All language subtitles for The.Long.Walk.Home.1990.720p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264

[ Brakes Hissing ]

[ Woman Narrating ]
Her name was Odessa Cotter.

I called her Dessie.

As best as anyone knows,
she was the first woman...

to rock me to sleep.

There wasn't anything
extraordinary about her,

but I guess there's always
somethin'... extraordinary...

about someone who changes...

and then changes
those around her.

[ Imitating Engine ]
That's me.

Morning, Mary Catherine.
I was only seven years old.

Excuse me, Odessa.
I didn't mean to run you down.

Is that a car
or a boat?
It's a piece of sausage.

You tell her, sweetness.
Odessa, we're having
a cocktail party tonight,

so I'm sending you to Oak Park
with Mary Catherine...

just as soon
as Claudia gets here.
Yes, ma'am.

Honey.

Look what you did.
Boop. Gotcha.

[ Girl ]
Has anyone seen my racket?

Oh, I know where it is.
Bye-bye.

Bye.
Oh, my clubs.

I wanna cut something.
Not today, young lady.

Ah, your hands are sticky.

Oh, she's been beside
herself for weeks.

That's 'cause you never
discipline her.

Where are you going?
One guess, Sherlock.

Trey and I are playing
at the club.
Oh, well.

[ Mary Catherine ]
I wanna see Trey's car.
Here are my clubs, honey.

If you can get 'em
to the pro shop.
I'm givin' a party tonight.

Catch Sara. She's on
her way to the club.

I can't play with
the grips like that.
Thank you, sweetie.

I'll see you at 6:00, huh?
See you at 6:00.

[ Water Splashing ]

Odessa, just have 'em
waitin' out here at 3:00.

I should be back
from the beauty parlor
and Junior League by then.

Yes, ma'am.

You be good,
Mary Catherine.
I will.

Bye!

Feel a tickle comin'.

[ Kisses ]
Go on.
[ Giggling ]

Y'all come on now.
It's time to eat.

[ Screaming ]

Hey!

[ Girls Giggling ]

Hey!

What you doin' here?

Can't you hear me, nigger?
What are you doin' in this park?

Just takin' care of
Mrs. Thompson's--

Don't give me any
of that mealy-mouthed crap!

Now, this park
is whites only,

and that means niggers
like you best answer with
"yes, sir" when spoken to.

I don't care who
you're takin' care of!

You don't understand
nothin', do you?

Go on.
Get your stuff together
and get on out of here!

Come on, Mary Catherine.
Get your friends.
We got to go.

I never heard such nonsense
in all my life.

Let me just see
about this.

[ Closes Phone Book ]

Hello. Could I speak
to Commissioner Sellers,
please?

Mrs. Norman Thompson.

Well, would you tell
Clyde Sellers...

that one of his policemen
threw my nine-year-old
daughter out of Oak Park?

He knows who I am.

[ Mrs. Thompson ]
I really appreciate you
coming by this afternoon.

[ Man ] Oh, not at all, ma'am.
I'm just sorry about
the misunderstanding.

Thank you.

Mrs. Cotter,
I would like to apologize
on behalf of myself,

the police department
and the city of Montgomery...

for what happened today
in Oak Park.

Hope y'all come back
to the park someday soon.

I hope I didn't cause you
too much trouble, Mrs. Thompson.

I'm sorry
if I embarrassed your maid
in front of the children.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

You're welcome, ma'am.

I regret that this happened
in the first place.

Well, send the commissioner
my best.
I will, ma'am.

[ Giggling ]

Shh.

[ Giggles ]

Y'all come on inside.

[ Chattering ]

[ Man Laughing ]

Alabama's got
a small line,
but they're agile.

Oh, my God.
[ Grunts ]

How's my little Boo-Boo?

Tunker's here.

Tunker.
Tunker, welcome.

Hello, Norman.
I'm glad you
could make it.

Yeah.
It's a nice-lookin'
party here.

Yeah. We try. We do.
Hello, Miriam.

[ Chuckles ]
That a bartender?

[ Miriam ]
Yeah.

Does I has to
tip him?

Well, being you're
my baby brother,

why don't we just say
that the drinks are two bucks,
all inclusive.

Thanks. Thanks.
Hey, y'all lucky to get
a bartender at all.

The niggers are all
movin' to Philadelphia.

Why's that?
'Cause they hear there ain't
no work in Philadelphia.

- Oh!
- [ Laughing ]

I don't get it.
Honey, you never
get jokes.

What?

[ Nervous Chuckle ]

Tunker, don't be so loud
this close to the bar.

Oh, he didn't hear me.
You better be careful.

She'll have you out there
apologizin' to him.

[ Laughs ]
What's this?

Nothin'. It was just
somethin' stupid,
that's all.

I'd like to know.

Go on. Tell him.

Some young policeman
threw our maid out of Oak Park.

Mary Catherine and her friends
were right there,
and he was extremely rude.

So I called up Clyde Sellers,
and he had him come out
and apologize.

Well, what were you doing
sending your maid into
that park anyway?

But you shouldn't have the poor
fellow come out and apologize
to a nigger, Miriam.

That's plain old wrong.

Tunker, it's not like she
was parading her own children
around the park,

for heaven's sakes.

And you know,
I did grow up with a maid,

and I've had them all my life,
and I know what's right
and I know what's wrong.

And I will not have
my judgment impugned by some
wet-behind-the-ears patrolman...

or by you.

Excuse me.

Oh, hi, Liz.
How are you?

She's a hellcat,
Norman.

I always thought so.

[ Women ]
♪ Mr. Sandman

♪ Bring me a dream

♪ Make him the cutest
that I've ever seen ♪

[ Mary Catherine Narrating ]
My world was a bubble
when I was seven.

Wars could have been going on
outside our front door,

and I would have been
all the happier.

Thank you, darling.

In a way, a war was about
to start in Montgomery.
Hey!

A war of wills--
Give that back!

in the cradle
of the Confederacy.

It began on a crisp
December day.

Hey!

Give it back!

Give it back.

Give it back!

Mama! Where you at?

What you comin' in here
screamin' like a banshee
about?

A lady gave these out
to everybody after school.

I'll read it to you.

"This is for...

Monday the"--

Boy, you can't read.
We're gonna die of consumption
waitin' for you.

Can so! Give it back!
Franklin, give him the paper
and let him read it.

Watch it.

"Another Negro woman
has been arrested
and thrown in jail...

because she refused to
get up out of her seat
on the bus...

for a white person
to sit down.

