1
00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,571
I accept this honor for our lost ones,

2
00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,166
whose deaths pave our path.

3
00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,407
And for the 20 million
Negro men and women

4
00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,168
motivated by dignity
and a disdain for hopelessness.

5
00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,246
This isn't right.

6
00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:16,401
Corrie.

7
00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,051
This ain't right.

8
00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,326
What's that?

9
00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,486
This necktie. It's not right.

10
00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,770
Well, it's not a necktie, dear.
It's an ascot.

11
00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,890
Yes, but generally the same principles
should apply, shouldn't they?

12
00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,524
It's not right.

13
00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,689
It's not right, or you don't like it?

14
00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,922
I don't like how this looks.

15
00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,571
Looks distinguished and debonair
to me.

16
00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,086
You know what I mean.

17
00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,204
Like we're living high on the hog.

18
00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,126
Dressed like this
while folks back home are...

19
00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,043
It's not right.

20
00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,369
Wait till the brothers back home
see me like this.

21
00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:59,771
They'll have a good laugh.

22
00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,167
Let them laugh.

23
00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,290
It's not a crime to be away
for a few days, Martin.

24
00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,046
It's nice being away, huh?

25
00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,245
Yeah. It really is.

26
00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:16,841
Look here.

27
00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,048
I'm gonna be a pastor
somewhere small.

28
00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,165
College town.

29
00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,970
Lead a little church. Teach a class.

30
00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,888
Maybe the occasional
speaking engagement.

31
00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,410
And I'll pay all the bills for us,

32
00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,689
especially the mortgage
for our very own house.

33
00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,690
Perfect.

34
00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,724
You look handsome.

35
00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,923
Through it all,

36
00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,131
Martin Luther King has
spoken of his dream.

37
00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:11,404
One which we

38
00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,769
and many other people
around the world share.

39
00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:22,445
To this undeterred hero forjustice,

40
00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,081
the Nobel Committee of Oslo, Norway,

41
00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:31,610
awards our 1964 Peace Prize.

42
00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,806
I accept this honor for our lost ones,

43
00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,044
whose deaths pave our path.

44
00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,286
I accept this honor for the more than
20 million American Negroes

45
00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,409
who are motivated by dignity.

46
00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,087
Together we believe that
what the illusion

47
00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,481
of supremacy has destroyed,

48
00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,084
the truth of equality can nourish.

49
00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,527
I promise you.
It ain't nothing to be scared of.

50
00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,722
It's quick.
And the pastor is right there next to you.

51
00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,280
Yeah, but the biggest thing
is getting your hair wet up.

52
00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,771
I got my hair pressed that same morning

53
00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:24,922
and it was wasted
as soon as I hit the water.

54
00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,923
I should have worn a swim cap
like Mama said.

55
00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,246
See, I asked my mama

56
00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,800
could she make my hair like
Coretta Scott King had hers

57
00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,450
at the Washington March.

58
00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,170
But she said that was too grown.

59
00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,605
Oh, I love her hair.

60
00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,365
I heard she don't even put rollers in it.
It's just like that.

61
00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,761
But I studied it. I know how she do it.

62
00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,002
See, she parts in the middle and then...

63
00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,681
Annie Lee Cooper!

64
00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,687
Get on up now. I ain't got all day.

65
00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,641
You work for Mr. Dunn
down at the rest home, ain't that right?

66
00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,526
Yes.

67
00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,850
Wonder what old Dunn'll say
when I tell him

68
00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,810
one of his gals is down here
stirring a fuss.

69
00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,249
I ain't stirring no fuss.
I'm just here trying to register to vote.

70
00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,806
It's all right this time.

71
00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,769
It's right when I say it's right.

72
00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,601
Recite the Constitution's preamble.
Know what a preamble is?

73
00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,850
"We the people of the United States,

74
00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,651
"in order to form a more perfect union,

75
00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,006
"establish justice,

76
00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,485
"ensure domestic tranquility,

77
00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,370
"provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare..."

78
00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,284
How many county judges in Alabama?

79
00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,530
Sixty-seven.

80
00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,410
Name them.

81
00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,685
Aren't we done?
Are we not done with this?

82
00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,041
- Will this ever end?
-I don't know, Mr. President.

83
00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,168
A comprehensive plan
is already in place.

84
00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,891
The act was only passed
six months ago.

85
00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,931
So hammer home that
impatience only hurts the overall cause.

86
00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,368
We're... We're getting there.
Just... Just keep reiterating the plan.

87
00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:06,766
No, he doesn't want reiteration.

88
00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,447
He wants something so he can say,
"Look, I told you I had a dream

89
00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,887
"and it's all coming goddamn true,
whether you like it or not!"

90
00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,610
That's what he wants.

91
00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:17,001
What he needs to do
is get on board with what we're doing

92
00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,242
instead of the other way around.
For once!

93
00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,646
Mr. President, Dr. King.

94
00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,444
Mr. President.

95
00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,170
Dr. King.

96
00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,886
Well, I'll tell you.
I'm a tall son-of-a-bitch,

97
00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,282
but this close to the new Nobel laureate

98
00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,761
and with all those other trinkets
you've been collecting lately,

99
00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,649
I feel tits-high to a puppy dog.

100
00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:40,730
Well, thank you, Mr. President.

101
00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:42,721
Mr. White.

102
00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,086
- Dr. King.
-All right.

103
00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,607
I'll tell you, ending segregation,

104
00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:51,002
proudest moment of my life
when I signed that '64 Act.

105
00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,725
Proudest moment of my life, I tell you.

106
00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,643
Now civil rights is a priority

107
00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,768
-of this administration as you know.
-Thank you.

108
00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,046
We're gonna face the challenge,

109
00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,482
or this country is
storing up a heap of trouble for itself.

110
00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,610
Now, seeing as I can't convince you to
work with my administration

111
00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:11,162
in an official capacity
inside the White House,

112
00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:12,640
I feel damn fortunate

113
00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,404
to have someone
as statesmanlike as you

114
00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,481
leading the movement.

115
00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:17,449
And I want you to go on leading it.
No one else.

116
00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,569
Not one of these
militant Malcolm X types.

117
00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,647
So... I wanna help. Tell me how.

118
00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,489
Well, Mr. President,

119
00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,451
I'm here to speak
specifically about the denial

120
00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,888
of a basic American right
for the Negro citizen.

121
00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,249
The right to vote.

122
00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,522
Well... Technically...

123
00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,491
Technically, we already have it.
Yes, Mr. President.

124
00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:50,689
But, we both know in the South

125
00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,481
black voters are kept off the rolls
and out of the voting booths

126
00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:59,088
by systematic intimidation
and fear, Mr. President.

127
00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,364
Now, you asked how you can help.

128
00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,606
We want Federal legislation

129
00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,526
granting Negroes the right
to vote unencumbered.

130
00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,047
And we want Federal
protocol eliminating

131
00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,691
the decades-long dismissal

132
00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,128
and illegal denial
of blacks seeking to vote.

133
00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,040
And we want
robust enforcement of that protocol.

134
00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,044
Well... That's fine.

135
00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,921
But... Most of the South
is still not desegregating.

136
00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,606
Let's not start another battle
when we haven't even won the first.

137
00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,563
And you know what
the next battle should be?

138
00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,160
The eradication of poverty.

139
00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,683
I'm calling it "The War on Poverty."

140
00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,683
It's a matter of political priorities.

141
00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,810
Poverty is going to be my focus at home
and I want you to help me with this.

142
00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,842
We can make big changes
in these things

143
00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:01,570
for people of all colors.

144
00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,961
And I know that matters to you,
doesn't it?

145
00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,281
This voting thing
is just gonna have to wait.

146
00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,405
It...

147
00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,609
it can't wait, Mr. President.

148
00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:18,681
Well, why not?

149
00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,928
Because there have been thousands

150
00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,401
of racially motivated murders
in the South,

151
00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,926
including those four girls.

152
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,081
Well, I know that...

153
00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,766
And you know the astounding fact

154
00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,721
that not one of these criminals
who murder us when and why they want

155
00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,450
has ever been convicted.

156
00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,204
Yeah, I know we have a lot
of work to do down there.

157
00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:39,930
Not one conviction

158
00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,049
because they are protected
by white officials

159
00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,646
chosen by an all-white electorate.

160
00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,564
And on the rare occasions
that they face trial,

161
00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,644
they are freed by all-white juries.

162
00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,760
All-white because
you can't serve on a jury

163
00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,360
unless you are registered to vote.

164
00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,209
Well, Dr. King, you've certainly given me
something to think about.

165
00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,966
But this administration is going to
set this aside for a while.

166
00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,407
Just for a while, you understand.

167
00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,687
Yes, Mr. President, I... I understand.

168
00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,164
Selma it is.

169
00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,724
Big speech lined up
for these folks tonight, Doc?

170
00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,366
We need to see what's what first,
Big Fellow.

171
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,841
We're just here to test the waters.

172
00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,288
Oh, my Lord.
What you got us into, woman?

173
00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:05,688
We've got 128 miles
to come to our senses, gentlemen.

174
00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,000
Hush.

175
00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,811
This here is the place we need to be.

176
00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,531
This right here is the next great battle.

177
00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,368
I can only imagine.

178
00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,689
Decent-looking place to die though.

179
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,881
Ms. Nash.

180
00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,486
Mr. Bevel.

181
00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,849
Doc? This here is it. Selma's the place.

182
00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,089
A lot of groundwork has already
been laid by the people here.

183
00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,161
And they ready.

184
00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,641
- Sister Boynton.
-Mr. Orange.

185
00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,171
Good afternoon.

186
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,848
Dr. King?

187
00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,841
May I introduce myself?

188
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,169
Yeah, of course.

189
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,407
Hey!

190
00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,371
It's okay. It's okay. I'm okay.

191
00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,486
This way, Dr. King.

192
00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,728
That white boy can hit.

193
00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,131
This place is perfect.

194
00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,682
What's the FBl's current information
on Martin Luther King?

195
00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,641
I heard he was assaulted in Selma.

196
00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,645
My information can be
summed up in a few words.

197
00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,850
King is a political and moral degenerate.

198
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,641
Well, you say that, J. Edgar.
I have to take it seriously.

199
00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,929
But if he's a degenerate,
what I do know is,

200
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,162
he's a non-violent degenerate.

201
00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,164
And I want him to go on leading
the civil rights movement,

202
00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,244
not one of these bloodthirsty militants.

203
00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,245
What I need to know right now is
what's he about to do next?

204
00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,571
Mr. President,

205
00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:45,169
you know we can
shut men with power down

206
00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,165
permanently and unequivocally.

207
00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,729
I'm very aware of that, Mr. Director.

208
00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,851
Well, if you prefer a different approach,

209
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,444
we can go with the wife.

210
00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,610
We know there's tension
in the home already.

211
00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,807
We can weaken the dynamic.

212
00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,364
Dismantle the family.

213
00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:56,801
Hello.

214
00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,848
You ain't got long.

215
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,489
When the hearts of those Pickaninnies
of yours stop beating...

216
00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,329
Same thing?

217
00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,560
When are you all heading out?

218
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,846
We're heading back to Selma
at 5:00 a.m.

219
00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,129
It turned out to be
an ideal staging ground.

220
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:28,208
There's a full couple of weeks planned.

221
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,170
Quite a bit to be done.

222
00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:36,885
I see.

223
00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:46,570
That highway is nice now.
Get you there in a couple of hours.

224
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,131
Good people in those parts though.

225
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,606
Well...

226
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,965
I'm worried about the ones
who ain't so good.

227
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,927
This local Sheriff Jim Clark
is supposed to be bad business.

228
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,562
Won't go down without a fight, they say.

229
00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,611
And since we don't fight...

230
00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,605
Well...

231
00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,251
As good a place to die as any, I guess.

232
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,648
I wish you wouldn't talk like that.

233
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,362
It just takes the edge off.

234
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,563
You and your friends
can joke about that.

235
00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,768
I don't joke about that.

236
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,564
You're right. I'm sorry.

237
00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,283
I'll put these things away
in your bag now.

238
00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,409
I didn't realize
you were leaving so early.

