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I accept this honor for our lost ones,
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whose deaths pave our path.
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And for the 20 million
Negro men and women
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motivated by dignity
and a disdain for hopelessness.
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This isn't right.
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Corrie.
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This ain't right.
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What's that?
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This necktie. It's not right.
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Well, it's not a necktie, dear.
It's an ascot.
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Yes, but generally the same principles
should apply, shouldn't they?
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It's not right.
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It's not right, or you don't like it?
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I don't like how this looks.
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Looks distinguished and debonair
to me.
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You know what I mean.
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Like we're living high on the hog.
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Dressed like this
while folks back home are...
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It's not right.
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Wait till the brothers back home
see me like this.
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They'll have a good laugh.
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Let them laugh.
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It's not a crime to be away
for a few days, Martin.
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It's nice being away, huh?
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Yeah. It really is.
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Look here.
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I'm gonna be a pastor
somewhere small.
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College town.
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Lead a little church. Teach a class.
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Maybe the occasional
speaking engagement.
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And I'll pay all the bills for us,
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especially the mortgage
for our very own house.
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Perfect.
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You look handsome.
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Through it all,
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Martin Luther King has
spoken of his dream.
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One which we
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and many other people
around the world share.
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To this undeterred hero forjustice,
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the Nobel Committee of Oslo, Norway,
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awards our 1964 Peace Prize.
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I accept this honor for our lost ones,
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whose deaths pave our path.
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I accept this honor for the more than
20 million American Negroes
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who are motivated by dignity.
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Together we believe that
what the illusion
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of supremacy has destroyed,
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the truth of equality can nourish.
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I promise you.
It ain't nothing to be scared of.
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It's quick.
And the pastor is right there next to you.
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Yeah, but the biggest thing
is getting your hair wet up.
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I got my hair pressed that same morning
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and it was wasted
as soon as I hit the water.
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I should have worn a swim cap
like Mama said.
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See, I asked my mama
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could she make my hair like
Coretta Scott King had hers
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at the Washington March.
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But she said that was too grown.
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Oh, I love her hair.
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I heard she don't even put rollers in it.
It's just like that.
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But I studied it. I know how she do it.
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See, she parts in the middle and then...
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Annie Lee Cooper!
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Get on up now. I ain't got all day.
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You work for Mr. Dunn
down at the rest home, ain't that right?
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Yes.
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Wonder what old Dunn'll say
when I tell him
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one of his gals is down here
stirring a fuss.
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I ain't stirring no fuss.
I'm just here trying to register to vote.
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It's all right this time.
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It's right when I say it's right.
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Recite the Constitution's preamble.
Know what a preamble is?
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"We the people of the United States,
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"in order to form a more perfect union,"
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"establish justice,
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"ensure domestic tranquility,"
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"provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare..."
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How many county judges in Alabama?
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Sixty-seven.
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Name them.
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Aren't we done?
Are we not done with this?
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- Will this ever end?
- I don't know, Mr. President.
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A comprehensive plan
is already in place.
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The act was only passed
six months ago.
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So hammer home that
impatience only hurts the overall cause.
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We're... We're getting there.
Just... Just keep reiterating the plan.
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No, he doesn't want reiteration.
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He wants something so he can say,
"Look, I told you I had a dream"
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"and it's all coming goddamn true,
whether you like it or not!"
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That's what he wants.
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What he needs to do
is get on board with what we're doing
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instead of the other way around.
For once!
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Mr. President, Dr. King.
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Mr. President.
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Dr. King.
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Well, I'll tell you.
I'm a tall son-of-a-bitch,
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but this close to the new Nobel laureate
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and with all those other trinkets
you've been collecting lately,
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I feel tits-high to a puppy dog.
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Well, thank you, Mr. President.
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Mr. White.
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- Dr. King.
- All right.
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I'll tell you, ending segregation,
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proudest moment of my life
when I signed that '64 Act.
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Proudest moment of my life, I tell you.
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Now civil rights is a priority
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- of this administration as you know.
- Thank you.
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We're gonna face the challenge,
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or this country is
storing up a heap of trouble for itself.
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Now, seeing as I can't convince you to
work with my administration
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in an official capacity
inside the White House,
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I feel damn fortunate
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to have someone
as statesmanlike as you
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leading the movement.
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And I want you to go on leading it.
No one else.
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Not one of these
militant Malcolm X types.
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So... I wanna help. Tell me how.
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Well, Mr. President,
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I'm here to speak
specifically about the denial
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of a basic American right
for the Negro citizen.
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The right to vote.
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Well... Technically...
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Technically, we already have it.
Yes, Mr. President.
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But, we both know in the South
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black voters are kept off the rolls
and out of the voting booths
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by systematic intimidation
and fear, Mr. President.
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Now, you asked how you can help.
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We want Federal legislation
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granting Negroes the right
to vote unencumbered.
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And we want Federal
protocol eliminating
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the decades-long dismissal
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and illegal denial
of blacks seeking to vote.
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And we want
robust enforcement of that protocol.
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Well... That's fine.
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But... Most of the South
is still not desegregating.
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Let's not start another battle
when we haven't even won the first.
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And you know what
the next battle should be?
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The eradication of poverty.
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I'm calling it "The War on Poverty."
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It's a matter of political priorities.
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Poverty is going to be my focus at home
and I want you to help me with this.
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We can make big changes
in these things
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for people of all colors.
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And I know that matters to you,
doesn't it?
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This voting thing
is just gonna have to wait.
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It...
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it can't wait, Mr. President.
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Well, why not?
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Because there have been thousands
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of racially motivated murders
in the South,
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including those four girls.
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Well, I know that...
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And you know the astounding fact
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that not one of these criminals
who murder us when and why they want
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has ever been convicted.
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Yeah, I know we have a lot
of work to do down there.
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Not one conviction
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because they are protected
by white officials
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chosen by an all-white electorate.
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And on the rare occasions
that they face trial,
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they are freed by all-white juries.
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All-white because
you can't serve on a jury
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unless you are registered to vote.
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Well, Dr. King, you've certainly given me
something to think about.
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But this administration is going to
set this aside for a while.
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Just for a while, you understand.
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Yes, Mr. President, I... I understand.
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Selma it is.
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Big speech lined up
for these folks tonight, Doc?
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We need to see what's what first,
Big Fellow.
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We're just here to test the waters.
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Oh, my Lord.
What you got us into, woman?
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We've got 128 miles
to come to our senses, gentlemen.
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Hush.
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This here is the place we need to be.
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This right here is the next great battle.
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I can only imagine.
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Decent-looking place to die though.
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Ms. Nash.
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Mr. Bevel.
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Doc? This here is it. Selma's the place.
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A lot of groundwork has already
been laid by the people here.
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And they ready.
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- Sister Boynton.
- Mr. Orange.
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Good afternoon.
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Dr. King?
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May I introduce myself?
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Yeah, of course.
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Hey!
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It's okay. It's okay. I'm okay.
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This way, Dr. King.
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That white boy can hit.
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This place is perfect.
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What's the FBl's current information
on Martin Luther King?
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I heard he was assaulted in Selma.
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My information can be
summed up in a few words.
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King is a political and moral degenerate.
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Well, you say that, J. Edgar.
I have to take it seriously.
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But if he's a degenerate,
what I do know is,
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he's a non-violent degenerate.
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And I want him to go on leading
the civil rights movement,
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not one of these bloodthirsty militants.
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What I need to know right now is
what's he about to do next?
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Mr. President,
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you know we can
shut men with power down
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permanently and unequivocally.
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I'm very aware of that, Mr. Director.
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Well, if you prefer a different approach,
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we can go with the wife.
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We know there's tension
in the home already.
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We can weaken the dynamic.
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Dismantle the family.
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Hello.
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You ain't got long.
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When the hearts of those Pickaninnies
of yours stop beating...
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Same thing?
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When are you all heading out?
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We're heading back to Selma
at 5:00 a.m.
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It turned out to be
an ideal staging ground.
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There's a full couple of weeks planned.
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Quite a bit to be done.
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I see.
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That highway is nice now.
Get you there in a couple of hours.
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Good people in those parts though.
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Well...
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I'm worried about the ones
who ain't so good.
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This local Sheriff Jim Clark
is supposed to be bad business.
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Won't go down without a fight, they say.
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And since we don't fight...
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Well...
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As good a place to die as any, I guess.
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I wish you wouldn't talk like that.
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It just takes the edge off.
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You and your friends
can joke about that.
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I don't joke about that.
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You're right. I'm sorry.
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I'll put these things away
in your bag now.
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I didn't realize
you were leaving so early.
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Hello?
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Halie?
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Martin.
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I need to hear the Lord's voice.
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Surely, Martin. Surely.
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Precious Lord.
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Take my hand.
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Lead me home.
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Let me stand.
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I am tired.
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I am weak.
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I am worn.
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Through the storm.
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Through the night.
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Lord, lead me on.
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To the light.
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- Hey!
- Hey!
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- Sully.
- Look at you.
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- Morning, Doctor.
- Good morning, Doctor.
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- Drive all right?
- Good and long.
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Good news is Richie Jean is in there.
260
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,201
Oh, she's ready for you.
261
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,320
Negro, that's all you had to say.
262
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,290
Uncle Marty!
263
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,641
There she is! There's our girl!
264
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,761
Hey, Richie Jean!
265
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,289
- Looking like her mom.
- You go play.
266
00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,886
- Hey!
- Hey, Ralphy.
267
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,610
- How you doing?
- Hey!
268
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:17,727
Good to see you, sweetheart.
269
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,290
Hey, come over here.
270
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,485
Oh, Lord, it's good to see this!
271
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,642
Okay, now, I've got the grits
on the stove.
272
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,688
How many we expecting today?
273
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,041
Well, now, Sister Jackson.
274
00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:31,726
You know about our group,
the SCLC, right?
275
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,768
The Southern Christian
Leadership Conference?
276
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,286
A few of our top SCLC leaders
are with us this time
277
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:39,807
since we're going to be here
a little longer than expected.
278
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,890
Now, this here's Reverend C.T. Vivian.
279
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,689
He coordinates all the SCLC branches.
280
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,445
Welcome. Nice to meet you.
Welcome, welcome.
281
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,363
This is Reverend James Bevel.
282
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,488
- How you doing, ma'am?
- I'm well. Thank you.
283
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,085
This here is James Orange.
284
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,611
Oh, this is a big one.
285
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,170
I don't know if I've got enough
to feed you.
286
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,730
Well, let's find out. How about that?
287
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:57,847
Hey!
288
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,048
Now, you got two of them
named James.
289
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,281
Oh, you can call me Jim, Sister.
290
00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:02,486
And Orange is fine with me, ma'am.
291
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:03,766
Or Big Fellow!
292
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,769
All right. Well, this is fine with me.
293
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,003
Mrs. Jackson. Hosea Williams.
294
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,320
Or Castro!
295
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,131
Oh, yeah, that's a long story.
296
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,204
Those grits, they need some stirring.
Mind?
297
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,805
You put your foot in it now.
298
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,049
Ain't you supposed to be on a diet?
299
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,481
Somebody call Juanita.
300
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,850
- There's a phone!
- Hey, get off that phone.
301
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:26,967
Juanfia?
302
00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:29,361
Don't do it, Doc. Don't do it...
303
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,168
Turning in, Doc. You okay?
304
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,571
Yes, sir. Good night to you.
305
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,283
I wanted to tell you that
the students are in town.
306
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,206
Local students?
307
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,084
Oh, no.
308
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,081
The Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee.
309
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,761
Okay. Our young friends at SNCC.
310
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:03,681
Good to know.
311
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,922
You the one told them to organize.
