 1214 01:08:40,459 --> 01:08:43,584 who is so clearly incapable of giving his back. 1215 01:08:43,668 --> 01:08:46,126 And all the while, I've been… 1216 01:08:47,751 --> 01:08:48,584 I'm… 1217 01:08:50,209 --> 01:08:51,168 [exhales] 1218 01:08:51,251 --> 01:08:52,459 [footsteps receding] 1219 01:08:56,168 --> 01:08:57,293 [door slams] 1220 01:08:57,834 --> 01:09:00,584 Courtney, Charles, we need more chairs. We need the entire team up here. 1221 01:09:00,668 --> 01:09:02,668 -But what about the phones? -Now! 1222 01:09:04,043 --> 01:09:04,876 [Martin] Bayard. 1223 01:09:06,626 --> 01:09:08,043 Roy's guest has arrived. 1224 01:09:09,501 --> 01:09:10,834 [Bayard] What are they up to? 1225 01:09:13,584 --> 01:09:15,709 -We're about to find out. -[clapping] 1226 01:09:15,793 --> 01:09:19,084 And with our three new religious leaders and Mr. Reuther from the UAW, 1227 01:09:19,168 --> 01:09:21,334 the Big Six is now the Big Ten. 1228 01:09:25,084 --> 01:09:27,459 Given that this will probably be 1229 01:09:27,543 --> 01:09:29,751 one of the last meetings before the march-- 1230 01:09:29,834 --> 01:09:32,626 Mr. Randolph, I have a question for our deputy director. 1231 01:09:32,709 --> 01:09:34,668 As I was saying, this is probably-- 1232 01:09:34,751 --> 01:09:37,126 Mr. Rustin, you love your work, love this march? 1233 01:09:37,709 --> 01:09:39,126 With all my heart. 1234 01:09:39,626 --> 01:09:42,209 What if, strictly hypothetical, 1235 01:09:43,126 --> 01:09:46,459 there was someone attached to this fine organization you've created 1236 01:09:46,959 --> 01:09:48,626 whose mere presence 1237 01:09:48,709 --> 01:09:51,334 was dangerous and detrimental to the cause you love? 1238 01:09:52,418 --> 01:09:56,543 Someone whose past affiliations, political and otherwise, 1239 01:09:57,543 --> 01:10:00,168 combined with their quiddity and flair, 1240 01:10:00,251 --> 01:10:03,543 could be used by those in power to inflict great harm, 1241 01:10:03,626 --> 01:10:05,126 not just to the march, 1242 01:10:06,293 --> 01:10:09,543 but the acts of vengeance from those in power 1243 01:10:09,626 --> 01:10:13,376 could very easily derail the fight for racial justice in this country 1244 01:10:13,459 --> 01:10:15,001 a good ten, fifteen years. 1245 01:10:16,543 --> 01:10:18,751 Would you keep that person in their position, 1246 01:10:19,376 --> 01:10:22,751 or would your sense of duty as a custodian of the cause 1247 01:10:22,834 --> 01:10:26,418 compel you to send him/her, her/him on his/her way? 1248 01:10:28,793 --> 01:10:30,293 Hypothetically speaking… 1249 01:10:32,793 --> 01:10:34,418 I'd send them on their way. 1250 01:10:35,418 --> 01:10:39,793 Unless the person in question happened to be me. 1251 01:10:40,334 --> 01:10:41,459 [scattered laughing] 1252 01:10:41,543 --> 01:10:44,668 Julia and Janifer Rustin raised me to be humble and never brag, 1253 01:10:44,751 --> 01:10:48,084 but seeing as no one else on the team was raised-- Blyden, are you a Quaker? 1254 01:10:48,168 --> 01:10:49,751 -Hell, no. -They'll speak instead. 1255 01:10:49,834 --> 01:10:52,626 Norm, how many first aid stations have been secured? 1256 01:10:52,709 --> 01:10:55,918 Twenty-two, run by teams of mostly Negro medical practitioners. 1257 01:10:56,001 --> 01:10:57,168 Water? 1258 01:10:57,251 --> 01:10:59,043 There'll be six water tanks, 1,500 gallons each, 1259 01:10:59,126 --> 01:11:02,543 ensuring that the 27 portable fountains are operational all day long. 1260 01:11:02,626 --> 01:11:03,626 Transportation? 1261 01:11:03,709 --> 01:11:07,168 All in all, we have 2,220 chartered buses. 1262 01:11:07,251 --> 01:11:10,126 CORE North Carolina, 11 buses. SNCC Mississippi, seven. 1263 01:11:10,209 --> 01:11:11,876 [Bayard] And Reverend Powell's church? 1264 01:11:11,959 --> 01:11:15,501 They've chartered five. I could continue state by state, but, Joyce? 1265 01:11:15,584 --> 01:11:16,834 Forty Freedom trains. 1266 01:11:16,918 --> 01:11:19,418 And thanks to the UAW, six chartered flights, 1267 01:11:19,501 --> 01:11:23,709 bringing in workers from Chicago, Grand Rapids, Flint, Detroit, 1268 01:11:23,793 --> 01:11:26,001 Syracuse, Rochester, and New York. 1269 01:11:26,084 --> 01:11:27,918 Also, per Mr. Rustin's request, 1270 01:11:28,001 --> 01:11:32,584 the mayor has approved the implementation of the subway rush hour schedule at 5 a.m. 1271 01:11:32,668 --> 01:11:35,501 so that passengers can make their 6 a.m. bus departures the day of. 1272 01:11:35,584 --> 01:11:37,084 Blyden, who are the Guardians? 1273 01:11:37,168 --> 01:11:39,209 A fraternal order of New York City's Black police. 1274 01:11:39,293 --> 01:11:43,209 And how many will be in Washington, DC to ensure a safe and peaceful march? 1275 01:11:43,293 --> 01:11:44,334 Over 1,000. 