All language subtitles for Women Of The Movement s01e05 Mothers and Sons.eng

[Eartha Kitt's "If I Was A Boy"
plays]

♪ If I was a boy

♪ I'd know the things
a girl shouldn't know ♪

♪ I'd go where girls
shouldn't go ♪

♪ So, oh

[sighs]

♪ If I was a boy

JUANITA: What's the hold up?

I just wish I had
something to wear

that was worth looking at.

What about this one here?

CAROLYN: It's fine, I suppose.

Except I've worn it
once already to court.

♪ I'd pack and catch me
a train ♪

♪ Go out and raise me
some Cain ♪

JUANITA: They sure dress
different up north, don't they?

They talk different, too.

What she wears and how she talks
is none of your concern.

♪ There is such a lot a girl
has gotta cope with ♪

♪ There are times
I think ♪

I expect the press will be
after me today, once I testify.

Lord, I wish they'd
just leave us alone.

JUANITA: I suppose I don't need
to remind you

that this ain't another one
of your high school

beauty pageants.

Roy's life is on the line,
and so is J.W.'s.

For heaven's sake, Juanita,
you don't think I know it?

[child screams in distance]

I'll deal with him.

You need to hurry up
and get your head on straight.

You got us all
into this mess.

It's up to you
to get us out.

[paper slaps]

♪♪

CHATHAM: The defense is
desperate, Mrs. Bradley.

I can smell it.

We have kidnapping confessions
from both defendants,

a great deal
of circumstantial evidence,

and now, thanks to
these new witnesses,

we can place Emmett
at the plantation

where Milam's own brother
worked

a few hours after
his disappearance.

Thank God for Dr. Howard
and his team.

[sighs]
You can bet we did.

Before these witnesses
came forward,

we had no clue
where the crime was committed,

only that it was.

And today, I intend to prove
that Bryant and Milam

killed your son
on that very plantation

that same morning.

It's gonna be tough
for a jury to ignore

eye-witness testimony
from these farmhands, ma'am.

I'm glad to hear that.

However...the fact remains

that our only shred
of physical evidence --

our only proof that
a murder occurred --

is your son's body.

Which is why they are so
determined to deny his identity.

And why we need you
to prove to the jury

that there was no hoax,
and that, as a mother,

you would know
your son better than anyone.

I understand.

You need me
to tell the truth.

And that's exactly
what I intend to do.

CHATHAM: The defense will try to
cast doubts, of course,

but just stick to the facts
and you'll do fine.

Now, um,
there is one more thing.

We've received a few letters
from concerned citizens

who haven't taken kindly
to the fact

that I've referred to you
in the press as "Mrs. Bradley."

I'm sure you're aware
of the Southern custom?

I am.

We believe it would not serve us
well to risk offending the jury

before they've even had
a chance to hear you speak.

If you'll permit me,
I suggest

I stick to the custom
during questioning.

You're welcome to
call me Mamie.

CHATHAM: Thank you.

And please take care
with your responses, too.

They're going to want
to hear you say "sir."

VENDOR: Pop!
Get your ice cold soda pop.

[indistinct conversations]

♪♪

[smooches]

♪♪

Good morning.

Look at you.

Almost didn't recognize you

with all that paint
on your face.

VENDOR: Soda pop!
Ice cold soda pop.

MILAM: Damn,
it just gets hotter

in this hell hole every day,
doesn't it?

Son. Gimme a couple of them
cold ones.

Keep 'em coming.

[indistinct conversations]

♪♪

You straight on
what you're saying?

Of course, Roy.

♪♪

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[clanging]

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CHATHAM: Now, Mandy,
I direct your attention

to the 28th day
of August, 1955.

Did you see Willie Reed
that morning?

Yes, sir.

He stopped by my house
about, uh --

well, along 6:30, 7:00.

CHATHAM: And at that time,
did you look out

towards Mr. Leslie Milam's
house?

Y-Yes, sir.
I looked out the window.

[whispering] What the hell
happened to our chairs?

RUBY [whispering]: Shh!
Somebody must have moved them.

-Shh.
-JUDGE: I need order, please.

I understand our audience
has grown today,

but I cannot allow anyone
in those aisles

because it poses a fire hazard.

I'm sorry, but if you do not
have a seat,

you'll have to wait outside.

Better luck next time, boys.

You may proceed.

