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Adult Dean: Growing up, Mom and
Dad gave me "The Police Talk"
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about how to handle yourself
around cops.
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There was
a presidential election
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that created a racial divide,
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and there was a flu pandemic
that they said
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would kill a million people
around the world.
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But it was 1968.
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♪ Choose me, baby
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And that's the state
our country was in.
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Yeah, even the flu part.
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This was the year I turned 12,
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the age where you transfer
from boy to man.
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Or as the old folks
used to say,
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"When a boy
starts smelling himself."
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The previous summer's
race riots
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had caused the first wave of
"white flight" to the suburbs.
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As a kid,
I didn't understand all that.
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♪ Your powerful love...
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We had neighborhoods
that were just as safe
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as the ones they were
developing outside the city.
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There were teachers, veterans,
shop owners,
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all united by pride,
self-determination,
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and the right to spank
any kid caught outside
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after the street lights
came on.
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♪♪
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♪ There you go again♪
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Daddy's song!
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My dad was a music professor
by day
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and a funk musician by night.
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In other words,
he was the baddest dude I knew.
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Dean, I know you did
not just come into this
house without speaking.
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But I heard --
No "buts"!
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How about "Hello, Mama.
Hello, Daddy.
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How are you?"
[ Door opens, closes ]
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I heard Daddy's song
in Kwame's car.
You did?
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Dean, quit running your mouth
and turn on the radio!
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That's what I was trying --
Boy, move!
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Shh.
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Be cool.
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"Be cool" was Daddy's catch-all
advice for every situation.
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♪♪
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Be cool.
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[ Electricity zapping ]
[ Gasps ]
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Be cool.
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[ Police radio chatter ]
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Be cool.
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[ Radio tuning,
"I Need You More" playing ]
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We on the radio, baby.
♪ I need you more♪
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♪ I need you more♪
Girl, you better be excited.
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Your daddy's song
is on the radio!
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♪ Can you finally help me
to get to your lovin', oh ♪
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You were in the car
with your boyfriend?
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Dean was out after
the street lights came on.
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Hey!
Ms. Handy was out.
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I bet you Ms. Handy
saw her out there.
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Okay. You don't want Ms. Handy
seeing you!
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She gonna be talking about me
and my mothering.
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This certainly wasn't
the first or last time
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emotions would run high
in our house,
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but whether we were
yelling or laughing,
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if you turned your head
just right,
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it all sounded like music.
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♪ I need you
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♪ I, I need you
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-- Captions by VITAC --
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One thing about being 12 that
hasn't changed over the decades
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is that it's around 12
where you figure out
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what your place is
in the world.
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But being in my family
made that hard.
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I'd never be as popular
as my sister
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or as athletic as my brother,
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as smart as my mom
or as bad as my dad.
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That's the problem
with being the youngest.
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By the time you're born,
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all the good parts
have been handed out.
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[ Sighs] Stupid play.
I mean, Sheep #3?
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Really?
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But 12 was the age I was gonna
figure out what my bag was.
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Lillian: Dean, hurry up
or you'll miss the bus!
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My parents had high standards
for us.
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I appreciate it now,
and so does my bank account,
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but at the time, man,
it was annoying.
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Did you practice
like I told you to?
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Yes.
Yes, what?
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Yes, ma'am.
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Nu-uh-uh-uh.
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Like how she insisted on giving
me an ashy elbows/lips
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and eye booger check
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every morning
before I left the house.
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Where are your glasses?
I told you, I don't need them.
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Wearing glasses in junior high
was basically
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telling your cousin
to get a prom dress ready.
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What'd I tell you
about bothering Bruce's
things while he's away?
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"Away" was the word my mom used
instead of "in Vietnam."
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Coach Long said I needed
a bigger glove.
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Man, I just bought you
that glove.
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Is Coach Long gonna pay me
for it?
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He's just looking out
for Dean.
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Right, right. Is that why
he made you Team Mom?
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Looking out for Dean?
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Or because
he's sweet on you?
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Stop it. He just did it
'cause we work together.
Hmm.
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Why would Coach
be sweet on Mama?
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Both: Stay out of
grown folks' business.
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"Stay out of
grown folks' business"
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was usually code for something
about money, sex,
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or the funny way Dad's studio
smelled after a rehearsal.
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Let's go over analogies.
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The SATs
are important, Kim.
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This stupid test has nothing
to do with real life.