1276 01:11:44,418 --> 01:11:46,793 -Latrines? -Two hundred and ninety-two. 1277 01:11:46,876 --> 01:11:51,876 And a chartered plane of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, 1278 01:11:51,959 --> 01:11:54,293 James Baldwin, Charlton Heston-- 1279 01:11:54,376 --> 01:11:55,584 Moses. 1280 01:11:55,668 --> 01:11:59,126 Diahann Carroll, Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, and Burt Lancaster 1281 01:11:59,209 --> 01:12:00,959 will also be in attendance. 1282 01:12:01,043 --> 01:12:03,543 All of which has been achieved in seven weeks. 1283 01:12:03,626 --> 01:12:07,793 And that is why I would never send me on my way. 1284 01:12:08,376 --> 01:12:10,334 -[cheering, laughing] -[man] Yeah! 1285 01:12:15,751 --> 01:12:16,959 Yes, yes, yes. 1286 01:12:17,043 --> 01:12:20,418 How does so much get accomplished in such a short amount of time? 1287 01:12:20,501 --> 01:12:25,209 By working 12 to 15 hours a day every day and because of Bayard. 1288 01:12:25,293 --> 01:12:28,959 Chief, Dr. Hedgeman, you ever get a word stuck in your head 1289 01:12:29,043 --> 01:12:30,668 that you just can't shake? 1290 01:12:31,293 --> 01:12:32,126 Now what? 1291 01:12:32,209 --> 01:12:35,043 While Bayard and the Rustinettes were putting on their little revue, 1292 01:12:35,126 --> 01:12:38,168 the word I couldn't shake, Pasadena. 1293 01:12:39,334 --> 01:12:42,543 -[tense music playing] -[Powell] Martin, you ever been? 1294 01:12:42,626 --> 01:12:44,001 [Martin] What's that got to do with anything? 1295 01:12:44,084 --> 01:12:47,626 [Powell] How about you, deputy director? Ever spent time in Pasadena? 1296 01:12:49,709 --> 01:12:51,043 -Hm? -[chuckles] 1297 01:12:51,126 --> 01:12:54,251 [Powell] Can't recall? Well, I just happened to have… 1298 01:12:54,334 --> 01:12:56,418 [music continues] 1299 01:12:56,501 --> 01:12:58,501 The hell did the GD thing go? I had it. 1300 01:12:58,584 --> 01:13:00,084 No, I'm done. Done. 1301 01:13:00,626 --> 01:13:03,168 -[papers rustling] -I look at this program. 1302 01:13:03,709 --> 01:13:05,709 I do not see one woman's name. 1303 01:13:05,793 --> 01:13:08,918 Not Ella Baker or Diane Nash, 1304 01:13:09,001 --> 01:13:11,918 not Dorothy Height or Gloria Richardson. 1305 01:13:12,001 --> 01:13:14,459 Myrlie Evers, Rosa Parks. 1306 01:13:14,543 --> 01:13:17,001 Not, not, not, not, not. 1307 01:13:17,084 --> 01:13:18,668 Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, 1308 01:13:18,751 --> 01:13:21,459 but a decision was made early on that only leaders 1309 01:13:21,543 --> 01:13:23,959 of participating organizations would be allowed to speak. 1310 01:13:24,043 --> 01:13:26,918 -[Powell] Hold up, where's my name? -[Martin] That includes no politicians. 1311 01:13:27,001 --> 01:13:29,751 [Powell] Look, I am more than just a politician. 1312 01:13:30,251 --> 01:13:32,501 You hotfoot down to 7th Avenue and 125th Street 1313 01:13:32,584 --> 01:13:35,084 and stop anyone, say the name Adam Clayton Powell-- 1314 01:13:35,168 --> 01:13:37,459 Dr. Hedgeman, might I suggest 1315 01:13:37,543 --> 01:13:40,418 we reconvene once a solution has been found? 1316 01:13:40,501 --> 01:13:42,959 Good. Now back to the point I was about to make-- 1317 01:13:43,043 --> 01:13:46,126 Adam, you are a guest here. You cannot continually-- 1318 01:13:46,209 --> 01:13:48,626 Would one of you mind checking the glove compartment-- 1319 01:13:48,709 --> 01:13:52,293 -Adam! -You might be head nigga down South-- 1320 01:13:52,376 --> 01:13:54,001 Congressman Powell! 1321 01:13:55,959 --> 01:13:59,043 We have moved on! 1322 01:14:05,668 --> 01:14:07,918 This meeting is adjourned. 1323 01:14:18,876 --> 01:14:20,126 Keep the faith, baby. 1324 01:14:25,876 --> 01:14:27,584 [footsteps going downstairs] 1325 01:14:32,168 --> 01:14:34,168 [phone ringing] 1326 01:14:35,043 --> 01:14:35,876 [sighs] 1327 01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:42,209 Evening, G-man. 1328 01:14:42,834 --> 01:14:43,793 Please tell Mr. Hoover to-- 1329 01:14:43,876 --> 01:14:44,876 [woman] Mr. Rustin. 1330 01:14:47,626 --> 01:14:48,459 Who is this? 1331 01:14:49,209 --> 01:14:50,043 [woman] Claudia. 1332 01:14:51,668 --> 01:14:52,834 Elias' wife. 1333 01:14:53,418 --> 01:14:55,293 Oh, uh, yes. 1334 01:14:55,793 --> 01:14:57,459 [groans, clears throat] 1335 01:14:58,168 --> 01:14:59,043 [inhales sharply] 1336 01:15:00,168 --> 01:15:01,501 [exhales] How are you? 1337 01:15:02,876 --> 01:15:04,376 [Claudia] Thank you for asking. 1338 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,501 I have good news. 1339 01:15:07,126 --> 01:15:08,376 My father has decided 1340 01:15:08,459 --> 01:15:11,751 to officially hand over his congregation to my husband. 1341 01:15:12,876 --> 01:15:13,876 Oh, that is… 1342 01:15:15,293 --> 01:15:16,459 wonderful indeed. 