It is the second time
since the Colvin case...

that a Negro woman
has been arrested...

for the same thing.

This has to be stopped."

"We're therefore asking
every Negro...

to stay off the buses Monday
in protest...

of the arrest and trial.

Don't ride the buses
to work,

to town, to school...

or anywhere on Monday.

You can afford to stay
out of school for one day...

if you have no other way to go
except by bus.

You can also afford to
stay out of town for one day.

If you work,
take a cab or walk.

Please, children"--
I heard about that
last night.

That woman
was Miss Parks.
Rosa Parks?

Yep. They had to
bail her out of jail
for sittin' in the bus.

See, the problem is--
I'll tell you what
the problem is.

I ain't never seen people
get so worked up over
a piece of paper.

I think it's dumb.
[ Franklin ]
I think you're dumb!

Shut up, Franklin.
I bet nobody
rides the bus.

Franklin, sit up.

Well, if that
don't get all.

Here we are without a car,
and somebody tellin' us
not to ride the bus?

Theodore and Franklin
ready to follow along
like lap dogs.

If that ain't
cuttin' your nose off
to spite your face.

She's mad 'cause
she ride the bus
out to Newtown on Saturday...

to see that boy
she think like her.

Shut up.
[ Chuckles ]

I'm tired of hangin' my head
in the shadow of crackers.

I wanna ride
at the front of the bus.

Lord, we thank you
for this food...

we're about to receive.

Watch over
our souls tonight...

and help us
live your word tomorrow.

In Jesus' name, amen.

[ Man ]
Right around the fence.

That bus is as empty
as my grave.

It starts to rain,
people get on that bus.

No, they won't,
not unless they stupid
as you are.

Mama! If we can't ride the bus,
then do we have to go to school?

Boy, you ain't never
took the bus in your life.

Now get in there
and help me clean off
that table.

Hello, Mrs. Thompson?

This is Odessa.

Mrs. Thompson, I think
I'm gonna be awfully late
to work today.

Odessa, this is Monday.
You know how badly
I need you on Monday.

Yes, I know, Mrs. Thompson,
but, as I said, I--

Well, this wouldn't
have anything to do with
the boycott business, would it?

Well, Mrs. Thompson,
the buses usually come
past my house pretty near full,

but today
there ain't a soul on 'em
except the driver,

and this last one
had a police car following it,

so, ma'am, I ain't likely
to ride the bus today.

Hmm.

Well, I was goin'
to Curb Market
this mornin' anyway.

You live down
on Cobb Street, don't you?
Yes, ma'am.

Well, then I'll meet you
on the corner of
Court and Mildred...

in about an hour.

Thank you, ma'am.
Okay. Bye-bye.

[ Brakes Hiss ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

Odessa,
I'm not gonna be able
to carry you home.

Mama needs help with
Shelly's dinner, so I'm
gonna have to go over later.

Yes, ma'am.
Go and show your mama
how you're helpin'.

Oh. That's sweet.

Good evening, ma'am.

Whose turn is it
to do the dishes?

Theodore's.
No, it ain't mine.

Well, who did 'em last night?
I did 'em. It's Theodore
and Franklin's turn.

You got a choice:
clean the dishes
or clean the outhouse.

Mama's home!
Good. She can
do the dishes.

After you called,
we waited for you
to come home, Mama.

We just ate while we waited.
He's been waiting all night
to say that.

Can I fetch you some supper?
Theodore and Franklin keep
makin' fun of my cookin',

and Daddy won't
get them to stop.

Still comin'
to that mass meetin'?
It's in 15 minutes.

Selma, get your coat.
What?

Listen to a bunch of preachers
talkin' 'bout us plain folks
wearin' out our shoes today...

while they drove around
in their cars?

No, thank you. I put in my time
at church on Sunday morning,
not Monday night.

Can I go, and Selma
watch Franklin?
I wanna go too!

[ Mocking ]
"I wanna go too!"

Theodore gets to
have all the fun.

[ Snickering ]

I think she cut up
the cleanest parts
and fried it.

[ Selma ]
Shut up, fool.

Mom, I'm sorry about supper.
I think it got worse
as it got cold.

Just let me get my shoes off.
I'll be ready in a minute.

Mmm. I got to give that girl
some cookin' lessons.
[ Groans ]

Mama, your feet.

I just got to get me
some shoes that fit, that's all.

I'll get up and change my dress.
I'll be ready in a minute.

[ Franklin and Selma Chatter ]
Don't wanna be late.
Might not get a seat.

You quit that horsin' around
in my--
Get off my bed!

Get in there.
[ Whispers ]
Daddy?

You can't let her walk
down to the church.

Don't worry about it.
It'll make her feel better
to go.

It really will.

[ Man On Loudspeakers ]
The only weapon that we have
in our hands this evening...

is the weapon of protest.

[ Cheering, Applauding ]

And we are not wrong.

We are not wrong
in what we are doing.

If we are wrong,
the supreme court
of this nation is wrong.

[ Cheering, Applauding ]

If we are wrong,

the Constitution
of the United States is wrong.

If we are wrong,

God Almighty is wrong.

[ Cheering ]

And we are determined
here in Montgomery...

to work and fight...

until justice
runs down like water...

and righteousness
like a mighty stream.
[ Loud Cheering ]

Well, now, ain't you all
full of the day?

I haven't felt this good
in a long time.

Course, when I
got up this morning,
I like to die.

Once I started movin' around,
I felt pretty good.

You walked all of that way
across town?

Yes, ma'am.
Ooh, that's
a long walk, woman.

Yes, indeedy.

You know, you come into town
and go to one of
the mass meetings.

You feel like
you could walk forever too.

Mmm, I gots me a ride to work,
and I sleep through it
most of the time.

I don't need no inspiration.

Odessa.

[ Laughs ]

Now, I hear that
gettin' up early,
movin' around,

does a soul good
in the mornin'.

I just wonder
what it does for 'em
in the afternoon.

[ Laughing ]

[ Congregation ]
♪ Pass me not, O gentle savior

♪ Hear my humble cry

♪ While on others
thou art calling ♪

♪ Do not pass me by

♪ O savior, savior

♪ Hear my humble cry

♪ While on others
thou art calling ♪

♪ Do not pass me by

♪ Savior, savior

♪ Hear my humble cry

♪ Hear my humble cry

♪ While on others
thou art calling ♪

♪ Do not pass me by

I think I'm gonna have to
ask Mrs. Thompson
for some days off.

You be careful.

Lot of folks
losin' their jobs.
Christmas next week.

Yeah.