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You know, Bobby Seale
and H. Rap Brown
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didn't even
finish college.
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You're going to college.
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I'm sure the revolution's
gonna need
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a good dentist
or accountant.
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[ Laughs ]
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Besides, what kind of
music professor would I be
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if my daughter
didn't go to college?
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Bad enough my son
doesn't have rhythm.
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Hey!
Yet.
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My son doesn't
have rhythm yet.
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You got to get at least a 1050
to get into Auburn.
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Auburn?
Mm-hmm.
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Plenty of good black colleges
out there, too, you know.
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She can go to 'Skegee
like us.
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Better yet, Spelman.
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No boys.
It's a win-win.
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For who?
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Win. Win.
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[ Laughter ]
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A lot of black folks
like my dad
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didn't feel like we needed
to mix with white people
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to be better off.
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But my dad put his money
where his mouth was.
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He'd always hire
the black doctor,
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black accountant,
the black plumber,
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and often he'd have something
we'd call "black regret."
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[ Water dripping ]
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♪♪
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[ Horn honks ]
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Gotta go!
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♪♪
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Glasses or not,
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I wasn't the most popular kid
in the neighborhood.
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Thank God I had Cory.
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'Sup, Dean?
Give me some skin.
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My best friend,
Coach Long's son.
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He'd figured out his bag
when we hit puberty
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and he grew
six inches of height
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and six inches of hair
where it count.
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He was macho.
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Hey, you got to tell me
about that party
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at Noddy's last night.
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Was it really
a makeout party?
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Come on now, man.
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You know it's not cool
to kiss and tell.
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Okay, but don't forget,
you were supposed to teach me
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how to French kiss
on a pillow.
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Shh!
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I'll tell you later.
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[ Chuckles ]
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That's our old school.
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Shut down because
of desegregation.
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But we still hung out
there sometimes,
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mainly to girls about girls
and then girls and --
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Wow, I really got distracted.
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You know the girl that you see
for the first time
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and everything slows down?
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That was Lisa Jones.
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Everybody had a crush on her,
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but here comes my crush...
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Keisa Clemmons.
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She was perfect.
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Hi, Dean.
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Thanks for letting me
borrow this.
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You were right.
It was great.
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To this day, I can't smell
Vaseline and Tide
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without being taken
right back tothat feeling.
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Tell her you want to start
going together, man.
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Don't be scared.
I'm not scared.
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I was so scared.
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My plan
is to stay best friends
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until she realizes
she likes me.
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And I was an idiot.
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Hey, stop it!
Stop it!
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Was this my opening?
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My chance to defend her honor
and win her heart?
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My --
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You better
give my propers!
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Say you're sorry!
Stop!
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Say it!
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Man, she's tough.
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I know.
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I dig it.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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[ Booker T. & the M.G.'s
"Green Onions" plays ]
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♪♪
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[ School bell rings ]
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Hey, fellas!
What's happening?
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Brad, the Pee Wee Reese
to my Jackie Robinson.
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That is if Pee Wee Reese
were Jewish
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and Jackie Robinson
couldn't catch a fly ball.
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Take a guess.
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Dean's still afraid
to tell Keisa he likes her?
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Film at 11:00.
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Shut up, Brad.
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What? I'm telling you,
she already knows.
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How?
Unless you blabbed.
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She can tell by the stupid way
you look at her.
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You look like
a wet dream.
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It's such a wet dream.
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I do not look
like a wet dream.
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Okay, we clearly had no idea
what that meant yet.
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Still, good burn.
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You guys have practice
today, too?
Yeah.
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Who do you think would win if
our teams played each other?
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We would.
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But we only play teams
on our side of town.
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Think about how boss it'd be
to have our teams meet.
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Yeah.
Your dad's the coach.
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He'll go for it, right?
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Uh, maybe.
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I mean,
he watches "I Spy."
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Cool. You ask your dad,
and we'll ask mine.
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[ School bell rings ]
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A scrimmage against some
all-white team from across town?
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Hell, no.
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But our friend Brad's
on that team.
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We go
to the same school.
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We should be able
to play each other.
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Do us both a favor,
put all that energy
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in learning how to catch a fly
ball without [bleep] your pants.
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If a coach said that today,
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he'd have to go
to sensitivity training.
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At least that's what
they made me do
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when I cussed out
my son's team.
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Hey, guys.
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I came to take the measurements
for the team jerseys.