Now, what did you see
when you looked out

towards Mr. Leslie Milam's
house, Mandy?

I saw a green and white truck
out there,

and four white men.

They were going in and out
the shed,

and one went to the well
and got a drink of water

and then back to the shed.

CHATHAM: Would you recognize
that man if you saw him again?

[suspenseful music plays]

♪♪

Yes.

He was kind of a tall man.

And bald-headed.

♪♪

CHATHAM: Thank you, Mandy.

HICKS: Three days trying to
track those witnesses down,

and now we can't even report
on what they say?

Well, the drug store's been
selling folding chairs.

I've seen a few white reporters
bringing them in.

And you think they're going to
let us get away with that, too?

-Never know unless you try.
-Excuse me.

You're a reporter, aren't ya?

Trying to be. [sighs]
What can I do for you?

Well, we've been out here
hoping to find somebody

that could help us.

You see, m--

You see, my wife,
she heard some talk yesterday

while she was getting
her hair done.

And we thought somebody
ought to know about it.

What did you hear?

Well, it's about them men
folks have been talking about.

The ones that were
in the truck the night

they got that Chicago boy.

[birds chirping]

CHATHAM: Willie,
as you came up towards

Mr. Leslie Milam's house,
did you see anyone there?

N-No, sir, not at first.

But there was
a green a-and white truck

in front of the shed,
and it was the same truck

I had seen earlier
that had passed me by.

Who was in that truck then?

Four white men in the cab,

um, and three colored men
in the back,

and I seen somebody
sitting down

in the bed of the truck --
a colored boy.

Hmm.
Now, later on,

did you recognize
a photograph

or anything that indicated
to you

who was sitting down
in the bed of that truck?

When I looked at the newspaper,
um, I seen a photo of a boy.

It was the same one I seen
in the back of the truck.

And was that Emmett Till?

-Well --
-We object, Your Honor.

JUDGE SWANGO:
Objection is sustained

unless it's connected,
of course.

Now, I have a picture here
that was offered as Exhibit 1.

Have you ever seen
this boy before?

Yes, sir.
It is a picture of the boy

I seen on the back of
the truck.

CHATHAM: Now, as you were
passing by

Mr. Leslie Milam's place
later that morning,

was Mr. J.W. Milam there?

WILLIE: Yes, sir.

I-I seen him come out
of the shed to the well.

Mr. J.W. Milam, the man that is
sitting right over there?

Yes, sir.

CHATHAM: Will you state

whether he had anything unusual

on his person?

WILLIE: He had a pistol
on his belt.

CHATHAM: And what did
Mr. J.W. Milam

do when you saw him?

WILLIE: Well, he, um --
He just went to the well,

got a drink of water,

and then -- and then
went back towards the shed.

And after you passed
the shed,

did you hear
or see anything unusual?

[clears throat]

I heard somebody hollering
from in there,

and I heard some licks like --
like somebody

was whipping somebody.

Thank you.

No further questions.

BRELAND: Willie...
[clears throat]

when that truck passed
by you that morning,

did you recognize
Mr. J.W. Milam in there?

Well, I-I didn't pay
too much attention

to them in--
inside the truck.

I-I just looked at the ones
in the back.

Then you wouldn't say that
Mr. Milam was inside the truck?

No, sir,
I wouldn't say that.

No. Later on,
when you passed this shed,

how far were you from it?

Yeah.
I wasn't too far, sir.

BRELAND: Well, would you say
it was, um, 100 yards away?

I wouldn't know, sir.

Mm.

Now, this person
you testified, uh,

was Mr. Milam,

how, uh --
how far was he from you

when you first saw him there?

[gulps]

Well, I wouldn't say how far,
just because I --

I just wouldn't know, sir.

Then you don't know whether
you were 100 yards away,

or 200 hundred yards, or 500
hundred yards away from him?

No -- No, sir.

BRELAND: You, uh --
You stated that you heard

something that sounded
like licks from inside the shed,

but you don't know
whether Mr. Milam

was in there or not,
do you?

But I-I seen Mr. Milam,

uh, when --
when he left the shed.

But you didn't see him
in the shed, did you?

WILLIE: Well, no, sir.

But I-I seen him
w-when he left the shed and --

and went to the well,

a-and I seen him
when he went back towards it.

But you don't know whether
the sounds you heard

was somebody hammering,

trying to fix a wagon,
or something like that.

It was somebody
whipping somebody.