Mrs. Thompson
ain't as bad as some.

She called that policeman
out for me.

I ain't never seen a white woman
do nothin' like that before.

Odessa, don't you
go foolin' yourself
about that white woman.

She don't know us,
and she don't want
to know us.

She may have a heart of gold,
but she the one that
sent you to that park,

and you ain't have
no say in it.

That policeman
was apologizing
to her, not you.

Well, still and all,

I cannot keep comin' home
too tired to do the cookin'
and too late to do the cleanin'.

[ Grunts ]

[ Sighs ]

You can always take the bus.

What?

What did you say?

[ Chuckling ]

[ Grunts ]

I guess it's like
the preachers say--

There's an easy answer
for everything.

Nobody said
it was gonna be easy.

Mary Catherine, will you stop
messing with that silverware
and sit down in that seat.

I'm just playing.

I'm sorry I yelled at you.
Odessa's got a lot
of work to do.

Odessa,
I'm going to Junior League,
so you'll have Mary Catherine.

Yes, ma'am.
Is that all
the silver you've done?

I've been feeling
a little poorly today.

Well, you've been
feeling poorly all week,
and next week is Christmas.

Now, I know
you can't ride the bus,
and I'm not a taxi service,

but I can't have you come in
here in the mornin' and draggin'
around all day, Odessa.

Not this close to Christmas.

I go to Curb Market early
on Tuesdays and Fridays,

so I can pick you up
between 7:30 and 8:00
on those mornings.

Until you can start
riding the bus.

The other days,
you're gonna have to
get here on your own.

Mary Catherine?

Mary Catherine!

I don't want you to go
tellin' Daddy I've been
carrying Odessa to work.

Now, I've got a good
reason for this, okay?

Yes, ma'am.
No slips.

Santa might
get unhappy.

Understood?

Okay. Bye-bye.

[ Mary Catherine Narrating ]
Of course, what I cared about
that Christmas...

were the little things--

the presents I'd asked for
and the way I thought my older
sister owned the world.

Mommy, Mommy!

They're here!
They're here!
Oh!

Hi, honey!
Hi, Mom.

Father says you never
wrote a Christmas list.

I did mine
a month ago.
Jeepers, Boo-Boo.

I'm not Boo-Boo.
Yes, you are, Boo-Boo.

Let me get these bags to
Sara's room, and then I want to
take you all out for a surprise.

You mean after dinner.
No, I mean now.

Honey!
It'll be a lot of fun,
honey.

I know Sara's hungry,
and I just made her favorite,
chicken tetrazzini.

Ew!
Mother!

I stopped eating
chicken tetrazzini
when I was nine years old.

Besides, I had my heart set
on eating at The Elite.

She made me promise
at the airport.

Honey, I've been cooking
all day long.

I promise, I will eat
cold chicken tetrazzini
all week.

[ Sighs ]

[ Norman ]
This is the--
the new subdivision.

It's 41 lots.

I wasn't gonna bring you
out here till Christmas,

but they put up these, uh--
these street markers,

and I was just sure
that somehow you were
gonna find out.

Look.

Is that named
after me?
It sure is.

And, honey, look.
Over there,
that's Mary Lane.

And it runs into
Catherine Court, so you have
two streets named after you.

Really?
Two streets?
Yes, indeed.

And way back there,
you can't see it,

but that's
Miriam Street.

So now all the women
in my life have somethin'
named after 'em.

And years and years
from now,

you can look back and know
that people lived their lives
on your street,

and whenever they said
where they lived,

they used your names.

Merry Christmas.

[ Horn Honking ]

The air force has spotted
an unidentified object
on radar...

coming south over Alaska.

Fighters were launched
from bases in Alaska--
[ Sighs ]

to confirm the sighting.

They say it appears to be
a small sleigh flying
in the air.

Could it be Saint Nick?

They've run the same
Christmas Eve story
for centuries.

You'd think this entire city
would die of boredom.

What's wrong with it?
I mean, who do they
think they're kidding?

Nobody who really believes
in Santa Claus is listening.

You don't still believe
in Santa Claus, do you?

No.
Good.

If there was a Santa Claus,
he would have surely
swooped down...

and replaced
that old thing.

Well, I wouldn't
hold my breath waiting
for that to happen.

I know. I'm back
in Montgomery again.

Harness the mule.

It's time to
go down to the well
and draw some water.

[ Whispers ]
Miriam.
Shh. I'm right here.

Shh.

Honey, you're gonna have to
tell me which pile
to put these in.

Relax, honey.
It'll be fine.

I like the layout.
Well, let's see.

Mary Catherine.

[ Whispering Continues ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Whirring ]

Honey.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, honey.

Now, wave.
Wave to the camera.

Good.

Okay. Sara?
Come on.

Merry Christmas, honey.

Sweetness?
Mary Catherine.

Whoo!

Hold on. Hold on.
Look at the presents.

[ Miriam ]
Come on, Mary Catherine.

[ Norman ]
Merry Christmas, Odessa.

Miriam, the Eighth Army
has arrived.

Good morning, Odessa.
The turkey and the ham
are in the fridge.

They're thawed,
and the turkey is ready
to be stuffed and cooked.

Now, the casseroles
still need to be cooked.

375, but not until 1:00.

We can't have
cold casserole.

You could get started
on the deviled eggs though.

And when Claudia gets here,
one of you will
have to vacuum.

Now, don't forget to
put out the milk punch.

Last year, we were
halfway through the day,

and nobody thought to
put out the milk punch.

Oh, I know I must
be forgettin' somethin'.

Oh!
Merry Christmas, Odessa.

Merry Christmas,
Mrs. Thompson.

[ Sara ]
Mother! Do I have to wear
this stupid dress?

Sara, I ordered these dresses
specially for all of us.
Now, they're cute.

Mother!
[ Miriam, Indistinct ]

[ Squeaking ]

Dessie, look what I got.
Isn't she pretty?

She's got three whole outfits,
with shoes and socks
and everything!

Three whole outfits!
Look at her bonnet
and her dress...

and the ribbons
and the shoes!
Oh, she's beautiful!

Oh!

Wait until you see
what else I got.

He come runnin'
down the stairs,
be so excited,

he'd fly right on right on
and hit his grand keister.

Land on the road.

Does he still do that?

[ Chattering, Laughing ]

[ Norman ]
Now let's see if Tunker wants
some of these limas.

[ Tunker ]
Hey, did you see that thing
in the paper this morning?

I think Grover Hall
has lost his mind.

What are you talking about?
What thing?