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Dean: Mama!
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Tell Coach we should play
a scrimmage game
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against Brad's team.
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Brad's asking
his dad, too.
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Why would you want to play
with a bunch of white boys?
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Exactly.
Why does that matter?
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Oh, it doesn't to us.
But trust me, it will to them.
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How do you know
if you don't try?
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Isn't that what you're
always telling me?
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For what it's worth,
I met Brad's dad,
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and he's
our kind of people.
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That still don't mean
I want some whitey pitcher
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throwing
at our boys' heads.
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Well, let's not get to
calling names.
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Never mind that there were
teams called the Redskins,
254
00:09:29,517 --> 00:09:32,241
Chiefs, and Savages
and no one batted an eye.
255
00:09:32,241 --> 00:09:33,724
Look at it this way.
256
00:09:33,724 --> 00:09:36,379
We want our sons to learn
to compete with them now,
257
00:09:36,379 --> 00:09:38,103
or never learn
and then go out into the world
258
00:09:38,103 --> 00:09:39,482
feeling like
they're lacking --
259
00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:41,103
like we did?
260
00:09:44,275 --> 00:09:46,310
Okay, I'll talk to your friend's
dad and see what he says.
261
00:09:46,310 --> 00:09:47,655
Yes!
Alright!
262
00:09:47,655 --> 00:09:49,896
Alright, now --
now give me three laps.
263
00:09:49,896 --> 00:09:51,724
For -- For coming to practice
too early!
264
00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:55,206
Come on,
get -- get some laps in.
265
00:09:55,206 --> 00:09:57,241
Y'all walking?
Come on, hustle up!
266
00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:01,862
Now that I'd figured out
267
00:10:01,862 --> 00:10:04,206
that my bag was being
"The Great Uniter,"
268
00:10:04,206 --> 00:10:05,862
I couldn't wait
to get started.
269
00:10:05,862 --> 00:10:08,551
Hey, Mark.
Uh, what's happening, Chad?
270
00:10:08,551 --> 00:10:09,965
How's it going, Quentin?
271
00:10:09,965 --> 00:10:12,758
Hey, Black Jesus,
mellow out, man.
272
00:10:12,758 --> 00:10:14,379
You're trying too hard.
273
00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:21,551
It's okay.
274
00:10:21,551 --> 00:10:24,241
My mom's
making me wear these.
275
00:10:24,241 --> 00:10:26,379
Pantyhose.
276
00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:28,448
[ Sighs ] Yuck.
277
00:10:28,448 --> 00:10:30,068
Yeah.
278
00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:31,344
Yuck.
279
00:10:31,344 --> 00:10:33,965
Anyway,
your glasses are cute.
280
00:10:33,965 --> 00:10:36,275
She'd just basically said I
looked like Billy Dee Williams
281
00:10:36,275 --> 00:10:37,793
in my glasses.
282
00:10:37,793 --> 00:10:40,379
This was the perfect time
to tell her that I've loved her
283
00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:43,931
since I sat next to her on
the first day of first grade.
284
00:10:43,931 --> 00:10:45,172
Keisa --
285
00:10:45,172 --> 00:10:47,379
Hey, Four Eyes!
286
00:10:47,379 --> 00:10:50,000
Can you look to my house
and tell me what's on the TV?
287
00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,724
[ Laughter ]
288
00:10:51,724 --> 00:10:54,620
Now, no one in school knew
how old Michael Simms was.
289
00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:57,034
Some people said he had a son
at another school.
290
00:10:57,034 --> 00:10:59,379
Others said he'd already
done a tour in 'Nam.
291
00:10:59,379 --> 00:11:01,000
Bullies back then
benefited from us
292
00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,758
not having Google
to fact-check.
293
00:11:02,758 --> 00:11:04,206
Shut up, Free Lunch!
294
00:11:04,206 --> 00:11:05,724
Yo mama on free lunch.
295
00:11:05,724 --> 00:11:07,344
Students: Ooh.
296
00:11:07,344 --> 00:11:09,482
What's all the fuss
back there?
297
00:11:09,482 --> 00:11:11,931
Somebody said "yo mama."
298
00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:15,793
Now, that's something
that the black students do
299
00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:17,965
that the white students don't.
300
00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:21,172
You ought to be
like these three.
301
00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,310
Their parents send them here
to learn.
302
00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,655
Hey,
she's not prejudiced.
303
00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:32,241
But was she?