S-Sir.

[Breland sighs]

Um, Your Honor, so,
we ask the court

to exclude all evidence
as offered by this witness

and to direct the jury
to wholly disregard it,

because Roy Bryant has
not been identified in any way

as being present on the occasion
as testified by this witness.

Your Honor,
the defendants had the right

to be tried separately,

but they chose
to stand trial together.

The motion will be overruled.

The testimony stands.

You may step down.

♪♪

The state calls
Mamie Bradley next.

♪♪

[door opens]

[crowd murmuring]

[gavel bangs]

[solemn music plays]

♪♪

-Damn it. Sold out.
-Listen.

Ain't they got any more chairs
in this godforsaken town?

You know those missing men
I heard about at the dance hall?

They were spotted yesterday,
about 20 miles up the road

in the Charleston...jail.

Wait. Hold on.

We gave their names
to Chatham

so they could be
brought in to testify,

and you're telling me
they ended up in jail?

Charleston jail is in
Sheriff Strider's jurisdiction,

and we know
he's crooked as hell.

What if he's got them
hidden away in there

so Chatham
can't find them?

BOOKER: Well, the state wraps
up testimony today.

Once they rest, it's over.

We can't introduce
more witnesses.

Well, I doubt the folks
at the jail would appreciate

the likes of us just waltzing
in there to ask questions.

Well, then we better find
another way to prove it.

[tense music plays]

♪♪

Hi. Excuse me,
can you tell me

how to get to the jail
over in Charleston?

What kind of business
you got down there?

I'm a reporter.

Uh, Dan Wakefield -- I-I write
for The Nation.

Just following up on a tip.

Wondering if there was a --
a bus or some way

to get out there?
[laughs nervously]

♪♪

Tell you what.

We was fixing to head
out there ourselves.

Why don't you hitch
along with us?

Now, Mamie, will you please
state for the court and jury

whether you were able
to identify the body

you saw at the funeral home
in Chicago?

Yes, sir.

I positively identified the body
as being that of my son,

Emmett Louis Till.

CHATHAM: Please tell the court
and the jury how

you looked at it and what
you did in identifying it.

I looked at the face
very carefully.

I looked at the ears
and the forehead

and the hairline
and also the hair.

And I looked at the nose
and the lips and his chin.

I just looked at it
all over very thoroughly.

And I knew, definitely,
that was my boy,

beyond a shadow
of a doubt.

Mamie, when your husband,
the father of Emmett Till,

was killed overseas,
were his effects sent to you?

Yes, sir. They were.

I'd like ask you if in those
effects there was a ring?

-Yes, sir --
-Now, Your Honor.

We now object to the testimony
of this witness

with reference to the effects,
or what is purported to be

the effects of her dead husband
being sent to her,

without showing just who,
when, and how

those effects were sent.

Yes, I believe there would
have to be a prior connection

to identification
of the ring.

Sustained.

Your Honor, we're just trying
to identify the ring

that the boy had on.

You can proceed
a little differently, I believe.

Yes, sir.

Mamie, I will ask you
if your son had a ring

and frequently wore a ring

and if that was sent to you
along with the effects

of your husband that you got?

-Yes, sir.
-We object to that,

Your Honor, for the reason that
she said the effects were sent

to her that were supposed to
belong to her dead husband,

but it hasn't been shown
in evidence

anything about the identity
of these effects.

The objection is overruled.

[Chatham sighs]

I will now hand you
this ring, Mamie,

with an engraving on it,
"May 25, 1943",

and the large initials
of "L.T.",

and I will ask you
if this ring was sent along

with the effects
purported to be

the effects
of your dead husband?

Yes, sir.

What was your husband's name?

Louis Till.

In other words,
his initials were "L.T."?

MAMIE: Yes, sir.

And when you got that ring
in his effects,

what happened to it?

Uh, well, I kept the ring
in a jewelry box.

Before he left for
Mississippi,

Emmett looked in this jewelry
box to get, um, cuff links,

I think it was, and when
he looked in the box there,

he saw this ring.

And he left Chicago with it,
did he?

MAMIE: Yes, sir.

And you definitely saw that
that was the ring

that he left there with?

Yes, sir.

And that was the ring
that he had on him

when he came down here
to Mississippi?

Yes, sir.

Now, Mamie, I have here
some photos

taken by the police photographer
shortly after the body

was removed
from the Tallahatchie River.