312
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:08,521
Took it to heart.
313
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,528
Don't be surprised
if they don't give us grief tomorrow.
314
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,285
Town folk may be happy to see us.
But SNCC?
315
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,126
They feel we're in their territory.
316
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,330
They're young and full of spirit.
317
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,411
Not a bad thing.
318
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,169
It'll sort out.
319
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,370
Good night.
320
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,011
Good night.
321
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,044
"Boycotting the buses in Montgomery."
322
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,327
"Segregation in Birmingham."
323
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,961
Boycotting the buses in Montgomery.
324
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,650
Segregation in Birmingham.
325
00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,961
Now? Voting in Selma.
326
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:07,129
One struggle ends just to go
right to the next and the next.
327
00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,124
If you think of it that way,
it's a hard road.
328
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,411
But I don't think of it that way.
329
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,245
I think of these efforts as one effort.
330
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,130
And that one effort is for our life.
331
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,608
Our life as a community.
Our life as a nation.
332
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,163
For our lives.
333
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,931
We can do this.
334
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,205
We must do this!
335
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,047
We see children
336
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,885
become victims of one
of the most vicious crimes
337
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,443
ever perpetrated against humanity
within the walls of their own church!
338
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,410
They are sainted now.
339
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,802
They are the sainted ones
in this quest for freedom.
340
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,565
And they speak to us still.
341
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,804
They say to us, to all of us,
all colors and creeds,
342
00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:13,770
that we must do this.
343
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:19,206
They say to us that it is unacceptable
344
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,648
for more than 50% of Selma to be Negro
345
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,247
and yet less than 2% of Negroes here
being able to vote
346
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,324
and determine their own destiny
as human beings.
347
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,530
They say to us that
the local white leadership
348
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,002
use their power to
keep us away from the ballot box
349
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,764
and keep us voiceless.
350
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:49,208
As long as I am unable to exercise
my constitutional right to vote,
351
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,251
I do not have command of my own life.
352
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,847
I cannot determine my own destiny
for it is determined for me
353
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,163
by people who would rather
see me suffer than succeed.
354
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,322
Those that have gone before us say,
"No more!"
355
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:04,640
No more! No more!
356
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,290
No more!
357
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:10,160
That means protest, that means march,
358
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,484
that means disturb the peace,
that means jail,
359
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,961
that means risk! And that is hard!
360
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,091
We will not wait any longer.
361
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,162
Give us the vote!
362
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,810
That's right! No more!
363
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,362
We're not asking. We're demanding.
364
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:29,646
Give us the vote!
365
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,846
Give us the vote!
366
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,481
Dr. King.
Roy Reed of The New York Times.
367
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,562
Yes. Hello to you. How are you?
368
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,961
I'm well, sir. Thank you for asking.
369
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,927
Dr. King, are you truly non-violent
if you are provoking violence, sir?
370
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,004
We are here,
using our very bodies in protest
371
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,923
- to say to those who deny us...
- Dr. King. Dr. King.
372
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,001
Pleasure, sir.
373
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,845
That we will no longer let them
use their billy clubs
374
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,764
in dark corners and halls of power.
375
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,605
We make them do it
in the glaring light of day, Mr. Reed.
376
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,680
Is SNCC standing with us
on this or not, gentlemen?
377
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:11,846
You want us to bring our people in,
378
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,081
but you're not giving anything in return.
379
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,606
Now we are asking
for some kind of commitment here.
380
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,648
Respectfully speaking, of course,
381
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,688
we've been handling
the voter registration
382
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,564
in this town now for two years.
383
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,007
Well, you haven't gotten very far,
have you?
384
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,806
Well, maybe not, Reverend.
But we're still here.
385
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:28,881
Meaning what?
386
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,485
This time next month, you won't be!
387
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,722
- That's insanity!
- Just like you left Albany.
388
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,245
Those people are pathetic
down there now.
389
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,481
Like they daddy left home!
390
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,688
What we're trying
to explain is that in Albany you all...
391
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,604
You know what I think?
Maybe we should just leave Selma...
392
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,762
Now! Leave it to these two.
393
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,081
Come back in another two years
and see how much further you got!
394
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,969
- Sounds just fine to me.
- That's enough.
395
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,081
Enough of this now.
396
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,771
I haven't the time for this.
None of us got the time for this.
397
00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,925
John.
398
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:01,971
James.
399
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,721
The way our organization works
is straightforward.
400
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,010
We negotiate. We demonstrate.
We resist.
401
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:16,646
And on our best days, our adversary
helps the matter by making a mistake.
402
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:21,203
Now, we were in Albany for nine months
and we made a lot of mistakes.
403
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,366
But their sheriff, Laurie Pritchett,
404
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,603
he never made a mistake.
405
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,088
Kept his cool,
kept arresting us in a humane way,
406
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,607
carried people to
the jail-wagons on stretchers.
407
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,762
Day in, day out.
408
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,200
There was no drama.
409
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:38,765
You mean there was no cameras.
410
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,041
Exactly.
411
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,370
Now I know, we all understand,
that you young people
412
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,250
believe in working
in the community long-term.
413
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,166
Doing the good work
to raise black consciousness.
414
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,962
It's good grassroots work.
415
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:02,250
I can't tell you
how much we admire that.
416
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,368
But what we do
417
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,363
is negotiate,
418
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,010
demonstrate,
419
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,161
resist.
420
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,328
And a big part of that
421
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,529
is raising white consciousness.
422
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:16,931
And in particular the consciousness
423
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,764
of whichever white man
happens to be sitting
424
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:19,841
in the Oval Office.
425
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:25,043
Right now, Johnson has other fish to fry
and he'll ignore us if he can.
426
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,811
The only way to stop him doing that
427
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,611
is by being on the front page
of the national press every morning
428
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,046
and by being on the TV news
every night.
429
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,168
And that requires
430
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,161
drama.
431
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:42,801
Now...
432
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,566
John.
433
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,125
James.
434
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,929
Answer me one question.
435
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,922
I've been told the sheriff in this town
isn't like Laurie Pritchett in Albany.
436
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,289
He's a big ignorant bully
like Bull Connor in Birmingham.
437
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,444
Well, you tell me. You know Selma.
438
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,966
You know Sheriff Jim Clark.
439
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:14,568
Is he Laurie Pritchett?
Or is he Bull Connor?
440
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,281
He's Bull Connor.
441
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,883
- Bingo!
- Good.
442
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,531
That's good.
443
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:35,761
But it gets better.
444
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,285
See, Clark doesn't control the streets
like Connor did in Birmingham.
445
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,600
Clark's the County Sheriff,
446
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,809
and all he controls in Selma
is the County Courthouse.
447
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,291
So relatively speaking,
448
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,167
we have clear avenues of approach
to a defined battle zone.
449
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,203
In the courthouse
sits the heart of the matter,
450
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,601
the voter registration office.
451
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,523
Now this is
an exceptional circumstance.
452
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,685
See, in Albany, there were
no clearly defined battle zones.
453
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,049
The issue was segregation,
and segregation was everywhere.
454
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:07,126
In Selma, we can concentrate
our actions on one building.
455
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,967
A citadel, defended by fanatics.
456
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,485
The Selma Courthouse.
457
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,404
A perfect stage.
458
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,321
Y'all deliberately
causing an obstruction!
459
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,881
You don't disperse,
you're gonna be arrested.
460
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,086
I promise you!
461
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,844
Sheriff Clark,
462
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,764
we're trying to gain access
to the registration office.
463
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,410
Which is our legal right.
464
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,091
There's too many of you.
And you know damn well there is!
465
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,322
Now, y'all just gonna have
to wait at the rear!
466
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,965
No, Sheriff Clark.
467
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,522
We're going in the front
and we're gonna wait right here.
468
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,922
Segregation is now illegal
in this country, sir.
469
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,561
Get out, nigger.
470
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:02,687
- Come on.
- I'm trying.
471
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:03,841
Kneel down, Daddy.
472
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,126
Come on.
473
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,323
Keep this sidewalk clear. Clear a path!
474
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,160
Get out of the way! Get out of the way!
475
00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,651
Get the hell out of the way!
476
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,529
Keep the sidewalk clear!
477
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,086
I said keep it clear!
478
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,650
Okay. We about to sit him down.
He can't sit.
479
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:18,841
Then he needs to learn.
480
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,649
- He gonna sit.
- Sit down, God damn it!
481
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:22,484
Hey, hey! Pa? Pa?
482
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,291
Daddy.
483
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,604
I just told you he can't sit.
484
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,045
What do we got here?
485
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,160
What's going on here, boy?
486
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,486
What we got here? What we got here?
487
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,440
- Jimmie! Sit down!
- No, Mama, I'm sick of this.
488
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:35,606
- Jimmie!
- Don't do it.
489
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,647
Do you have a problem, boy?
490
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,370
I'm sick of this! I just told you...
491
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,841
What'd you think, boy?
What'd you think?
492
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,570
What the fuck are you thinking?
493
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,526
Get that nigger woman!
494
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:55,806
Kill that nigger bitch!
495
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,686
Get your hands off of me!
496
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,962
We will not tolerate
a bunch of nigra agitators
497
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,726
attempting to orchestrate
a disturbance in this state.
498
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,609
Not as long as I'm governor.
499
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:29,368
Now, I stand here today
500
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,363
in the cradle of the Confederacy
501
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,046
to remind its people
of our Founding Fathers'
502
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,043
goals of duty.
503
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,363
Goals long since forgotten
by progressives and liberals
504
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,967
in favor of what they call
a changing world.
505
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,886
They seek to make us one mongrel unit.
506
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,045
Instead of allowing each race to flourish
from its separate racial station
507
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,566
as has been the standard
for generations now.
508
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:54,760
Good morning, Mr. President.
509
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,848
Their changing world
510
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,888
is sickening the balance
of the Southland.
511
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,126
Now...
512
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:05,687
I pledged to stand up
for Alabama when I campaigned
513
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,728
and the people elected me
on that pledge,
514
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,485
and that is exactly what I intend to do.
515
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,367
Johnson'll flinch.
516
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,928
I'm tired, Ralphy.
517
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,729
Tiring of this.
518
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,283
Eyes on the prize, Martin.
519
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,206
Yeah, but what is the prize, friend?
520
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,763
We fight to have a seat
at whatever table we want.
521
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,969
How does it help a black man
to be able to eat at a lunch counter
522
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,520
if he doesn't earn enough
to buy the burger?
523
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,042
Or worse yet, can't even...
524
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,045
Can't even read the menu
525
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,567
'cause there was no Negro school
where he's from.
526
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,688
What is that?
527
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,841
That equality?
528
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,207
Amen.
529
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,328
And what about in our minds?
530
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,726
Equality in the black psyche.
Look at these men.
531
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,328
Beaten and broken down
for generations.
532
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,721
Deciding to demand more?
533
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,490
What happens when a man stands up
and says enough is enough?
534
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,369
Look at Medgar.
535
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,489
Murdered the man in his own driveway.
536
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,642
Kids and wife right there
inside the house.
537
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,570
George and Herbert Lee, Lamar Smith.
538
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,763
A man stands up,
only to be struck down.
539
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,086
And what happens to the people he led?
540
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,162
What are we doing, Ralphy?
541
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,441
We take it piece by piece.
542
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,610
Like we been doing.
543
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,601
We build the path as we can.
544
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,203
Rock by rock.
545
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,442
This cell is probably bugged.
546
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,645
It probably is.
547
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,965
Oh, Lord.
548
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:44,721
They're gonna ruin me
so they can ruin this movement.
549
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,520
They are.