In my memory, she was.
304
00:11:32,241 --> 00:11:35,172
But she also gave some of us
black students extra attention
305
00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:37,068
if she thought
we had potential,
306
00:11:37,068 --> 00:11:39,241
which may still
have been racist.
307
00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:40,931
I don't know.
308
00:11:40,931 --> 00:11:42,172
But bringing people together
309
00:11:42,172 --> 00:11:44,000
wasn't just
about the white people.
310
00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,034
It was also about black people
like Michael Simms.
311
00:11:47,034 --> 00:11:48,965
I knew I could reach him, too.
312
00:11:48,965 --> 00:11:50,551
Ah!
Think you're white,
don't you?
313
00:11:50,551 --> 00:11:52,724
I could not.
You talk white!
314
00:11:52,724 --> 00:11:54,344
You act white!
Ah!
315
00:11:54,344 --> 00:11:56,586
You even brought a lunch box
to school like you white!
316
00:11:56,586 --> 00:11:57,862
[ Grunts ]
317
00:11:57,862 --> 00:11:59,517
That last one confuses me
to this day.
318
00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:01,137
Come on, man.
319
00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:03,551
Told you it was a dumb idea
to try to talk to him, Dean.
320
00:12:05,310 --> 00:12:07,482
Ah!
So dumb.
321
00:12:07,482 --> 00:12:09,448
Who was I kidding?
322
00:12:09,448 --> 00:12:11,896
The world was always gonna be
full of Michael Simmses
323
00:12:11,896 --> 00:12:14,034
and white people
with lunch boxes.
324
00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:16,517
Nobody was gonna listen
to Sheep #3.
325
00:12:16,517 --> 00:12:18,310
What kind of present?
326
00:12:18,310 --> 00:12:19,862
Bill: I don't know.
327
00:12:19,862 --> 00:12:21,586
Maybe that pearl necklace
328
00:12:21,586 --> 00:12:23,413
I caught you staring at
at Parisians.
329
00:12:23,413 --> 00:12:24,827
[ Both laugh ]
330
00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,241
Well, it's just one
royalty check, Bill.
331
00:12:27,241 --> 00:12:28,413
Be cool.
332
00:12:28,413 --> 00:12:30,448
There's gonna be more
where that came from, baby.
333
00:12:30,448 --> 00:12:31,310
[ Laughs ]
334
00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,103
[ Both laugh ]
335
00:12:34,103 --> 00:12:36,275
[ Clears throat ]
336
00:12:36,275 --> 00:12:37,862
What do you need, son?
337
00:12:37,862 --> 00:12:40,241
Just wondering if Mama told you
we're playing Brad's team
338
00:12:40,241 --> 00:12:42,586
from East Montgomery
for the first time.
339
00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:44,620
Why our boys gotta
play their team?
340
00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:47,379
It's the Barnstorming
Negro Leagues all over again.
341
00:12:47,379 --> 00:12:49,586
Figures Long
would be okay with this.
342
00:12:49,586 --> 00:12:51,310
Coach Long
was against it, too,
343
00:12:51,310 --> 00:12:53,068
but then Mama
talked him into it.
344
00:12:53,068 --> 00:12:56,793
I think it's a good idea, and
I'm proud of Dean for trying.
345
00:12:56,793 --> 00:12:58,137
Hmm.
346
00:12:58,137 --> 00:13:00,379
It doesn't matter.
He's not playing.
347
00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:01,724
But, Dad!
Nope.
348
00:13:01,724 --> 00:13:03,413
Too many good teams
to play over here
349
00:13:03,413 --> 00:13:04,620
and good parks, too.
350
00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:06,896
What's so bad --
Are you talking back?
351
00:13:06,896 --> 00:13:07,896
No, sir.
352
00:13:07,896 --> 00:13:09,275
Then you better
fix your face.
353
00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:11,482
Well, whether or not he plays,
I still have to go to the game.
354
00:13:11,482 --> 00:13:14,103
Right, because your office buddy
made you Team Mom.
355
00:13:14,103 --> 00:13:16,310
I never say anything
about your work friends.
356
00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:17,620
That's not fair,
and you know it.
357
00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:18,724
What's not fair?
358
00:13:18,724 --> 00:13:20,241
Both: Stay out of
grown folks' business.
359
00:13:22,206 --> 00:13:23,827
No.
360
00:13:23,827 --> 00:13:25,137
Did you
just tell us no?