Didn't you read the paper
this morning, Norman?

He's talking about the ad
that Grover let the coloreds
put in the paper,

demanding that we
give in to them.

[ Norman ]
Well, it's stupid.

It's about one of
the stupidest things that ever
happened to this city...

because who really cares
about the buses?

Ah, you don't understand.

This is just a test.

In the paper this morning,
they said they want all
the bus drivers' jobs.

Wouldn't that be great.

No. It seems to me...

that the way
to handle this thing
is to play it down.

Supreme court's just itching
to force this whole issue.

Let 'em sit where they want.

[ Tunker ]
It just won't work that way.

I, for one, won't stand
for the niggers in Montgomery
running around...

yappin' about how they won.

And don't you think
it's gonna have consequences.

Norman, don't you understand?
If they get by with
this bus thing now,

in a few years you
won't even be able to have
this Christmas dinner...

'cause you'll have to
have the maids sittin'
right beside you.

[ Laughing ]
It's Communism
is what it is.

Just a bunch
of Communists.
All of 'em.

None of 'em are from
Montgomery either.

That Martin Luther King--
He hasn't even lived here
a year.

These niggers
just want too much,

and they're not willing
to work for it.

Rolls, Mrs. Thompson?

No, thank you.

Well, that's the way I feel.

I don't care who hears me.

Thank you, Odessa.

Thanks, Dessie.

Thank you.

Claudia.
Claudia, Odessa.

That was
a magnificent meal.
It was.

Here's a little
something for you.
Merry Christmas.

Thank you.
Merry Christmas,
Odessa.

We, uh--

We were just talkin'
about the bus boycott.

Claudia, I know--
I know you get a ride
with your husband.

Yes, sir.

But, Odessa, you're here
five days a week.

How do you get to work?

Today I walked.

I mean,
on a normal day.

Well, I can't take the bus,
Mr. Thompson,

so I-- I just...

will find me a ride
where I can.

But if it were safe
to ride the bus,

you'd still rather walk
than sit in the back?

Yes, sir, I would
have to say I would.

That's a long walk.

Yes, sir.

Mighty long.

That was-- It was
a delicious meal.

It really was.
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas,
Mr. Thompson.

Well?

Well,

I see your point,

but I can't blame her
because I don't think
she's a problem.

The hell she's not.

Why don't you get a new maid,
get a white maid?

Mother, she's been--
she's been with us
for nine years.

She's a problem.

She's not uppity
like some.

Not to your face.

But slowly, they all
start asking for more,
doing less.

Norm?

You got a good family,
good community here.

When was the last time
you locked your door
at night?

[ Blusters ]
Never.

If you give in,

what do you think
is gonna happen
to this city?

What do you think
is gonna happen
to your family?

No, you gotta
hold the line.
We all do.

[ Sighs ]
And if she'd rather walk--

[ Chuckles ]

bleed out the soles
of her feet...

till she begs
to ride that bus.

Ooh, Mr. Thompson had
a look in his eyes...

when he asked you
'bout gettin' to work.

Girl, I can't believe
what you said.

It's one thing I learned
in this life is when you got
your hand in the lion's mouth,

it's better just to
pat him on the head.

Mr. Thompson's all right.
He didn't mean nothin'
by that.

But I tell you, Mrs. Thompson's
mother almost got a plate of
rolls busted upside her head.

Ooh, and on Christmas Day.
Mm-hmm.

Lord, spare
that woman's soul.
Mmm.

I know you got to work here,
but if she said that to me,

I'd have thrown those rolls down
and given her my apron,

told her the next time
I serve her...

is the day after
she walks to my house
and cooks my Christmas dinner.

Go ahead, girl.

But I tell you,
see, I sit up there and
let her call me a lazy nigger,

and I'll walk.

I'd walk until
I got no legs left...

if I thought it was gonna give
my children a better shot
in the world.

You work so hard,
have some woman say
what that woman said,

and make you wonder
who gonna be sittin'
in the backseat in heaven.

And on Christmas Day.
Mm-hmm.

See you tomorrow, girl.
Okay.

[ Family Chattering ]

I ain't takin' that.
Listen, I gotta go.
All right.

Bye. See you.
Merry Christmas.

Y'all ain't gonna make me
late for Christmas service.

We ain't goin' nowhere
without Theodore.

Besides, you don't look
like you're dressed yet.

What are you
talkin' about?

Mama, you just
don't look ready.

Theodore! See if you can
find something in there
for your mama to wear.

Has everybody
gone crazy?

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

[ Franklin ]
Merry Christmas, Mama.
[ Selma ] Merry Christmas, Mom.

Open 'em.

I don't know
how you did this.

I don't know how
I did it either.

Well, you know, ain't--
they ain't gonna wait for us
over at the church now.

Come on, y'all. Here.

Mm-hmm.

[ Laughing ]

Well, come on.

Mama's gonna find out
she's been hoggin'
that phone...

and tan her hide.

I gotta go to the shed.
Get them lights straight
before I get back here.

[ Selma ]
Well, yeah, I could get there
if I wanted to.

Yeah. Why not?
Stop!

Get away, stupid.

Sorry. Excuse me.

All right. Hold on.
I'm gonna leave right now.

Yeah, I can get there.

Yeah, I got a way.

I'm hangin' up the phone,
all right? All right?

Okay. Bye.

Shoot. Everybody's
lost their minds.

Where's Selma?

She went down to Leticia's
for some hot chocolate.

Did Leticia call?

What you got
behind your back?

Nothin'.
What is it?

[ Grunts ]
It's just somethin'.
Stop!

Let's see. About worth a shit.
Open your hand
before I break it!

Did Selma give you
that quarter?

I can't say.
You hurt my arm.

Damn!

[ Grunts ]

I don't want
no trouble.

I'm just riding
the bus, sir.

I ain't caused no trouble.
I don't want any trouble.
You understand?

Yes, sir.
Okay.

[ Panting ]

Selma.

Damn!

I don't care if God himself
comes down and asks.

You don't tell nobody
that Selma and I left.

[ Murmuring ]

[ Chattering ]

I know.
Kickin' us out of class.

My dad is not
gonna care.
It's his fault, not ours.

I know
it's his fault.
Huh.

His dad won't care.
Never does.

My dad will.
Hey. We got a nigger
on the bus.

She must be
from out of town.

She must be.

Hey. Hey. Do you wanna
have some fun?

Yeah.
[ Boys, Indistinct ]

We're gonna have some fun.

Have some fun.
She's kinda cute too.

Yeah, for a nigger.