550
00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:55,643
"Look at the birds of the air,"
551
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,925
"that they do not sow, nor reap,
nor gather into barns,
552
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,642
"and yet your Heavenly Father
doth feed them."
553
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:10,561
"Are you not worth
much more than they?"
554
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,090
"And who of you by being worried"
555
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,686
"can add a single hour to his life?"
556
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,088
Matthew 6, verse 27.
557
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,525
All right.
558
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,806
Yes, sir.
559
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:31,846
What? Where did you hear that?
560
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,207
I overheard them talking
about him coming in this evening.
561
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,327
Overheard us?
562
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,482
I'm learning about this just like you.
We didn't do this.
563
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,971
That Negro can't be talking about that
564
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,447
"by any means necessary" madness
with these people.
565
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,965
They about to bust as it is.
566
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,160
He's on his way here, right?
567
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,920
So we gotta figure this out.
Right and fast.
568
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,803
He ain't on his way. He here.
569
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,611
Holy shit.
570
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:03,726
Are you all right?
571
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,401
I wish I had more time to prepare is all.
572
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,722
I want to do this kind of thing
whenever possible.
573
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,963
But I don't get to do it enough
to feel entirely comfortable.
574
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,731
I prefer to be prepared.
575
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:23,050
Yes, I understand that.
576
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,164
I admire you. I do.
577
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:30,449
Sometimes I wish
I were more out there in the trenches.
578
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,761
You do more than you know, Mrs. King.
579
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,171
I'll tell you what I know to be true.
580
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:41,050
It helps me in times
when I'm feeling unsure.
581
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,849
If you'd like.
582
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,161
Please do, Mrs. Boynton.
583
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,721
I know that we are descendants
of a mighty people,
584
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,326
who gave civilization to the world.
585
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,363
People who survived
the hulls of slave ships
586
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,329
across vast oceans.
587
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:03,724
People who innovate
and create and love
588
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:08,089
despite pressures
and tortures unimaginable.
589
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,003
They are in our bloodstream.
590
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,686
Pumping our hearts every second.
591
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:16,963
They've prepared you.
592
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:21,090
You are already prepared.
593
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,640
Mrs. King, I mean no disrespect.
594
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,247
I come with great respect
for your husband.
595
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,402
I have no army behind me anymore.
596
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:36,041
I have myself and the truth.
597
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,521
That is all I stand on today.
598
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,888
You've said disrespectful things
in the past, Minister.
599
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,611
So you'll understand
why there is some alarm here tonight.
600
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,809
I do. I understand that.
601
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,089
Your husband and I,
we do not see exactly eye-to-eye
602
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,367
on how to achieve progress
for the black man.
603
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,206
And yes, I have been piercing
in my critiques of non-violence.
604
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,282
But because we don't agree, Mrs. King,
605
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,488
does not mean that I'm the enemy.
606
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,763
What do you intend to say
to these people then, sir?
607
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,251
A lot of work has been done here,
608
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,322
and I don't intend to
see it undone tonight.
609
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,922
Let's just say,
my eyes see in a new way.
610
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,004
But your local sheriff here?
He doesn't know that.
611
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,801
So allow me to be the alternative
to your husband.
612
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,763
The alternative that
scares them so much
613
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,683
they turn to Dr. King in refuge.
614
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,161
Let my being here, Mrs. King,
represent the factions
615
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,925
that will come if they don't
give the good reverend
616
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,684
what he's asking for and soon.
617
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:36,128
Do you know what he has said
about us in the past, Coretta?
618
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,806
He called us
"ignorant Negro preachers."
619
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,008
Called me a modern day Uncle Tom.
620
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,129
Said on national television
that the white man pays me
621
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,283
to keep Negroes defenseless.
622
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,284
The white man pays me!
623
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,442
How could you allow it?
624
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:58,127
It wasn't like that this time, Martin.
I'm telling you...
625
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:00,641
He spoke with some of the words
he's used before,
626
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,563
but it wasn't aimed at you.
627
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:04,571
It was...
628
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,565
It had more to do with helping us.
629
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,651
Not that you need his help.
I'm just telling you how it was.
630
00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:14,485
This movement, our movement,
631
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,801
has been the one
that has moved the needle.
632
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,487
Our movement changes laws
and day-to-day life for our people.
633
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,688
But what has he changed?
634
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,081
Actually changed?
635
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,285
You don't sound like yourself.
You sound tired.
636
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,289
And you sound enamored.
637
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,365
I didn't mean that.
638
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:43,691
Corrie.
639
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,605
Coretta.
640
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,364
I didn't mean that.
641
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:06,764
I'm tired.
642
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:09,770
You're right.
643
00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:19,049
Rest then.
644
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:21,481
Rest tonight, Martin.
645
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,123
This is not what I want to hear.
646
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,082
How in Christ's sake does
Malcolm X slip into my state,
647
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,891
meet with the wife of the other one,
648
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,968
and give an actual speech
to these nigras
649
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:37,405
who are already riled up enough?
650
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:38,720
I mean, how does that happen,
Colonel Lingo?
651
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:40,410
Governor...
652
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:43,643
ls every spook militant in existence
gonna pay us a visit?
653
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,962
Do you know what this means?
654
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,646
Johnson is going to getjumpy.
655
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,806
King and X together is sending him
through the cotton-pickin' stratosphere.
656
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,611
And pictures of nigras
getting beat in the street
657
00:45:58,680 --> 00:45:59,886
- doesn't help the matter.
- Governor...
658
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:03,089
Now I can't make a move
against that backwoods,
659
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,605
white trash Sheriff Clark
660
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,284
'cause that'll be seen
as I'm helping King.
661
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:10,365
But somebody got to
get Jim Clark under control.
662
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:12,520
Election year is coming up
663
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,843
and this black voting business
won't abide.
664
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:17,769
I mean, what's not clear about that?
665
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,042
Look, George, I'm telling you,
666
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:24,808
if the Lord Jesus and Elvis Presley
come visiting and they said,
667
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,965
"Jim, now, we need you to
treat them niggers nice."
668
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,725
Jim Clark would beat the shit
out of the pair of them,
669
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:32,881
then throw them in jail.
670
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,565
Jesus H. Christ.
671
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,484
Jim's a good old boy,
he's a friend of mine.
672
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,050
Jim Clark just ain't that scary.
673
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,081
Now he's playing into their hands.
674
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,325
Now...
675
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,880
If you want fear,
676
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,491
you need dominance in Selma.
677
00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:59,124
Hoover picked up some intel
about a night march.
678
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:00,361
Wasn't announced.
679
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,604
It's some locals outside of King's group.
Unofficial, they called it.
680
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:09,129
Supposed to happen tomorrow night
once King leaves jail.
681
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,851
Going to some bleeding heart fundraiser
in California.
682
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:18,685
So...
683
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,523
King's out of town.
684
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:23,640
Fewer cameras.
685
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:26,561
And at night.
686
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,366
Find a reason to send us in there.
687
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,967
Let's scare some real sense
into them black bastards.
688
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:34,570
Y'all move back.
689
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,290
Move back now. Get back.
690
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:38,610
Go back to your homes now.
691
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:55,281
Stop! Leave him be!
692
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,407
Mama, come on!
693
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,770
Mama, come on!
694
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,609
We gotta keep moving. Come on.
695
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,041
This way, this way.
696
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,281
Leave him alone.
697
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,126
It's all right.
698
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,083
It's gonna be all right. Okay?
699
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:32,161
Act like you're...
700
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:33,800
Act like you're reading your menu.
Okay?
701
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:35,801
It's okay.
702
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,007
Pops...
703
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,243
It's all right, Mama. It's gonna be cool.
704
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:43,890
It's okay, it's okay.
705
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:50,641
Hey! Hey...
706
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,125
No, get off of him! Just get off of him!
707
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,646
Get Off of him! No!
708
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,124
No! Get off of him!
709
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,291
Stop it! No, no, no!
710
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:11,766
Stop it!
711
00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:39,287
Help me.
712
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:53,360
Help me.
713
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:55,760
Jimmie.
714
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,965
Jimmie. Jimmie. Jimmie.
715
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:01,087
Help me.
716
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:21,805
Sir?
717
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:29,646
Dr. King.
718
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,050
There are no words to soothe you,
Mr. Lee.
719
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,487
There are no words.
720
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,768
But I can tell you one thing for certain.
721
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:06,330
God was the first to cry.
722
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:07,811
Yes.
723
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,048
He was the first to cry for your boy.
724
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:12,884
Yes. I believe that.
725
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:18,489
Is your daughter...
726
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,684
ls Jimmie Lee's mother here, Mr. Lee?
727
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:27,722
No, she... She couldn't make it.
728
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:37,011
May I ask your age, sir?
729
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,601
Well, I... I got 82 years.
730
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:42,850
1883.
731
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,126
Right.
732
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,282
Yeah. Jimmie...
733
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:51,922
He born in '38.
734
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,089
He a Army man.
735
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,766
I mean, he was... Was an Army man.
736
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:00,127
In the Army a spell.
737
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:06,448
He say, "Pa, you gonna vote
before you done."
738
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:08,403
That's what he said.
739
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:12,204
He tell me.
740
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:16,608
- He was a good boy.
- Yes.
741
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:17,761
Always good.
742
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,524
Always good.
743
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:29,564
Jimmie gone.
744
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:37,001
I'm so sorry.
745
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:43,761
Yeah.
746
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:05,045
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?
747
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:13,120
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?
748
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,000
We know a state trooper
749
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,287
acting under the orders
of George Wallace
750
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:22,761
pointed the gun and pulled the trigger.
751
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:28,126
But how many other fingers
were on that trigger?
752
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:33,601
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?
753
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:40,648
Every white lawman
who abuses the law to terrorize.
754
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,650
Every white politician
755
00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:49,803
who feeds on prejudice and hatred.
756
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:55,721
Every white preacher
who preaches the Bible
757
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,610
and stays silent
before his white congregation.
758
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:05,684
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?
759
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:12,762
Every Negro man and woman
who stands by without joining this fight
760
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:15,764
as their brothers and sisters
are humiliated,
761
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:18,730
brutalized, and ripped from this earth!
762
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:27,929
When I heard.
763
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,368
President Kennedy
had been shot and killed...
764
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:35,411
And when I heard just yesterday
765
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,289
that Malcolm X,
766
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:40,603
who stood in this very church
just three weeks ago,
767
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:42,682
had been shot and killed,
768
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,801
I turned to my wife Coretta
769
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:51,522
and said the same thing I often say
when one of our leaders is struck down,
770
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,489
"Our lives are not fully lived
771
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,643
"if we're not willing to die
for those we love"
772
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,725
"and for what we believe."
773
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,326
But today, Jimmie,
774
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:12,086
we're doing the living
and you've done the dying, dear brother.
775
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:17,324
We will not let your sacrifice
pass in vain, dear brother.
776
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,368
We will not let it go!
777
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,647
We will finish what you were after!
778
00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:24,166
We will get what you were denied!
779
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:27,767
We will vote and we will
put these men out of office!
780
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:29,842
We will take their power!
781
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,241
We will win
what you were slaughtered for!
782
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,408
Yeah!
783
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,447
We're going back to Washington.
784
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,128
We're going to demand
to see the President.
785
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,328
And I'm gonna tell him
786
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,689
that Jimmie was murdered
by an administration
787
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,684
that spends millions of dollars every day
788
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:54,128
to sacrifice life
in the name of liberty in Vietnam,
789
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:57,170
yet lacks the moral will
and the moral courage
790
00:55:57,240 --> 00:56:01,962
to defend the lives
of its own people here in America!
791
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,443
We will not let it go!
792
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:10,446
And if he does not act, we will act.
