1 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:41,598 I accept this honor for our lost ones, 2 00:00:41,631 --> 00:00:44,734 whose deaths pave our path. 3 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:48,095 And for the 20 million Negro men and women 4 00:00:48,127 --> 00:00:50,302 motivated by dignity 5 00:00:50,335 --> 00:00:51,966 and a disdain for hopelessness. 6 00:00:55,999 --> 00:00:58,143 This isn't right. 7 00:00:58,174 --> 00:00:59,774 Corrie. 8 00:00:59,807 --> 00:01:01,085 This ain't right. 9 00:01:01,118 --> 00:01:02,207 What's that? 10 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:05,182 This necktie. It's not right. 11 00:01:06,942 --> 00:01:08,349 Well, it's not a necktie, dear. 12 00:01:08,382 --> 00:01:09,629 It's an ascot. 13 00:01:09,662 --> 00:01:12,031 Yes, but generally the same principles 14 00:01:12,061 --> 00:01:13,221 should apply, shouldn't they? 15 00:01:14,237 --> 00:01:15,518 It's not right. 16 00:01:16,350 --> 00:01:17,790 It's not right, or you don't like it? 17 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:21,277 I don't like how this looks. 18 00:01:21,310 --> 00:01:23,742 Looks distinguished and debonair to me. 19 00:01:23,774 --> 00:01:26,237 You know what I mean. 20 00:01:26,269 --> 00:01:29,310 Like we're living high on the hog. 21 00:01:29,341 --> 00:01:33,661 Dressed like this while folks back home are... 22 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:35,358 It's not right. 23 00:01:37,021 --> 00:01:39,709 Wait till the brothers back home see me like this. 24 00:01:39,741 --> 00:01:41,085 They'll have a good laugh. 25 00:01:41,117 --> 00:01:43,614 Let them laugh. 26 00:01:43,646 --> 00:01:46,621 It's not a crime to be away for a few days, Martin. 27 00:01:50,588 --> 00:01:52,286 It's nice being away, huh? 28 00:01:53,501 --> 00:01:54,877 Yeah. It really is. 29 00:01:56,444 --> 00:01:57,444 Look here. 30 00:01:59,612 --> 00:02:01,789 I'm gonna be a pastor somewhere small. 31 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:04,381 College town. 32 00:02:06,301 --> 00:02:09,532 Lead a little church. Teach a class. 33 00:02:11,611 --> 00:02:14,396 Maybe the occasional speaking engagement. 34 00:02:16,317 --> 00:02:19,259 And I'll pay all the bills for us, 35 00:02:19,293 --> 00:02:22,045 especially the mortgage for our very own house. 36 00:02:24,508 --> 00:02:25,820 Perfect. 37 00:02:38,043 --> 00:02:39,420 You look handsome. 38 00:02:40,859 --> 00:02:42,908 Through it all, 39 00:02:42,939 --> 00:02:46,906 Martin Luther King has spoken of his dream. 40 00:02:48,091 --> 00:02:49,914 One which we 41 00:02:49,945 --> 00:02:53,468 and many other people around the world share. 42 00:02:55,450 --> 00:02:59,418 To this undeterred hero for justice, 43 00:03:00,538 --> 00:03:03,931 the Nobel Committee of Oslo, Norway, 44 00:03:03,961 --> 00:03:09,242 awards our 1964 Peace Prize. 45 00:03:24,312 --> 00:03:27,736 I accept this honor for our lost ones, 46 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:30,394 whose deaths pave our path. 47 00:03:31,704 --> 00:03:33,305 I accept this honor for 48 00:03:33,337 --> 00:03:36,825 the more than 20 million American Negroes 49 00:03:36,856 --> 00:03:39,832 who are motivated by dignity. 50 00:03:39,865 --> 00:03:43,288 Together we believe that what the illusion 51 00:03:43,322 --> 00:03:46,040 of supremacy has destroyed, 52 00:03:46,073 --> 00:03:50,233 the truth of equality can nourish. 53 00:03:50,264 --> 00:03:52,504 I promise you. It ain't nothing to be scared of. 54 00:03:52,537 --> 00:03:54,680 It's quick. And the pastor is right there next to you. 55 00:03:54,712 --> 00:03:56,953 Yeah, but the biggest thing is getting your hair wet up. 56 00:03:56,985 --> 00:03:58,360 I got my hair pressed that same morning 57 00:03:58,393 --> 00:04:00,599 and it was wasted as soon as I hit the water. 58 00:04:00,633 --> 00:04:02,353 I should have worn a swim cap like Mama said. 59 00:04:03,288 --> 00:04:04,729 See, I asked my mama 60 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,968 could she make my hair like Coretta Scott King had hers 61 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:08,568 at the Washington March. 