Go on.

You from out of town?

He asked you
a question.

No, I'm not
from out of town.

[ Chuckling ]
You call him "sir."

Sir.

[ Snickering ]
Hey, in case you
hadn't heard,

niggers quit ridin'
the bus around here.

Or ain't you
a nigger, girl?

Say
"I'm a nigger, sir."

Say it!

[ Driver ]
Y'all are gonna have to
sit down back there.

This girl is sittin'
where I wanna sit.

She's supposed to be
at the back of the bus.

All right. You three,
get off the bus... right now.

I said, now,
or I'll call the police
and have you thrown in jail.

You think I won't do it?

You think I won't do it?

Old fart.

Don't bring your trashy ass
back on my bus again.

I'll call your daddy.

Damn fools.

[ Gasps, Gagging ]

I'm gonna teach you
to ride our bus!

Your water's
in the ditch, nigger.

[ Gasping ]

[ Chuckling ]

Mommy.
Never mind. Come on.

[ Laughing ]

Catch that nigger!
Come on back, nigger!

[ Gasping ]

What do you want?
What did I do wrong?

Why'd you run,
nigger bitch?
Get away from me.

- Get away!
- [ Tires Screech ]

- Don't talk that way
to me, nigger.
- [ Gasps ]

Leave my sister alone!

Why'd you push me,
nigger?

Hit him!

No!

No!

[ Grunts ]

Go down, nigger!

[ Theodore Grunts ]

Hey! If you wanna
hit someone, hit me!

[ Panting ]

I'm sorry.
I didn't mean
to get you hurt.

I'm not hurt.
Get his ass
in the car.

Let me take you home
before I get lynched.

I didn't wanna fall.

You stood
long enough.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

Hello.

My God. What happened
to your face?

It's my fault.

I tried to ride the bus,
and Theo got beat up by some
white boys 'cause of it.

You tried
to ride the bus?

Is that what you're
tellin' me?

You tried to ride the bus,
and that's why his face
looks like that?

What's wrong with you?

Wash your face, Selma.
Get Theo cleaned up here.

If you own a car,
but you must be at work
during the day,

we have fine young men
who can drive your cars,

allowing you to still
contribute to the boycott.

And now the choir will sing
"We're Marching to Zion."

Those of you who can help us
with the carpooling,

come forward
during the singing
of this song.

♪ [ Piano ]

[ Man Soloing ]
♪ We are marching
[ Choir ] ♪ We are marching

♪ Up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ That beautiful city of God
♪ That beautiful city of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Oh
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Come on, children
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
Hallelujah ♪
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ Lord, we are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Wonderful
♪ That wonderful

♪ Glorious
♪ That glorious

♪ Victorious
♪ Victorious

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

[ Unison ]
♪ That beautiful city of

♪ God

[ Birds Chirping ]

I'm sorry I'm late.

I just had this stuff
to take care of downtown,

and I didn't see
any sense in making
the trip out here twice.

I've got this club luncheon,
which means I have to go
to the beauty parlor...

as soon as I get back,
and then I have this Junior
League thing this afternoon.

Now, what is he doing?

Oh, they're tryin' to break
the boycott.

They just follow behind people
and try to give 'em tickets.

You just drive
nice and slow, Mrs. Thompson.
He'll go back to the lot.

Is that the big
boycott carpool stop?

Oh, yes, ma'am,
I believe it is.

[ Chattering On Street ]

Is that woman drivin'
for the carpools?

Well, I don't know if she is,
but I know there's
a lot of women...

from the air force base who do.

[ Women Chattering ]

I come to find out from Odessa,
they are drivin' these maids
around on a regular basis.

What?
There are white women
drivin' for the carpool.

Are you sure?
Yes. Odessa says they're
from Maxwell Field.

I should have known
they were Yankees.

But they had police out there,
and they were followin'
people around.

For a while,
Odessa and I thought
they were followin' us.

Miriam, are you drivin'
your maid to work?

No, Laura Ann. Two days a week
I go to the Curb Market, and I
just pick her up on those days.

And you were talkin' like you
thought those white women
drivin' the carpools were wrong.

You're just as bad.
Robert says this whole boycott
would end tomorrow...

if people like you
would stop drivin'
their maids to work.

[ Chuckles ]
Is that what Robert says?

Well, my maid has a car,
so I don't have to
worry about it.

Well, I told Cathy
that if she wanted to boycott,
that was fine,

but she'd be on her own.

She fed me all this junk about:
[ Imitating Accent ]
"Oh, I's not wantin' to boycott.

I's just walkin'
'cause I can't ride with
all these police and stuff."

I told her,
"Fine. Just be at work on time
and don't leave early."

One club.
Well, you better
well believe...

she's sittin' up front
at those church rallies.
Pass.

One spade.
Pass.

I don't really care
what happens to the boycott,
but I do care if I have a maid,

and if that means
drivin' her sometimes,
well, that's what it means.

Two clubs.

[ Man ]
40,000 local Negroes continue
to walk and ride in carpools...

as the city buses roll
without passengers.

An announced settlement
with Negro ministers
proves to be an empty promise.

In day 49
of the Negro Bus Boycott,

dramatic new developments
from City Hall.

Good evening.
I'm Carl Stephens, WSFA News.

Mayor Gayle announced today
he was calling off negotiations
in the Negro bus boycott.

[ Doorbell Rings ]

Must be Tunker.
I have to go.

Honey, that's not polite.

Sit at the table
when we have company. Hi!

How's my little Boo-boo?
Oh, she doesn't like to
be called Boo-boo anymore.

They make fun of her at school.

Aw. Well then,

I will never
call you that again.
If you just--

Give your Uncle Tunker
a little...

[ Both ]
...sugar.

[ Chuckles ]

Ah! I always liked
Mary Catherine better anyway.

That's the type of name
you'd expect for a princess
or a queen.

'Cause you are a princess.
My beautiful little princess.

We better be off.

Well, good luck.
Luck? Citizens' Council
don't need luck.

Not with men like your daddy.
Oh, I-I thought you were going
to a business meeting.

No. Citizens'
Council meeting.

Oh.

Norman, could I talk to you
for a minute, please?

Norman. These are the people
you said couldn't count to 10.

You're gonna go
to one of their meetings?

The whole thing
has just gotten
out of hand.

And now the mayor,
the city commission,
they've all joined.

So for me, it's either
joining this group
or the Klan.

Oh, honey.
That's not true.

The mayor and the commission
are politicians.

They'd join the circus
if they thought it'd
get 'em reelected.