361
00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,517
Have you lost
your natural mind?
362
00:13:26,517 --> 00:13:27,931
Boy, what has
gotten into you?
363
00:13:27,931 --> 00:13:30,310
I wanted to tell them
about the kids on the bus
364
00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,620
and the white kids at school
365
00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,655
and Michael Simms
and Mrs. Hodges
366
00:13:33,655 --> 00:13:36,379
and that Kim went in Mama's
purse and snuck out last night.
367
00:13:36,379 --> 00:13:39,068
But I realized it was
actually more than that.
368
00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:42,034
What came out surprised me
as much as it did them.
369
00:13:42,034 --> 00:13:47,827
I feel different everywhere
I go, no matter who I'm around.
370
00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,310
And I know
I'll always be different.
371
00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:54,965
But when I'm with Cory and Brad
and we all feel different,
372
00:13:54,965 --> 00:13:59,482
I finally get to feel
the same as everybody else.
373
00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:01,034
That's why I want to play.
374
00:14:01,034 --> 00:14:02,275
Brad would later tell me
375
00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:04,000
that trying to make
myself feel better
376
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,551
by making everybody feel
as uncomfortable as me
377
00:14:06,551 --> 00:14:09,241
was the most Jewish thing
I'd ever done.
378
00:14:09,241 --> 00:14:10,379
Fine.
379
00:14:10,379 --> 00:14:12,137
You two do
whatever you want.
380
00:14:15,379 --> 00:14:18,241
That was the first time
I'd stood up to my dad
381
00:14:18,241 --> 00:14:21,103
and the first time I realized
just how scary it can be
382
00:14:21,103 --> 00:14:22,586
to get what you want.
383
00:14:22,586 --> 00:14:26,482
♪♪
384
00:14:26,482 --> 00:14:28,931
[ Indistinct talking ]
385
00:14:28,931 --> 00:14:34,344
♪♪
386
00:14:34,344 --> 00:14:36,482
Man: Let's go!
Team captains!
387
00:14:36,482 --> 00:14:43,896
♪♪
388
00:14:43,896 --> 00:14:45,413
Come on.
Let's go.
389
00:14:45,413 --> 00:14:47,517
When I saw me, Brad,
and Cory on that field,
390
00:14:47,517 --> 00:14:48,793
with kids from my neighborhood
391
00:14:48,793 --> 00:14:51,620
mingling with kids from
a world way across town,
392
00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:54,206
united by something
we all had in common,
393
00:14:54,206 --> 00:14:56,172
I was proud of what I'd done.
394
00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:58,137
It didn't even matter
who won the game.
395
00:14:58,137 --> 00:15:03,655
♪♪
396
00:15:03,655 --> 00:15:06,000
Now, I'd find out much later
that Michael was only there
397
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,206
to steal Brad's bike,
398
00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:09,965
but at the moment,
it was validation.
399
00:15:09,965 --> 00:15:12,172
[ Indistinct conversations ]
400
00:15:14,862 --> 00:15:16,413
It's a trip,
401
00:15:16,413 --> 00:15:19,137
the little things that
you remember all your life.
402
00:15:19,137 --> 00:15:21,896
Your first hit,
your first kiss,
403
00:15:21,896 --> 00:15:25,413
the first time your dad
lets you know that he sees you.
404
00:15:25,413 --> 00:15:26,931
Well, I still hadn't had
the other two,
405
00:15:26,931 --> 00:15:29,275
but, boy, did that
third one feel good.
406
00:15:29,275 --> 00:15:31,344
[ Crowd cheering ]
407
00:15:37,448 --> 00:15:40,310
[ Crowd groans ]
408
00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:42,827
Hey,
he's not prejudiced.
409
00:15:42,827 --> 00:15:46,241
Well, if he wasn't,
then the ball was.
410
00:15:46,241 --> 00:15:47,965
Come on. Front of the box.
Watch the fastball!
411
00:15:47,965 --> 00:15:49,724
Back of the box!
Watch the curve!
412
00:15:49,724 --> 00:15:51,413
♪♪
413
00:15:51,413 --> 00:15:53,551
Front of the box!
Look fastball!
414
00:15:53,551 --> 00:15:55,758
Dean, back of the box.
Watch the curve.
415
00:15:55,758 --> 00:15:57,310
Front of the box.
Back of the box, Dean!