62 00:04:08,599 --> 00:04:10,103 But she said that was too grown. 63 00:04:10,137 --> 00:04:11,608 Oh, I love her hair. 64 00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:13,016 I heard she don't even put rollers in it. 65 00:04:13,048 --> 00:04:14,328 It's just like that. 66 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,536 But I studied it. I know how she do it. 67 00:04:16,569 --> 00:04:18,360 See, she parts in the middle and then... 68 00:06:11,348 --> 00:06:12,348 Annie Lee Cooper! 69 00:06:16,915 --> 00:06:19,956 Get on up now. I ain't got all day. 70 00:06:35,091 --> 00:06:36,340 You work for Mr. Dunn 71 00:06:36,370 --> 00:06:37,930 down at the rest home, ain't that right? 72 00:06:38,771 --> 00:06:39,956 Yes. 73 00:06:40,947 --> 00:06:42,451 Wonder what old Dunn'll say when I tell him 74 00:06:42,483 --> 00:06:45,266 one of his gals is down here stirring a fuss. 75 00:06:45,298 --> 00:06:46,963 I ain't stirring no fuss. 76 00:06:46,995 --> 00:06:48,788 I'm just here trying to register to vote. 77 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:55,091 It's all right this time. 78 00:06:55,124 --> 00:06:56,499 It's right when I say it's right. 79 00:07:00,850 --> 00:07:03,026 Recite the Constitution's preamble. 80 00:07:03,059 --> 00:07:04,059 Know what a preamble is? 81 00:07:11,954 --> 00:07:15,505 "We the people of the United States, 82 00:07:17,331 --> 00:07:19,442 "in order to form a more perfect union, 83 00:07:21,170 --> 00:07:23,507 "establish justice, 84 00:07:24,562 --> 00:07:26,481 "ensure domestic tranquility, 85 00:07:27,922 --> 00:07:30,641 "provide for the common defense, 86 00:07:30,673 --> 00:07:31,793 "promote the general welfare..." 87 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,257 How many county judges in Alabama? 88 00:07:38,928 --> 00:07:40,433 Sixty-seven. 89 00:07:44,562 --> 00:07:45,906 Name them. 90 00:08:12,432 --> 00:08:13,903 Aren't we done? 91 00:08:13,935 --> 00:08:15,151 Are we not done with this? 92 00:08:15,185 --> 00:08:16,240 Will this ever end? 93 00:08:16,271 --> 00:08:17,713 I don't know, Mr. President. 94 00:08:17,744 --> 00:08:19,697 A comprehensive plan is already in place. 95 00:08:19,728 --> 00:08:22,384 The act was only passed six months ago. 96 00:08:22,415 --> 00:08:26,127 So hammer home that impatience only hurts the overall cause. 97 00:08:26,161 --> 00:08:27,696 We're... We're getting there. 98 00:08:27,728 --> 00:08:29,423 Just... Just keep reiterating the plan. 99 00:08:29,456 --> 00:08:30,606 No, he doesn't want reiteration. 100 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:32,270 He wants something so he can say, 101 00:08:32,302 --> 00:08:34,287 "Look, I told you I had a dream 102 00:08:34,318 --> 00:08:35,727 "and it's all coming goddamn true, 103 00:08:35,759 --> 00:08:38,480 "whether you like it or not!" That's what he wants. 104 00:08:38,511 --> 00:08:40,527 What he needs to do is get on board with what we're doing 105 00:08:40,558 --> 00:08:42,480 instead of the other way around. For once! 106 00:08:44,432 --> 00:08:46,063 Mr. President, Dr. King. 107 00:08:46,864 --> 00:08:47,951 Mr. President. 108 00:08:48,462 --> 00:08:49,807 Dr. King. 109 00:08:51,567 --> 00:08:53,774 Well, I'll tell you. I'm a tall son-of-a-bitch, 110 00:08:53,807 --> 00:08:56,909 but this close to the new Nobel laureate 111 00:08:56,942 --> 00:08:58,286 and with all those other trinkets 112 00:08:58,317 --> 00:08:59,437 you've been collecting lately, 113 00:08:59,471 --> 00:09:01,039 I feel tits-high to a puppy dog. 114 00:09:01,870 --> 00:09:03,071 Well, thank you, Mr. President. 115 00:09:03,918 --> 00:09:05,038 Mr. White. 116 00:09:05,070 --> 00:09:06,575 - Dr. King. - All right. 117 00:09:06,606 --> 00:09:10,029 I'll tell you, ending segregation, 118 00:09:10,062 --> 00:09:12,846 proudest moment of my life when I signed that '64 Act. 119 00:09:13,998 --> 00:09:16,623 Proudest moment of my life, I tell you. 120 00:09:16,653 --> 00:09:18,413 Now civil rights is a priority 121 00:09:18,446 --> 00:09:20,590 - of this administration as you know. - Thank you. 122 00:09:20,623 --> 00:09:21,934 We're gonna face the challenge, 123 00:09:21,966 --> 00:09:25,134 or this country is storing up a heap of trouble for itself. 