[ Sighs ] You're beginnin'
to let your little brother
lead you around by the nose.

Listen, I don't care whether you
like Tunker or not, but don't
you tell me what to do.

I'll make up my own mind,
and I'll join
any goddamn group I please.

[ Norman ]
Are you ready?
Sure.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Norman ]
Well, this is not at all
what I expected.

Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]

See. No white sheets.
No secret oaths.

You mean I don't get to learn
a coded handshake? Is that what
you're tryin' to tell me?

Norm Thompson.
Yeah.

Oh, hi. Jeff Sewell
with Avalon Brothers
here in town.

Oh, right.
Nice to see ya.
Glad you could be out tonight.

Thank you.
By the way, I've just been put
on the planning commission.

Uh-huh.
If you ever have a zoning
problem, you give me a ring.

I can put you right.
Thanks, Jeff.

Over half the small business
owners in town are members
of the council.

You mean half the white
small businesses.

If you call
what the niggers do business--
[ Chuckles ]

Commissioner Sellers.

How you doing,
Clyde?
Holdin' on.

Didn't think you'd be out here
after that phone call I got
from your wife a while back.

[ Chuckles ]
She was right though.

The police department's
gotta keep its nose clean.

Hope you can get the rest
of that country club crowd
to some of these meetings.

If the niggers keep pushin'
the way they are, we'll get 'em
off the golf courses for ya.

[ Chuckles ]
No, no.

What I want
is to get 'em
on the course.

Best caddy I ever had
was a nigger.

[ Man On Mike ]
Testing. One, two, three.

Testing.
One, two, three.

[ Preacher ]
I know the journey
has been hard.

[ Congregation ]
Yes. Yeah.

Many of you are tired.
Right. Yeah.

[ Man ]
Still tired.

We've seen the city,

and it's turned its back
on its black children.

[ Congregation
Murmuring Agreement ]

We've seen the mayor
and city commission,

which has taken a stand...

for injustice--
Yes. Amen.

and bigotry.
Yes.

- Moses.
- Moses.

Moses!
Yes. Moses.

Fought the pharaoh
long and hard for his people.
Yes. [ Applause ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]
What? Oh!

But Moses stood tall
for his people.
Tall, yeah.

When the children of Israel--
[ Murmuring ]

were led out
into the wilderness,

they didn't walk for just
one month or two.
No.

They walked for 40 long years.
All right. All right.
[ Applause ]

They just bombed
Reverend King's house.

[ Chattering, Weeping ]

[ Women Shouting ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

Wait.

[ Chattering Subsides ]

Let us pray.

Father, I've just heard
terrible news.
Yeah.

I've heard that a bomb
was thrown at the house...

of a young man
so full of spirit.
[ Congregation Murmurs ]

Father, we pray,

in thanks,

for sparing the life of
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Yes!

Lord, be by our side.
Yeah.

These dark days,

hold our hand as we walk
through the night.

[ Congregation Murmuring ]
Yeah.
Yes.

Lord, don't pass Montgomery by!
Yes.

Don't pass
Montgomery by tonight.
Yeah.

[ Norman Sighs, Sniffles ]

Oh.
[ Sniffles ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]
Is there anything
you need, honey?

No, no.

When's Odessa gettin' here?

Well, she's probably
gonna be a little late
on account of the rain.

Isn't she usually
here by now?

Not really.

You mean she comes in late
a lot?

Odessa gets here
just fine every day.
Now, I've got to go.

She'll be here soon enough.

Miriam.

Yeah.

Just how does Odessa
get to work?

[ Sighs ]
Well, I was goin' over to
the Curb Market today anyway,

and that's over on Madison
near where Odessa lives,

and I was just gonna
go ahead and pick her up.

You're gonna do what?

How often do you
drive her around?

Well, I go to Curb Market
twice a week.

- That's it.
- Here I am tryin' to hold
my head up...

as a white man in this town,
and you're cartin'
a nigger maid.

No wonder none of 'em
are ridin' the buses. They have
you to carry 'em around.

What should I do?

Odessa walks to work
three days a week.
She can walk five.

You can just get on the phone
and call her now.

- Norman.
- Now, damn it!

[ Rings ]

Hello.

Yes, ma'am, I can be to work.
I'll just be a little late.

[ Sighs ]

[ Knocking ]

Oh.
Miriam?

Damn.

[ Exhales ]

I'm sorry I got
so upset before.

Can I talk to you
for a minute?

Yeah.

I know you don't
keep up with things.

Even I thought
this boycott business was silly
when it first started.

And if it wasn't being made
into such a circus
by the coloreds,

I'd still think
it was silly.

But it's not anymore.

And drivin' Odessa
to work, it...

just wasn't
the right thing to do.

You know that.

I think Odessa has been
a wonderful maid for us,

and when she's here,
that's what she is:

a maid.

And that's not the real Odessa.
We don't know that woman.
Can't ever know her.

It's like a dog knowin' a cat.
It's a different species.

And you drivin' her to work
is tellin' her that
she's just like us.

And she's not,
and she never can be.

Even if I thought
you didn't understand that,
and I know you do,

I still couldn't let you
drive her to work.

Do you know what would
happen to you...

if the wrong people saw you?

You saw the pictures from
Tuscaloosa when they kicked
that niggra out.

There are people here, now,
that are ready to do
those things.

Don't go off
on your own.

You ask me.

I know what's best.

Mrs. Thompson?

Mrs. Thompson?
Odessa. I didn't know
if you'd make it.

I did the breakfast dishes.

Mrs. Thompson,
why did you call me at home...

and tell me
you couldn't carry me
to work anymore?

[ Sighs ]

Well, if--
If you won't ride the bus,

Mr. Thompson doesn't see
why I should have to suffer.

I ain't asked you
to suffer, Mrs. Thompson.

It wasn't me, Odessa.
It was Mr. Thompson.

He was home with a cold today,
and he found out.

Let me get you somethin' dry.

Here ya are.
Thank you.

So, what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I can't walk,
and I can't ride the bus.

Can't you just walk
until this whole mess
is over?

Mrs. Thompson,
you a good woman.

But I gotta find me another job.
I gotta quit.

I gotta be able to take care
of my children.

Well, uh, I understand.

[ Sighs ]
You know, it's-- It's funny
the way people are.

This mornin' Norman was actin'
so sick, and then he found out
I'd been drivin' you,

and he got so mad,
he jumped out of bed.

I guess that got his blood
goin', and he started feelin'
better and went on to work.

Norman's just always been
where everything's segregated.