[solemn music plays]

♪♪

Is that a picture of your son,
Emmett Till?

♪♪

Yes, sir. It is.

Thank you, Mamie.

♪♪

♪♪

[crying]

♪♪

Mamie, did you have any life
insurance out on Emmett Till?

We object, Your Honor.

I'm gonna overrule that.

Did you have any
life insurance on him?

Yes, sir.

How much insurance
did you have?

About $400.

BRELAND: And how long
had you had these, uh --

these policies out on him?

MAMIE: Almost from his birth.

And to whom
were they payable?

We object to that,
Your Honor.

The objection is overruled.

I was the beneficiary of one
of them,

and my mother
was of the other.

And, uh -- And have you
tried to collect on --

on those, uh, payments yet?

We object to that, Your Honor.

That is highly irrelevant.

The objection is overruled.

Have you contacted the insurance
companies about collecting?

Yes, sir.

Now, [clears throat]

was, uh, Emmett ever
in any trouble up in Chicago?

We object to that,
Your Honor. Relevance?

JUDGE SWANGO:
The objection is sustained.

You said you discussed
your son's trip down

to Mississippi
several times with him

before he left Chicago,
is that correct?

MAMIE: Yes, sir.

BRELAND: And did you caution him
how to conduct himself

while he was down here
in Mississippi before he left?

Again -- relevance?

BRELAND: I'll tell you
how it's relevant.

I have an exhibit that I want
the witness to identify.

Your Honor, I think
it's perfectly clear

what he is trying to do,

and I think counsel
should be counseled

to stop asking
more questions like that.

The objection is sustained.

The court would like to ask
the gentlemen of the jury

to step into the jury room
for a moment,

so that we may discuss
this further.

[chairs sliding]

[door opens]

[crowd murmuring]

The court will allow
the defense counsel

to proceed
with this line of questioning

without the presence
of the jury.

If counsel can show that the
testimony is indeed relevant,

the court will allow the jury
to hear it repeated.

You may proceed.

Well, thank you,
Your Honor.

[grunts]

Before he left Chicago,
did you caution your son

how to conduct himself
while in Mississippi?

Yes, sir.

Now I have a -- a paper here
where you are quoted.

Listen carefully,
it says --

"I -- I told him several times
before he left for Mississippi

that he should kneel on
the street and beg forgiveness

if he ever insulted
a white man or a white woman."

Now...

Did you, uh, say that to him?

MAMIE: Not those exact words.

Then what did you tell him?

Well, I told him he would
have to be very careful

with how he spoke,

to always remember to say
"Yes, sir," and "No, ma'am."

And if ever there was
an incident that would arise

that might be any trouble of any
kind with white people --

um, if he bumped into somebody
on the street, for example,

I told him to go ahead
and humble himself.

BRELAND: Did you specifically
indicate to him and caution him

not to do anything
to a white man

so as not to bring on
any trouble?

MAMIE: Yes, sir.

BRELAND: Now, while he was
living there in Chicago,

had he been doing anything
to cause you

to give him
that special instruction?

No, sir. Emmett has never been
in any trouble at any time.

BRELAND: And he had never been
in a reform school?

MAMIE: No, sir.

BRELAND: And he had never had
any trouble

in any way
with any white people?

No, sir.

Now, Your Honor, we submit
that the testimony

is indeed relevant,

and that the witness
be permitted to repeat it

in the presence
of the jury.

JUDGE SWANGO: The prior
objections to this portion

of the testimony
will be sustained,

and the testimony will not
be permitted before the jury.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

JUDGE SWANGO: You may step down.

♪♪

♪♪

The state rests.

Your Honor, the defense
would like to call

its first witness,
Sheriff H.C. Strider.

HICKS: We think the Sheriff's
just trying

to keep them from talking,
but if you agree to verify

your husband's identity,
along with Too Tight,

we could get authorities
to grant you access

to the jail
and allies to protect you.

You said you were a friend
of Too Tight's.

Ma'am, if your husband
was a witness

to Emmett Till's murder,
there are probably a lot

of people who want him dead.

Okay, now, the fact that
he's still alive

means there's still a chance
to save him.

[sighs]

Henry is a good guy.

If he was mixed up in anything
with that boy,

it's because
he had no choice.

We know.

That's why we want to make sure
that the men

who are responsible
are held accountable.