239
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,970
Hello?

240
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,166
Halie?

241
00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,610
Martin.

242
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,086
I need to hear the Lord's voice.

243
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,046
Surely, Martin. Surely.

244
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:28,689
Precious Lord

245
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:34,203
Take my hand

246
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:42,245
Lead me home

247
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:47,761
Let me stand

248
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:55,089
I am tired

249
00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,442
I am weak

250
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:09,563
I am worn

251
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:19,325
Through the storm

252
00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:26,929
Through the night

253
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:36,684
Lord, lead me on

254
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,521
To the light

255
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,004
- Hey!
-Hey!

256
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,570
- Sully.
-Look at you.

257
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,047
- Morning, Doctor.
-Good morning, Doctor.

258
00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,726
- Drive all right?
-Good and long.

259
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,724
Good news is Richie Jean is in there.

260
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,201
Oh, she's ready for you.

261
00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,320
Negro, that's all you had to say.

262
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,290
Uncle Marty!

263
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,641
There she is! There's our girl!

264
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,761
Hey, Richie Jean!

265
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,289
- Looking like her mom.
-You go play.

266
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,886
- Hey!
-Hey, Ralphy.

267
00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:17,610
- How you doing?
-Hey!

268
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:18,727
Good to see you, sweetheart.

269
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,290
Hey, come over here.

270
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:23,485
Oh, Lord, it's good to see this!

271
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,642
Okay, now, I've got the grits
on the stove.

272
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,688
How many we expecting today?

273
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,041
Well, now, Sister Jackson.

274
00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,726
You know about our group,
the SCLC, right?

275
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,768
The Southern Christian
Leadership Conference?

276
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,286
A few of our top SCLC leaders
are with us this time

277
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:40,807
since we're going to be here
a little longer than expected.

278
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:42,890
Now, this here's Reverend C.T. Vivian.

279
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,689
He coordinates all the SCLC branches.

280
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,445
Welcome. Nice to meet you.
Welcome, welcome.

281
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,363
This is Reverend James Bevel.

282
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,488
- How you doing, ma'am?
-I'm well. Thank you.

283
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,085
This here is James Orange.

284
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,611
Oh, this is a big one.

285
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,170
I don't know if I've got enough
to feed you.

286
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,730
Well, let's find out. How about that?

287
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:58,847
Hey!

288
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,048
Now, you got two of them
named James.

289
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,281
Oh, you can call me Jim, Sister.

290
00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:03,486
And Orange is fine with me, ma'am.

291
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,766
Or Big Fellow!

292
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,769
All right. Well, this is fine with me.

293
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,003
Mrs. Jackson. Hosea Williams.

294
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,320
Or Castro!

295
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,131
Oh, yeah, that's a long story.

296
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,204
Those grits, they need some stirring.
Mind?

297
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:18,805
You put your foot in it now.

298
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,049
Ain't you supposed to be on a diet?

299
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,481
Somebody call Juanita.

300
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,850
- There's a phone!
-Hey, get off that phone.

301
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:27,967
Juanfia?

302
00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,361
Don't do it, Doc. Don't do it...

303
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,168
Turning in, Doc. You okay?

304
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,571
Yes, sir. Good night to you.

305
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,283
I wanted to tell you that
the students are in town.

306
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,206
Local students?

307
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,084
Oh, no.

308
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,081
The Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee.

309
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,761
Okay. Our young friends at SNCC.

310
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,681
Good to know.

311
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,922
You the one told them to organize.

312
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:09,521
Took it to heart.

313
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,528
Don't be surprised
if they don't give us grief tomorrow.

314
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,285
Town folk may be happy to see us.
But SNCC?

315
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,126
They feel we're in their territory.

316
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,330
They're young and full of spirit.

317
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,411
Not a bad thing.

318
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,169
It'll sort out.

319
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,370
Good night.

320
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,011
Good night.

321
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,044
"Boycotting the buses in Montgomery.

322
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,327
"Segregation in Birmingham."

323
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,961
Boycotting the buses in Montgomery.

324
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,650
Segregation in Birmingham.

325
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,961
Now? Voting in Selma.

326
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:08,129
One struggle ends just to go
right to the next and the next.

327
00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:13,124
If you think of it that way,
it's a hard road.

328
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,411
But I don't think of it that way.

329
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,245
I think of these efforts as one effort.

330
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,130
And that one effort is for our life.

331
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,608
Our life as a community.
Our life as a nation.

332
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,163
For our lives.

333
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:38,931
We can do this.

334
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,205
We must do this!

335
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,047
We see children

336
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,885
become victims of one
of the most vicious crimes

337
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:56,443
ever perpetrated against humanity
within the walls of their own church!

338
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,410
They are sainted now.

339
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,802
They are the sainted ones
in this quest for freedom.

340
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,565
And they speak to us still.

341
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,804
They say to us, to all of us,
all colors and creeds,

342
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,770
that we must do this.

343
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:20,206
They say to us that it is unacceptable

344
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,648
for more than 50% of Selma to be Negro

345
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,247
and yet less than 2% of Negroes here
being able to vote

346
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,324
and determine their own destiny
as human beings.

347
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,530
They say to us that
the local white leadership

348
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,002
use their power to
keep us away from the ballot box

349
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,764
and keep us voiceless.

350
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:50,208
As long as I am unable to exercise
my constitutional right to vote,

351
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,251
I do not have command of my own life.

352
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,847
I cannot determine my own destiny
for it is determined for me

353
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,163
by people who would rather
see me suffer than succeed.

354
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,322
Those that have gone before us say,
"No more!"

355
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:05,640
No more! No more!

356
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,290
No more!

357
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:11,160
That means protest, that means march,

358
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,484
that means disturb the peace,
that means jail,

359
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,961
that means risk! And that is hard!

360
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,091
We will not wait any longer.

361
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,162
Give us the vote!

362
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,810
That's right! No more!

363
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,362
We're not asking. We're demanding.

364
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,646
Give us the vote!

365
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:31,846
Give us the vote!

366
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,481
Dr. King.
Roy Reed of The New York Times.

367
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,562
Yes. Hello to you. How are you?

368
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,961
I'm well, sir. Thank you for asking.

369
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:54,927
Dr. King, are you truly non-violent
if you are provoking violence, sir?

370
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,004
We are here,
using our very bodies in protest

371
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,923
-to say to those who deny us...
-Dr. King. Dr. King.

372
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,001
Pleasure, sir.

373
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,845
...that we will no longer let them
use their billy clubs

374
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,764
in dark corners and halls of power.

375
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,605
We make them do it
in the glaring light of day, Mr. Reed.

376
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,648
Is SNCC standing with us
on this or not, gentlemen?

377
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:12,846
You want us to bring our people in,

378
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,081
but you're not giving anything in return.

379
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,606
Now we are asking
for some kind of commitment here.

380
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,648
Respectfully speaking, of course,

381
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,688
we've been handling
the voter registration

382
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,564
in this town now for two years.

383
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,007
Well, you haven't gotten very far,
have you?

384
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,806
Well, maybe not, Reverend.
But we're still here.

385
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:29,881
Meaning what?

386
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,485
This time next month, you won't be!

387
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,722
- That's insanity!
-Just like you left Albany.

388
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,245
Those people are pathetic
down there now.

389
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,481
Like they daddy left home!

390
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,688
What we're trying
to explain is that in Albany you all...

391
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,604
You know what I think?
Maybe we should just leave Selma...

392
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,762
Now! Leave it to these two.

393
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,081
Come back in another two years
and see how much further you got!

394
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,969
- Sounds just fine to me.
-That's enough.

395
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,081
Enough of this now.

396
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,771
I haven't the time for this.
None of us got the time for this.

397
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,925
John.

398
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,971
James.

399
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,721
The way our organization works
is straightforward.

400
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,010
We negotiate. We demonstrate.
We resist.

401
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,646
And on our best days, our adversary
helps the matter by making a mistake.

402
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,203
Now, we were in Albany for nine months
and we made a lot of mistakes.

403
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,366
But their sheriff, Laurie Pritchett,

404
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,603
he never made a mistake.

405
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,088
Kept his cool,
kept arresting us in a humane way,

406
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,607
carried people to
the jail-wagons on stretchers.

407
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,762
Day in, day out.

408
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,167
There was no drama.

409
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,765
You mean there was no cameras.

410
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,041
Exactly.

411
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,370
Now I know, we all understand,
that you young people

412
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,250
believe in working
in the community long-term.

413
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:55,166
Doing the good work
to raise black consciousness.

414
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,962
It's good grassroots work.

415
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,250
I can't tell you
how much we admire that.

416
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,368
But what we do

417
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,363
is negotiate,

418
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,010
demonstrate,

419
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,161
resist.

420
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,328
And a big part of that

421
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,529
is raising white consciousness.

422
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:17,931
And in particular the consciousness

423
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,764
of whichever white man
happens to be sitting

424
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:20,841
in the Oval Office.

425
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:26,043
Right now, Johnson has other fish to fry
and he'll ignore us if he can.

426
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,811
The only way to stop him doing that

427
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,611
is by being on the front page
of the national press every morning

428
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,046
and by being on the TV news
every night.

429
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,168
And that requires

430
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,161
drama.

431
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:43,801
Now...

432
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:47,566
John.

433
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,125
James.

434
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,929
Answer me one question.

435
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,922
I've been told the sheriff in this town
isn't like Laurie Pritchett in Albany.

436
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,289
He's a big ignorant bully
like Bull Connor in Birmingham.

437
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,444
Well, you tell me. You know Selma.

438
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,966
You know Sheriff Jim Clark.

439
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,568
Is he Laurie Pritchett?
Or is he Bull Connor?

440
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,281
He's Bull Connor.

441
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,883
- Bingo!
-Good.

442
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,531
That's good.

443
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:36,761
But it gets better.

444
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,285
See, Clark doesn't control the streets
like Connor did in Birmingham.

445
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,600
Clark's the County Sheriff,

446
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,809
and all he controls in Selma
is the County Courthouse.

447
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,291
So relatively speaking,

448
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,167
we have clear avenues of approach
to a defined battle zone.

449
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,203
In the courthouse
sits the heart of the matter,

450
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,601
the voter registration office.

451
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,523
Now this is
an exceptional circumstance.

452
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,685
See, in Albany, there were
no clearly defined battle zones.

453
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:03,049
The issue was segregation,
and segregation was everywhere.

454
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:08,126
In Selma, we can concentrate
our actions on one building.

455
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,967
A citadel, defended by fanatics.

456
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,485
The Selma Courthouse.

457
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,404
A perfect stage.

458
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,321
Y'all deliberately
causing an obstruction!

459
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,881
You don't disperse,
you're gonna be arrested.

460
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,086
I promise you!

461
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,844
Sheriff Clark,

462
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,764
we're trying to gain access
to the registration office.

463
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,410
Which is our legal right.

464
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,091
There's too many of you.
And you know damn well there is!

465
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,322
Now, y'all just gonna have
to wait at the rear!

466
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,965
No, Sheriff Clark.

467
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,522
We're going in the front
and we're gonna wait right here.

468
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,922
Segregation is now illegal
in this country, sir.

469
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:02,561
Get out, nigger.

470
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:03,687
- Come on.
-I'm trying.

471
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,841
Kneel down, Daddy.

472
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,126
Come on.

473
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,323
Keep this sidewalk clear. Clear a path!

474
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,160
Get out of the way! Get out of the way!

475
00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:13,651
Get the hell out of the way!

476
00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:15,529
Keep the sidewalk clear!

477
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,086
I said keep it clear!

478
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,650
Okay. We about to sit him down.
He can't sit.

479
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:19,841
Then he needs to learn.

480
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,649
- He gonna sit.
-Sit down, God damn it!

481
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,484
Hey, hey! Pa? Pa?

482
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,291
Daddy.

483
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,604
I just told you he can't sit.

484
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,045
What do we got here?

485
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,121
What's going on here, boy?

486
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,486
What we got here? What we got here?

487
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,403
- Jimmie! Sit down!
-No, Mama, I'm sick of this.

488
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:36,606
- Jimmie!
-Don't do it.