That's-- That's just
the way he thinks.

When I was 15, my girls club
went on a bus trip
across the country.

It was in the '30s,
but my family had some money,

and I remember we went
to Portland, Oregon.

It was the middle
of the summer,
and it was hot,

and the bus driver found
this public pool for us.

We went swimmin'.

Then these two colored boys
came and got in the water.

And let me tell ya,
you've never seen 20 girls...

get out of a pool so fast
in all your life.

We just--
We just didn't know
any better.

But I remember watchin'
those other kids in the water.

And they just kept
right on swimmin'
with those colored boys,

and they didn't seem
any the worse for it.

So the rest of the world
around ya is...

livin' that way,
and so you just
don't question it.

Years ago,

I decided
I'd live with Norman
for the rest of my life.

And part of that means
livin' the way he lives.

But sometimes--
Sometimes Norman
says things.

It makes me wonder if he saw
as much of the world durin'
the war as he thought he did.

But he's a good man.

He's a good provider.

In a lot of ways,
he's a better husband
than I am a wife.

He's better with the children.
He-- You know, he can say a word
and make 'em smile.

I can't do that.

Mrs. Thompson, he can't be
a mother to 'em.

Odessa.

You do the motherin'.

I saw the way you held
Mary Catherine when she had
the chicken pox,

and you hadn't even had it.

Mrs. Thompson, anybody
would have done that.

I wonder.

Would I have done that
for your daughter?

Mrs. Thompson,
I don't want your children
to grow up scared of mine.

It's just that a lot
of the wives are scared.

I'm a little scared.

We all scared.

But what's scarin' you,
Mrs. Thompson?

Who you are?
Or who Mr. Thompson
wants you to be?

[ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]

Hi.
Hi.

Here.
Oh, thank you.

Let me take your coat.
Thank you.

[ Groans ]

- How's your cold?
- Oh, I'm miserable.
I feel like crap.

Well, that's nice, honey.

Odessa walked to work today.

Oh, you told her she had to?
In the rain.

From Cobb Street.

But she's not walking again.

No?
No.

You have your job,
and I guess you do it
just fine.

My job is to run this house.

And as long as it's clean,
supper's cooked,

and the laundry--
the laundry gets done,
I don't--

[ Sighs ]
I don't think it's any of
your business how it happens.

Wait a second.
Aren't you forgettin' who
pays the bills around here?

Well then, what time
should I be ready tomorrow?

Ready for what?

Well, I'm gonna go downtown
with you in the mornin'
and help you with your job.

You seem so intent
on helping me with mine.

Or if you don't like that idea,
I do have a college education,

so I'll just go out
and get a job of my own.

It'll probably be
somethin' secretarial,
but I'm sure I'll manage.

You will have to take on
a lot of the housework,
which will include...

finding a maid who
can get out here.

But the money I earn will be
my own, and I'll do with it
what I damn well please.

- You're serious--
- And that includes
givin' it all to that...

Reverend King
and the Montgomery
Improvement Association,

so they can put an end
to this whole boycott mess.

[ Sighs ]
Now, do you really care
if I drive Odessa to work?

[ Inhales ]
We're havin' pork chops
for supper,

and I told Mary Catherine
that you'd read to her
before she went to sleep.

[ Coughs ]

Did you get Mary Catherine
to bed?

What are you doin'?

[ Sighs ]
Oh, are you just not
gonna talk to me?

Honey, there's no reason
to be so mad.

Norman, talk to me.

You already made up your mind.
No need to talk to me.

Honey, I'm doin'
what I think is right.

Where are you going?

Norman, I'm still your wife.

Yeah, that's all you are.

Odessa, come on,
sit up front with me.

Odessa, how does that
carpooling system work?

Well, I don't use it often,
Mrs. Thompson,

but I believe that drivers
come at the end of day...

to places like Cloverdale,
and they pick up the women
that need the rides.

It's a little more organized
than that, isn't it?

Yes. Yes, it is.

They look for the ringleaders
of the boycott, pull 'em over
and give 'em tickets.

If they see too many
coloreds in the car,
they pull them over too.

[ Sighs ]
I'll probably get
lots of tickets.

You know, Mrs. Thompson,
it ain't just tickets.

Once you step over there,
I don't know that you
can ever step back.

But the boycott
needs the help.

Mrs. Thompson,
this boycott's gonna survive
without you drivin'.

Odessa, I wanna do this.

I wanna help.

There's a lot of ways
you can help, Mrs. Thompson.
You can just write a check.

If I wrote you a check,
it would be Norman's money.

This is somethin' I can do.

This whole mess is just about
ridin' the bus anyway.

That's what it is now.

But we gonna win this thing,
Mrs. Thompson.

When it's all said and done,

people are gonna look at you,
Mrs. Thompson,

and they're gonna say
that you were part of this.

Well, let people say
what they're gonna say.

And what about when it isn't
just the busses?

When it's the parks
and the restaurants?

When it's colored teachers
in white schools?

What about when we start votin',
Mrs. Thompson? 'Cause we are.

And when we do,
we are gonna put
Negroes in office.

What about when
the first colored family
moves into your neighborhood?

You know, Mrs. Thompson,
ain't nobody gonna think
any less of you...

if we just turn around
and go back to the house.

I don't want
all them beans, Selma!

Eat what you're gonna eat,
and I'll let you have
the rest for breakfast.

Mama!
Don't be a crybaby.

But it's beans!
[ Herbert ] Hush up,
and let's say the blessing.

I'll say it.

I'll say the blessing
tonight.

Lord, I'm gonna ask you
to bless this food for which
we are thankful to receive.

Watch over our souls tonight
and help us live your word
tomorrow.

And, Lord, please watch over
Miriam Thompson too.

In Jesus' name we ask this.
Amen.

I got my reasons.

Amen.
Amen.
Amen.

[ Chattering ]

Hi! I'm with the carpools.
Y'all goin' downtown?

Yes, ma'am.

Mornin', ma'am.

[ Mary Catherine Narrating ]
My mother began drivin'
five and six days a week.

My father knew she drove Dessie,

but he didn't know she drove
for the carpools.

[ Faucet Running ]

I may be a little late,
so I'll get my own dinner.

[ Door Closes ]

I am--
You know, we all are goin' down
to this thing this evenin'.

You comin'?

Well, I was plannin'
on it.
Yeah.

Listen. I want you to come
see somethin' with me first.

Say 6:00, 6:15?
Okay.

Good.

Good.

When we started
stakin' this place out
and takin' down tag numbers,

we, uh, came up
with a few surprises.