BRELAND: As Sheriff of
Tallahatchie County,

have you taken bodies
out of that river

during the summer period,
with weather like we had

here in August?

I have.

And what is your opinion,

based on your past experience,
as to how long

that body
had been in that river?

We object to that, Your Honor.
He is not a doctor,

and he is not qualified
to testify about that.

He is not qualified as a doctor,
but I think he is qualified.

Overruled.

I would say at least 10 days,
if not 15.

BRELAND: And when the body
was discovered,

how long had it been since
Emmett Till

was reported missing?

STRIDER: Three days.

BRELAND: Could you tell whether
this was

a white person
or a colored person?

STRIDER: The only way you might
able to tell

it was a colored person
would be the hair,

and I have seen white people
have kinky hair.

BRELAND: And was this body

recognizable to be that of
any particular person?

Well, if one of my own boys
had been missing,

I really don't think
I could say

whether it was
my son or not.

Or anyone else's.

I couldn't tell that.

All I could tell...

it was a human being.

Your witness.

CHATHAM: Mr. Strider,
there was a death certificate

prepared for Emmett Till,
was there not?

That's right.

And I believe
that you signed

that death certificate,
did you not?

Yes, sir.

CHATHAM: And this
death certificate certified

the fact that this body
was that of Emmett Till,

isn't that correct?

No.

I did not certify
it was Emmett Till.

I said it was a dead body.

I never seen Emmett Till.

I could not swear
it was Emmett Till

because I didn't know
what he looked like.

♪♪

Sheriff, have you made
any investigation to find out

whose body that was?

Who that person was?

I sure have.

What efforts have you made
to find out who that body was?

Well, I got reports
of a Negro

who disappeared
over at Lambert.

I went over there,
investigated that,

and one man'd tell you
he saw him,

and another man'd tell you

that someone told him
that they saw him,

and then somebody else'd
tell you

that somebody else
knew something about it,

and you'd just end up
right back where you started.

CHATHAM: But you have no
information whatsoever

to indicate whose body that was?

You have not gotten
any information about that?

♪♪

No, I have not.

♪♪

So she agreed to go
to the jail?

Mm-hmm. As long we can
get her in safely.

Which is where you come in.

We need you to go
to Chatham again.

Get him to authorize
a search

while there's still time
to introduce new witnesses.

The prosecution rested.

They've already moved on
to the defense.

[sighs] Okay, uh...

We need to try anyway.

The judge can make
an exception.

We're talking about
two potential eyewitnesses

to the actual murder.

We just need someone
to bring them in.

I'm sorry that you
and your compatriots

went to all that trouble,
Mr. Packton,

but those men are not
in the Charleston jail.

What?
How do you know?

Because I took it upon myself
to have it searched,

along with the jail
in Sunflower County,

right after I received
the letter you passed along

from Dr. Howard.

You suspected
they were being held?

No, but there was mention
of two men named Levi Collins

and Henry Lee Loggins
and that they were missing,

so I didn't want to leave
any stone unturned.

Both searches, however,
came up empty,

according to
my investigators,

and both sheriffs
raised hell about it.

But if the men were being
held under false names,

how can you be sure
they weren't there?

Loggins' wife should still
be allowed to check.

My investigators
are thorough,

and butting heads
with Sheriff Strider again

is not going to do
my case any good.

Thank you for coming in.

[tense music plays]

♪♪

You know, if this really is
the last case of your career,

you sure you'll be able
to live with yourself,

knowing that you might have let
the only witnesses

to the crime
slip right through your fingers?

♪♪

BRELAND: Mrs. Bryant,
I direct your attention

to Wednesday night,

the 24th of August.

Who was in the store
with you that night?

CHATHAM: If the court pleases,
we object

to anything that happened
on that evening

unless it is connected
to the crime in question,

which began on Sunday morning,
the 28th.

Well, we will connect it.

The court would ask the jury
to retire

to the jury room for a moment.

[chairs sliding, shuffling]

Now, the court will permit both
sides to address the question

as to whether or not
this testimony

will be permissible
before the jury.

[clears throat]
Your Honor, the state argued

that one of the men
who came to the home

of Mose Wright on August 28th
wanted to see the boy

who did the talking at Money.

Now, the state raised inferences
which the defendants believe

they are entitled to explain
and to show what happened.

And further, we believe that
these occurrences are a part

of what the state alleges
is one entire transaction --

the beginning and the inception
of the incident.