1343 01:15:17,251 --> 01:15:19,376 [Claudia] I'm glad to hear you feel that way. 1344 01:15:20,751 --> 01:15:23,834 So if you wouldn't mind telling my husband 1345 01:15:25,376 --> 01:15:27,918 it is time for him to return home 1346 01:15:28,959 --> 01:15:31,501 to the path our Lord ordains. 1347 01:15:33,334 --> 01:15:34,251 Mrs. Taylor-- 1348 01:15:34,334 --> 01:15:36,584 I wanna thank you for the time, 1349 01:15:38,584 --> 01:15:41,668 the inordinate amount of time that you've taken with Elias, 1350 01:15:41,751 --> 01:15:43,793 but that is over. 1351 01:15:45,543 --> 01:15:46,459 Claudia-- 1352 01:15:46,543 --> 01:15:48,584 [Claudia] You believe in Elias' possibilities. 1353 01:15:50,251 --> 01:15:53,001 I know his limitations. 1354 01:15:56,834 --> 01:15:58,334 -[phone clunks] -[hang up tone] 1355 01:16:01,543 --> 01:16:02,876 [solemn music playing] 1356 01:16:13,209 --> 01:16:14,834 -Chief Wells. -Mr. Rustin. 1357 01:16:15,334 --> 01:16:17,168 My associate is handing out a map, 1358 01:16:17,251 --> 01:16:19,668 which details the location of key support systems, 1359 01:16:19,751 --> 01:16:21,793 water fountains, lost and found. 1360 01:16:21,876 --> 01:16:23,334 I'm also pleased to inform you 1361 01:16:23,418 --> 01:16:26,376 that over 1,000 New York City Marshals will be present. 1362 01:16:26,459 --> 01:16:28,209 The Guardians have been schooled 1363 01:16:28,293 --> 01:16:30,751 in the tenets and practices of passive resistance 1364 01:16:30,834 --> 01:16:32,918 and, therefore, will not be armed. 1365 01:16:33,001 --> 01:16:36,209 For the first time since Prohibition, every liquor store in the area 1366 01:16:36,293 --> 01:16:37,543 will be closed for the day. 1367 01:16:37,626 --> 01:16:40,334 All elective surgeries have been canceled, 1368 01:16:40,418 --> 01:16:43,459 and congressmen are telling their female staff to stay home. 1369 01:16:44,126 --> 01:16:45,293 And why is that? 1370 01:16:46,418 --> 01:16:49,209 Is it because a number of people, specifically a number of men 1371 01:16:49,293 --> 01:16:51,126 with skin my color, will be in town? 1372 01:16:51,918 --> 01:16:53,626 The last time I turned on the television, 1373 01:16:53,709 --> 01:16:57,376 I saw a pack of white hooligans attacking Negroes at a lunch counter 1374 01:16:57,459 --> 01:17:00,793 and a white police officer ordering children to be hosed. 1375 01:17:01,543 --> 01:17:05,501 But to blame all for the actions of a few would be unfair. 1376 01:17:06,418 --> 01:17:10,459 As a matter of fact, that's what's called being racist. 1377 01:17:12,501 --> 01:17:15,751 You two, you look like you might be the engineers I requested. 1378 01:17:15,834 --> 01:17:16,709 That we are. 1379 01:17:17,459 --> 01:17:19,876 On the day of your march, the entire DC police force 1380 01:17:19,959 --> 01:17:21,168 has been mobilized, 1381 01:17:22,543 --> 01:17:25,459 along with 500 reserves, 2,500 National Guard, 1382 01:17:25,543 --> 01:17:27,668 4,000 Army soldiers, 1383 01:17:27,751 --> 01:17:30,376 and, per orders of the Pentagon, 19,000 troops. 1384 01:17:30,459 --> 01:17:32,418 Well, I hope you'll have something for them to do, 1385 01:17:32,501 --> 01:17:34,751 because they will not be needed here. 1386 01:17:34,834 --> 01:17:37,501 And whoever has direct dealings with Mr. Hoover, 1387 01:17:37,584 --> 01:17:40,876 let him know that on August 28th, 1388 01:17:40,959 --> 01:17:45,209 Black, white, young, old, rich, working-class, poor 1389 01:17:45,293 --> 01:17:47,626 will descend on Washington, DC, 1390 01:17:47,709 --> 01:17:50,084 and there's nothing he can do to stop it. 1391 01:17:51,418 --> 01:17:54,584 I need a sound system which will allow someone speaking here 1392 01:17:54,668 --> 01:17:57,251 to be heard all the way back there 1393 01:17:57,334 --> 01:18:00,626 because sound is how you turn a crowd into an audience. 1394 01:18:01,751 --> 01:18:04,376 And as each of our heroines rises, 1395 01:18:04,459 --> 01:18:07,501 Chief would proclaim their remarkable deeds to the world. 1396 01:18:08,001 --> 01:18:11,459 -So seen but not heard. -They could write their own introductions. 1397 01:18:11,543 --> 01:18:15,376 With all due respect, Mr. Randolph, a woman should introduce them. 1398 01:18:15,459 --> 01:18:19,168 And don't ask me for recommendations, because a number of women have informed me 1399 01:18:19,251 --> 01:18:22,126 that they will not be participating in the march. 1400 01:18:22,209 --> 01:18:23,626 That's unfortunate to hear. 1401 01:18:24,293 --> 01:18:26,251 [sighs] What is unfortunate, sir, 1402 01:18:26,918 --> 01:18:29,959 are the circumstances that led them to the decision. 1403 01:18:30,751 --> 01:18:33,334 [Randolph] Bayard, what's the word in Washington? 1404 01:18:34,209 --> 01:18:37,168 Uh, well, we need $16,000 to $20,000 for a sound system. 1405 01:18:37,251 --> 01:18:39,001 How are the numbers? 1406 01:18:39,084 --> 01:18:41,501 -[Bayard] Rachelle? -Our latest estimate is 88,000. 