489
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,647
Do you have a problem, boy?

490
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,370
I'm sick of this! I just told you...

491
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,841
What'd you think, boy?
What'd you think?

492
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,570
What the fuck are you thinking?

493
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,526
Get that nigger woman!

494
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:56,806
Kill that nigger bitch!

495
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,686
Get your hands off of me!

496
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,962
We will not tolerate
a bunch of nigra agitators

497
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,726
attempting to orchestrate
a disturbance in this state.

498
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,609
Not as long as I'm governor.

499
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,368
Now, I stand here today

500
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,363
in the cradle of the Confederacy

501
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,046
to remind its people
of our Founding Fathers'

502
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,043
goals of duty.

503
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,363
Goals long since forgotten
by progressives and liberals

504
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,967
in favor of what they call
a changing world.

505
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,886
They seek to make us one mongrel unit.

506
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,045
Instead of allowing each race to flourish
from its separate racial station

507
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,566
as has been the standard
for generations now.

508
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:55,721
Good morning, Mr. President.

509
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,848
Their changing world

510
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,888
is sickening the balance
of the Southland.

511
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,126
Now...

512
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,687
I pledged to stand up
for Alabama when I campaigned

513
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,728
and the people elected me
on that pledge,

514
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,485
and that is exactly what I intend to do.

515
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,367
Johnson'll flinch.

516
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,928
I'm tired, Ralphy.

517
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,729
Tiring of this.

518
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,283
Eyes on the prize, Martin.

519
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,206
Yeah, but what is the prize, friend?

520
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,763
We fight to have a seat
at whatever table we want.

521
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,969
How does it help a black man
to be able to eat at a lunch counter

522
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,520
if he doesn't earn enough
to buy the burger?

523
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,042
Or worse yet, can't even...

524
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,045
Can't even read the menu

525
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,567
'cause there was no Negro school
where he's from.

526
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,688
What is that?

527
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:16,841
That equality?

528
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,207
Amen.

529
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,328
And what about in our minds?

530
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,726
Equality in the black psyche.
Look at these men.

531
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:31,328
Beaten and broken down
for generations.

532
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,721
Deciding to demand more?

533
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,490
What happens when a man stands up
and says enough is enough?

534
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,369
Look at Medgar.

535
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,489
Murdered the man in his own driveway.

536
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,642
Kids and wife right there
inside the house.

537
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,570
George and Herbert Lee, Lamar Smith.

538
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,763
A man stands up,
only to be struck down.

539
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,086
And what happens to the people he led?

540
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,162
What are we doing, Ralphy?

541
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,441
We take it piece by piece.

542
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,610
Like we been doing.

543
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,601
We build the path as we can.

544
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,203
Rock by rock.

545
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,442
This cell is probably bugged.

546
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:29,645
It probably is.

547
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,965
Oh, Lord.

548
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:45,721
They're gonna ruin me
so they can ruin this movement.

549
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,520
They are.

550
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,643
"Look at the birds of the air,

551
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,925
"that they do not sow, nor reap,
nor gather into barns,

552
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,642
"and yet your Heavenly Father
doth feed them.

553
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,561
"Are you not worth
much more than they?

554
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,090
"And who of you by being worried

555
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,686
"can add a single hour to his life?"

556
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,088
Matthew 6, verse 27.

557
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,525
All right.

558
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:24,806
Yes, sir.

559
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:32,846
What? Where did you hear that?

560
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,207
I overheard them talking
about him coming in this evening.

561
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,327
Overheard us?

562
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,482
I'm learning about this just like you.
We didn't do this.

563
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:39,971
That Negro can't be talking about that

564
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,447
"by any means necessary" madness
with these people.

565
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:43,965
They about to bust as it is.

566
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,121
He's on his way here, right?

567
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,884
So we gotta figure this out.
Right and fast.

568
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,803
He ain't on his way. He here.

569
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,611
Holy shit.

570
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:04,726
Are you all right?

571
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,401
I wish I had more time to prepare is all.

572
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,722
I want to do this kind of thing
whenever possible.

573
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,963
But I don't get to do it enough
to feel entirely comfortable.

574
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:20,731
I prefer to be prepared.

575
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:24,050
Yes, I understand that.

576
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,164
I admire you. I do.

577
00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:31,449
Sometimes I wish
I were more out there in the trenches.

578
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,761
You do more than you know, Mrs. King.

579
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,171
I'll tell you what I know to be true.

580
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:42,050
It helps me in times
when I'm feeling unsure.

581
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,849
If you'd like.

582
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,161
Please do, Mrs. Boynton.

583
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,721
I know that we are descendants
of a mighty people,

584
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,326
who gave civilization to the world.

585
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,363
People who survived
the hulls of slave ships

586
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,329
across vast oceans.

587
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,724
People who innovate
and create and love

588
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:09,089
despite pressures
and tortures unimaginable.

589
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,003
They are in our bloodstream.

590
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,686
Pumping our hearts every second.

591
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,963
They've prepared you.

592
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,090
You are already prepared.

593
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,640
Mrs. King, I mean no disrespect.

594
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,247
I come with great respect
for your husband.

595
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,402
I have no army behind me anymore.

596
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,041
I have myself and the truth.

597
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,521
That is all I stand on today.

598
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,888
You've said disrespectful things
in the past, Minister.

599
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,611
So you'll understand
why there is some alarm here tonight.

600
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,809
I do. I understand that.

601
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,089
Your husband and I,
we do not see exactly eye-to-eye

602
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,367
on how to achieve progress
for the black man.

603
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,206
And yes, I have been piercing
in my critiques of non-violence.

604
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,282
But because we don't agree, Mrs. King,

605
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,488
does not mean that I'm the enemy.

606
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,763
What do you intend to say
to these people then, sir?

607
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,251
A lot of work has been done here,

608
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,322
and I don't intend to
see it undone tonight.

609
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,922
Let's just say,
my eyes see in a new way.

610
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,004
But your local sheriff here?
He doesn't know that.

611
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,801
So allow me to be the alternative
to your husband.

612
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,763
The alternative that
scares them so much

613
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,683
they turn to Dr. King in refuge.

614
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,161
Let my being here, Mrs. King,
represent the factions

615
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,925
that will come if they don't
give the good reverend

616
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,684
what he's asking for and soon.

617
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:37,128
Do you know what he has said
about us in the past, Coretta?

618
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,806
He called us
"ignorant Negro preachers."

619
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,008
Called me a modern day Uncle Tom.

620
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,129
Said on national television
that the white man pays me

621
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,283
to keep Negroes defenseless.

622
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,284
The white man pays me!

623
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,442
How could you allow it?

624
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,127
It wasn't like that this time, Martin.
I'm telling you...

625
00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:01,641
He spoke with some of the words
he's used before,

626
00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:03,563
but it wasn't aimed at you.

627
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:05,571
It was...

628
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,565
It had more to do with helping us.

629
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,651
Not that you need his help.
I'm just telling you how it was.

630
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,485
This movement, our movement,

631
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,801
has been the one
that has moved the needle.

632
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,487
Our movement changes laws
and day-to-day life for our people.

633
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,688
But what has he changed?

634
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,081
Actually changed?

635
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,285
You don't sound like yourself.
You sound tired.

636
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,289
And you sound enamored.

637
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,365
I didn't mean that.

638
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,691
Corrie.

639
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:48,605
Coretta.

640
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:51,364
I didn't mean that.

641
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:07,764
I'm tired.

642
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:10,770
You're right.

643
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:20,049
Rest then.

644
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:22,481
Rest tonight, Martin.

645
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:28,123
This is not what I want to hear.

646
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,082
How in Christ's sake does
Malcolm X slip into my state,

647
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,891
meet with the wife of the other one,

648
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,968
and give an actual speech
to these nigras

649
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:38,405
who are already riled up enough?

650
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:39,720
I mean, how does that happen,
Colonel Lingo?

651
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,410
Governor...

652
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,643
ls every spook militant in existence
gonna pay us a visit?

653
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,962
Do you know what this means?

654
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,646
Johnson is going to getjumpy.

655
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,806
King and X together is sending him
through the cotton-pickin' stratosphere.

656
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,611
And pictures of nigras
getting beat in the street

657
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:00,886
-doesn't help the matter.
-Governor...

658
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,089
Now I can't make a move
against that backwoods,

659
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:05,605
white trash Sheriff Clark

660
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,284
'cause that'll be seen
as I'm helping King.

661
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,365
But somebody got to
get Jim Clark under control.

662
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:13,520
Election year is coming up

663
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,843
and this black voting business
won't abide.

664
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:18,769
I mean, what's not clear about that?

665
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,042
Look, George, I'm telling you,

666
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:25,808
if the Lord Jesus and Elvis Presley
come visiting and they said,

667
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,965
"Jim, now, we need you to
treat them niggers nice."

668
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,725
Jim Clark would beat the shit
out of the pair of them,

669
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:33,881
then throw them in jail.

670
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,565
Jesus H. Christ.

671
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,484
Jim's a good old boy,
he's a friend of mine.

672
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,050
Jim Clark just ain't that scary.

673
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,081
Now he's playing into their hands.

674
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,325
Now...

675
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,880
If you want fear,

676
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,491
you need dominance in Selma.

677
00:46:54,720 --> 00:47:00,124
Hoover picked up some intel
about a night march.

678
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:01,361
Wasn't announced.

679
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:05,604
It's some locals outside of King's group.
Unofficial, they called it.

680
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:10,129
Supposed to happen tomorrow night
once King leaves jail.

681
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,851
Going to some bleeding heart fundraiser
in California.

682
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:19,685
So...

683
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:22,523
King's out of town.

684
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:24,640
Fewer cameras.

685
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:27,561
And at night.

686
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,366
Find a reason to send us in there.

687
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,967
Let's scare some real sense
into them black bastards.

688
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:35,570
Y'all move back.

689
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,290
Move back now. Get back.

690
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:39,610
Go back to your homes now.

691
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,281
Stop! Leave him be!

692
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:57,407
Mama, come on!

693
00:47:58,120 --> 00:47:59,770
Mama, come on!

694
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,609
We gotta keep moving. Come on.

695
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:07,041
This way, this way.

696
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:08,281
Leave him alone.

697
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:26,126
It's all right.

698
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,083
It's gonna be all right. Okay?

699
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:33,161
Act like you're...

700
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,401
Act like you're reading your menu.
Okay?

701
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:36,801
It's okay.

702
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:39,007
Pops...

703
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,243
It's all right, Mama. It's gonna be cool.

704
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:44,890
It's okay, it's okay.

705
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:51,641
Hey! Hey...

706
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,125
No, get off of him! Just get off of him!

707
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,646
Get Off of him! No!

708
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,124
No! Get off of him!

709
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,291
Stop it! No, no, no!

710
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:12,766
Stop it!

711
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:40,287
Help me.

712
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:54,360
Help me.

713
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:56,760
Jimmie.

714
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,965
Jimmie. Jimmie. Jimmie.

715
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,087
Help me.

716
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:22,805
Sir?

717
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:30,646
Dr. King.

718
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:52,050
There are no words to soothe you,
Mr. Lee.

719
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,487
There are no words.

720
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,768
But I can tell you one thing for certain.

721
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,330
God was the first to cry.

722
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:08,811
Yes.

723
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,048
He was the first to cry for your boy.

724
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:13,884
Yes. I believe that.

725
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:19,489
Is your daughter...

726
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,684
ls Jimmie Lee's mother here, Mr. Lee?

727
00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:28,722
No, she... She couldn't make it.

728
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:38,011
May I ask your age, sir?

729
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,601
Well, I... I got 82 years.

730
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:43,850
1883.

731
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,126
Right.

732
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,282
Yeah. Jimmie...

733
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:52,922
He born in '38.

734
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,089
He a Army man.

735
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,766
I mean, he was... Was an Army man.

736
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,127
In the Army a spell.

737
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:07,448
He say, "Pa, you gonna vote
before you done."

738
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:09,403
That's what he said.

739
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:13,204
He tell me.

740
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:17,608
- He was a good boy.
-Yes.

741
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:18,761
Always good.