And as much, the occurrences
there on that occasion

are a part of
the res gestae --

the circumstances --
which relate to the case.

And as such, the defendants
should be permitted

to offer testimony
in that particular.

CHATHAM: Our proof started
with the occurrences

early Sunday morning,
when two or more persons

came to Mose Wright's house
to get the boy.

We offered no proof
of anything prior,

and Mrs. Bryant wasn't brought
into this whatsoever.

And I think I can say that

her name was never
mentioned in this case.

Your Honor, the Supreme Court
of Mississippi

has many times held
that former difficulties

between parties cannot be
brought in as evidence.

And further, we contend that
anything that happened

down there is no justification
for murder anyway.

Your Honor, I would like
to call attention to the fact

that the Supreme Court

has ruled that an incident
may be separated by days,

and by weeks even, but if they
can be connected as part

or partial
of a man's transaction,

then it doesn't mean
that these things

must all happen
right together.

[clears throat]

Gentlemen, the court is of
the opinion

that the testimony
being offered here

pertains to an incident
prior to the crime in question.

Therefore, it is
not admissible for the jury.

[crowd murmuring]

[murmuring quiets]

BRELAND: Your Honor, we still
would like to develop

this testimony
for the sake of the record.

The court will allow it,
for the sake of the record,

not for the jury.

You may proceed.

Mrs. Bryant,

on Wednesday evening,
the 24th day of August, 1955,

did an incident occur
which made an impression on you?

Yes.

And just tell the court
what happened there at the time,

please, ma'am.

This nigger man
came in the store

and stopped there
at the candy case.

BRELAND: Now, when this Negro
man came in the store,

where were you in the store?

CAROLYN: I was farther back

in the store,
behind the counter.

Now, what transpired up there
at the candy counter?

I asked him what he wanted.

-And did he tell you?
-Yes.

BRELAND: And after you got
the merchandise for him,

what did you do?

CAROLYN: I held out my hand
for his money.

And which hand
did you hold out?

My right hand.

Will you show the court
how you held your hand out?

And did he give you
the money?

-No.
-What did he do?

He caught my hand.

[crowd murmuring]

[gavel bangs]

[murmuring quiets]

BRELAND: Now, will you, uh --

will you show the court
how he grasped your hand?

[crowd murmuring]

And was that a-a strong grip
or a light grip

he had when he, uh,
held your hand?

CAROLYN: A strong grip.

BRELAND: Hmm.
How'd you get loose?

Well, I-I jerked it loose,
like this.

[crowd murmuring, gavel banging]

Quiet! Quiet!

BRELAND: And was it with that
much difficulty

that you -- that you got loose?

Yes.

[inhales deeply]

And just what did he say
when he grabbed your hand?

He said, "How about a date,
baby?"

[crowd murmuring]

-Quiet!
-[gavel banging]

-Quiet!
-CHATHAM: Your Honor!

Your Honor!

JUDGE SWANGO: That is enough.

[gavel banging]

That's enough.

[crowd murmuring quietly]

And when you freed yourself,
what did you do then?

Well, I turned and tried to get
to the back of the store,

but he came at me
and caught me by the register.

Mrs. Bryant,
will you stand up

and put my hands
just where he grasped you?

Will --
Will you show the court?

[suspenseful music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[crowd murmuring,
gavel banging]

JUDGE SWANGO: Order!

BRELAND: In other words,
with his, uh --

his left arm
around your back?

A-And his right hand
on your hip?

[gavel bangs]

JUDGE SWANGO: Order.

Yes.

Uh-huh. Um...

♪♪

Please.

♪♪

And did he say anything to you
at that time

when he grabbed you there?

Yes. He said, "What's
the matter, baby?

Can't you take it?"

BRELAND: He said,
"What's the matter, baby?

Can't you take it?"

CAROLYN: Yes.

And did you then
try to free yourself?

-Yes.
-And was it difficult?

Did you succeed
in freeing yourself?

[voice breaking] Yes.

And did he say anything further
to you at that time?

Yes. He said...[sobs]

"You needn't be afraid of me."

And -- And did he then use, uh,
language that you don't use?

-Yes.
-Hmm.

And can you tell the court

what that word begins with --

what letter it begins with?

♪♪

Oh, in other words,
is it an unprintable word?

♪♪

Yes.