We will act!
793
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:12,847
We will do it for all of our lost ones.
794
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,281
All of those, like Jimmie Lee Jackson,
795
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:19,126
who have gone too soon, taken by hate!
796
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:28,884
Let me hear the top-tier issues
797
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:32,885
that have to be evident
in the overall legislation we demand.
798
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:34,121
Let's break it down.
799
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,646
But let's root this discussion
in what we know.
800
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,011
We know Johnson
can't see the full picture.
801
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:41,809
So, let's paint it for him.
802
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:46,005
What are the specific hardships
and humiliations
803
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:50,005
we can address
within the larger context of legislation?
804
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,563
Doc, we gotta start
with banning these laws that
805
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:57,206
if a Negro tries to register,
806
00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:00,011
I mean, actually musters up the courage
to go in that courthouse,
807
00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:03,809
that their name and address
is published in the paper.
808
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,247
It gives anybody who wants
to do them any harm
809
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,011
their exact location,
and we know how the Klan is.
810
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,845
I hear that. But the poll taxes
got to be our focus first.
811
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:14,360
'Cause black people are poor!
Black people are poor down here.
812
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:16,284
- Yep.
- And they expected to pay for every year
813
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:18,442
they weren't legally registered
before they can register.
814
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:21,205
Now, what the hell is that?
Who got that kind of money?
815
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:24,609
Come on now! Listen now!
816
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,286
The big issue is voting vouchers.
817
00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:28,441
Is that the number one issue?
818
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:29,601
Now hold on. Let me finish.
819
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,250
'Cause everybody'll forget
about this part.
820
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,130
But if you're Negro,
the only way you can vote
821
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,806
is if an approved registered
voter vouches for you.
822
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:40,009
Right? So, let's say, you take
some place like Lowndes County,
823
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,242
where there are no Negroes
who are registered
824
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:44,288
and you've got to have
someone who is registered
825
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,124
to vouch for you.
826
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:47,406
What are you supposed to do?
827
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:50,484
Nobody you know,
828
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:54,804
not a single black person
for 100 miles is registered.
829
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:58,407
So how do you get the voucher, right?
830
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,847
To get you into the courthouse door
831
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,321
to pay the poll tax
832
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:05,721
to get your name published
833
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:07,360
and get yourself dead.
834
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:09,921
That's true.
835
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:11,525
We need a new plan!
836
00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:13,204
I can't take him back to Washington
837
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,045
and waltz into the White House
with a list of empty demands.
838
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,049
Tactics, my friends!
839
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,771
We must break down this institution
840
00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:23,730
into the tangible tactics
that it takes to dismantle it.
841
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:27,167
What's your next move?
842
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,450
A march from Selma to Montgomery
to protest and amplify.
843
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:33,568
Well, I'll be damned.
844
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,041
This was always part of the plan,
wasn't it?
845
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:39,044
Provoke some tragedy
in little old Selma, then go big.
846
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:43,047
Get someone killed
and march on the State Capitol!
847
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:46,125
Selma to Montgomery's
gotta be 50 miles!
848
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:48,931
You march those people
into rural Alabama unprotected,
849
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:50,161
it's gonna be open season.
850
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:52,686
It's too damn far
and too damn dangerous!
851
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:54,643
Then propose new legislation, sir.
852
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,331
I can't do that this year. I won't!
I told you.
853
00:58:57,880 --> 00:58:59,882
We need your involvement here,
Mr. President.
854
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:02,611
We deserve your help
as citizens of this country.
855
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:04,045
Citizens under attack.
856
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:06,964
Now, you listen to me. You listen to me.
857
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:08,929
You're an activist. I'm a politician.
858
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:11,606
You got one big issue.
I got a hundred and one.
859
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:13,648
Now, you demanding more
860
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,041
and putting me on the spot
with this visit, that's okay.
861
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:17,884
That's your job. That's what you do.
862
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:20,566
But I am sick and tired
863
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:25,328
of you demanding and telling me
what I can and what I can't do.
864
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:27,129
If you want my support
on this voting thing,
865
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,202
I need some quid pro quo from you.
866
00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:31,091
What do you want, Mr. President?
867
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:34,482
We have a line on some threats that are
868
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:37,445
particularly troubling.
869
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:39,249
Well, what's new?
870
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:43,928
No, no. This is serious.
Credible threats with detail.
871
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:46,685
This information,
coming from the FBI, I assume?
872
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:48,926
High-level?
873
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:52,922
The same high-level
that's been tracking us like animals?
874
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:56,686
Bugging our homes
and our hotel rooms.
875
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,767
Digging for things that
simply are not there, Lee?
876
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:04,360
This all feels very convenient.
877
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:06,806
Okay.
878
01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:09,765
This is coming
from Lowndes County, Alabama.
879
01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:11,968
Between Selma and Montgomery.
880
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:16,969
I'm telling you, if he were my guy,
881
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:19,441
I'd keep him off the frontlines.
882
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:21,486
Just for a while.
883
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:25,931
Not gonna happen, Lee.
884
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,207
Meet me halfway on this, Martin.
885
01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,328
I can't, Mr. President.
886
01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:32,124
Can't or won't?
887
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:36,649
I came here hoping
to talk to you about people.
888
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,806
People are dying in the street for this.
889
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:42,480
It cannot wait, sir.
890
01:00:43,480 --> 01:00:45,482
Mr. President, how did it go?
891
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,530
What can I do to help?
892
01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:57,527
Get me J. Edgar Hoover.
893
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:00,086
King,
894
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,042
you know you are a complete fraud
895
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:06,169
and a liability to all nigras.
896
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:09,369
Like all frauds, your end is approaching.
897
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:11,844
You are done.
898
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:17,481
Your degrees and your fancy awards
will not save you.
899
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:22,847
The American public will
soon know you for what you are,
900
01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:26,288
an evil, abnormal beast.
901
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:45,965
That wasn't me.
902
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:50,729
That isn't me, Corrie.
903
01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:56,486
I know.
904
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:01,651
I know what you sound like.
905
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:13,648
I've gotten used to a lot.
906
01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:20,566
All the hours
wondering after your safety,
907
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,367
worried about how you are.
908
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:30,481
This house.
909
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:33,920
Renting here.
910
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:37,764
No foundation.
911
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:45,811
Without the things
the children should have,
912
01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,008
all because of how it would look.
913
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,567
I have gotten used to it,
914
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,051
for better or worse.
915
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,808
But what I have never gotten used to
916
01:03:07,120 --> 01:03:09,168
is the death.
917
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:15,928
The constant closeness of death.
918
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:23,529
It's become like a thick fog to me.
919
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,483
I can't see life sometimes
920
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:32,770
because of the fog of death
constantly hanging over.
921
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:40,041
People actually say that
they will stop the blood
922
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,522
running through the hearts
of our children.
923
01:03:43,600 --> 01:03:46,922
That's what they said on the other end
of that phone line.
924
01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:52,846
How they're going to kill my children.
925
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,007
And what they'll do to you
and how they'll do it.
926
01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:58,526
How many years
have I had to listen to this?
927
01:03:58,600 --> 01:03:59,726
The filth,
928
01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:05,443
deranged and twisted
and just ignorant enough to be serious.
929
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:14,409
If I ask you something,
930
01:04:16,120 --> 01:04:19,442
will you answer me with the truth?
931
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:22,561
Yes.
932
01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:28,489
Good, because I am not a fool.
933
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:39,163
Do you love me?
934
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:48,607
Yes, I love you, Coretta.
935
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:02,287
Do you love any of the others?
936
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:25,889
No.
937
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:46,006
I need to put the march back a day.
938
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:47,481
Why?
939
01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:51,087
I have to be home right now.
940
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:57,803
Yes. Okay. I understand.
941
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:04,649
But I have to tell you
the organization looks good.
942
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:06,245
Real good.
943
01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:09,642
The mood is strong.
And the locals are prepared.
944
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:11,449
The SNCC kids are ready to go.
945
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:17,567
We can start it off from Selma,
and you can join in on the second day.
946
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:32,361
I just think it'd be a mistake
to hold people back
947
01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:33,965
when their blood is up.
948
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:39,041
I hear you,
but we need to be out there full throttle.
949
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,691
This ain't a test run.
950
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:43,205
We need to get to Montgomery.
951
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:45,851
I warned Johnson that
we were going to the Capitol.
952
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:47,763
We need to do just that.
953
01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:52,082
And I believe we will. We'll get there.
954
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:58,241
And when we do the real deal,
the finale,
955
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:00,402
when you make the big speech
at the end,
956
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:02,721
right on Wallace's doorstep.
957
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:19,926
I don't know, Andy.
958
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:23,083
It'll be just fine.
959
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:27,326
We'll get it started strong.
And you'll finish strong.
960
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:35,962
Okay. Let's proceed.
961
01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:38,603
But only one of us walks to start.
962
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:42,651
I don't want to get back on Monday
and find all our leadership in jail.
963
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:44,760
One of us walks.
964
01:07:45,360 --> 01:07:46,850
Understood.
965
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:53,844
There will be no march
from Selma to Montgomery.
966
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:57,767
It is not conducive to traffic flow
on Route 80.
967
01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:59,285
Or to public safety.
968
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:00,964
Your lives could be in danger,
969
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:03,247
but we're going to be strong
if we stick together.
970
01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:06,563
Don't fight back.
It's a non-violent movement.
971
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:10,049
Non-violence is not passive.
It's actually very strong.
972
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:13,923
We shouldn't do this, John.
This is not us. This is not SNCC.
973
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:15,240
It's some bullshit.
974
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:18,569
It's gonna do more for King
and the SCLC than for Selma.
975
01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:20,086
This is Alabama.
976
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:22,601
They can keep their asses
in Washington, D.C.
977
01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:24,921
You don't tell us how to live our lives.
978
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:27,321
This is an example of what
you might deal with out there.
979
01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:30,483
What you might experience.
Here we go. Let's show them.
980
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:32,483
We don't want your kind here.
981
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:34,200
Go to the bottom of the river, black boy.
982
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:35,844
We're going to put you down
in Alabama River!
983
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:38,082
He's not even here.
How's it gonna do more for him?
984
01:08:38,160 --> 01:08:39,969
Well, why ain't he here, then, man?
985
01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:42,008
Are you listening to yourself?
986
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:44,401
First, it's gonna do more for him.
Now, it's why he ain't here?
987
01:08:44,480 --> 01:08:45,925
Do you want him here,
or do you not want him here?
988
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,685
Honestly, I don't give a rat's ass
about that man. That's your hero.
989
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,684
Let's take these bastards
and stick them down into Alabama River
990
01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:52,966
and never see them again.
991
01:08:53,040 --> 01:08:54,520
James, you are so off-base with this.
992
01:08:54,560 --> 01:08:56,324
All this nonsense.
This ain't what SNCC is about.
993
01:08:56,400 --> 01:08:57,526
Don't make me out to be
the bad guy here, John.
994
01:08:57,600 --> 01:08:59,329
I'm not!
You're the one playing me small.
995
01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:01,050
Don't demonize me...
996
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:03,568
You're mad because they called him in.
997
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:06,962
We were here first.
And they called him in.
998
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:09,651
I get it. I understand that.
999
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:13,042
But if we are really
and truly for the people,
1000
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:15,441
and the people of Selma chose him,
1001
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:18,888
well, then the people have spoken.
1002
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:24,089
And if they want to march,
then I'm marching with them.
1003
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:28,765
Then, brother,
1004
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:32,281
you're marching as John Lewis.
1005
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:34,844
Not as part of SNCC.
1006
01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:38,762
It's been voted on and decided.