416
00:15:57,310 --> 00:15:58,517
Back of the box!
Scoot to the front, Dean!
417
00:15:58,517 --> 00:15:59,413
Dean!
Dean!
418
00:15:59,413 --> 00:16:00,896
Dean Jeremiah Williams!
419
00:16:00,896 --> 00:16:02,275
I don't know his whole --
Dean!
420
00:16:02,275 --> 00:16:03,758
Dean!
Dean!
421
00:16:03,758 --> 00:16:05,689
Strike!
422
00:16:05,689 --> 00:16:07,206
You'll get it
next time, son.
423
00:16:07,206 --> 00:16:08,965
♪ Take a look at yourself now
424
00:16:08,965 --> 00:16:11,103
Come in, Dean.
Stay deep.
425
00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,482
No, no, no, no.
C-Come in some.
426
00:16:12,482 --> 00:16:13,655
Stay deep, Dean.
427
00:16:13,655 --> 00:16:14,965
Come towards me.
Deep.
428
00:16:14,965 --> 00:16:16,103
This way.
Away from me.
429
00:16:16,103 --> 00:16:17,310
This way.
That way.
[ Bat cracks ]
430
00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,344
Dean!
431
00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:20,655
♪ I know you'll find
432
00:16:20,655 --> 00:16:23,620
♪ I can make you love me
433
00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:25,724
Alright, now, hands up!
Weight back.
434
00:16:25,724 --> 00:16:26,793
Weight back,
hands up, Dean.
435
00:16:26,793 --> 00:16:28,172
You saying the same thing
I'm saying.
436
00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:29,482
Listen to your coach.
Weight back, hands up.
437
00:16:29,482 --> 00:16:31,241
No, no, no, hands up first.
That's not the same thing.
438
00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:33,620
Hands up first,
then weight back.
Weight back, hands up, Dean.
439
00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:35,551
Strike three!
440
00:16:36,793 --> 00:16:39,379
Bill, if you got a problem
with the way I coach, say so.
441
00:16:40,551 --> 00:16:42,137
Be cool.
442
00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:43,413
Be cool.
443
00:16:43,413 --> 00:16:44,586
I thought instead
of a new glove,
444
00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:45,965
maybe Dean just needed
better instruction.
445
00:16:45,965 --> 00:16:47,793
No. Well, listen, man.
This ain't no piano recital.
446
00:16:47,793 --> 00:16:49,379
So you stick
to the do-re-mi's
447
00:16:49,379 --> 00:16:50,655
and I'll stick
to the one-two-threes.
448
00:16:50,655 --> 00:16:52,241
That doesn't even make sense.
It just rhymes.
449
00:16:52,241 --> 00:16:54,103
Well, I could say the same thing
about your songs.
450
00:16:54,103 --> 00:16:55,965
Oh, so you raggin'
on my music now?
451
00:16:55,965 --> 00:16:57,827
Well, I may be a musician,
but I still struck you out,
452
00:16:57,827 --> 00:16:59,241
let's not forget.
You know what?
453
00:16:59,241 --> 00:17:01,103
That was in sixth grade, and I
didn't hit my growth spurt yet.
454
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:02,655
"Yet."
Get the ball, Bill.
455
00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:03,758
You get the ball.
Get the ball, Bill.
456
00:17:03,758 --> 00:17:04,965
You get the ball, Long!
You get the ball!
457
00:17:04,965 --> 00:17:06,896
If I get the ball,
you ain't gonna touch it!
458
00:17:06,896 --> 00:17:08,310
This may not be
the right time,
459
00:17:08,310 --> 00:17:11,379
but, dude,
your sister is choice.
460
00:17:11,379 --> 00:17:12,793
Shut up, Brad.
461
00:17:12,793 --> 00:17:14,827
Long: You know what?
I ain't scared of you no more.
Bill.
462
00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:16,000
What is wrong
with you two?
463
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,344
You both know better
than to be out here
464
00:17:17,344 --> 00:17:20,000
showing your ass in front
of these white folks.
465
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,551
That was a universal rule
466
00:17:21,551 --> 00:17:23,965
that cut across all classes
of black people,
467
00:17:23,965 --> 00:17:26,068
but it was too late now.
468
00:17:26,068 --> 00:17:27,620
We're so sorry.
469
00:17:27,620 --> 00:17:28,896
We just heard
what happened.
470
00:17:28,896 --> 00:17:30,379
Heard about what?