BRELAND: And did he say anything

after that one unprintable word?

♪♪

CAROLYN: Yes, he said,

well...[sobs]

"With white women before."

[crowd murmuring]

BRELAND: Something to the effect
that he had been

with white women before?

CAROLYN: Yes.

BRELAND: And after you, uh,
freed yourself from him,

what did you do then?

♪♪

CAROLYN: Well, this other nigger
came in and grabbed him

by the arm and told him to
"come on," and, "let's go."

BRELAND: Did he go, uh,
willingly or unwillingly?

Unwillingly.

And did he say
anything further to you

after he had said
these obscene remarks?

CAROLYN: Yes. He turned
and said, "Goodbye."

BRELAND:
And what did you do then?

CAROLYN: I ran out the door
to go to the car.

BRELAND: Which car?

Mrs. Milam's.

BRELAND: And what did you go
to the car for?

To get the pistol.

-CROWD: That's right!
-Yeah!

[gavel bangs]

[indistinct conversations]

[gavel bangs]

[clears throat]

As you went through the door
and went to the car,

did you see this man again?

CAROLYN: Yes.

BRELAND: And did he say or do
anything at that time?

[weakly] He whistled.

BRELAND: Can you make a sound
something like the whistle

he made there?

Hmm?

Well, was it something
like this?

[wolf whistles]

[crowd groans]

CAROLYN: Yes.

BRELAND: After you got
your pistol, Mrs. Bryant,

where was this boy then?

Or I should say --
where was this man?

CAROLYN: When I turned around,
he was getting in a car

down the road.

BRELAND: Mrs. Bryant...

...what sort of impression
did this occurrence make on you?

♪♪

I was just scared to death.

♪♪

Your Honor, we submit that
the testimony's relevant

to remove from the minds
of the jury the impression

that nothing but talk
had occurred in Money.

♪♪

It remains the opinion
of this court

that the evidence
is not admissible.

-Therefore...
-[crowd murmuring]

I will have order!

Therefore, the jury will not
hear this testimony.

[crowd murmuring]

[gavel banging]

[indistinct conversations]

That's enough.

♪♪

♪♪

MAMIE:
How dare that woman!

How dare she swear on
a Holy Bible to tell the truth,

only to -- to spout horrific
lies about a child!

A child that she knows
is dead because of her!

A child they strategically
referred to as a "man".

Those lawyers never even
showed her a picture of Bo.

DR. HOWARD: That was deliberate.

On one hand, Bryant and Milam
claim they let him go

because it wasn't the boy
from the store.

On the other hand,

the wife says it was,

so he deserved what he got.

It doesn't make sense.

None of it does.

Every word of it was a lie!

And -- And the whistling,
on top of everything else!

My -- My son would never whistle
at a white woman.

I taught him better.

At least the judge kept the jury
from hearing those theatrics.

The only reason he would whistle
is because of his stutter.

I taught him to do that
if he got stuck on a word.

So even if he did whistle,

he wouldn't have been
whistling at her.

Sweetheart, what difference
does it make?

It still doesn't justify
what they did to him.

I tried so hard to say
the right things in there

and to act the right way.

None of it even mattered,
did it?

Nothing I said could have
changed a thing,

because they were
never going to listen.

And I was a fool to hope
that they would.

♪♪

♪♪

[indistinct conversations]

♪♪

Whiskey neat, please.

Double.

♪♪

[liquid pouring]

[glass taps]

♪♪

MAN:
Then he chased her down,

grabbed her
right around the waist,

and he surely would have done
much worse, too,

if she'd not had
the courage to fight back.

Thank God she did.

The next girl might not be
so lucky, though.

The fact of the matter is that
the threat from the north

is greater now
than ever before.

Which is why we must come
together and pledge our lives,

our fortunes,
and our sacred honors

so that our way of life
is not destroyed.

And if those two boys
are convicted tomorrow,

by God, it will be destroyed,
and all of us with it.

♪♪

[crying]

♪♪

[sniffles]

♪♪

[exclaims]

♪♪

[shrieking]

♪♪

[sobbing]

♪♪

[breathing shakily]

♪♪

♪♪

[sniffles]

♪♪

♪♪

[crying]

♪♪

[sobs]

♪♪

[whimpers]

♪♪

[wails]

♪♪

[fire crackling]

♪♪

♪♪

[indistinct conversations]

♪♪

♪♪

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