742
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:21,524
Always good.

743
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:30,564
Jimmie gone.

744
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:38,001
I'm so sorry.

745
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:44,761
Yeah.

746
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:06,045
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

747
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:14,120
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

748
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,000
We know a state trooper

749
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,287
acting under the orders
of George Wallace

750
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:23,761
pointed the gun and pulled the trigger.

751
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:29,126
But how many other fingers
were on that trigger?

752
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:34,601
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

753
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:41,648
Every white lawman
who abuses the law to terrorize.

754
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,650
Every white politician

755
00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:50,803
akumenang.com

756
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,721
Every white preacher
who preaches the Bible

757
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,610
and stays silent
before his white congregation.

758
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,684
Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

759
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:13,762
Every Negro man and woman
who stands by without joining this fight

760
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,764
as their brothers and sisters
are humiliated,

761
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,730
brutalized, and ripped from this earth!

762
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:28,929
When I heard

763
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:32,368
President Kennedy
had been shot and killed...

764
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,411
And when I heard just yesterday

765
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:38,289
that Malcolm X,

766
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:41,603
who stood in this very church
just three weeks ago,

767
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,682
had been shot and killed,

768
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:47,801
I turned to my wife Coretta

769
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:52,522
and said the same thing I often say
when one of our leaders is struck down,

770
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:57,489
"Our lives are not fully lived

771
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,643
"if we're not willing to die
for those we love

772
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:02,725
"and for what we believe."

773
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,326
But today, Jimmie,

774
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:13,086
we're doing the living
and you've done the dying, dear brother.

775
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:18,324
We will not let your sacrifice
pass in vain, dear brother.

776
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:20,368
We will not let it go!

777
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,647
We will finish what you were after!

778
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:25,166
We will get what you were denied!

779
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:28,767
We will vote and we will
put these men out of office!

780
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,842
We will take their power!

781
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:33,241
We will win
what you were slaughtered for!

782
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,408
Yeah!

783
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:40,447
We're going back to Washington.

784
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,128
We're going to demand
to see the President.

785
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,328
And I'm gonna tell him

786
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,689
that Jimmie was murdered
by an administration

787
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:51,684
that spends millions of dollars every day

788
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:55,128
to sacrifice life
in the name of liberty in Vietnam,

789
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,170
yet lacks the moral will
and the moral courage

790
00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:02,962
to defend the lives
of its own people here in America!

791
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:06,443
We will not let it go!

792
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,446
And if he does not act, we will act.
We will act!

793
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:13,847
We will do it for all of our lost ones.

794
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,281
All of those, like Jimmie Lee Jackson,

795
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:20,126
who have gone too soon, taken by hate!

796
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:29,884
Let me hear the top-tier issues

797
00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:33,885
that have to be evident
in the overall legislation we demand.

798
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:35,121
Let's break it down.

799
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,646
But let's root this discussion
in what we know.

800
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,011
We know Johnson
can't see the full picture.

801
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:42,809
So, let's paint it for him.

802
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:47,005
What are the specific hardships
and humiliations

803
00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:51,005
we can address
within the larger context of legislation?

804
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:55,563
Doc, we gotta start
with banning these laws that

805
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,206
if a Negro tries to register,

806
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:01,011
I mean, actually musters up the courage
to go in that courthouse,

807
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:04,809
that their name and address
is published in the paper.

808
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,247
It gives anybody who wants
to do them any harm

809
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:10,011
their exact location,
and we know how the Klan is.

810
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,845
I hear that. But the poll taxes
got to be our focus first.

811
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,287
'Cause black people are poor!
Black people are poor down here.

812
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:17,284
- Yep.
-And they expected to pay for every year

813
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:19,442
they weren't legally registered
before they can register.

814
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,205
Now, what the hell is that?
Who got that kind of money?

815
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:25,609
Come on now! Listen now!

816
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:28,286
The big issue is voting vouchers.

817
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:29,441
Is that the number one issue?

818
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:30,601
Now hold on. Let me finish.

819
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:32,250
'Cause everybody'll forget
about this part.

820
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,130
But if you're Negro,
the only way you can vote

821
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,806
is if an approved registered
voter vouches for you.

822
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:41,009
Right? So, let's say, you take
some place like Lowndes County,

823
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,242
where there are no Negroes
who are registered

824
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,288
and you've got to have
someone who is registered

825
00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:47,124
to vouch for you.

826
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:48,406
What are you supposed to do?

827
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:51,484
Nobody you know,

828
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:55,804
not a single black person
for 100 miles is registered.

829
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:59,407
So how do you get the voucher, right?

830
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:01,847
To get you into the courthouse door

831
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,321
to pay the poll tax

832
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:06,721
to get your name published

833
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:08,360
and get yourself dead.

834
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:10,921
That's true.

835
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:12,525
We need a new plan!

836
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,204
I can't take him back to Washington

837
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,045
and waltz into the White House
with a list of empty demands.

838
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,049
Tactics, my friends!

839
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,771
We must break down this institution

840
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,730
into the tangible tactics
that it takes to dismantle it.

841
00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:28,167
What's your next move?

842
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:32,450
A march from Selma to Montgomery
to protest and amplify.

843
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:34,568
Well, I'll be damned.

844
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:37,041
This was always part of the plan,
wasn't it?

845
00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:40,044
Provoke some tragedy
in little old Selma, then go big.

846
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:44,047
Get someone killed
and march on the State Capitol!

847
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,125
Selma to Montgomery's
gotta be 50 miles!

848
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,931
You march those people
into rural Alabama unprotected,

849
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:51,161
it's gonna be open season.

850
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:53,686
It's too damn far
and too damn dangerous!

851
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,643
Then propose new legislation, sir.

852
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,331
I can't do that this year. I won't!
I told you.

853
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:00,882
We need your involvement here,
Mr. President.

854
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,611
We deserve your help
as citizens of this country.

855
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,045
Citizens under attack.

856
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,964
Now, you listen to me. You listen to me.

857
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:09,929
You're an activist. I'm a politician.

858
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,606
You got one big issue.
I got a hundred and one.

859
00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:14,648
Now, you demanding more

860
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,041
and putting me on the spot
with this visit, that's okay.

861
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:18,884
That's your job. That's what you do.

862
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:21,566
But I am sick and tired

863
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:26,328
of you demanding and telling me
what I can and what I can't do.

864
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,129
If you want my support
on this voting thing,

865
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,202
I need some quid pro quo from you.

866
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:32,091
What do you want, Mr. President?

867
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:35,482
We have a line on some threats that are

868
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:38,445
particularly troubling.

869
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:40,249
Well, what's new?

870
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:44,928
No, no. This is serious.
Credible threats with detail.

871
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,685
This information,
coming from the FBI, I assume?

872
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:49,926
High-level?

873
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:53,922
The same high-level
that's been tracking us like animals?

874
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:57,686
Bugging our homes
and our hotel rooms.

875
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:01,767
Digging for things that
simply are not there, Lee?

876
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:05,360
This all feels very convenient.

877
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:07,806
Okay.

878
01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,765
This is coming
from Lowndes County, Alabama.

879
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:12,968
Between Selma and Montgomery.

880
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:17,969
I'm telling you, if he were my guy,

881
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:20,441
I'd keep him off the frontlines.

882
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:22,486
Just for a while.

883
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:26,931
Not gonna happen, Lee.

884
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,207
Meet me halfway on this, Martin.

885
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:31,328
I can't, Mr. President.

886
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,124
Can't or won't?

887
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:37,649
I came here hoping
to talk to you about people.

888
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:40,806
People are dying in the street for this.

889
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:43,480
It cannot wait, sir.

890
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:46,482
Mr. President, how did it go?

891
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:53,530
What can I do to help?

892
01:00:56,240 --> 01:00:58,527
Get me J. Edgar Hoover.

893
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:01,086
King,

894
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:04,042
you know you are a complete fraud

895
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:07,169
and a liability to all nigras.

896
01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:10,369
Like all frauds, your end is approaching.

897
01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:12,844
You are done.

898
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:18,481
Your degrees and your fancy awards
will not save you.

899
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:23,847
The American public will
soon know you for what you are,

900
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,288
an evil, abnormal beast.

901
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:46,965
That wasn't me.

902
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,729
That isn't me, Corrie.

903
01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:57,486
I know.

904
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,651
I know what you sound like.

905
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,648
I've gotten used to a lot.

906
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:21,566
All the hours
wondering after your safety,

907
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,367
worried about how you are.

908
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:31,481
This house.

909
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:34,920
Renting here.

910
01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:38,764
No foundation.

911
01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:46,811
Without the things
the children should have,

912
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:49,008
all because of how it would look.

913
01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,567
I have gotten used to it,

914
01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:00,051
for better or worse.

915
01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:07,808
But what I have never gotten used to

916
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:10,168
is the death.

917
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:16,928
The constant closeness of death.

918
01:03:21,400 --> 01:03:24,529
It's become like a thick fog to me.

919
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:29,483
I can't see life sometimes

920
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:33,770
because of the fog of death
constantly hanging over.

921
01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:41,041
People actually say that
they will stop the blood

922
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:44,522
running through the hearts
of our children.

923
01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:47,922
That's what they said on the other end
of that phone line.

924
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:53,846
How they're going to kill my children.

925
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:57,007
And what they'll do to you
and how they'll do it.

926
01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,526
How many years
have I had to listen to this?

927
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:00,726
The filth,

928
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:06,443
deranged and twisted
and just ignorant enough to be serious.

929
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:15,409
If I ask you something,

930
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,442
will you answer me with the truth?

931
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:23,561
Yes.

932
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:29,489
Good, because I am not a fool.

933
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:40,163
Do you love me?

934
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:49,607
Yes, I love you, Coretta.

935
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,287
Do you love any of the others?

936
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:26,889
No.

937
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,006
I need to put the march back a day.

938
01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:48,481
Why?

939
01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:52,087
I have to be home right now.

940
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:58,803
Yes. Okay. I understand.

941
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:05,649
But I have to tell you
the organization looks good.

942
01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:07,245
Real good.

943
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,642
The mood is strong.
And the locals are prepared.

944
01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:12,449
The SNCC kids are ready to go.

945
01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:18,567
We can start it off from Selma,
and you can join in on the second day.

946
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:33,361
I just think it'd be a mistake
to hold people back

947
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:34,965
when their blood is up.

948
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:40,041
I hear you,
but we need to be out there full throttle.

949
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:42,691
This ain't a test run.

950
01:06:42,760 --> 01:06:44,205
We need to get to Montgomery.

951
01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:46,851
I warned Johnson that
we were going to the Capitol.

952
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:48,763
We need to do just that.

953
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:53,082
And I believe we will. We'll get there.

954
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,241
And when we do the real deal,
the finale,

955
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:01,402
when you make the big speech
at the end,

956
01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:03,721
right on Wallace's doorstep.

957
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,926
I don't know, Andy.

958
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:24,083
It'll be just fine.

959
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:28,326
We'll get it started strong.
And you'll finish strong.

960
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:36,962
Okay. Let's proceed.

961
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:39,603
But only one of us walks to start.

962
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:43,651
I don't want to get back on Monday
and find all our leadership in jail.

963
01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:45,760
One of us walks.

964
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:47,850
Understood.

965
01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:54,844
There will be no march
from Selma to Montgomery.

966
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:58,767
It is not conducive to traffic flow
on Route 80.

967
01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:00,285
Or to public safety.

968
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:01,964
Your lives could be in danger,

969
01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:04,247
but we're going to be strong
if we stick together.

970
01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:07,563
Don't fight back.
It's a non-violent movement.

971
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:11,049
Non-violence is not passive.
It's actually very strong.

972
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:14,923
We shouldn't do this, John.
This is not us. This is not SNCC.

973
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:16,240
It's some bullshit.

974
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:19,569
It's gonna do more for King
and the SCLC than for Selma.

975
01:08:19,960 --> 01:08:21,086
This is Alabama.

976
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:23,601
They can keep their asses
in Washington, D.C.

977
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:25,921
You don't tell us how to live our lives.

978
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,321
This is an example of what
you might deal with out there.