That, uh, wagon registered
to you is one of 'em.

[ Tunker ]
She's been here the last couple
of nights at this time.

Drivin' for a few weeks,
apparently.

I didn't find out
until this mornin'.

Well, Norman,
you had to know.

Not like this.

I'm sorry,
but now you can't
ignore it anymore.

Well, I won't.
Now-- She's got
Mary Catherine over there.

Don't go makin' a scene
in front of the child.
Let me go. Hmm?

This is my problem.
I can handle it.
Yeah, handle it.

At home, in private.

Not in front of the girl
and a bunch of niggers.

I can get rid of 'em.
I'll get 'em out of there.
[ Chuckles ]

Let it wait for a few minutes
till things start up.
Then she'll wanna leave.

Yeah, well, don't you
get cute with me.
Hey!

I made plans to be here tonight
a long time before we found out
about your wife, and so did you.

[ Sighs ]
Christ.

Give me five minutes.
Hmm?

Let's go.

Winston.
Good to see ya.
Good to see ya.

Charlie.
Hi.

Police pulled out
about 20 minutes ago.

There are a couple folks
already here.

All right.
All right.

[ Chattering ]

...Gay Meadows
in the middle of the day.
Mm-hmm.

We need some cars
on those routes.
Okay.

Now, uh--

Miriam.

- Do you know him?
- Yes.

Is he trouble?
No. I can handle this.

Excuse us.

Miriam, you shouldn't be here.
Is that Mary Catherine
over there?

You shouldn't be bringin' her
into a place like this.

Well, Tunker, I don't think
it's any of your business.

I don't think
you heard me right, boy.

I'm okay.

Miriam, don't be tellin' me
this isn't any of my business.

Well then, don't try
to run my life.
You should leave.

Tunker, there are some women
dependin' on me for a ride.
Can I help you?

[ Miriam ]
They'll be here any minute.

I'll leave then.
Yeah, you got an ashtray?

If you don't have any business
here, I'd appreciate it
if you'd leave the lot.

Well, if you don't mind,
I'd appreciate it if you got
your black ass out of my face.

Miriam. Miriam.

In a few minutes, 150 men
are gonna shut this lot down...

any way they can.

I think Norman might be
interested to find out...

why his little girl
was smack in the middle of it.

Winston, what do you think
I should do with a nigger
like this one?

[ Metal Clangs ]
Charlie!

- [ Man ]
Charlie!
- Get off my back, nigger.

- What's happening?
- Come on, baby.

[ Chattering ]
Charlie!

[ Charlie ]
You gonna hit me,
black boy, huh?

Odessa, we've gotta go.

You ain't drivin'
your nigger maid out of here.

Get away from my car.

No, you get away
from your car.

You wanna act
like a nigger?

Then you just get your daughter
and walk with the rest
of the niggers.

[ Crowd Chattering, Shouting ]

What do y'all think
we ought to do with
Mrs. Martin Luther Coon, huh?

- We're gonna show you
what we think about niggers.
- Martin. Martin!

Martin. All right.

If she leaves,
she walks with
the rest of the niggers.

Miriam, you lost this one.
Let's go.

Get her out of here.
Don't let him
treat you that way.

Shut this parking lot down.
You a man or a mouse?

Go to hell, Tunker.
Just go to hell, you...
ignorant son of a bitch.

Let's get these niggers
out of here!

[ Crowd Shouting ]

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Get 'em out of here!
Get 'em out!

[ Shouting Continues ]

[ Chanting ]
Walk, nigger, walk!
Walk, nigger, walk!

[ Chanting Continues ]

Walk, nigger, walk!
Walk, nigger, walk!
Walk, nigger, walk!

[ Chanting Continues ]

You were told, nigger,
to get out of here and, by God,
I'm gonna move you!

Open up a space
to let her through.
We can get her out of here!

Why you still standing there?
You bunch of niggers think
you can come in here...

and cause trouble
without thinkin' we're
gonna do anything about it?

Well, I got news for ya!
We are gonna do somethin'
about it, hear me?

We're gonna move you
right out of here!

What are you lookin' at?
What are you lookin' at?
I said move!

I want you to move right now!

♪ [ Singing ]
I said move, lady!

I don't want you starin' at me.
I want you--

♪ [ Continues ]

♪ Shining

♪ Upon me

♪ From within
[ Chanting Continuing ]
Walk, nigger, walk!

♪ So right

♪ I've

♪ Bade the world

♪ And its follies

♪ Adieu

♪ I've started

♪ In Jesus

♪ And I'm going through

♪ I'm going through

♪ Yes, I'm going through

♪ I'll pay the price

♪ Whatever others do

♪ I'm going through

[ Mary Catherine Narrating ]
It would be years
before I understood...

what standin' in that line
meant to my mother.

And as I grew older, to me.

♪ I'll take the way

♪ With the Lord's despised few

♪ I started in Jesus

♪ And I'm going through

[ Mary Catherine Narrating ]
50,000 boycotted the buses
in Montgomery.

I knew one.
Her name was Odessa Cotter.

[ Man Soloing ]
♪ We are marching
[ Choir ] ♪ We are marching

♪ Up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Oh
♪ City of God

[ Martin Luther King Jr. ]
I come to say to you
this afternoon:

However difficult the moment--
[ Man Responding ]
Yes, sir.

however frustrating the hour--
♪ [ Continues ]

it will not be long.

Because truth crushed to earth
will rise again.
Yes, sir!

How long? Not long.
Yes, sir.

Because no lie can live forever.
Yes, sir!

How long? Not long.
Not long.

Because you shall reap
what you sow.
Yes, sir.

How long? Not long!
Not long.

Because the arc
of the moral universe is long,

but it bends toward justice.
Yes, sir.

How long? Not long!

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ Let those refuse to sing

♪ Who never knew our God

♪ But let all the children
of our heavenly king ♪

♪ Spread their joys abroad

♪ Hallelujah, we are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ Oh, we are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Wonderful
♪ That wonderful

♪ Glorious
♪ That glorious

♪ Victorious
♪ Victorious

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ The beautiful city

♪ Oh, come on
♪ Of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God
♪ City of God

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ We're marching up to Zion

♪ To that beautiful
♪ That beautiful

♪ Wonderful
♪ That wonderful

♪ Glorious
♪ That glorious

♪ Victorious
♪ Victorious

♪ We are marching
♪ We are marching

♪ On up to Zion
♪ Marching up to Zion

[ Unison ]
♪ That beautiful

♪ City of God