1007
01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:43,725
For this march, you're on your own
with De Lawd and his disciples.
1008
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:16,689
Short man wins. Short man wins.
1009
01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:18,810
Short man wins.
1010
01:10:20,440 --> 01:10:21,646
All right.
1011
01:10:23,680 --> 01:10:25,808
All right. Who got it?
1012
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,045
It's on you, Hosea.
1013
01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:31,731
You ready, young blood? You ready?
1014
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:34,246
- All right. Let's do this.
- All right.
1015
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,611
About 525 Negroes
had left Brown's Chapel
1016
01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:43,400
and walked six blocks to cross
Pettus Bridge
1017
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,204
and the Alabama River.
1018
01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:02,889
There were young and old,
1019
01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:04,769
and they carried
an assortment of packs,
1020
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:06,922
bed rolls and lunch sacks.
1021
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:24,250
The troopers were waiting
300 yards beyond the end of the bridge.
1022
01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:28,249
Behind the troopers
were dozens of possemen,
1023
01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:33,721
15 of them on horses,
and perhaps 100 white spectators.
1024
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,849
Can you swim?
1025
01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:50,401
Not many swimming pools for black folk
where I come from.
1026
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,090
Yeah.
1027
01:13:20,720 --> 01:13:22,848
Andy, it's Bayard. Everybody there?
1028
01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:24,121
Yes.
1029
01:13:24,200 --> 01:13:25,406
Turn on CBS right now, Andy.
1030
01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:26,720
Right now. You have a TV there?
1031
01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:28,889
- Yes. Now?
- Right now!
1032
01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:30,964
Turn on the television set.
1033
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:36,044
We interrupt this program to bring you
a special bulletin from CBS News.
1034
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:54,241
Give 'em two minutes. Stand right there.
1035
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:55,685
We're ready.
1036
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:11,002
This is an unlawful assembly.
1037
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:13,401
You have two minutes to disperse.
1038
01:14:13,480 --> 01:14:16,211
Go home or go to your church.
1039
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:19,483
This march will not continue.
1040
01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:21,849
Two minutes.
1041
01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,845
May I have a word with the Major?
1042
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:32,083
There's no word to be had.
1043
01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:36,403
Major Cloud, may we speak with you?
1044
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:51,124
Troopers, advance!
1045
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:09,451
Seventy million people
are watching this.
1046
01:15:09,520 --> 01:15:11,443
The first 10 or 20 Negroes
1047
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:14,285
were swept to the ground screaming,
arms and legs flying,
1048
01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:17,523
packs and bags went skittering
across the grassy divider.
1049
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:34,846
Those still on their feet retreated.
1050
01:15:34,920 --> 01:15:36,968
A cheer went up
from the white spectators
1051
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:38,690
lining the south side of the highway.
1052
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:48,050
Come on. You gotta come on.
1053
01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:49,246
Please, don't...
1054
01:15:50,840 --> 01:15:54,003
The troopers continued pushing,
using both the force of their bodies
1055
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:55,600
and the prodding of their nightsticks.
1056
01:16:10,120 --> 01:16:13,841
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound,
like a gunshot,
1057
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:18,050
and a gray cloud spewed over
the troopers and the Negroes.
1058
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:20,600
But before the cloud hid it all,
1059
01:16:20,720 --> 01:16:24,884
there were several seconds
of unobstructed view.
1060
01:16:45,240 --> 01:16:49,325
Fifteen or 20 nightsticks
could be seen through the gas,
1061
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:52,051
flailing at the heads of the marchers.
1062
01:16:53,600 --> 01:16:56,809
The Negroes cried out
as they crowded together for protection,
1063
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:59,042
and the whites on the sidelines
whooped and cheered.
1064
01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:14,525
From the hospital
came reports of victims
1065
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:18,844
suffering fractures of ribs,
heads, arms and legs.
1066
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:20,922
And Negro leader John Lewis,
1067
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,321
despite injury from
a possible skull fracture,
1068
01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:25,209
led the marchers back to the chapel
1069
01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:27,362
after the encounter with officers.
1070
01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:29,725
Help!
1071
01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:31,241
Help!
1072
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:39,891
He said,
"I don't see how President Johnson
1073
01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:41,371
"can send troops to Vietnam"
1074
01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:45,406
"and can't send troops
to Selma, Alabama."
1075
01:17:45,480 --> 01:17:49,610
To which the Negroes present
roared their approval.
1076
01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:34,206
Gerry! Gerry, come with us!
Come with us!
1077
01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:35,566
We need your gun, man!
1078
01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:37,005
I can't walk!
1079
01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:39,686
Come with us. We know you got
them guns in the shed, Gerry.
1080
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:42,127
Hey, hey, hey, what you need guns for?
1081
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:43,884
The Bible says,
"An eye for an eye," Reverend.
1082
01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:45,530
- Yeah?
- I'm sick of this shit!
1083
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:47,682
How many guns
you think they got down there?
1084
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:49,649
That's an entire army down there.
1085
01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:52,041
What you got? A couple of 32s? A .38?
1086
01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:53,451
Maybe a couple of old scatterguns?
What?
1087
01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:56,046
I got enough to kill a couple
of them crackers, that's what I got!
1088
01:18:56,120 --> 01:18:59,408
And how many of us you think
they gonna kill in retaliation?
1089
01:18:59,480 --> 01:19:02,609
With their 12-gauge pump-actions,
their Colt automatics,
1090
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,160
their Remingtons,
their helicopters, their tanks!
1091
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:09,282
We won't win that way,
and I ain't talking about the Bible.
1092
01:19:09,480 --> 01:19:13,804
I ain't talking what's right by God.
I am talking facts. Cold, hard facts!
1093
01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:18,249
Now, you take two of them,
and they take 10 of us.
1094
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:21,927
No. We have to win another way.
1095
01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:25,482
To our regularly scheduled program.
1096
01:19:33,160 --> 01:19:35,208
We're going back to the bridge.
1097
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:42,207
We're going to finish this,
we promise you that, Ms. Amelia.
1098
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:47,283
We go again.
1099
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:55,131
Dr. King! Can we get a statement, sir?
1100
01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:58,010
Dr. King! Morning, Doctor.
Can we get a statement, please?
1101
01:19:58,080 --> 01:19:59,491
- Morning.
- Morning.
1102
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:06,330
While rageful violence continues
towards the unarmed people of Selma,
1103
01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:12,449
while they are assaulted with tear gas
and batons like an enemy in a war,
1104
01:20:12,520 --> 01:20:16,081
no citizen of this country
can call themselves blameless,
1105
01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:19,846
for we all bear a responsibility
for our fellow man.
1106
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:23,484
I am appealing to
men and women of God
1107
01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:25,562
and goodwill everywhere,
1108
01:20:25,640 --> 01:20:27,961
white, black and otherwise.
1109
01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:33,809
If you believe all are created equal,
come to Selma.
1110
01:20:33,880 --> 01:20:38,329
Join us. Join our march
against injustice and inhumanity.
1111
01:20:39,240 --> 01:20:40,890
We need you to stand with us.
1112
01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:46,524
Judge Johnson, Dr. King's call-to-action
1113
01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:48,329
was nationally televised.
1114
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:51,880
We've seen hundreds of people
travel across the country
1115
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:53,684
to attend tomorrow's march,
1116
01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:57,845
mostly white,
mostly clergy of some kind.
1117
01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:02,569
The SCLC is seeking
a federal court order
1118
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:06,122
enjoining the state authorities
from interfering with the next march.
1119
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:09,567
You're asking me to overturn
the Governor's mandate
1120
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:11,688
and to do so without a hearing,
1121
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:15,082
but it's not going to happen at all
without a proper proceeding.
1122
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:18,130
Dr. King is in position to
lead tomorrow's march, Judge.
1123
01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:22,205
Understood, but you will have
your day in court on Thursday, Mr. Gray.
1124
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:25,090
Meanwhile, there will be
no march tomorrow.
1125
01:21:25,160 --> 01:21:27,686
I will not oppose Wallace
against protocol.
1126
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,924
"Thousands head south
in moral crusade."
1127
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:40,009
The SCLC already filed an appeal
against Wallace's orders this morning.
1128
01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:44,568
You want my advice, Mr. President?
1129
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:46,485
You have to ask?
1130
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:49,564
Give King the march to Montgomery.
1131
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:54,603
Do that, and then Selma's over.
1132
01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:57,201
Then you're back in control.
1133
01:21:57,360 --> 01:21:59,362
In control of what?
1134
01:21:59,440 --> 01:22:01,329
Another civil war?
1135
01:22:01,400 --> 01:22:04,847
This ain't about the goddamn march.
You think he cares about the march?
1136
01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:07,526
He wants the law changed, now.
1137
01:22:07,880 --> 01:22:09,609
I've got Congress
calling me by the dozens.
1138
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:12,160
I've got picketing that gets
bigger and bigger every day.
1139
01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:14,851
He tugs on their goddamn
white liberal conscience.
1140
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:16,320
Every march pulls 'em.
1141
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:19,330
Especially when people
are getting beat up in the streets.
1142
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:25,246
These pictures are
going around the world, Lee.
1143
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:29,247
I understand, Mr. President.
All the more reason to act now.
1144
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:30,367
I'm gonna act now.
1145
01:22:31,320 --> 01:22:33,926
You tell Wallace
and those backwater hicks
1146
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,082
I don't want to see any more
of this horseshit.
1147
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:39,289
And you tell King he best not march,
you hear me?
1148
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:42,807
Either King stops and Wallace stops,
1149
01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:44,848
or I'll stop 'em both.
1150
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:48,447
I'm here on the President's order
to try and make this work.
1151
01:22:49,720 --> 01:22:51,245
Please work with me.
1152
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,363
So we give up the march and you...
1153
01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:56,765
You give what?
1154
01:22:57,720 --> 01:22:59,245
We asked for federal protection.
1155
01:22:59,320 --> 01:23:00,810
And with no disrespect,
1156
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:02,370
but when the Assistant Attorney General
1157
01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:04,522
is the highest-ranking
federal official in Selma,
1158
01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:06,807
we have our answer.
1159
01:23:06,920 --> 01:23:08,160
And it's not the one we want.
1160
01:23:08,240 --> 01:23:12,962
Might I suggest that
you speak with Governor Wallace
1161
01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:15,646
and Sheriff Clark
and urge them against violence
1162
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:19,401
instead of trying to persuade us
not to have a peaceful protest?
1163
01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:27,203
Maybe we can make a deal.
1164
01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:30,130
What if I
1165
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:33,007
could assure you that the administration
1166
01:23:33,080 --> 01:23:35,765
would endorse a later march
1167
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:37,571
if tomorrow is called off?
1168
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:43,569
You know what?
He's closer than you may think
1169
01:23:43,640 --> 01:23:46,291
to coming around on this issue.
1170
01:23:47,200 --> 01:23:49,726
I believe this compromise
might be agreeable.
1171
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,040
Mr. Doar?
1172
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:56,608
Thousands have gathered here
to demonstrate their dignity.
1173
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:00,169
I don't want to
challenge Judge Johnson.
1174
01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:03,449
I don't want to go against the President.
I don't want any of this.
1175
01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:07,045
The President could stop this
with a stroke of his pen.
1176
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:09,248
He chooses not to.
1177
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:11,800
The decision is with your side, sir,
1178
01:24:12,840 --> 01:24:14,001
not ours.
1179
01:24:23,360 --> 01:24:25,124
Good to see you, Father.
Good to see you.
1180
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:26,565
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for coming out.
1181
01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:28,563
Hello, sister.
Good to see you this afternoon.
1182
01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:32,010
You came.
1183
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:35,886
You called and we came, my friend.