979
01:08:28,400 --> 01:08:31,483
What you might experience.
Here we go. Let's show them.

980
01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:33,483
We don't want your kind here.

981
01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:35,164
Go to the bottom of the river, black boy.

982
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:36,844
We're going to put you down
in Alabama River!

983
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:39,082
He's not even here.
How's it gonna do more for him?

984
01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:40,969
Well, why ain't he here, then, man?

985
01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:43,008
Are you listening to yourself?

986
01:08:43,080 --> 01:08:45,401
First, it's gonna do more for him.
Now, it's why he ain't here?

987
01:08:45,480 --> 01:08:46,925
Do you want him here,
or do you not want him here?

988
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:49,685
Honestly, I don't give a rat's ass
about that man. That's your hero.

989
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,684
Let's take these bastards
and stick them down into Alabama River

990
01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:53,966
and never see them again.

991
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:55,485
James, you are so off-base with this.

992
01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:57,324
All this nonsense.
This ain't what SNCC is about.

993
01:08:57,400 --> 01:08:58,526
Don't make me out to be
the bad guy here, John.

994
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:00,329
I'm not!
You're the one playing me small.

995
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,050
Don't demonize me...

996
01:09:02,440 --> 01:09:04,568
You're mad because they called him in.

997
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:07,962
We were here first.
And they called him in.

998
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:10,651
I get it. I understand that.

999
01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:14,042
But if we are really
and truly for the people,

1000
01:09:14,120 --> 01:09:16,441
and the people of Selma chose him,

1001
01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:19,888
well, then the people have spoken.

1002
01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:25,089
And if they want to march,
then I'm marching with them.

1003
01:09:28,240 --> 01:09:29,765
Then, brother,

1004
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,281
you're marching as John Lewis.

1005
01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:35,844
Not as part of SNCC.

1006
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:39,762
It's been voted on and decided.

1007
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:44,725
For this march, you're on your own
with De Lawd and his disciples.

1008
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:17,689
Short man wins. Short man wins.

1009
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:19,810
Short man wins.

1010
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:22,646
All right.

1011
01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:26,808
All right. Who got it?

1012
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:30,045
It's on you, Hosea.

1013
01:10:30,160 --> 01:10:32,731
You ready, young blood? You ready?

1014
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:35,246
- All right. Let's do this.
-All right.

1015
01:10:39,880 --> 01:10:42,611
About 525 Negroes
had left Brown's Chapel

1016
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:44,364
and walked six blocks to cross
Pettus Bridge

1017
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:46,204
and the Alabama River.

1018
01:11:02,080 --> 01:11:03,889
There were young and old,

1019
01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:05,769
and they carried
an assortment of packs,

1020
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:07,922
bed rolls and lunch sacks.

1021
01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:25,250
The troopers were waiting
300 yards beyond the end of the bridge.

1022
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:29,249
Behind the troopers
were dozens of possemen,

1023
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:34,721
15 of them on horses,
and perhaps 100 white spectators.

1024
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:46,849
Can you swim?

1025
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:51,401
Not many swimming pools for black folk
where I come from.

1026
01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:54,090
Yeah.

1027
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:23,848
Andy, it's Bayard. Everybody there?

1028
01:13:24,120 --> 01:13:25,121
Yes.

1029
01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:26,406
Turn on CBS right now, Andy.

1030
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:27,720
Right now. You have a TV there?

1031
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:29,889
- Yes. Now?
-Right now!

1032
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:31,964
Turn on the television set.

1033
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:37,044
We interrupt this program to bring you
a special bulletin from CBS News.

1034
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:55,241
Give 'em two minutes. Stand right there.

1035
01:13:55,320 --> 01:13:56,685
We're ready.

1036
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:12,002
This is an unlawful assembly.

1037
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:14,401
You have two minutes to disperse.

1038
01:14:14,480 --> 01:14:17,211
Go home or go to your church.

1039
01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,483
This march will not continue.

1040
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:22,849
Two minutes.

1041
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:28,845
May I have a word with the Major?

1042
01:14:31,240 --> 01:14:33,083
There's no word to be had.

1043
01:14:35,480 --> 01:14:37,403
Major Cloud, may we speak with you?

1044
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:52,124
Troopers, advance!

1045
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,451
Seventy million people
are watching this.

1046
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:12,443
The first 10 or 20 Negroes

1047
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:15,285
were swept to the ground screaming,
arms and legs flying,

1048
01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:18,523
packs and bags went skittering
across the grassy divider.

1049
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:35,846
Those still on their feet retreated.

1050
01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:37,968
A cheer went up
from the white spectators

1051
01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:39,690
lining the south side of the highway.

1052
01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:49,050
Come on. You gotta come on.

1053
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:50,246
Please, don't...

1054
01:15:51,840 --> 01:15:55,003
The troopers continued pushing,
using both the force of their bodies

1055
01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:56,525
and the prodding of their nightsticks.

1056
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:14,841
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound,
like a gunshot,

1057
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:19,050
and a gray cloud spewed over
the troopers and the Negroes.

1058
01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:21,600
But before the cloud hid it all,

1059
01:16:21,720 --> 01:16:25,884
there were several seconds
of unobstructed view.

1060
01:16:46,240 --> 01:16:50,325
Fifteen or 20 nightsticks
could be seen through the gas,

1061
01:16:50,400 --> 01:16:53,051
flailing at the heads of the marchers.

1062
01:16:54,600 --> 01:16:57,809
The Negroes cried out
as they crowded together for protection,

1063
01:16:57,880 --> 01:17:00,042
and the whites on the sidelines
whooped and cheered.

1064
01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,525
From the hospital
came reports of victims

1065
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:19,844
suffering fractures of ribs,
heads, arms and legs.

1066
01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:21,922
And Negro leader John Lewis,

1067
01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:24,321
despite injury from
a possible skull fracture,

1068
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:26,209
led the marchers back to the chapel

1069
01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:28,362
after the encounter with officers.

1070
01:17:29,280 --> 01:17:30,725
Help!

1071
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:32,241
Help!

1072
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:40,891
He said,
"I don't see how President Johnson

1073
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:42,371
"can send troops to Vietnam

1074
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:46,406
"and can't send troops
to Selma, Alabama."

1075
01:17:46,480 --> 01:17:50,610
To which the Negroes present
roared their approval.

1076
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:35,206
Gerry! Gerry, come with us!
Come with us!

1077
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:36,566
We need your gun, man!

1078
01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:38,005
I can't walk!

1079
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:40,686
Come with us. We know you got
them guns in the shed, Gerry.

1080
01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:43,127
Hey, hey, hey, what you need guns for?

1081
01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:44,884
The Bible says,
"An eye for an eye," Reverend.

1082
01:18:44,960 --> 01:18:46,530
- Yeah?
-I'm sick of this shit!

1083
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:48,682
How many guns
you think they got down there?

1084
01:18:48,760 --> 01:18:50,649
That's an entire army down there.

1085
01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:53,041
What you got? A couple of 32s? A .38?

1086
01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:54,451
Maybe a couple of old scatterguns?
What?

1087
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:57,046
I got enough to kill a couple
of them crackers, that's what I got!

1088
01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:00,408
And how many of us you think
they gonna kill in retaliation?

1089
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:03,609
With their 12-gauge pump-actions,
their Colt automatics,

1090
01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:06,160
their Remingtons,
their helicopters, their tanks!

1091
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:10,282
We won't win that way,
and I ain't talking about the Bible.

1092
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:14,804
I ain't talking what's right by God.
I am talking facts. Cold, hard facts!

1093
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:19,249
Now, you take two of them,
and they take 10 of us.

1094
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:22,927
No. We have to win another way.

1095
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:26,482
...to our regularly scheduled program.

1096
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:36,208
We're going back to the bridge.

1097
01:19:39,680 --> 01:19:43,207
We're going to finish this,
we promise you that, Ms. Amelia.

1098
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:48,283
We go again.

1099
01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:56,131
Dr. King! Can we get a statement, sir?

1100
01:19:56,200 --> 01:19:59,010
Dr. King! Morning, Doctor.
Can we get a statement, please?

1101
01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:00,491
- Morning.
-Morning.

1102
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:07,330
While rageful violence continues
towards the unarmed people of Selma,

1103
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:13,449
while they are assaulted with tear gas
and batons like an enemy in a war,

1104
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:17,081
no citizen of this country
can call themselves blameless,

1105
01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:20,846
for we all bear a responsibility
for our fellow man.

1106
01:20:21,480 --> 01:20:24,484
I am appealing to
men and women of God

1107
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:26,562
and goodwill everywhere,

1108
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:28,961
white, black and otherwise.

1109
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:34,809
If you believe all are created equal,
come to Selma.

1110
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:39,329
Join us. Join our march
against injustice and inhumanity.

1111
01:20:40,240 --> 01:20:41,890
We need you to stand with us.

1112
01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:47,524
Judge Johnson, Dr. King's call-to-action

1113
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:49,329
was nationally televised.

1114
01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:52,848
We've seen hundreds of people
travel across the country

1115
01:20:52,920 --> 01:20:54,684
to attend tomorrow's march,

1116
01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:58,845
mostly white,
mostly clergy of some kind.

1117
01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,569
The SCLC is seeking
a federal court order

1118
01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:07,122
enjoining the state authorities
from interfering with the next march.

1119
01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:10,567
You're asking me to overturn
the Governor's mandate

1120
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:12,688
and to do so without a hearing,

1121
01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:16,082
but it's not going to happen at all
without a proper proceeding.

1122
01:21:16,160 --> 01:21:19,130
Dr. King is in position to
lead tomorrow's march, Judge.

1123
01:21:19,200 --> 01:21:23,205
Understood, but you will have
your day in court on Thursday, Mr. Gray.

1124
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:26,090
Meanwhile, there will be
no march tomorrow.

1125
01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:28,686
I will not oppose Wallace
against protocol.

1126
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,924
"Thousands head south
in moral crusade."

1127
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:41,009
The SCLC already filed an appeal
against Wallace's orders this morning.

1128
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,568
You want my advice, Mr. President?

1129
01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:47,485
You have to ask?

1130
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:50,564
Give King the march to Montgomery.

1131
01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:55,603
Do that, and then Selma's over.

1132
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:58,201
Then you're back in control.

1133
01:21:58,360 --> 01:22:00,362
In control of what?

1134
01:22:00,440 --> 01:22:02,329
Another civil war?

1135
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:05,847
This ain't about the goddamn march.
You think he cares about the march?

1136
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:08,526
He wants the law changed, now.

1137
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:10,609
I've got Congress
calling me by the dozens.

1138
01:22:10,680 --> 01:22:13,160
I've got picketing that gets
bigger and bigger every day.

1139
01:22:13,280 --> 01:22:15,851
He tugs on their goddamn
white liberal conscience.

1140
01:22:16,320 --> 01:22:17,287
Every march pulls 'em.

1141
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:20,330
Especially when people
are getting beat up in the streets.

1142
01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:26,246
These pictures are
going around the world, Lee.

1143
01:22:26,640 --> 01:22:30,247
I understand, Mr. President.
All the more reason to act now.

1144
01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:31,367
I'm gonna act now.

1145
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:34,926
You tell Wallace
and those backwater hicks

1146
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:37,082
I don't want to see any more
of this horseshit.

1147
01:22:37,160 --> 01:22:40,289
And you tell King he best not march,
you hear me?

1148
01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:43,807
Either King stops and Wallace stops,

1149
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:45,848
or I'll stop 'em both.

1150
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:49,447
I'm here on the President's order
to try and make this work.

1151
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:52,245
Please work with me.

1152
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:55,363
So we give up the march and you...

1153
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:57,765
You give what?

1154
01:22:58,720 --> 01:23:00,245
We asked for federal protection.

1155
01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:01,810
And with no disrespect,

1156
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:03,370
but when the Assistant Attorney General

1157
01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:05,522
is the highest-ranking
federal official in Selma,

1158
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:07,807
we have our answer.

1159
01:23:07,920 --> 01:23:09,160
And it's not the one we want.