124 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:27,692 Now, seeing as I can't convince you to 125 00:09:27,725 --> 00:09:29,134 work with my administration 126 00:09:29,166 --> 00:09:32,461 in an official capacity inside the White House, 127 00:09:32,493 --> 00:09:33,902 I feel damn fortunate 128 00:09:33,933 --> 00:09:35,245 to have someone as statesmanlike as you 129 00:09:35,277 --> 00:09:36,813 leading the movement. 130 00:09:36,845 --> 00:09:38,638 And I want you to go on leading it. No one else. 131 00:09:38,668 --> 00:09:41,325 Not one of these militant Malcolm X types. 132 00:09:43,245 --> 00:09:46,221 So... I wanna help. Tell me how. 133 00:09:48,046 --> 00:09:50,157 Well, Mr. President, 134 00:09:50,188 --> 00:09:53,965 I'm here to speak specifically about the denial 135 00:09:53,996 --> 00:09:56,909 of a basic American right for the Negro citizen. 136 00:09:57,485 --> 00:09:59,086 The right to vote. 137 00:10:01,548 --> 00:10:03,500 Well, uh... Technically... 138 00:10:03,533 --> 00:10:05,899 Technically, we already have it. 139 00:10:05,932 --> 00:10:07,308 Yes, Mr. President. 140 00:10:07,341 --> 00:10:10,349 But, we both know in the South 141 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:12,812 black voters are kept off the rolls 142 00:10:12,845 --> 00:10:14,188 and out of the voting booths 143 00:10:14,221 --> 00:10:18,157 by systematic intimidation and fear, Mr. President. 144 00:10:19,373 --> 00:10:21,836 Now, you asked how you can help. 145 00:10:23,277 --> 00:10:25,739 We want Federal legislation 146 00:10:25,772 --> 00:10:29,484 granting Negroes the right to vote unencumbered. 147 00:10:29,515 --> 00:10:32,778 And we want Federal protocol eliminating 148 00:10:32,812 --> 00:10:35,371 the decades-long dismissal 149 00:10:35,403 --> 00:10:38,668 and illegal denial of blacks seeking to vote. 150 00:10:38,698 --> 00:10:42,091 And we want robust enforcement of that protocol. 151 00:10:45,292 --> 00:10:48,202 - Well, um... - That's fine. 152 00:10:48,235 --> 00:10:52,650 But... Most of the South is still not desegregating. 153 00:10:52,682 --> 00:10:54,154 Let's not start another battle 154 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:55,547 when we haven't even won the first. 155 00:10:57,131 --> 00:11:00,042 And you know what the next battle should be? 156 00:11:00,075 --> 00:11:02,315 The eradication of poverty. 157 00:11:03,147 --> 00:11:04,620 I'm calling it "The War on Poverty." 158 00:11:06,955 --> 00:11:09,835 It's a matter of political priorities. 159 00:11:09,866 --> 00:11:11,147 Poverty is going to be my focus at home 160 00:11:11,177 --> 00:11:13,578 and I want you to help me with this. 161 00:11:14,601 --> 00:11:16,586 We can make big changes in these things 162 00:11:16,618 --> 00:11:18,409 for people of all colors. 163 00:11:18,442 --> 00:11:20,649 And I know that matters to you, doesn't it? 164 00:11:20,682 --> 00:11:22,538 This voting thing is just gonna have to wait. 165 00:11:29,163 --> 00:11:30,761 It... 166 00:11:30,793 --> 00:11:33,577 It can't wait, Mr. President. 167 00:11:33,609 --> 00:11:34,760 Well, why not? 168 00:11:34,793 --> 00:11:37,000 Because there have been thousands 169 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:39,306 of racially motivated murders in the South, 170 00:11:39,337 --> 00:11:41,577 including those four girls. 171 00:11:41,609 --> 00:11:42,760 Well, I know that... 172 00:11:42,793 --> 00:11:45,001 And you know the astounding fact 173 00:11:45,033 --> 00:11:47,880 that not one of these criminals 174 00:11:47,913 --> 00:11:50,024 who murder us when and why they want 175 00:11:50,056 --> 00:11:51,976 has ever been convicted. 176 00:11:52,009 --> 00:11:53,417 Yeah, I know we have a lot of work to do down there. 177 00:11:53,447 --> 00:11:55,207 Not one conviction 178 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,057 because they are protected by white officials 179 00:11:58,088 --> 00:12:00,745 chosen by an all-white electorate. 