You are not alone, my friend.
1184
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:37,121
Welcome, welcome.
1185
01:24:37,200 --> 01:24:38,645
- Hi, what's your name?
- Susan.
1186
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:40,444
Hi, I'm Viola. Welcome to Selma.
1187
01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:43,367
- Yes, ma'am, I'm good. How are you?
- Fine, thank you.
1188
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,044
What is your name
and where are you from, sir?
1189
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:47,930
My name is James Reeb.
I've come from Boston.
1190
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:51,322
Tell me, why have you traveled here,
Mr. Reeb?
1191
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:55,760
I heard about the attack
of innocent people
1192
01:24:55,840 --> 01:24:57,205
who just want their rights,
1193
01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:02,481
and I couldn't just stand by
when Dr. King put out that call to clergy.
1194
01:25:02,560 --> 01:25:03,766
I couldn't.
1195
01:25:03,960 --> 01:25:06,691
The President doesn't
want us to march today.
1196
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:09,647
The courts don't want us to march.
1197
01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:10,801
But we must march.
1198
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:11,927
Yeah!
1199
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:13,729
- We must stand up.
- Yeah!
1200
01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:17,646
We must make a massive
demonstration of our moral certainty.
1201
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:25,081
I'm so glad we're here together today.
1202
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:27,727
I thank you for standing up.
1203
01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:31,083
For we shall be victorious in our quest.
1204
01:25:31,160 --> 01:25:34,130
We shall cross the finish line
hand in hand.
1205
01:25:35,560 --> 01:25:39,690
For we shall overcome. All right.
1206
01:27:16,840 --> 01:27:19,525
Troopers, withdraw!
1207
01:29:45,640 --> 01:29:47,642
My point is,
after what happened the last time,
1208
01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:49,848
if it don't feel right, we don't do it.
That's my point.
1209
01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:51,763
We've been going round
and round on this for hours,
1210
01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:53,400
and nothing's gonna
change the fact that
1211
01:29:53,440 --> 01:29:55,360
it was Doc's decision
and we have to support him.
1212
01:29:55,400 --> 01:29:56,970
This is a movement of many, not of one.
1213
01:29:57,080 --> 01:29:58,605
So any choice we make
has to be right for many.
1214
01:29:58,680 --> 01:29:59,920
Come on, Diane. Now, you know
1215
01:30:00,040 --> 01:30:01,201
that's not what I meant by that, all right?
1216
01:30:01,280 --> 01:30:03,567
People are angry, Dr. King.
1217
01:30:04,080 --> 01:30:08,927
Angry. They went back to that bridge
because they were hot about Sunday.
1218
01:30:09,000 --> 01:30:10,923
That was our moment out there today.
1219
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:12,365
And you threw it away.
1220
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:15,366
They could've sealed off
the road behind us.
1221
01:30:15,440 --> 01:30:19,365
No food, water,
no kind of support allowed through.
1222
01:30:20,160 --> 01:30:21,650
We wouldn't have made 10 miles.
1223
01:30:21,720 --> 01:30:23,085
You saying this was a trap?
1224
01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:27,851
I don't know what it was.
1225
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:30,767
That was no trap!
1226
01:30:30,840 --> 01:30:32,729
You know why they opened up
the road to us?
1227
01:30:33,160 --> 01:30:36,084
Because all them nice,
respectable white folks was with us,
1228
01:30:36,200 --> 01:30:37,964
and we should've capitalized on that.
1229
01:30:38,040 --> 01:30:40,327
Because they're not gonna be
around here for long. They never are!
1230
01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:42,641
It was Martin's call. It's done.
1231
01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:44,529
He made the wrong goddamn call!
1232
01:30:44,600 --> 01:30:45,965
Hey, watch your mouth, young man!
1233
01:30:46,040 --> 01:30:48,646
Two days ago,
you didn't wanna march at all.
1234
01:30:48,720 --> 01:30:51,121
And now you're mad because
it didn't go the way you planned?
1235
01:30:51,200 --> 01:30:52,884
Calm down, brother.
1236
01:30:56,920 --> 01:31:00,447
Now, what happened out there today?
You gotta tell us something. Please.
1237
01:31:08,120 --> 01:31:10,851
I'd rather people be upset and hate me
1238
01:31:10,920 --> 01:31:13,924
than be bleeding or dead.
1239
01:32:08,920 --> 01:32:11,571
My dearest Corrie,
1240
01:32:13,560 --> 01:32:15,642
at a time when I need you,
1241
01:32:16,640 --> 01:32:18,608
I cannot call you.
1242
01:32:20,120 --> 01:32:24,842
And I have done this to myself, to us.
1243
01:32:28,480 --> 01:32:30,528
At this late hour,
1244
01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:34,007
my thoughts are of you
1245
01:32:34,120 --> 01:32:37,886
and all you have sacrificed
for this struggle.
1246
01:32:39,400 --> 01:32:42,370
So many have sacrificed.
1247
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:45,886
So many have been lost.
1248
01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:50,767
I wonder how many must we lose.
1249
01:32:54,680 --> 01:32:59,811
I pray for discernment and guidance
as we journey on.
1250
01:33:01,400 --> 01:33:05,962
I pray, too, that I can justify
the faith you once had in me.
1251
01:33:08,640 --> 01:33:15,285
I, too, often feel that
heavy fog you spoke of, Corrie.
1252
01:33:17,800 --> 01:33:22,806
Only you and our family clears the haze.
1253
01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:28,090
Love, Martin.
1254
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:32,166
He betrayed trust.
1255
01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:35,849
He called, we came,
and he didn't fulfill his own call.
1256
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:38,048
Yeah, but sometimes
it's not that clear-cut.
1257
01:33:38,120 --> 01:33:40,407
Sometimes it's instinctual.
1258
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:43,044
Like when you're preaching,
1259
01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:45,449
and you're just flying.
1260
01:33:46,720 --> 01:33:49,883
You know, you're not on the notes.
You're not on memory.
1261
01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:54,443
You're tapped into what's higher,
what's true.
1262
01:33:55,320 --> 01:33:56,651
God is guiding you.
1263
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:01,529
I've known that feeling.
It's rare, but I've known it.
1264
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:08,800
I think that's what happened to Dr. King
up there on the bridge today.
1265
01:34:08,880 --> 01:34:11,360
He kneeled down,
prayed to God and got an answer.
1266
01:34:11,440 --> 01:34:14,330
And he was brave enough
to follow that answer,
1267
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:17,290
and I, for one, don't fault him for it.
1268
01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:19,647
Except he owes me a bus ticket home.
1269
01:34:20,320 --> 01:34:21,685
You know what
I hate more than niggers?
1270
01:34:21,800 --> 01:34:23,131
What's that?
1271
01:34:23,760 --> 01:34:24,886
White niggers.
1272
01:34:25,800 --> 01:34:27,325
Look, we don't want trouble, okay?
1273
01:34:27,400 --> 01:34:29,164
No, you came here stirrin' trouble.
1274
01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:47,607
Doc,
1275
01:34:49,520 --> 01:34:50,885
someone's been hurt.
1276
01:34:55,640 --> 01:34:58,689
A priest, from Boston.
1277
01:35:00,240 --> 01:35:01,401
White.
1278
01:35:02,680 --> 01:35:05,331
Now you know what
being a nigger around here
1279
01:35:05,400 --> 01:35:07,164
feels like, boy.
1280
01:35:07,680 --> 01:35:09,967
Hurt? How?
1281
01:35:16,840 --> 01:35:17,966
Dead.
1282
01:35:33,800 --> 01:35:35,325
I need a phone!
1283
01:35:36,680 --> 01:35:40,571
Chicago, Detroit, Boston, I don't care.
1284
01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:43,246
Hell, you got 2,000 people
marching up in Harlem.
1285
01:35:43,320 --> 01:35:44,401
Well, good for you.
1286
01:35:44,480 --> 01:35:47,051
But when you have people
come inside the White House?
1287
01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:49,805
Inside the White House! On a tour?
1288
01:35:50,160 --> 01:35:51,446
They just sat down, Martin.
1289
01:35:51,520 --> 01:35:54,205
They sat down in the main corridor,
started singin' and shoutin'.
1290
01:35:54,360 --> 01:35:55,521
Well, I won't have it!
1291
01:35:55,600 --> 01:35:57,011
I cannot stop people from expressing...
1292
01:35:57,080 --> 01:35:58,764
You can! You can stop them.
1293
01:35:59,040 --> 01:36:02,726
No, you can stop it.
You, sir, can do more.
1294
01:36:02,800 --> 01:36:05,963
Now I'm glad to hear that you
called Reverend Reeb's widow, sir.
1295
01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:08,008
That is very fine, and it is right.
1296
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:10,048
I only wish that
Jimmie Lee Jackson's family
1297
01:36:10,160 --> 01:36:11,650
would have received
the same consideration
1298
01:36:11,720 --> 01:36:12,767
from their President.
1299
01:36:12,840 --> 01:36:14,842
Don't you lay your guilt at my door.
1300
01:36:14,920 --> 01:36:16,331
You're the one choosing to send
1301
01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:19,051
people out to slaughter
when we told you there was trouble.
1302
01:36:19,120 --> 01:36:20,281
We won't sit idle
1303
01:36:20,360 --> 01:36:23,125
while you wait another year or two
to send this bill up at your leisure.
1304
01:36:23,200 --> 01:36:25,282
That should be clear by now.
1305
01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:29,206
We will continue to demonstrate
until you take action, sir.
1306
01:36:29,280 --> 01:36:31,442
And if our President
won't protect our rights,
1307
01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:32,931
we will take this fight to court.
1308
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:36,287
You know, I'm... I'm trying here.
1309
01:36:36,360 --> 01:36:38,010
We're getting close
to figuring something out
1310
01:36:38,080 --> 01:36:41,004
on this voting thing,
but I will not have this!
1311
01:36:42,400 --> 01:36:46,086
This bill has been almost impossible
to craft, you hear me?
1312
01:36:46,160 --> 01:36:49,562
You think you're jugglin', Martin?
I'm jugglin', too.
1313
01:36:51,320 --> 01:36:53,448
I am a preacher from Atlanta.
1314
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:55,842
You are the man
who won the presidency
1315
01:36:55,920 --> 01:36:57,649
of the world's most powerful nation
1316
01:36:57,720 --> 01:37:01,042
by the greatest landslide
in history four months ago.
1317
01:37:01,400 --> 01:37:02,640
And you are the man
1318
01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:06,930
dismantling your own legacy
with each passing day.
1319
01:37:08,320 --> 01:37:10,402
No one will remember
the Civil Rights Act.
1320
01:37:10,920 --> 01:37:13,526
But they will remember
the standoff in Selma
1321
01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:16,325
when you never even
set foot in this state.
1322
01:37:16,400 --> 01:37:19,961
They will remember you saying,
"Wait," and "I can't,"
1323
01:37:20,040 --> 01:37:23,442
unless you act, sir.
1324
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:37,169
- Evenin'.
- Evenin'.
1325
01:37:53,320 --> 01:37:55,641
I wanted to speak privately.
1326
01:37:56,600 --> 01:37:59,365
I know there's been trouble
with the group,
1327
01:37:59,440 --> 01:38:03,809
and I apologize that our efforts
have caused a rift between y'all.
1328
01:38:05,480 --> 01:38:09,121
That's a painful thing, I know,
and I'm truly sorry it's happened.
1329
01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:13,604
Yeah, painful.
1330
01:38:19,440 --> 01:38:22,171
LBJ is not moving, John.