1160
01:23:09,240 --> 01:23:13,962
Might I suggest that
you speak with Governor Wallace

1161
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:16,646
and Sheriff Clark
and urge them against violence

1162
01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:20,401
instead of trying to persuade us
not to have a peaceful protest?

1163
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:28,203
Maybe we can make a deal.

1164
01:23:29,480 --> 01:23:31,130
What if I

1165
01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:34,007
could assure you that the administration

1166
01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:36,765
would endorse a later march

1167
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:38,571
if tomorrow is called off?

1168
01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:44,569
You know what?
He's closer than you may think

1169
01:23:44,640 --> 01:23:47,291
to coming around on this issue.

1170
01:23:48,200 --> 01:23:50,726
I believe this compromise
might be agreeable.

1171
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:52,040
Mr. Doar?

1172
01:23:53,080 --> 01:23:57,608
Thousands have gathered here
to demonstrate their dignity.

1173
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:01,169
I don't want to
challenge Judge Johnson.

1174
01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:04,449
I don't want to go against the President.
I don't want any of this.

1175
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:08,045
The President could stop this
with a stroke of his pen.

1176
01:24:08,120 --> 01:24:10,248
He chooses not to.

1177
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:12,800
The decision is with your side, sir,

1178
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:15,001
not ours.

1179
01:24:24,360 --> 01:24:26,124
Good to see you, Father.
Good to see you.

1180
01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:27,565
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for coming out.

1181
01:24:27,640 --> 01:24:29,563
Hello, sister.
Good to see you this afternoon.

1182
01:24:31,520 --> 01:24:33,010
You came.

1183
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:36,886
You called and we came, my friend.
You are not alone, my friend.

1184
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:38,121
Welcome, welcome.

1185
01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:39,645
- Hi, what's your name?
-Susan.

1186
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:41,444
Hi, I'm Viola. Welcome to Selma.

1187
01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:44,367
- Yes, ma'am, I'm good. How are you?
-Fine, thank you.

1188
01:24:44,440 --> 01:24:46,044
What is your name
and where are you from, sir?

1189
01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:48,930
My name is James Reeb.
I've come from Boston.

1190
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:52,322
Tell me, why have you traveled here,
Mr. Reeb?

1191
01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:56,760
I heard about the attack
of innocent people

1192
01:24:56,840 --> 01:24:58,205
who just want their rights,

1193
01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:03,481
and I couldn't just stand by
when Dr. King put out that call to clergy.

1194
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:04,766
I couldn't.

1195
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:07,691
The President doesn't
want us to march today.

1196
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:10,647
The courts don't want us to march.

1197
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:11,801
But we must march.

1198
01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:12,927
Yeah!

1199
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:14,729
- We must stand up.
- Yeah !

1200
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:18,646
We must make a massive
demonstration of our moral certainty.

1201
01:25:22,360 --> 01:25:26,081
I'm so glad we're here together today.

1202
01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:28,727
I thank you for standing up.

1203
01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:32,083
For we shall be victorious in our quest.

1204
01:25:32,160 --> 01:25:35,130
We shall cross the finish line
hand in hand.

1205
01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:40,690
For we shall overcome. All right.

1206
01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:20,525
Troopers, withdraw!

1207
01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:48,642
My point is,
after what happened the last time,

1208
01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:50,848
if it don't feel right, we don't do it.
That's my point.

1209
01:29:50,920 --> 01:29:52,763
We've been going round
and round on this for hours,

1210
01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:54,365
and nothing's gonna
change the fact that

1211
01:29:54,440 --> 01:29:56,329
it was Doc's decision
and we have to support him.

1212
01:29:56,400 --> 01:29:57,970
This is a movement of many, not of one.

1213
01:29:58,080 --> 01:29:59,605
So any choice we make
has to be right for many.

1214
01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:00,920
Come on, Diane. Now, you know

1215
01:30:01,040 --> 01:30:02,201
that's not what I meant by that, all right?

1216
01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:04,567
People are angry, Dr. King.

1217
01:30:05,080 --> 01:30:09,927
Angry. They went back to that bridge
because they were hot about Sunday.

1218
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:11,923
That was our moment out there today.

1219
01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:13,365
And you threw it away.

1220
01:30:13,920 --> 01:30:16,366
They could've sealed off
the road behind us.

1221
01:30:16,440 --> 01:30:20,365
No food, water,
no kind of support allowed through.

1222
01:30:21,160 --> 01:30:22,650
We wouldn't have made 10 miles.

1223
01:30:22,720 --> 01:30:24,085
You saying this was a trap?

1224
01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:28,851
I don't know what it was.

1225
01:30:29,560 --> 01:30:31,767
That was no trap!

1226
01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:33,729
You know why they opened up
the road to us?

1227
01:30:34,160 --> 01:30:37,084
Because all them nice,
respectable white folks was with us,

1228
01:30:37,200 --> 01:30:38,964
and we should've capitalized on that.

1229
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:41,327
Because they're not gonna be
around here for long. They never are!

1230
01:30:41,400 --> 01:30:43,641
It was Martin's call. It's done.

1231
01:30:43,720 --> 01:30:45,529
He made the wrong goddamn call!

1232
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:46,965
Hey, watch your mouth, young man!

1233
01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:49,646
Two days ago,
you didn't wanna march at all.

1234
01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:52,121
And now you're mad because
it didn't go the way you planned?

1235
01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:53,884
Calm down, brother.

1236
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:01,447
Now, what happened out there today?
You gotta tell us something. Please.

1237
01:31:09,120 --> 01:31:11,851
I'd rather people be upset and hate me

1238
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:14,924
than be bleeding or dead.

1239
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:12,571
My dearest Corrie,

1240
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:16,642
at a time when I need you,

1241
01:32:17,640 --> 01:32:19,608
I cannot call you.

1242
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:25,842
And I have done this to myself, to us.

1243
01:32:29,480 --> 01:32:31,528
At this late hour,

1244
01:32:32,720 --> 01:32:35,007
my thoughts are of you

1245
01:32:35,120 --> 01:32:38,886
and all you have sacrificed
for this struggle.

1246
01:32:40,400 --> 01:32:43,370
So many have sacrificed.

1247
01:32:44,440 --> 01:32:46,886
So many have been lost.

1248
01:32:48,160 --> 01:32:51,767
I wonder how many must we lose.

1249
01:32:55,680 --> 01:33:00,811
I pray for discernment and guidance
as we journey on.

1250
01:33:02,400 --> 01:33:06,962
I pray, too, that I can justify
the faith you once had in me.

1251
01:33:09,640 --> 01:33:16,285
I, too, often feel that
heavy fog you spoke of, Corrie.

1252
01:33:18,800 --> 01:33:23,806
Only you and our family clears the haze.

1253
01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:29,090
Love, Martin.

1254
01:33:31,960 --> 01:33:33,166
He betrayed trust.

1255
01:33:33,640 --> 01:33:36,849
He called, we came,
and he didn't fulfill his own call.

1256
01:33:36,920 --> 01:33:39,048
Yeah, but sometimes
it's not that clear-cut.

1257
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,407
Sometimes it's instinctual.

1258
01:33:42,360 --> 01:33:44,044
Like when you're preaching,

1259
01:33:44,720 --> 01:33:46,449
and you're just flying.

1260
01:33:47,720 --> 01:33:50,883
You know, you're not on the notes.
You're not on memory.

1261
01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:55,443
You're tapped into what's higher,
what's true.

1262
01:33:56,320 --> 01:33:57,651
God is guiding you.

1263
01:33:59,320 --> 01:34:02,529
I've known that feeling.
It's rare, but I've known it.

1264
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:09,800
I think that's what happened to Dr. King
up there on the bridge today.

1265
01:34:09,880 --> 01:34:12,360
He kneeled down,
prayed to God and got an answer.

1266
01:34:12,440 --> 01:34:15,330
And he was brave enough
to follow that answer,

1267
01:34:15,400 --> 01:34:18,290
and I, for one, don't fault him for it.

1268
01:34:18,360 --> 01:34:20,647
Except he owes me a bus ticket home.

1269
01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:22,685
You know what
I hate more than niggers?

1270
01:34:22,800 --> 01:34:24,131
What's that?

1271
01:34:24,760 --> 01:34:25,886
White niggers.

1272
01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:28,325
Look, we don't want trouble, okay?

1273
01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:30,164
No, you came here stirrin' trouble.

1274
01:34:47,560 --> 01:34:48,607
Doc,

1275
01:34:50,520 --> 01:34:51,885
someone's been hurt.

1276
01:34:56,640 --> 01:34:59,689
A priest, from Boston.

1277
01:35:01,240 --> 01:35:02,401
White.

1278
01:35:03,680 --> 01:35:06,331
Now you know what
being a nigger around here

1279
01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:08,164
feels like, boy.

1280
01:35:08,680 --> 01:35:10,967
Hurt? How?

1281
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:18,966
Dead.

1282
01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:36,325
I need a phone!

1283
01:35:37,680 --> 01:35:41,571
Chicago, Detroit, Boston, I don't care.

1284
01:35:41,640 --> 01:35:44,246
Hell, you got 2,000 people
marching up in Harlem.

1285
01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:45,401
Well, good for you.

1286
01:35:45,480 --> 01:35:48,051
But when you have people
come inside the White House?

1287
01:35:48,120 --> 01:35:50,805
Inside the White House! On a tour?

1288
01:35:51,160 --> 01:35:52,446
They just sat down, Martin.

1289
01:35:52,520 --> 01:35:55,205
They sat down in the main corridor,
started singin' and shoutin'.

1290
01:35:55,360 --> 01:35:56,521
Well, I won't have it!

1291
01:35:56,600 --> 01:35:58,011
I cannot stop people from expressing...

1292
01:35:58,080 --> 01:35:59,764
You can! You can stop them.

1293
01:36:00,040 --> 01:36:03,726
No, you can stop it.
You, sir, can do more.

1294
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:06,963
Now I'm glad to hear that you
called Reverend Reeb's widow, sir.

1295
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:09,008
That is very fine, and it is right.

1296
01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:11,048
I only wish that
Jimmie Lee Jackson's family

1297
01:36:11,160 --> 01:36:12,650
would have received
the same consideration

1298
01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:13,767
from their President.

1299
01:36:13,840 --> 01:36:15,842
Don't you lay your guilt at my door.

1300
01:36:15,920 --> 01:36:17,331
You're the one choosing to send

1301
01:36:17,400 --> 01:36:20,051
people out to slaughter
when we told you there was trouble.

1302
01:36:20,120 --> 01:36:21,281
We won't sit idle

1303
01:36:21,360 --> 01:36:24,125
while you wait another year or two
to send this bill up at your leisure.

1304
01:36:24,200 --> 01:36:26,282
That should be clear by now.

1305
01:36:26,360 --> 01:36:30,206
We will continue to demonstrate
until you take action, sir.

1306
01:36:30,280 --> 01:36:32,442
And if our President
won't protect our rights,

1307
01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:33,931
we will take this fight to court.

1308
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:37,287
You know, I'm... I'm trying here.

1309
01:36:37,360 --> 01:36:39,010
We're getting close
to figuring something out

1310
01:36:39,080 --> 01:36:42,004
on this voting thing,
but I will not have this!

1311
01:36:43,400 --> 01:36:47,086
This bill has been almost impossible
to craft, you hear me?

1312
01:36:47,160 --> 01:36:50,562
You think you're jugglin', Martin?
I'm jugglin', too.

1313
01:36:52,320 --> 01:36:54,448
I am a preacher from Atlanta.

1314
01:36:54,840 --> 01:36:56,842
You are the man
who won the presidency

1315
01:36:56,920 --> 01:36:58,649
of the world's most powerful nation

1316
01:36:58,720 --> 01:37:02,042
by the greatest landslide
in history four months ago.

1317
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:03,640
And you are the man

1318
01:37:03,720 --> 01:37:07,930
dismantling your own legacy
with each passing day.

1319
01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:11,402
No one will remember
the Civil Rights Act.

1320
01:37:11,920 --> 01:37:14,526
But they will remember
the standoff in Selma

1321
01:37:14,640 --> 01:37:17,325
when you never even
set foot in this state.