1407 01:18:41,584 --> 01:18:44,918 If we have one person less than 100,000-- 1408 01:18:45,001 --> 01:18:48,668 Interesting enough, last couple of days, Congressman Powell has been hounding me 1409 01:18:48,751 --> 01:18:50,084 about speaking at the march. 1410 01:18:50,168 --> 01:18:51,334 You wanna know why? 1411 01:18:52,459 --> 01:18:54,751 Aunt Bess is throwing a cookout. 1412 01:18:54,834 --> 01:18:56,084 -[all laugh] -Aunt Bess? 1413 01:18:56,168 --> 01:18:58,001 Nobody has an Auntie Bess. 1414 01:18:58,084 --> 01:19:01,168 Aunt Wilhelmina, Aunt Clarissa, Aunt-- 1415 01:19:01,251 --> 01:19:03,543 I have an Aunt Bess! 1416 01:19:03,626 --> 01:19:05,168 And 20 guests have confirmed. 1417 01:19:05,751 --> 01:19:08,959 By the time cousins call cousins, neighbors invite neighbors, 1418 01:19:09,043 --> 01:19:12,043 Aunt Bess best be cooking for at least 50. 1419 01:19:13,084 --> 01:19:17,251 Mr. Deputy Director, you best be cooking for 200,000. 1420 01:19:17,334 --> 01:19:18,918 -You heard it here first. -Ooh. 1421 01:19:23,918 --> 01:19:24,793 Pledge cards. 1422 01:19:25,418 --> 01:19:28,459 It feels a bit off-putting to be begging the day of. 1423 01:19:30,334 --> 01:19:34,334 "I do solemnly swear to commit myself to the civil rights struggle." 1424 01:19:35,751 --> 01:19:38,918 "And do pledge my heart, mind, and body, 1425 01:19:39,459 --> 01:19:42,918 unequivocally and without regard to personal sacrifice, 1426 01:19:43,876 --> 01:19:48,293 to the achievement of social peace through social justice." 1427 01:19:49,001 --> 01:19:50,918 "I pledge to carry the message of the march 1428 01:19:51,001 --> 01:19:55,543 to my friends and neighbors back home and to arouse them to an equal commitment 1429 01:19:55,626 --> 01:19:56,918 and an equal effort." 1430 01:19:58,459 --> 01:20:00,209 "I will march, and I will write letters." 1431 01:20:00,709 --> 01:20:02,626 "I will demonstrate, and I will vote." 1432 01:20:02,709 --> 01:20:05,959 "I will work to make sure that my voice and those of my brothers 1433 01:20:06,043 --> 01:20:10,209 ring clear and determined from every corner of this land." 1434 01:20:21,918 --> 01:20:22,793 My wife… 1435 01:20:27,709 --> 01:20:30,918 Her father is retiring and leaving his church on to me. 1436 01:20:32,876 --> 01:20:34,209 She called to tell me. 1437 01:20:38,793 --> 01:20:40,668 Did she also tell you she's pregnant? 1438 01:20:46,668 --> 01:20:47,501 [softly] Elias… 1439 01:20:49,459 --> 01:20:52,209 you may think you're killing off one aspect of yourself, 1440 01:20:52,709 --> 01:20:53,751 but you're not. 1441 01:20:54,543 --> 01:20:56,376 You're killing all of yourself. 1442 01:20:58,668 --> 01:21:00,209 I am a married man, 1443 01:21:01,793 --> 01:21:03,959 about to be a father, and you, sir, 1444 01:21:05,293 --> 01:21:08,543 are a sick man, and you need to stop following me. 1445 01:21:11,418 --> 01:21:13,543 She also implied she hadn't heard from you. 1446 01:21:14,418 --> 01:21:17,376 Have you visited this park at night? Mt. Morris Baths? 1447 01:21:18,001 --> 01:21:18,959 Who got to you? 1448 01:21:19,043 --> 01:21:20,959 The vice squad? The FBI? 1449 01:21:21,043 --> 01:21:22,168 Do they have pictures? 1450 01:21:22,959 --> 01:21:26,293 For the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, 1451 01:21:26,376 --> 01:21:28,709 and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh. 1452 01:21:28,793 --> 01:21:31,168 For the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, 1453 01:21:31,251 --> 01:21:32,959 and the desires of the flesh-- 1454 01:21:33,043 --> 01:21:35,209 To keep you from that which you desire most. 1455 01:22:10,084 --> 01:22:12,959 [Thurmond] The organizer of this catastrophe-in-wait, 1456 01:22:13,043 --> 01:22:16,251 the so-called "man," Bayard Rustin, 1457 01:22:16,834 --> 01:22:18,584 is not only a communist, 1458 01:22:19,168 --> 01:22:20,626 he is also a pervert. 1459 01:22:21,459 --> 01:22:24,918 I have, in my possession, his Pasadena arrest record, 1460 01:22:25,001 --> 01:22:27,751 dated January 1953. 1461 01:22:27,834 --> 01:22:32,459 Mr. Rustin plead guilty to lewd conduct with two men. 1462 01:22:32,543 --> 01:22:34,626 He's a convicted homosex-- 1463 01:22:39,751 --> 01:22:40,751 -[car door opens] -[gasps] 1464 01:22:40,834 --> 01:22:42,584 The Council of Churches has committed 1465 01:22:42,668 --> 01:22:45,043 to build 80,000 box lunches the evening before, correct? 1466 01:22:45,126 --> 01:22:46,084 -Correct? -Yes. 1467 01:22:46,168 --> 01:22:47,918 Yes! Peanut butter and jelly. 1468 01:22:48,001 --> 01:22:49,918 -We were talking, and-- -[phone ringing] 1469 01:22:50,001 --> 01:22:51,168 Don't answer that. 1470 01:22:51,251 --> 01:22:54,043 -Uh, who's we? -The girls and myself. 1471 01:22:54,126 --> 01:22:56,959 Uh, and decided that cheese sandwiches would be so much better. 1472 01:22:57,043 --> 01:22:58,209 No. No. Peanut butter and jelly. 