471
00:17:30,379 --> 00:17:33,000
Dr. King.
He...
472
00:17:34,896 --> 00:17:36,551
He was s-shot.
473
00:17:36,551 --> 00:17:38,896
What?
Where?
474
00:17:38,896 --> 00:17:42,000
In Memphis.
It -- It's all in the news.
475
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,206
Is he --
They rushed him
to a hospital.
476
00:17:45,206 --> 00:17:49,172
We saw you all were upset,
and we --
477
00:17:49,172 --> 00:17:58,413
♪♪
478
00:17:58,413 --> 00:18:07,724
♪♪
479
00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:12,310
Man: The incident happened at
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
480
00:18:12,310 --> 00:18:14,034
where the reverend was staying,
481
00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,379
as he planned to march
later in the week.
482
00:18:16,379 --> 00:18:18,827
Now the entire country
awaits the update
483
00:18:18,827 --> 00:18:20,827
on Dr. King's status.
484
00:18:20,827 --> 00:18:22,448
We know he was admitted
485
00:18:22,448 --> 00:18:25,241
shortly after 6:00 p.m.
Central Standard --
486
00:18:25,241 --> 00:18:27,517
Wait, this just in.
487
00:18:27,517 --> 00:18:28,896
Cronkite: Good evening.
488
00:18:28,896 --> 00:18:30,758
Dr. Martin Luther King,
489
00:18:30,758 --> 00:18:33,793
the apostle of non-violence
in the Civil Rights Movement,
490
00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:36,551
has been shot to death
in Memphis, Tennessee.
491
00:18:36,551 --> 00:18:38,482
Police have issued
an all-points bulletin
492
00:18:38,482 --> 00:18:40,275
for a well-dressed
young white man
493
00:18:40,275 --> 00:18:41,896
seen running from the scene.
494
00:18:41,896 --> 00:18:44,413
Officers also
reportedly chased...
495
00:18:44,413 --> 00:18:46,482
[ Men vocalizing ]
496
00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:52,689
Mama?
497
00:18:52,689 --> 00:18:54,310
Dr. King is dead.
498
00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:56,931
[ Vocalizing continues ]
499
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,551
Adult Dean:
I just couldn't understand
500
00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:04,551
what was so important
about folding those clothes.
501
00:19:04,551 --> 00:19:06,655
[ Vocalizing continues ]
502
00:19:13,482 --> 00:19:15,586
Man: He's gone, man!
503
00:19:15,586 --> 00:19:19,551
[ Woman sobbing,
screaming in distance ]
504
00:19:19,551 --> 00:19:22,275
We should go
check on Ms. Handy.
505
00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:23,965
[ Sighs ] Yeah.
506
00:19:23,965 --> 00:19:26,068
[ Vocalizing continues ]
507
00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:30,448
♪♪
508
00:19:30,448 --> 00:19:31,965
[ Door opens ]
509
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[ Door closes ]
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♪♪
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Cronkite:
Police report that the murder
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has touched off
sporadic acts of violence
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in the Negro section
of the city.
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[ Dog barking in distance ]
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Adult Dean: I didn't understand
a lot of what was going on,
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especially why when people
get really upset
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about something bad,
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they resort to destroying
their own things.
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Man: Sick and tired of this!
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But something told me
that my friends
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were probably
just as confused as I was.
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Man: Why do they keep doing this
to us?!
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Woman: Nothing but
them ol' white folks.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪ I was born
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♪ By a river, oh, man
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♪ In this little, old tent, oh
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♪ Just like this river
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Suddenly, the anger
I was seeing on the news
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made a little more sense,
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especially because it felt like
some things would never change.
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[ Glass shatters ]
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♪ Long time coming
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♪ But I know, but I know
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♪ A change is gotta come
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♪ Ooh, yes, it is
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♪ Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my
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♪ It's been too hard living
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♪ Oh, my
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♪ And I'm afraid to die
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♪ I don't know what's up there
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Everybody in my family
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plays that day over and over
in their minds.
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But for different reasons.
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For each of us, it felt
like the world around us
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had changed forever.
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♪ I know, but I know
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♪ A change is gotta come
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♪ Oh, yes, it is
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♪ Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my
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But thankfully, for each of us,
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the world on the inside hadn't.
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♪ I would go to my brother
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♪ Oh, my
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♪ I asked my brother,
"Will you help me, please?" ♪
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♪ Oh, my, oh, my
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