1331
01:38:23,400 --> 01:38:25,926
I thought he would,
but our efforts are not working,
1332
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:28,367
and I can't risk another march
with people getting killed
1333
01:38:28,440 --> 01:38:30,204
when it's not working. I won't do it.
1334
01:38:31,320 --> 01:38:34,403
We need voting, not marching.
You know that.
1335
01:38:35,200 --> 01:38:39,649
We have to move beyond these protests
to some real political power.
1336
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:42,041
This can't go on forever like this.
1337
01:38:43,720 --> 01:38:45,688
I can't go on like this.
1338
01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:03,090
When I was...
1339
01:39:05,040 --> 01:39:08,965
When I was working with SNCC
on the Freedom Rides,
1340
01:39:11,640 --> 01:39:15,122
the Montgomery bus
reached the city limits.
1341
01:39:16,800 --> 01:39:19,246
We got off. And out of nowhere,
1342
01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:24,611
from all directions, they came.
1343
01:39:27,320 --> 01:39:30,608
There was men, women.
1344
01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:34,165
Kids, too.
1345
01:39:37,280 --> 01:39:41,649
They had just about every makeshift
weapon you could think of.
1346
01:39:41,720 --> 01:39:44,451
I mean, bats, bricks,
1347
01:39:45,720 --> 01:39:49,281
tire irons, pipes.
1348
01:39:53,080 --> 01:39:54,809
I remember...
1349
01:39:56,240 --> 01:40:00,404
I remember this little girl
just clawing her nails
1350
01:40:00,480 --> 01:40:04,405
into the side of my friend Jessie's face
1351
01:40:04,520 --> 01:40:08,605
while her daddy...
Her daddy beat him with an ax handle.
1352
01:40:11,720 --> 01:40:13,529
Jessie was unconscious,
1353
01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:17,082
and they just kept beating on him
and beating on him.
1354
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:24,442
I must've passed out
on the asphalt somewhere.
1355
01:40:28,040 --> 01:40:33,843
Next day, I found myself patched up
and sitting in a church.
1356
01:40:34,640 --> 01:40:38,201
I could barely hold my head up,
but I needed to be there.
1357
01:40:40,120 --> 01:40:42,202
You were gonna be speaking.
1358
01:40:43,080 --> 01:40:45,242
And I needed to hear you.
1359
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,844
And I was feeling down,
but you got up there.
1360
01:40:53,440 --> 01:40:55,010
You remember that day at all?
1361
01:40:56,720 --> 01:40:59,530
I don't think we remember it
the same way.
1362
01:41:01,040 --> 01:41:02,644
What'd I say, John?
1363
01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:06,321
I'm about to tell you right now.
1364
01:41:07,640 --> 01:41:09,529
And I hope you hear me.
1365
01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:14,286
You said that we would triumph.
1366
01:41:15,080 --> 01:41:18,687
That we would triumph
because there could be no other way.
1367
01:41:22,760 --> 01:41:24,683
And you know what else you said?
1368
01:41:29,720 --> 01:41:30,767
You said,
1369
01:41:31,760 --> 01:41:33,205
"Fear not."
1370
01:41:34,600 --> 01:41:37,604
"We've come too far to turn back now."
1371
01:41:49,600 --> 01:41:53,127
I feel good about where we are.
We have a strong case.
1372
01:41:53,200 --> 01:41:54,531
- We can do this.
- Right.
1373
01:41:55,880 --> 01:41:58,929
Now, Ms. Cooper
and Ms. Boynton are here,
1374
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:01,287
and they need to be ready.
1375
01:42:02,640 --> 01:42:05,644
A lot depends
on what they have to say. Okay?
1376
01:42:05,720 --> 01:42:07,210
I hear what you're saying, but...
1377
01:42:29,200 --> 01:42:30,565
You're here.
1378
01:42:33,040 --> 01:42:34,849
Yes, I'm here.
1379
01:42:40,520 --> 01:42:41,760
I'm glad.
1380
01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:57,728
Just in time.
1381
01:42:58,080 --> 01:43:00,480
In the matter of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
1382
01:43:00,520 --> 01:43:01,931
v. The state of Alabama,
1383
01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:05,561
I will now hear testimony
from the plaintiffs. Mr. Gray.
1384
01:43:06,720 --> 01:43:09,041
Your Honor, you will hear testimony
from the victims
1385
01:43:09,160 --> 01:43:12,403
who were beaten and bludgeoned
in their quest for freedom.
1386
01:43:12,480 --> 01:43:15,450
For their right to vote
and to self-determine.
1387
01:43:16,160 --> 01:43:17,286
The fact of the matter, Your Honor,
1388
01:43:17,360 --> 01:43:20,330
is that the incidents that occurred
cannot be disputed.
1389
01:43:20,760 --> 01:43:23,161
These particular circumstances
1390
01:43:23,680 --> 01:43:29,130
will paint a thorough picture
of the horrific events endured in Selma.
1391
01:43:29,800 --> 01:43:32,007
Very well, you may proceed.
1392
01:43:32,080 --> 01:43:36,210
Mr. King, you went out on that bridge
in direct violation of that judge's orders.
1393
01:43:36,920 --> 01:43:40,367
You deliberately disobeyed this judge
and the Governor, did you not?
1394
01:43:41,640 --> 01:43:44,723
Thousands of people came to Selma,
1395
01:43:44,800 --> 01:43:47,804
aroused by Sunday's brutal acts
1396
01:43:48,200 --> 01:43:51,886
exacted by officials of the city of Selma
1397
01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:53,803
and the state of Alabama.
1398
01:43:53,880 --> 01:43:56,884
I felt if I had not led the march,
1399
01:43:57,000 --> 01:44:01,244
pent-up emotions and inner tensions
would have led to an uncontrollable
1400
01:44:01,320 --> 01:44:03,402
retaliatory situation,
1401
01:44:04,800 --> 01:44:07,246
a violent situation on both sides.
1402
01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:09,129
I don't need any of your preaching
and prancing in here,
1403
01:44:09,200 --> 01:44:10,486
you hear? I want an answer.
1404
01:44:10,560 --> 01:44:13,086
- Objection.
- Watch it, counselor.
1405
01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:14,840
I'm trying very hard, Judge.
1406
01:44:15,200 --> 01:44:16,565
Try harder, counselor.
1407
01:44:22,240 --> 01:44:25,449
It seems basic to
our constitutional principles
1408
01:44:25,520 --> 01:44:28,729
that the extent of the right to assemble,
1409
01:44:29,520 --> 01:44:31,284
and demonstrate and march
1410
01:44:31,360 --> 01:44:33,010
along the highway in a peaceful manner
1411
01:44:33,120 --> 01:44:34,770
ought to be commensurate
1412
01:44:34,840 --> 01:44:37,047
with the enormity of the wrongs
1413
01:44:37,120 --> 01:44:39,851
that are being protested
and petitioned against.
1414
01:44:40,680 --> 01:44:45,208
In this case, the wrongs are enormous.
1415
01:44:47,680 --> 01:44:48,806
Therefore,
1416
01:44:49,800 --> 01:44:53,043
the extent of the right to demonstrate
1417
01:44:53,120 --> 01:44:56,602
in an estimated five-day march
from Selma to Montgomery
1418
01:44:57,280 --> 01:44:58,964
has been approved accordingly.
1419
01:44:59,240 --> 01:45:01,242
- Yes!
- Thank God!
1420
01:45:03,040 --> 01:45:05,805
There's no further business
with this court.
1421
01:45:05,880 --> 01:45:09,601
These proceedings are concluded,
with our thanks to the litigants.
1422
01:45:10,920 --> 01:45:12,729
Good day, gentlemen.
1423
01:45:28,160 --> 01:45:29,207
Yeah, that's right.
1424
01:45:29,280 --> 01:45:32,090
Well, now, we don't like
to have no mistakes, if you...
1425
01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:33,321
If you're sure about it.
1426
01:45:34,400 --> 01:45:38,041
Bayard says that Harry says
he can get Nina Simone,
1427
01:45:38,120 --> 01:45:42,250
Dick Gregory, Joan Baez,
Peter, Paul and Mary in.
1428
01:45:43,200 --> 01:45:44,804
Come on now.
We don't got money for that.
1429
01:45:44,880 --> 01:45:47,360
Well, Harry is chartering
a plane himself.
1430
01:45:47,480 --> 01:45:50,450
Day-O, day-Q.
1431
01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:55,251
Daylight come
and me wan' go home.
1432
01:45:55,320 --> 01:46:00,690
President's angling for your blocking
of the march to be overturned.
1433
01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:03,966
Unfortunately, all my maneuvers
have been put on hold
1434
01:46:04,040 --> 01:46:06,884
while the matter's being adjudicated.
1435
01:46:15,400 --> 01:46:16,640
Governor, you wanted to talk.
1436
01:46:17,640 --> 01:46:19,847
Well, Mr. President...
1437
01:46:20,440 --> 01:46:26,288
Malcontents are disrupting Alabama,
and it's your responsibility to stop them.
1438
01:46:27,040 --> 01:46:29,725
They're protesting about the right to vote
1439
01:46:29,800 --> 01:46:33,122
and the way they're treated in your state.
1440
01:46:33,240 --> 01:46:37,404
So that's your problem,
your responsibility,
1441
01:46:37,480 --> 01:46:39,482
and it's on your watch.
1442
01:46:40,160 --> 01:46:42,208
Mr. President, I disagree.
1443
01:46:42,840 --> 01:46:46,242
We have a certain way things are done.
It's the way it is.
1444
01:46:46,320 --> 01:46:48,482
And it's the way
the people want it to stay.
1445
01:46:50,640 --> 01:46:52,927
George, why are you doing this?
1446
01:46:53,000 --> 01:46:54,923
Your whole career
has been working for the poor.
1447
01:46:55,000 --> 01:46:56,684
Why are you off on this black thing?
1448
01:46:57,200 --> 01:46:59,851
Well, 'cause you can't ever satisfy them.
1449
01:47:00,920 --> 01:47:02,763
First, it's the front seat of the bus.
1450
01:47:02,840 --> 01:47:05,525
Next, it's take over the parks,
1451
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:09,889
then it's the public schools,
then it's voting, then it's jobs,
1452
01:47:10,160 --> 01:47:13,369
then it's distribution of wealth
without work.
1453
01:47:16,040 --> 01:47:17,929
George, you seen
all those demonstrators
1454
01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:19,331
out front of the White House
1455
01:47:19,400 --> 01:47:21,607
keeping my Lady Bird awake
the whole damn night?
1456
01:47:21,680 --> 01:47:23,648
Oh, yes, Mr. President. I saw them.
1457
01:47:23,720 --> 01:47:26,610
Well, let's go out there, you and I,
1458
01:47:26,680 --> 01:47:30,321
and announce that you've decided to
let the blacks vote undeterred,
1459
01:47:30,760 --> 01:47:32,489
and this whole mess will go away.
1460
01:47:32,560 --> 01:47:35,530
And I don't have to draft bills
or force the issue.
1461
01:47:36,120 --> 01:47:38,805
Now, why don't we do that, George?
1462
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:41,724
Why don't you just let the niggers vote?
1463
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:44,722
You agree they got the right to vote,
dontyou?
1464
01:47:44,800 --> 01:47:46,643
There's no quarrel with that.
1465
01:47:46,720 --> 01:47:48,802
I know that. That's the law.
1466
01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:51,563
Then why don't you just let 'em vote?
1467
01:47:51,960 --> 01:47:54,725
I don't have that power.
It belongs to the county registrars.
1468
01:47:54,800 --> 01:47:57,690
Now, don't shit me
about who runs Alabama.
1469
01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:00,490
I don't have any legal power
1470
01:48:00,560 --> 01:48:03,370
over the county registrars,
Mr. President.