1473 01:22:58,293 --> 01:22:59,751 -[phones ringing] -Don't answer that. 1474 01:22:59,834 --> 01:23:03,126 What is the one word you've heard me say over and over? 1475 01:23:03,209 --> 01:23:04,501 -Eleanore? -Details. 1476 01:23:04,584 --> 01:23:06,876 -It's gonna be over 80 degrees. -[phone ringing frantically] 1477 01:23:07,459 --> 01:23:08,959 Cheese spoils. 1478 01:23:09,543 --> 01:23:10,584 You should know better. 1479 01:23:10,668 --> 01:23:13,501 -[grunting] -[phone ringing] 1480 01:23:13,584 --> 01:23:15,084 You should have known better! 1481 01:23:15,168 --> 01:23:16,293 -[heavy breathing] -[phones ringing] 1482 01:23:16,376 --> 01:23:18,376 -[punch thuds] -[Bayard grunts] 1483 01:23:18,459 --> 01:23:20,543 [phones ringing] 1484 01:23:24,209 --> 01:23:26,126 [blaring big band music playing] 1485 01:23:43,543 --> 01:23:44,418 [music stops] 1486 01:23:52,709 --> 01:23:53,751 [Martin] Bayard-- 1487 01:23:57,293 --> 01:23:59,376 You are one of the smartest men I know, 1488 01:24:00,418 --> 01:24:01,668 so explain to me why, 1489 01:24:02,626 --> 01:24:04,376 after all that's left undone, 1490 01:24:05,084 --> 01:24:09,168 am I yet again forced to justify my existence. 1491 01:24:11,668 --> 01:24:14,668 Each of us are taught in ways both cunning and cruel 1492 01:24:14,751 --> 01:24:16,834 that we are inadequate, incomplete, 1493 01:24:17,334 --> 01:24:20,126 And the easiest way to combat that feeling of not being enough 1494 01:24:20,209 --> 01:24:22,376 is to find someone we consider less than. 1495 01:24:22,459 --> 01:24:25,668 Less than because they are poorer than us or because they are darker than us 1496 01:24:25,751 --> 01:24:27,293 or because they desire someone 1497 01:24:27,376 --> 01:24:30,168 our churches and our laws say they should not desire. 1498 01:24:30,876 --> 01:24:33,001 When we tell ourselves such lies, 1499 01:24:33,084 --> 01:24:35,793 start to live and believe such lies, 1500 01:24:35,876 --> 01:24:39,834 we do the work of our oppressors by oppressing ourselves. 1501 01:24:43,668 --> 01:24:46,709 Strom Thurmond and Hoover don't give a shit about me. 1502 01:24:47,709 --> 01:24:52,918 What they really want to destroy is all of us coming together 1503 01:24:53,001 --> 01:24:55,209 and demanding this country change. 1504 01:24:59,959 --> 01:25:01,793 Are they expecting my resignation? 1505 01:25:04,459 --> 01:25:05,293 Some are, yes. 1506 01:25:05,918 --> 01:25:07,834 Then they're going to have to fire me 1507 01:25:08,668 --> 01:25:10,209 because I will not resign. 1508 01:25:13,334 --> 01:25:15,043 On the day that I was born Black, 1509 01:25:15,959 --> 01:25:17,668 I was also born a homosexual. 1510 01:25:19,418 --> 01:25:22,209 They either believe in freedom and justice for all, 1511 01:25:23,668 --> 01:25:24,709 or they do not. 1512 01:25:32,293 --> 01:25:33,126 [door opens] 1513 01:25:34,168 --> 01:25:35,043 [door closes] 1514 01:25:36,293 --> 01:25:39,293 -[woman] Yes, this is Michelle Harwood. -[phones ringing] 1515 01:25:40,876 --> 01:25:42,834 -[woman 2] This is Michelle Harwood. -[woman 3] Okay. Okay. 1516 01:25:42,918 --> 01:25:45,293 And may I have your first and last name? 1517 01:25:47,626 --> 01:25:49,001 Michelle Harwood speaking. 1518 01:25:50,959 --> 01:25:52,751 Yes, this is Michelle. 1519 01:25:52,834 --> 01:25:54,043 Biloxi, another bus. 1520 01:25:54,668 --> 01:25:56,709 Forty-seven, Chattanooga. 1521 01:25:58,168 --> 01:26:00,168 [woman 4] Eleanore, I got new numbers. Wanna see 'em? 1522 01:26:00,251 --> 01:26:03,626 -[woman 5] Do you have any other requests? -You're gonna take the tollbooth. 1523 01:26:03,709 --> 01:26:05,418 [typewriter tapping] 1524 01:26:05,501 --> 01:26:08,626 [Joyce] Just before the Washington Old Dominion corridor… 1525 01:26:11,293 --> 01:26:13,834 Is that how you intend to dress for my execution? 1526 01:26:13,918 --> 01:26:14,918 [laughs softly] 1527 01:26:16,834 --> 01:26:18,584 My widow's veil is at the cleaners. 1528 01:26:18,668 --> 01:26:20,168 [chuckles, inhales sharply] 1529 01:26:25,001 --> 01:26:26,918 This entire time you've been waiting for me 1530 01:26:27,001 --> 01:26:29,084 to offer you something I'm not ready to give. 1531 01:26:31,543 --> 01:26:32,751 Maybe when I'm older 1532 01:26:34,209 --> 01:26:36,376 and most of the battles have been won, I'll… 1533 01:26:37,959 --> 01:26:39,668 free myself to fall in love. 1534 01:26:41,918 --> 01:26:45,543 But until then, I want you to know that you're my family. 