1322
01:37:17,400 --> 01:37:20,961
They will remember you saying,
"Wait," and "I can't,"

1323
01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:24,442
unless you act, sir.

1324
01:37:36,280 --> 01:37:38,169
- Evenin'.
-Evenin'.

1325
01:37:54,320 --> 01:37:56,641
I wanted to speak privately.

1326
01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:00,365
I know there's been trouble
with the group,

1327
01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:04,809
and I apologize that our efforts
have caused a rift between y'all.

1328
01:38:06,480 --> 01:38:10,121
That's a painful thing, I know,
and I'm truly sorry it's happened.

1329
01:38:11,600 --> 01:38:14,604
Yeah, painful.

1330
01:38:20,440 --> 01:38:23,171
LBJ is not moving, John.

1331
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:26,926
I thought he would,
but our efforts are not working,

1332
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:29,367
and I can't risk another march
with people getting killed

1333
01:38:29,440 --> 01:38:31,204
when it's not working. I won't do it.

1334
01:38:32,320 --> 01:38:35,403
We need voting, not marching.
You know that.

1335
01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:40,649
We have to move beyond these protests
to some real political power.

1336
01:38:40,720 --> 01:38:43,041
This can't go on forever like this.

1337
01:38:44,720 --> 01:38:46,688
I can't go on like this.

1338
01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:04,090
When I was...

1339
01:39:06,040 --> 01:39:09,965
When I was working with SNCC
on the Freedom Rides,

1340
01:39:12,640 --> 01:39:16,122
the Montgomery bus
reached the city limits.

1341
01:39:17,800 --> 01:39:20,246
We got off. And out of nowhere,

1342
01:39:21,640 --> 01:39:25,611
from all directions, they came.

1343
01:39:28,320 --> 01:39:31,608
There was men, women.

1344
01:39:33,720 --> 01:39:35,165
Kids, too.

1345
01:39:38,280 --> 01:39:42,649
They had just about every makeshift
weapon you could think of.

1346
01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:45,451
I mean, bats, bricks,

1347
01:39:46,720 --> 01:39:50,281
tire irons, pipes.

1348
01:39:54,080 --> 01:39:55,809
I remember...

1349
01:39:57,240 --> 01:40:01,404
I remember this little girl
just clawing her nails

1350
01:40:01,480 --> 01:40:05,405
into the side of my friend Jessie's face

1351
01:40:05,520 --> 01:40:09,605
while her daddy...
Her daddy beat him with an ax handle.

1352
01:40:12,720 --> 01:40:14,529
Jessie was unconscious,

1353
01:40:14,600 --> 01:40:18,082
and they just kept beating on him
and beating on him.

1354
01:40:22,120 --> 01:40:25,442
I must've passed out
on the asphalt somewhere.

1355
01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:34,843
Next day, I found myself patched up
and sitting in a church.

1356
01:40:35,640 --> 01:40:39,201
I could barely hold my head up,
but I needed to be there.

1357
01:40:41,120 --> 01:40:43,202
You were gonna be speaking.

1358
01:40:44,080 --> 01:40:46,242
And I needed to hear you.

1359
01:40:48,920 --> 01:40:51,844
And I was feeling down,
but you got up there.

1360
01:40:54,440 --> 01:40:56,010
You remember that day at all?

1361
01:40:57,720 --> 01:41:00,530
I don't think we remember it
the same way.

1362
01:41:02,040 --> 01:41:03,644
What'd I say, John?

1363
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:07,321
I'm about to tell you right now.

1364
01:41:08,640 --> 01:41:10,529
And I hope you hear me.

1365
01:41:12,840 --> 01:41:15,286
You said that we would triumph.

1366
01:41:16,080 --> 01:41:19,687
That we would triumph
because there could be no other way.

1367
01:41:23,760 --> 01:41:25,683
And you know what else you said?

1368
01:41:30,720 --> 01:41:31,767
You said,

1369
01:41:32,760 --> 01:41:34,205
"Fear not.

1370
01:41:35,600 --> 01:41:38,604
"We've come too far to turn back now."

1371
01:41:50,600 --> 01:41:54,127
I feel good about where we are.
We have a strong case.

1372
01:41:54,200 --> 01:41:55,531
- We can do this.
-Right.

1373
01:41:56,880 --> 01:41:59,929
Now, Ms. Cooper
and Ms. Boynton are here,

1374
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:02,287
and they need to be ready.

1375
01:42:03,640 --> 01:42:06,644
A lot depends
on what they have to say. Okay?

1376
01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:08,210
I hear what you're saying, but...

1377
01:42:30,200 --> 01:42:31,565
You're here.

1378
01:42:34,040 --> 01:42:35,849
Yes, I'm here.

1379
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:42,760
I'm glad.

1380
01:42:56,760 --> 01:42:58,728
Just in time.

1381
01:42:59,080 --> 01:43:01,447
In the matter of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference

1382
01:43:01,520 --> 01:43:02,931
v. the state of Alabama,

1383
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:06,561
I will now hear testimony
from the plaintiffs. Mr. Gray.

1384
01:43:07,720 --> 01:43:10,041
Your Honor, you will hear testimony
from the victims

1385
01:43:10,160 --> 01:43:13,403
who were beaten and bludgeoned
in their quest for freedom.

1386
01:43:13,480 --> 01:43:16,450
For their right to vote
and to self-determine.

1387
01:43:17,160 --> 01:43:18,286
The fact of the matter, Your Honor,

1388
01:43:18,360 --> 01:43:21,330
is that the incidents that occurred
cannot be disputed.

1389
01:43:21,760 --> 01:43:24,161
These particular circumstances

1390
01:43:24,680 --> 01:43:30,130
will paint a thorough picture
of the horrific events endured in Selma.

1391
01:43:30,800 --> 01:43:33,007
Very well, you may proceed.

1392
01:43:33,080 --> 01:43:37,210
Mr. King, you went out on that bridge
in direct violation of that judge's orders.

1393
01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:41,367
You deliberately disobeyed this judge
and the Governor, did you not?

1394
01:43:42,640 --> 01:43:45,723
Thousands of people came to Selma,

1395
01:43:45,800 --> 01:43:48,804
aroused by Sunday's brutal acts

1396
01:43:49,200 --> 01:43:52,886
exacted by officials of the city of Selma

1397
01:43:52,960 --> 01:43:54,803
and the state of Alabama.

1398
01:43:54,880 --> 01:43:57,884
I felt if I had not led the march,

1399
01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:02,244
pent-up emotions and inner tensions
would have led to an uncontrollable

1400
01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:04,402
retaliatory situation,

1401
01:44:05,800 --> 01:44:08,246
a violent situation on both sides.

1402
01:44:08,320 --> 01:44:10,129
I don't need any of your preaching
and prancing in here,

1403
01:44:10,200 --> 01:44:11,486
you hear? I want an answer.

1404
01:44:11,560 --> 01:44:14,086
- Objection.
-Watch it, counselor.

1405
01:44:14,600 --> 01:44:15,840
I'm trying very hard, Judge.

1406
01:44:16,200 --> 01:44:17,565
Try harder, counselor.

1407
01:44:23,240 --> 01:44:26,449
It seems basic to
our constitutional principles

1408
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:29,729
that the extent of the right to assemble,

1409
01:44:30,520 --> 01:44:32,284
and demonstrate and march

1410
01:44:32,360 --> 01:44:34,010
along the highway in a peaceful manner

1411
01:44:34,120 --> 01:44:35,770
ought to be commensurate

1412
01:44:35,840 --> 01:44:38,047
with the enormity of the wrongs

1413
01:44:38,120 --> 01:44:40,851
that are being protested
and petitioned against.

1414
01:44:41,680 --> 01:44:46,208
In this case, the wrongs are enormous.

1415
01:44:48,680 --> 01:44:49,806
Therefore,

1416
01:44:50,800 --> 01:44:54,043
the extent of the right to demonstrate

1417
01:44:54,120 --> 01:44:57,602
in an estimated five-day march
from Selma to Montgomery

1418
01:44:58,280 --> 01:44:59,964
has been approved accordingly.

1419
01:45:00,240 --> 01:45:02,242
- Yes!
-Thank God!

1420
01:45:04,040 --> 01:45:06,805
There's no further business
with this court.

1421
01:45:06,880 --> 01:45:10,601
These proceedings are concluded,
with our thanks to the litigants.

1422
01:45:11,920 --> 01:45:13,729
Good day, gentlemen.

1423
01:45:29,160 --> 01:45:30,207
Yeah, that's right.

1424
01:45:30,280 --> 01:45:33,090
Well, now, we don't like
to have no mistakes, if you...

1425
01:45:33,160 --> 01:45:34,321
If you're sure about it.

1426
01:45:35,400 --> 01:45:39,041
Bayard says that Harry says
he can get Nina Simone,

1427
01:45:39,120 --> 01:45:43,250
Dick Gregory, Joan Baez,
Peter, Paul and Mary in.

1428
01:45:44,200 --> 01:45:45,804
Come on now.
We don't got money for that.

1429
01:45:45,880 --> 01:45:48,360
Well, Harry is chartering
a plane himself.

1430
01:45:48,480 --> 01:45:51,450
Day-O, day-Q

1431
01:45:52,360 --> 01:45:56,251
Daylight come
and me wan' go home

1432
01:45:56,320 --> 01:46:01,690
President's angling for your blocking
of the march to be overturned.

1433
01:46:02,360 --> 01:46:04,966
Unfortunately, all my maneuvers
have been put on hold

1434
01:46:05,040 --> 01:46:07,884
akumenang.com

1435
01:46:16,400 --> 01:46:17,640
Governor, you wanted to talk.

1436
01:46:18,640 --> 01:46:20,847
Well, Mr. President...

1437
01:46:21,440 --> 01:46:27,288
Malcontents are disrupting Alabama,
and it's your responsibility to stop them.

1438
01:46:28,040 --> 01:46:30,725
They're protesting about the right to vote

1439
01:46:30,800 --> 01:46:34,122
and the way they're treated in your state.

1440
01:46:34,240 --> 01:46:38,404
So that's your problem,
your responsibility,

1441
01:46:38,480 --> 01:46:40,482
and it's on your watch.

1442
01:46:41,160 --> 01:46:43,208
Mr. President, I disagree.

1443
01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:47,242
We have a certain way things are done.
It's the way it is.

1444
01:46:47,320 --> 01:46:49,482
And it's the way
the people want it to stay.

1445
01:46:51,640 --> 01:46:53,927
George, why are you doing this?

1446
01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:55,923
Your whole career
has been working for the poor.

1447
01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:57,684
Why are you off on this black thing?

1448
01:46:58,200 --> 01:47:00,851
Well, 'cause you can't ever satisfy them.

1449
01:47:01,920 --> 01:47:03,763
First, it's the front seat of the bus.

1450
01:47:03,840 --> 01:47:06,525
Next, it's take over the parks,

1451
01:47:06,600 --> 01:47:10,889
then it's the public schools,
then it's voting, then it's jobs,

1452
01:47:11,160 --> 01:47:14,369
then it's distribution of wealth
without work.

1453
01:47:17,040 --> 01:47:18,929
George, you seen
all those demonstrators

1454
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:20,331
out front of the White House

1455
01:47:20,400 --> 01:47:22,607
keeping my Lady Bird awake
the whole damn night?

1456
01:47:22,680 --> 01:47:24,648
Oh, yes, Mr. President. I saw them.

1457
01:47:24,720 --> 01:47:27,610
Well, let's go out there, you and I,

1458
01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:31,321
and announce that you've decided to
let the blacks vote undeterred,

1459
01:47:31,760 --> 01:47:33,489
and this whole mess will go away.

1460
01:47:33,560 --> 01:47:36,530
And I don't have to draft bills
or force the issue.

1461
01:47:37,120 --> 01:47:39,805
Now, why don't we do that, George?

1462
01:47:39,880 --> 01:47:42,724
Why don't you just let the niggers vote?

1463
01:47:43,560 --> 01:47:45,722
You agree they got the right to vote,
dontyou?

1464
01:47:45,800 --> 01:47:47,643
There's no quarrel with that.