1471
01:48:03,640 --> 01:48:05,722
They have their regulations
and they adhere.
1472
01:48:06,400 --> 01:48:09,210
Are you trying to shit me,
George Wallace?
1473
01:48:09,280 --> 01:48:11,567
Are you trying
to fuck over your President?
1474
01:48:11,640 --> 01:48:12,846
Mr. President...
1475
01:48:12,920 --> 01:48:15,161
We shouldn't even
be thinking about 1965.
1476
01:48:15,240 --> 01:48:17,971
We should be thinking about 1985.
1477
01:48:18,680 --> 01:48:20,808
You and I'll be
both dead and gone by then.
1478
01:48:21,960 --> 01:48:24,167
In 1985, what do you want looking back?
1479
01:48:24,240 --> 01:48:26,004
You want people
remembering you sayin',
1480
01:48:26,080 --> 01:48:30,529
"Wait," or "I can't," or, "it's too hard"?
1481
01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:36,444
I don't right care what they think,
1482
01:48:36,560 --> 01:48:38,927
and you shouldn't neither.
1483
01:48:43,760 --> 01:48:44,921
Well...
1484
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:48,488
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let history
1485
01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:51,928
put me in the same place
as the likes of you.
1486
01:48:55,960 --> 01:48:59,043
I speak tonight for the dignity of man
1487
01:48:59,720 --> 01:49:02,803
and the destiny of democracy.
1488
01:49:03,680 --> 01:49:07,002
At times, history and fate
1489
01:49:07,080 --> 01:49:10,971
meet at a single time in a single place.
1490
01:49:12,200 --> 01:49:17,127
So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.
1491
01:49:18,440 --> 01:49:21,444
There, long suffering men and women
1492
01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:27,409
peacefully protested the denial
of their rights as Americans.
1493
01:49:27,480 --> 01:49:29,642
Rarely in any time
1494
01:49:29,720 --> 01:49:33,122
does an issue lay bare the secret heart
1495
01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:35,888
of America itself.
1496
01:49:36,840 --> 01:49:41,402
The issue for equal rights
for the American Negro
1497
01:49:41,480 --> 01:49:43,323
is that issue.
1498
01:49:44,040 --> 01:49:45,166
For this issue,
1499
01:49:46,000 --> 01:49:49,686
many of them were brutally assaulted.
1500
01:49:53,520 --> 01:49:57,923
There is no Negro problem.
There is no Southern problem.
1501
01:49:58,680 --> 01:50:01,684
There is only an American problem.
1502
01:50:04,840 --> 01:50:07,684
The Constitution says that
1503
01:50:07,760 --> 01:50:11,321
no person shall be kept from voting
1504
01:50:11,400 --> 01:50:14,051
because of his race or color.
1505
01:50:15,280 --> 01:50:19,285
To correct the denial
of this fundamental right,
1506
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:23,888
this Wednesday,
I will send to Congress a law
1507
01:50:23,960 --> 01:50:28,045
designed to eliminate
these illegal barriers.
1508
01:50:28,600 --> 01:50:31,001
The bill will strike down
1509
01:50:31,080 --> 01:50:34,846
voting restrictions in all elections,
1510
01:50:34,920 --> 01:50:38,641
federal, state and local.
1511
01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:42,368
And we shall do this.
1512
01:50:44,440 --> 01:50:47,728
We shall overcome.
1513
01:51:05,320 --> 01:51:07,482
We believe we can cover you
through Lowndes County,
1514
01:51:07,560 --> 01:51:11,167
but once we add the final day's march
through Montgomery,
1515
01:51:11,240 --> 01:51:13,891
and you're passing through
all those tall buildings and whatnot,
1516
01:51:13,960 --> 01:51:15,928
coverage becomes challenging.
1517
01:51:17,600 --> 01:51:20,001
So please consider
1518
01:51:21,160 --> 01:51:22,730
driving in on the final leg.
1519
01:51:22,800 --> 01:51:26,361
And please consider nixing
the speech at the Capitol.
1520
01:51:28,600 --> 01:51:30,762
Well, if Wallace will see us
when we arrive,
1521
01:51:30,840 --> 01:51:32,922
there'll be no need for a speech.
1522
01:51:34,200 --> 01:51:35,884
Can you arrange that?
1523
01:51:41,560 --> 01:51:42,971
I can't hide.
1524
01:51:44,600 --> 01:51:47,285
We can't hide. You understand.
1525
01:51:51,200 --> 01:51:53,851
I don't want to see this go wrong for you.
1526
01:51:56,280 --> 01:51:58,647
Don't you want
to protect yourself, Doctor?
1527
01:52:00,400 --> 01:52:02,482
Let me try to do that.
1528
01:52:04,800 --> 01:52:06,564
You know, I know you want to live to see
1529
01:52:06,640 --> 01:52:09,041
the fruits of all this work. I know you do.
1530
01:52:11,960 --> 01:52:15,760
I'm just asking you to allow us
to help you do that.
1531
01:52:23,480 --> 01:52:25,960
I'm no different than anybody else.
1532
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:30,765
I want to live long and be happy.
1533
01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:36,322
But I'll not be focusing
on what I want today.
1534
01:52:38,000 --> 01:52:40,401
I'm focused on what God wants.
1535
01:52:43,680 --> 01:52:48,163
We're here for a reason,
through many, many storms.
1536
01:52:52,520 --> 01:52:56,241
But, today, the sun is shining,
and I'm about to stand in its warmth
1537
01:52:56,320 --> 01:53:00,723
alongside a lot of freedom-loving people
who worked hard to get us here.
1538
01:53:02,160 --> 01:53:06,210
I may not be with them
for all the sunny days to come,
1539
01:53:08,200 --> 01:53:11,204
but as long as there
is light ahead for them,
1540
01:53:13,200 --> 01:53:15,123
it's worth it to me.
1541
01:53:24,560 --> 01:53:26,210
Thank you, John.
1542
01:55:10,160 --> 01:55:14,404
We heard them say
we'd never make it here.
1543
01:55:16,320 --> 01:55:20,882
We heard them say they'd stop us,
if it was the last thing they did.
1544
01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:26,885
We heard them say
we don't deserve to be here.
1545
01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:32,930
But today, we stand as Americans.
1546
01:55:36,680 --> 01:55:38,250
We are here,
1547
01:55:39,120 --> 01:55:42,283
and we ain't gonna let nobody
turn us around.
1548
01:55:43,680 --> 01:55:46,251
This mighty march,
1549
01:55:47,080 --> 01:55:49,367
which will be counted
as one of the greatest
1550
01:55:49,440 --> 01:55:53,286
demonstrations of protest and progress,
1551
01:55:53,360 --> 01:55:57,001
ends here in the Capitol of Alabama
1552
01:55:57,080 --> 01:55:59,162
for a vital purpose.
1553
01:55:59,720 --> 01:56:03,964
We have not fought only
for the right to sit where we please
1554
01:56:04,040 --> 01:56:07,123
and go to school where we please.
1555
01:56:07,200 --> 01:56:11,410
We do not only strive here today
to vote as we please.
1556
01:56:12,560 --> 01:56:14,324
But with our commitment,
1557
01:56:14,400 --> 01:56:18,564
we give birth each day to a new energy
1558
01:56:18,640 --> 01:56:22,201
that is stronger than
our strongest opposition.
1559
01:56:24,400 --> 01:56:27,768
And we embrace
this new energy so boldly,
1560
01:56:27,840 --> 01:56:30,286
embody it so fervently,
1561
01:56:30,360 --> 01:56:33,523
that its reflection illuminates
a great darkness.
1562
01:56:36,400 --> 01:56:39,688
Our society has distorted who we are.
1563
01:56:40,880 --> 01:56:43,531
From slavery to the Reconstruction
1564
01:56:43,960 --> 01:56:47,328
to the precipice at which we now stand,
1565
01:56:47,400 --> 01:56:53,203
we have seen powerful
white men rule the world
1566
01:56:53,640 --> 01:56:58,521
while offering poor white men
a vicious lie as placation.
1567
01:56:59,600 --> 01:57:02,524
And when the poor white man's children
1568
01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:06,082
wail with a hunger
that cannot be satisfied,
1569
01:57:06,680 --> 01:57:10,287
he feeds them that same vicious lie.
1570
01:57:11,400 --> 01:57:13,721
A lie whispering to them
1571
01:57:14,280 --> 01:57:16,601
that regardless of their lot in life,
1572
01:57:17,440 --> 01:57:21,126
they can at least be triumphant
in the knowledge
1573
01:57:21,200 --> 01:57:26,001
that their whiteness makes
them superior to blackness.
1574
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:27,970
But we know the truth.
1575
01:57:29,360 --> 01:57:34,526
We know the truth, and we will
go forward to that truth, to freedom.
1576
01:57:37,640 --> 01:57:39,529
We will not be stopped.
1577
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:42,890
We will march for our rights.
1578
01:57:43,600 --> 01:57:47,685
We will march to demand
treatment as full citizens.
1579
01:57:47,800 --> 01:57:51,486
We will march until the viciousness
and the darkness
1580
01:57:51,560 --> 01:57:54,928
gives way to the light of righteousness.
1581
01:57:55,480 --> 01:57:59,485
No man, no myth,
1582
01:57:59,680 --> 01:58:04,004
no malaise will stop this movement.
1583
01:58:04,080 --> 01:58:08,768
We forbid it.
For we know that it is this darkness
1584
01:58:08,840 --> 01:58:13,004
that murders the best in us
and the best of us.
1585
01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:18,320
Whether Jimmie Lee Jackson
or James Reeb,
1586
01:58:20,040 --> 01:58:23,362
or four blameless little girls
1587
01:58:23,600 --> 01:58:27,730
struck down
before they had even begun.
1588
01:58:29,360 --> 01:58:34,446
You may ask, when will we
be free of this darkness?
1589
01:58:34,520 --> 01:58:37,046
I say to you today,
my brothers and sisters,
1590
01:58:37,360 --> 01:58:40,682
despite the pain, despite the tears,
1591
01:58:40,800 --> 01:58:43,326
our freedom will soon be upon us.
1592
01:58:46,240 --> 01:58:50,529
For "truth crushed to earth
will rise again."
1593
01:58:53,240 --> 01:58:55,641
When will we be free?
1594
01:58:56,520 --> 01:58:58,887
Soon, and very soon.
1595
01:58:58,960 --> 01:59:02,248
Because you shall reap what you sow.
1596
01:59:06,160 --> 01:59:07,650
When will we be free?
1597
01:59:08,640 --> 01:59:10,802
Soon, and very soon.
1598
01:59:11,600 --> 01:59:14,490
Because no lie can live forever.
1599
01:59:18,240 --> 01:59:20,208
When will we be free?
1600
01:59:20,280 --> 01:59:22,601
Soon, and very soon
1601
01:59:22,680 --> 01:59:25,331
"because "Mine eyes have seen
1602
01:59:25,400 --> 01:59:28,244
"the glory of the coming of the Lord.
1603
01:59:28,320 --> 01:59:30,482
"He is trampling out the vintage
1604
01:59:30,600 --> 01:59:32,921
"where the grapes of wrath are stored.
1605
01:59:33,000 --> 01:59:34,923
"He hath loosed the fateful lightning
1606
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:37,162
"of his terrible swift sword.
1607
01:59:37,240 --> 01:59:39,368
"His truth is marching on.
1608
01:59:39,440 --> 01:59:46,005
"Glory! Hallelujah!"
1609
01:59:46,080 --> 01:59:49,289
"His truth is marching on."
1610
00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:02,000
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