1535 01:26:47,251 --> 01:26:48,168 No secrets, 1536 01:26:49,251 --> 01:26:50,084 no shame, 1537 01:26:51,793 --> 01:26:52,626 just love. 1538 01:26:54,793 --> 01:26:55,709 [door opens abruptly] 1539 01:26:58,834 --> 01:27:01,459 I am dismayed that there are men 1540 01:27:01,543 --> 01:27:04,126 who, wrapping themselves in Christian morality, 1541 01:27:04,793 --> 01:27:08,918 would violate the most elementary conceptions of human decency 1542 01:27:09,001 --> 01:27:11,501 in order to persecute other men. 1543 01:27:11,584 --> 01:27:12,626 [applauding on TV] 1544 01:27:15,251 --> 01:27:18,543 Mr. Rustin is one of the most moral, 1545 01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:22,709 one of the most decent human beings I've ever known. 1546 01:27:23,959 --> 01:27:27,043 He is as committed to American democracy 1547 01:27:28,168 --> 01:27:30,501 as any current elected official 1548 01:27:31,626 --> 01:27:34,251 and would fight to protect the rights of all, 1549 01:27:35,251 --> 01:27:38,209 including those who would use the power of their position 1550 01:27:39,668 --> 01:27:40,793 to deny him his. 1551 01:27:42,709 --> 01:27:44,459 I'm proud to call him friend. 1552 01:27:45,376 --> 01:27:49,751 I can't think of a finer person to lead us into Washington, DC. 1553 01:27:50,251 --> 01:27:51,209 [sobbing] 1554 01:28:09,459 --> 01:28:10,293 [sniffles] 1555 01:28:14,043 --> 01:28:14,959 [chuckles softly] 1556 01:28:16,626 --> 01:28:18,043 [indistinct chattering] 1557 01:28:35,834 --> 01:28:37,834 [inspirational music playing] 1558 01:29:21,751 --> 01:29:22,959 [man] Mr. Rustin! 1559 01:29:23,876 --> 01:29:24,751 Blyden. 1560 01:29:28,709 --> 01:29:30,334 -[man 2] What side? Right? -[man 3] Right. 1561 01:29:32,084 --> 01:29:37,543 ♪ Jesus walked this lonesome valley ♪ 1562 01:29:38,459 --> 01:29:44,709 ♪ He had to walk it by himself ♪ 1563 01:29:44,793 --> 01:29:48,043 [vocalizing] 1564 01:29:49,251 --> 01:29:51,501 Lord, I hope and pray they come today. 1565 01:29:52,084 --> 01:29:53,459 [man] That goes over there. 1566 01:29:54,334 --> 01:29:55,584 That goes over there. 1567 01:30:00,418 --> 01:30:03,459 Thank you for coming. Take this and go right over there. 1568 01:30:06,751 --> 01:30:08,126 [woman] Take some more of those. 1569 01:30:08,209 --> 01:30:10,626 [woman 2] Let's sign and return these pledge cards. 1570 01:30:13,084 --> 01:30:15,793 -Mr. Rustin. -Mr. Rustin, sir. 1571 01:30:15,876 --> 01:30:17,793 -It's 7:45 a.m. -Where is everybody? 1572 01:30:17,876 --> 01:30:21,209 -You said there'd be 100,000 people here. -I see 75 people here tops. 1573 01:30:21,293 --> 01:30:26,834 Alabama, Wisconsin, Nevada, Union Station. I would say about 10 o'clock. 1574 01:30:26,918 --> 01:30:27,876 Eleanore? 1575 01:30:29,668 --> 01:30:30,626 [Eleanore] Ten o'clock. 1576 01:30:32,001 --> 01:30:35,251 [man over PA] Check, check. Testing, one, two, three. 1577 01:30:35,334 --> 01:30:37,543 ♪ …this morning with Woke up this morning with ♪ 1578 01:30:37,626 --> 01:30:40,751 ♪ Woke up this morning with Woke up this morning with ♪ 1579 01:30:40,834 --> 01:30:42,459 ♪ Woke up this morning with ♪ 1580 01:30:42,543 --> 01:30:45,584 -♪ Woke up this morning with ♪ -♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1581 01:30:45,668 --> 01:30:49,168 -♪ Woke up this morning with ♪ -♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1582 01:30:49,251 --> 01:30:52,043 [harmonizing] ♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1583 01:30:52,126 --> 01:30:55,543 ♪ Woke up this morning with my mind ♪ 1584 01:30:55,626 --> 01:30:58,543 ♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1585 01:30:59,084 --> 01:31:02,626 ♪ Woke up this morning with my mind ♪ 1586 01:31:02,709 --> 01:31:05,001 ♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1587 01:31:05,501 --> 01:31:08,334 ♪ Hallelu, Hallelu ♪ 1588 01:31:08,418 --> 01:31:14,168 ♪ Hallelujah! ♪ 1589 01:31:17,959 --> 01:31:18,793 Beautiful crowd. 1590 01:31:19,459 --> 01:31:21,459 Freedom now, freedom now… 1591 01:31:21,543 --> 01:31:24,251 -Yeah! -Hallelujah! 1592 01:31:26,084 --> 01:31:27,126 [chanting] 1593 01:31:29,084 --> 01:31:31,709 Everyone, move this line. 1594 01:31:31,793 --> 01:31:34,501 -[horns honking] -[inspirational music playing] 1595 01:31:42,459 --> 01:31:45,668 [singers] ♪ Woke up this morning with Woke up this morning with ♪ 1596 01:31:45,751 --> 01:31:48,751 ♪ Stayed on freedom ♪ 1597 01:31:48,834 --> 01:31:51,709 ♪ Woke up this morning with my mind… ♪ 1598 01:31:56,209 --> 01:32:00,084 [marchers] ♪ Freedom, freedom ♪ 1599 01:32:00,168 --> 01:32:04,084 ♪ Freedom, freedom, freedom ♪ 1600 01:32:08,293 --> 01:32:13,043 ♪ Oh, thank my God how he kept me ♪ 1601 01:32:13,126 --> 01:32:17,876 ♪ I'm gonna thank him 'Cause He never left me, yeah ♪ 1602 01:32:17,959 --> 01:32:21,626 ♪ I wanna thank Him For ol' time religion ♪ 1603 01:32:21,709 --> 01:32:26,501 ♪ I wanna thank God For giving me a vision ♪ 1604 01:32:26,584 --> 01:32:31,376 ♪ Oh, I'm gon' join the Heavenly choir ♪ 1605 01:32:31,459 --> 01:32:36,001 ♪ I'm gonna shout and never get tired ♪ 1606 01:32:36,084 --> 01:32:40,418 ♪ I'm gonna shout all my troubles over ♪ 1607 01:32:40,501 --> 01:32:44,709 ♪ I'm gonna sing glory Hallelujah ♪ 1608 01:32:44,793 --> 01:32:50,209 ♪ You know I'm gonna thank Thank him for being ♪ 1609 01:32:50,834 --> 01:32:57,709 ♪ 'Cause God's been so good to me ♪ 1610 01:32:58,293 --> 01:33:01,126 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1611 01:33:01,209 --> 01:33:02,876 [cheering] 1612 01:33:07,293 --> 01:33:10,959 When we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, 1613 01:33:11,043 --> 01:33:14,293 from every state and every city, 1614 01:33:15,126 --> 01:33:17,626 we will be able to speed up that day 1615 01:33:17,709 --> 01:33:19,501 when all of God's children, 1616 01:33:19,584 --> 01:33:21,168 Black men and white men, 1617 01:33:21,251 --> 01:33:24,251 Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, 1618 01:33:24,334 --> 01:33:26,501 will all be able to join hands 1619 01:33:26,584 --> 01:33:29,418 and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 1620 01:33:30,418 --> 01:33:33,418 "Free at last! Free at last!" 1621 01:33:33,501 --> 01:33:36,251 "Thank God almighty, we are free at last." 1622 01:33:36,334 --> 01:33:37,959 [cheering] 1623 01:33:38,043 --> 01:33:39,793 [triumphant music playing] 1624 01:34:40,418 --> 01:34:41,376 [Anna] Bayard. 1625 01:34:41,459 --> 01:34:43,043 -Anna. -[Cleve] Mr. Randolph. [laughs] 1626 01:34:43,126 --> 01:34:45,126 When I was a child, 1627 01:34:45,626 --> 01:34:47,876 every night, my father would ask, 1628 01:34:48,376 --> 01:34:51,001 "Have you made yourself useful today?" 1629 01:34:51,668 --> 01:34:54,709 And I'm certain that was the same for you. 1630 01:34:54,793 --> 01:34:57,668 But, child, today… 1631 01:34:58,626 --> 01:35:00,084 Today… 1632 01:35:01,751 --> 01:35:03,126 [Roy] Chief! Chief! 1633 01:35:03,709 --> 01:35:04,584 I just got word. 1634 01:35:04,668 --> 01:35:07,668 The president has invited the Big Ten to the Oval Office. 1635 01:35:07,751 --> 01:35:08,709 -[cheering] -Oh! 1636 01:35:08,793 --> 01:35:10,668 That's what I'm talking about. 1637 01:35:11,584 --> 01:35:12,501 Congratulations. 1638 01:35:12,584 --> 01:35:14,251 Bayard should be with us. 1639 01:35:16,959 --> 01:35:20,626 A few weeks ago, I said that I'd happily act as trash collector 1640 01:35:20,709 --> 01:35:22,084 if we pulled today off. 1641 01:35:22,168 --> 01:35:26,126 Rustin, you are far more valuable to us than a trash collector. 1642 01:35:26,626 --> 01:35:28,251 Roy, for shame. 1643 01:35:28,334 --> 01:35:31,084 Ma Rustin taught me that no man is less valuable 1644 01:35:31,168 --> 01:35:33,918 because he picks up trash to care for his own. 1645 01:35:42,459 --> 01:35:43,668 [indistinct chattering] 1646 01:35:50,376 --> 01:35:51,834 Hello, son. How are you? 1647 01:35:51,918 --> 01:35:52,834 Would you mind? 1648 01:35:52,918 --> 01:35:54,251 [gentle music playing] 1649 01:35:54,793 --> 01:35:55,626 Thank you. 1650 01:35:55,709 --> 01:35:56,709 [music continues] 1651 01:36:39,168 --> 01:36:41,168 [group singing in background] 1652 01:37:00,876 --> 01:37:03,543 ["Road to Freedom" by Lenny Kravitz playing] 1653 01:37:28,043 --> 01:37:31,751 ♪ We are here to make the dream true ♪ 1654 01:37:34,043 --> 01:37:37,668 ♪ And together that’s what we’ll do ♪ 1655 01:37:39,834 --> 01:37:43,959 ♪ We are here we will change the tide ♪ 1656 01:37:45,501 --> 01:37:49,293 ♪ Step by step standing side by side ♪ 1657 01:37:51,209 --> 01:37:56,626 ♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ 1658 01:37:57,209 --> 01:38:02,126 ♪ Until the war is won ♪ 1659 01:38:02,751 --> 01:38:07,918 ♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ 1660 01:38:08,543 --> 01:38:13,251 ♪ There’s so much work to be done ♪ 1661 01:38:15,293 --> 01:38:18,501 ♪ We will fight where evil lies ♪ 1662 01:38:19,584 --> 01:38:21,751 ♪ We will sacrifice ♪ 1663 01:38:21,834 --> 01:38:23,834 ♪ There’s no compromise ♪ 1664 01:38:27,043 --> 01:38:31,376 ♪ On this road we’re prepared to die ♪ 1665 01:38:31,459 --> 01:38:34,001 ♪ We will stay the course ♪ 1666 01:38:34,084 --> 01:38:40,793 ♪ We know we will rise ♪ 1667 01:38:41,501 --> 01:38:47,293 -♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ -♪ On the road to freedom ♪ 1668 01:38:47,376 --> 01:38:53,168 -♪ Until the war is won ♪ -♪ Until the war is won ♪ 1669 01:38:53,251 --> 01:38:58,626 -♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ -♪ Road to freedom ♪ 1670 01:38:59,168 --> 01:39:04,501 -♪ So much work to be done ♪ -♪ We're marching on ♪ 1671 01:39:04,584 --> 01:39:10,709 -♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ -♪ Oh freedom ♪ 1672 01:39:10,793 --> 01:39:16,376 -♪ Until the war is won ♪ -♪ Until the war is won ♪ 1673 01:39:16,459 --> 01:39:22,501 -♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ -♪ Freedom ♪ 1674 01:39:22,584 --> 01:39:25,418 ♪ So much work to be done ♪ 1675 01:39:25,501 --> 01:39:28,418 ♪ we’re marching on And