1465
01:47:47,720 --> 01:47:49,802
I know that. That's the law.

1466
01:47:50,720 --> 01:47:52,563
Then why don't you just let 'em vote?

1467
01:47:52,960 --> 01:47:55,725
I don't have that power.
it belongs to the county registrars.

1468
01:47:55,800 --> 01:47:58,690
Now, don't shit me
about who runs Alabama.

1469
01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:01,490
I don't have any legal power

1470
01:48:01,560 --> 01:48:04,370
over the county registrars,
Mr. President.

1471
01:48:04,640 --> 01:48:06,722
They have their regulations
and they adhere.

1472
01:48:07,400 --> 01:48:10,210
Are you trying to shit me,
George Wallace?

1473
01:48:10,280 --> 01:48:12,567
Are you trying
to fuck over your President?

1474
01:48:12,640 --> 01:48:13,846
Mr. President...

1475
01:48:13,920 --> 01:48:16,161
We shouldn't even
be thinking about 1965.

1476
01:48:16,240 --> 01:48:18,971
We should be thinking about 1985.

1477
01:48:19,680 --> 01:48:21,808
You and I'll be
both dead and gone by then.

1478
01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:25,167
In 1985, what do you want looking back?

1479
01:48:25,240 --> 01:48:27,004
You want people
remembering you sayin',

1480
01:48:27,080 --> 01:48:31,529
"Wait," or "I can't," or, "it's too hard"?

1481
01:48:34,440 --> 01:48:37,444
I don't right care what they think,

1482
01:48:37,560 --> 01:48:39,927
and you shouldn't neither.

1483
01:48:44,760 --> 01:48:45,921
Well...

1484
01:48:47,360 --> 01:48:49,488
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let history

1485
01:48:49,560 --> 01:48:52,928
put me in the same place
as the likes of you.

1486
01:48:56,960 --> 01:49:00,043
I speak tonight for the dignity of man

1487
01:49:00,720 --> 01:49:03,803
and the destiny of democracy.

1488
01:49:04,680 --> 01:49:08,002
At times, history and fate

1489
01:49:08,080 --> 01:49:11,971
meet at a single time in a single place.

1490
01:49:13,200 --> 01:49:18,127
So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.

1491
01:49:19,440 --> 01:49:22,444
There, long suffering men and women

1492
01:49:22,800 --> 01:49:28,409
peacefully protested the denial
of their rights as Americans.

1493
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:30,642
Rarely in any time

1494
01:49:30,720 --> 01:49:34,122
does an issue lay bare the secret heart

1495
01:49:34,920 --> 01:49:36,888
of America itself.

1496
01:49:37,840 --> 01:49:42,402
The issue for equal rights
for the American Negro

1497
01:49:42,480 --> 01:49:44,323
is that issue.

1498
01:49:45,040 --> 01:49:46,166
For this issue,

1499
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:50,686
many of them were brutally assaulted.

1500
01:49:54,520 --> 01:49:58,923
There is no Negro problem.
There is no Southern problem.

1501
01:49:59,680 --> 01:50:02,684
There is only an American problem.

1502
01:50:05,840 --> 01:50:08,684
The Constitution says that

1503
01:50:08,760 --> 01:50:12,321
no person shall be kept from voting

1504
01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:15,051
because of his race or color.

1505
01:50:16,280 --> 01:50:20,285
To correct the denial
of this fundamental right,

1506
01:50:20,360 --> 01:50:24,888
this Wednesday,
I will send to Congress a law

1507
01:50:24,960 --> 01:50:29,045
designed to eliminate
these illegal barriers.

1508
01:50:29,600 --> 01:50:32,001
The bill will strike down

1509
01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:35,846
voting restrictions in all elections,

1510
01:50:35,920 --> 01:50:39,641
federal, state and local.

1511
01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:43,368
And we shall do this.

1512
01:50:45,440 --> 01:50:48,728
We shall overcome.

1513
01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:08,482
We believe we can cover you
through Lowndes County,

1514
01:51:08,560 --> 01:51:12,167
but once we add the final day's march
through Montgomery,

1515
01:51:12,240 --> 01:51:14,891
and you're passing through
all those tall buildings and whatnot,

1516
01:51:14,960 --> 01:51:16,928
coverage becomes challenging.

1517
01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:21,001
So please consider

1518
01:51:22,160 --> 01:51:23,730
driving in on the final leg.

1519
01:51:23,800 --> 01:51:27,361
And please consider nixing
the speech at the Capitol.

1520
01:51:29,600 --> 01:51:31,762
Well, if Wallace will see us
when we arrive,

1521
01:51:31,840 --> 01:51:33,922
there'll be no need for a speech.

1522
01:51:35,200 --> 01:51:36,884
Can you arrange that?

1523
01:51:42,560 --> 01:51:43,971
I can't hide.

1524
01:51:45,600 --> 01:51:48,285
We can't hide. You understand.

1525
01:51:52,200 --> 01:51:54,851
I don't want to see this go wrong for you.

1526
01:51:57,280 --> 01:51:59,647
Don't you want
to protect yourself, Doctor?

1527
01:52:01,400 --> 01:52:03,482
Let me try to do that.

1528
01:52:05,800 --> 01:52:07,564
You know, I know you want to live to see

1529
01:52:07,640 --> 01:52:10,041
the fruits of all this work. I know you do.

1530
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:16,760
I'm just asking you to allow us
to help you do that.

1531
01:52:24,480 --> 01:52:26,960
I'm no different than anybody else.

1532
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:31,765
I want to live long and be happy.

1533
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:37,322
But I'll not be focusing
on what I want today.

1534
01:52:39,000 --> 01:52:41,401
I'm focused on what God wants.

1535
01:52:44,680 --> 01:52:49,163
We're here for a reason,
through many, many storms.

1536
01:52:53,520 --> 01:52:57,241
But, today, the sun is shining,
and I'm about to stand in its warmth

1537
01:52:57,320 --> 01:53:01,723
alongside a lot of freedom-loving people
who worked hard to get us here.

1538
01:53:03,160 --> 01:53:07,210
I may not be with them
for all the sunny days to come,

1539
01:53:09,200 --> 01:53:12,204
but as long as there
is light ahead for them,

1540
01:53:14,200 --> 01:53:16,123
it's worth it to me.

1541
01:53:25,560 --> 01:53:27,210
Thank you, John.

1542
01:55:11,160 --> 01:55:15,404
We heard them say
we'd never make it here.

1543
01:55:17,320 --> 01:55:21,882
We heard them say they'd stop us,
if it was the last thing they did.

1544
01:55:23,880 --> 01:55:27,885
We heard them say
we don't deserve to be here.

1545
01:55:29,880 --> 01:55:33,930
But today, we stand as Americans.

1546
01:55:37,680 --> 01:55:39,250
We are here,

1547
01:55:40,120 --> 01:55:43,283
and we ain't gonna let nobody
turn us around.

1548
01:55:44,680 --> 01:55:47,251
This mighty march,

1549
01:55:48,080 --> 01:55:50,367
which will be counted
as one of the greatest

1550
01:55:50,440 --> 01:55:54,286
demonstrations of protest and progress,

1551
01:55:54,360 --> 01:55:58,001
ends here in the Capitol of Alabama

1552
01:55:58,080 --> 01:56:00,162
for a vital purpose.

1553
01:56:00,720 --> 01:56:04,964
We have not fought only
for the right to sit where we please

1554
01:56:05,040 --> 01:56:08,123
and go to school where we please.

1555
01:56:08,200 --> 01:56:12,410
We do not only strive here today
to vote as we please.

1556
01:56:13,560 --> 01:56:15,324
But with our commitment,

1557
01:56:15,400 --> 01:56:19,564
we give birth each day to a new energy

1558
01:56:19,640 --> 01:56:23,201
that is stronger than
our strongest opposition.

1559
01:56:25,400 --> 01:56:28,768
And we embrace
this new energy so boldly,

1560
01:56:28,840 --> 01:56:31,286
embody it so fervently,

1561
01:56:31,360 --> 01:56:34,523
that its reflection illuminates
a great darkness.

1562
01:56:37,400 --> 01:56:40,688
Our society has distorted who we are.

1563
01:56:41,880 --> 01:56:44,531
From slavery to the Reconstruction

1564
01:56:44,960 --> 01:56:48,328
to the precipice at which we now stand,

1565
01:56:48,400 --> 01:56:54,203
we have seen powerful
white men rule the world

1566
01:56:54,640 --> 01:56:59,521
while offering poor white men
a vicious lie as placation.

1567
01:57:00,600 --> 01:57:03,524
And when the poor white man's children

1568
01:57:03,600 --> 01:57:07,082
wail with a hunger
that cannot be satisfied,

1569
01:57:07,680 --> 01:57:11,287
he feeds them that same vicious lie.

1570
01:57:12,400 --> 01:57:14,721
A lie whispering to them

1571
01:57:15,280 --> 01:57:17,601
that regardless of their lot in life,

1572
01:57:18,440 --> 01:57:22,126
they can at least be triumphant
in the knowledge

1573
01:57:22,200 --> 01:57:27,001
that their whiteness makes
them superior to blackness.

1574
01:57:27,480 --> 01:57:28,970
But we know the truth.

1575
01:57:30,360 --> 01:57:35,526
We know the truth, and we will
go forward to that truth, to freedom.

1576
01:57:38,640 --> 01:57:40,529
We will not be stopped.

1577
01:57:42,320 --> 01:57:43,890
We will march for our rights.

1578
01:57:44,600 --> 01:57:48,685
We will march to demand
treatment as full citizens.

1579
01:57:48,800 --> 01:57:52,486
We will march until the viciousness
and the darkness

1580
01:57:52,560 --> 01:57:55,928
gives way to the light of righteousness.

1581
01:57:56,480 --> 01:58:00,485
No man, no myth,

1582
01:58:00,680 --> 01:58:05,004
no malaise will stop this movement.

1583
01:58:05,080 --> 01:58:09,768
We forbid it.
For we know that it is this darkness

1584
01:58:09,840 --> 01:58:14,004
that murders the best in us
and the best of us.

1585
01:58:15,520 --> 01:58:19,320
Whether Jimmie Lee Jackson
or James Reeb,

1586
01:58:21,040 --> 01:58:24,362
or four blameless little girls

1587
01:58:24,600 --> 01:58:28,730
struck down
before they had even begun.

1588
01:58:30,360 --> 01:58:35,446
You may ask, when will we
be free of this darkness?

1589
01:58:35,520 --> 01:58:38,046
I say to you today,
my brothers and sisters,

1590
01:58:38,360 --> 01:58:41,682
despite the pain, despite the tears,

1591
01:58:41,800 --> 01:58:44,326
our freedom will soon be upon us.

1592
01:58:47,240 --> 01:58:51,529
For "truth crushed to earth
will rise again."

1593
01:58:54,240 --> 01:58:56,641
When will we be free?

1594
01:58:57,520 --> 01:58:59,887
Soon, and very soon.

1595
01:58:59,960 --> 01:59:03,248
Because you shall reap what you sow.

1596
01:59:07,160 --> 01:59:08,650
When will we be free?

1597
01:59:09,640 --> 01:59:11,802
Soon, and very soon.

1598
01:59:12,600 --> 01:59:15,490
Because no lie can live forever.

1599
01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:21,208
When will we be free?

1600
01:59:21,280 --> 01:59:23,601
Soon, and very soon

1601
01:59:23,680 --> 01:59:26,331
because "Mine eyes have seen

1602
01:59:26,400 --> 01:59:29,244
"the glory of the coming of the Lord.

1603
01:59:29,320 --> 01:59:31,482
"He is trampling out the vintage

1604
01:59:31,600 --> 01:59:33,921
"where the grapes of wrath are stored.

1605
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:35,923
"He hath loosed the fateful lightning

1606
01:59:36,000 --> 01:59:38,162
"of his terrible swift sword.

1607
01:59:38,240 --> 01:59:40,368
"His truth is marching on.

1608
01:59:40,440 --> 01:59:47,005
"Glory! Hallelujah!

1609
01:59:47,080 --> 01:59:50,289
"His truth is marching on."