on and on and on and on ♪ 1676 01:39:28,501 --> 01:39:34,293 -♪ We’re on the road to freedom ♪ -♪ Freedom ♪ 1677 01:39:34,376 --> 01:39:39,293 ♪ So much work to be done ♪ 1678 01:39:42,751 --> 01:39:45,376 ["The Knowing" by Ledisi Young playing] 1679 01:39:55,751 --> 01:39:59,376 ♪ Your touch, hard to resist ♪ 1680 01:39:59,459 --> 01:40:02,793 ♪ I can’t find the words ♪ 1681 01:40:03,501 --> 01:40:05,501 ♪ But I want this ♪ 1682 01:40:07,584 --> 01:40:11,251 ♪ We move differently And want the same thing ♪ 1683 01:40:11,334 --> 01:40:16,793 ♪ You’re like me and I want you ♪ 1684 01:40:18,709 --> 01:40:21,668 ♪ Change the world Watching you make history ♪ 1685 01:40:21,751 --> 01:40:24,209 ♪ Love’s the language The root of everything ♪ 1686 01:40:24,293 --> 01:40:26,168 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1687 01:40:27,209 --> 01:40:29,209 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1688 01:40:30,584 --> 01:40:33,126 ♪ Whisper softly For freedom soon to come ♪ 1689 01:40:33,209 --> 01:40:35,668 ♪ Ahead of time for others, not for us ♪ 1690 01:40:35,751 --> 01:40:37,751 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1691 01:40:39,084 --> 01:40:41,084 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1692 01:40:42,043 --> 01:40:44,918 ♪ Forbidden love A flame, a stolen stare ♪ 1693 01:40:45,001 --> 01:40:47,876 ♪ But now pretend That our love’s not really there ♪ 1694 01:40:47,959 --> 01:40:49,959 ♪ They don’t wanna know ♪ 1695 01:40:50,584 --> 01:40:52,584 ♪ They don’t need to know ♪ 1696 01:40:54,251 --> 01:40:57,126 ♪ Now love me, hold me, steal a kiss ♪ 1697 01:40:57,209 --> 01:40:59,668 ♪ We’ll be free one day To love like this ♪ 1698 01:40:59,751 --> 01:41:02,668 -♪ They don’t wanna know ♪ -♪ Trust me ♪ 1699 01:41:02,751 --> 01:41:04,751 ♪ One day they will know ♪ 1700 01:41:05,584 --> 01:41:06,793 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1701 01:41:06,876 --> 01:41:10,793 ♪ Never met someone Who understands how it feels ♪ 1702 01:41:10,876 --> 01:41:16,459 ♪ Been on my own forever This feels unreal ♪ 1703 01:41:18,334 --> 01:41:21,293 ♪ A perfect love is what we have ♪ 1704 01:41:22,459 --> 01:41:28,959 ♪ You are my amazing grace ♪ 1705 01:41:29,876 --> 01:41:32,751 ♪ Building bridges From where we both begin ♪ 1706 01:41:32,834 --> 01:41:35,334 ♪ You’re my savior From now until the end ♪ 1707 01:41:35,418 --> 01:41:37,418 ♪ I hope that you know ♪ 1708 01:41:38,334 --> 01:41:40,209 ♪ Do you even know ♪ 1709 01:41:41,418 --> 01:41:44,459 ♪ Imagine living outside Of all the lines ♪ 1710 01:41:44,543 --> 01:41:47,168 ♪ Stolen water is sweet our love divine ♪ 1711 01:41:47,251 --> 01:41:49,084 ♪ They don’t wanna know ♪ 1712 01:41:50,209 --> 01:41:52,084 ♪ They will never know ♪ 1713 01:41:55,376 --> 01:41:58,084 ♪ We can move mountains ♪ 1714 01:41:58,168 --> 01:42:01,334 ♪ We could be free now ♪ 1715 01:42:01,418 --> 01:42:05,334 ♪ Follow our passion It’s closer now ♪ 1716 01:42:07,168 --> 01:42:10,918 ♪ They’ll remember who we are ♪ 1717 01:42:12,293 --> 01:42:16,834 ♪ One day for us Breath to breath, no more fear ♪ 1718 01:42:17,959 --> 01:42:20,918 ♪ I can’t have you for myself ♪ 1719 01:42:21,918 --> 01:42:27,626 ♪ Hiding you from me is hard to do ♪ 1720 01:42:29,834 --> 01:42:33,751 ♪ There are moments that I can’t deny ♪ 1721 01:42:33,834 --> 01:42:39,043 ♪ How I feel inside for you ♪ 1722 01:42:40,834 --> 01:42:43,793 ♪ Change the world Watching you make history ♪ 1723 01:42:43,876 --> 01:42:46,376 ♪ Love’s the language The root of everything 1724 01:42:46,459 --> 01:42:48,459 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1725 01:42:49,376 --> 01:42:51,376 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1726 01:42:52,418 --> 01:42:55,418 ♪ Forbidden love A flame, a stolen stare ♪ 1727 01:42:55,501 --> 01:42:58,043 ♪ But now pretend That our love’s not really there ♪ 1728 01:42:58,126 --> 01:43:00,209 ♪ They don’t wanna know ♪ 1729 01:43:01,293 --> 01:43:03,126 ♪ They don’t need to know ♪ 1730 01:43:03,751 --> 01:43:06,126 ♪ They don’t need to know ♪ 1731 01:43:10,043 --> 01:43:12,043 ♪ They don't need to know ♪ 1732 01:43:13,126 --> 01:43:14,876 ♪ They don't need to know ♪ 1733 01:43:22,043 --> 01:43:23,793 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1734 01:43:24,959 --> 01:43:26,959 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1735 01:43:33,876 --> 01:43:35,751 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1736 01:43:36,459 --> 01:43:38,251 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1737 01:43:45,709 --> 01:43:47,584 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1738 01:43:48,293 --> 01:43:50,501 -♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1739 01:43:50,584 --> 01:43:53,959 ♪ Tell them what we know ♪ 1740 01:44:09,418 --> 01:44:11,001 [upbeat jazz music playing]