180 00:12:00,777 --> 00:12:03,432 And on the rare occasions that they face trial, 181 00:12:03,464 --> 00:12:06,471 they are freed by all-white juries. 182 00:12:06,504 --> 00:12:11,273 All-white because you can't serve on a jury 183 00:12:11,303 --> 00:12:13,480 unless you are registered to vote. 184 00:12:17,192 --> 00:12:19,113 Well, Dr. King, you've certainly given me 185 00:12:19,144 --> 00:12:21,256 something to think about. 186 00:12:21,288 --> 00:12:22,727 But this administration is going to set this 187 00:12:22,759 --> 00:12:24,870 aside for a while. 188 00:12:24,903 --> 00:12:26,921 Just for a while, you understand. 189 00:12:30,759 --> 00:12:33,511 Yes, Mr. President, I... I understand. 190 00:12:42,534 --> 00:12:43,943 Selma it is. 191 00:12:59,462 --> 00:13:01,383 Big speech lined up for these folks tonight, Doc? 192 00:13:03,110 --> 00:13:05,639 We need to see what's what first, Big Fellow. 193 00:13:05,669 --> 00:13:08,006 We're just here to test the waters. 194 00:13:08,038 --> 00:13:10,951 Oh, my Lord. What you got us into, woman? 195 00:13:11,495 --> 00:13:15,239 We've got 128 miles 196 00:13:15,270 --> 00:13:17,158 to come to our senses, gentlemen. 197 00:13:17,191 --> 00:13:18,693 Hush. 198 00:13:18,725 --> 00:13:21,381 This here is the place we need to be. 199 00:13:21,413 --> 00:13:23,558 This right here is the next great battle. 200 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:26,309 I can only imagine. 201 00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:28,333 Hmm. 202 00:13:29,669 --> 00:13:32,551 Decent-looking place to die though. 203 00:13:56,581 --> 00:13:57,581 Ms. Nash. 204 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:59,493 Mr. Bevel. 205 00:13:59,525 --> 00:14:03,205 Doc? This here is it. Selma's the place. 206 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:05,988 A lot of groundwork has already been laid 207 00:14:06,019 --> 00:14:07,332 by the people here. 208 00:14:07,365 --> 00:14:08,389 And they ready. 209 00:14:27,395 --> 00:14:28,596 - Sister Boynton. - Mr. Orange. 210 00:14:36,004 --> 00:14:37,155 Good afternoon. 211 00:14:42,692 --> 00:14:44,388 Dr. King? 212 00:14:45,283 --> 00:14:46,947 May I introduce myself? 213 00:14:48,099 --> 00:14:49,604 Yeah, of course. 214 00:14:51,203 --> 00:14:52,322 Hey! 215 00:14:56,290 --> 00:14:57,490 It's okay. It's okay. I'm okay. 216 00:15:00,547 --> 00:15:01,547 This way, Dr. King. 217 00:15:06,594 --> 00:15:08,642 That white boy can hit. 218 00:15:08,674 --> 00:15:10,658 This place is perfect. 219 00:15:10,691 --> 00:15:11,682 What's the FBI's current information 220 00:15:11,714 --> 00:15:12,995 on Martin Luther King? 221 00:15:13,826 --> 00:15:16,418 I heard he was assaulted in Selma. 222 00:15:16,451 --> 00:15:20,162 My information can be summed up in a few words. 223 00:15:20,193 --> 00:15:24,355 King is a political and moral degenerate. 224 00:15:24,385 --> 00:15:27,937 Well, you say that, J. Edgar. I have to take it seriously. 225 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:30,817 But if he's a degenerate, what I do know is, 226 00:15:30,850 --> 00:15:32,898 he's a non-violent degenerate. 227 00:15:32,928 --> 00:15:34,496 And I want him to go on leading 228 00:15:34,529 --> 00:15:35,873 the civil rights movement, 229 00:15:35,904 --> 00:15:38,977 not one of these bloodthirsty militants. 230 00:15:39,009 --> 00:15:42,433 What I need to know right now is what's he about to do next? 231 00:15:43,456 --> 00:15:44,673 Mr. President, 232 00:15:46,081 --> 00:15:50,210 you know we can shut men with power down 233 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,889 permanently and unequivocally. 234 00:15:57,504 --> 00:16:00,065 I'm very aware of that, Mr. Director. 235 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:08,801 Well, if you prefer a different approach, 236 00:16:11,072 --> 00:16:12,384 we can go with the wife. 237 00:16:15,424 --> 00:16:19,168 We know there's tension in the home already. 238 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,096 We can weaken the dynamic. 239 00:16:27,072 --> 00:16:28,576 Dismantle the family. 240 00:16:57,790 --> 00:16:59,134 Hello. 241 00:16:59,167 --> 00:17:01,438 You ain't got long. 242 00:17:01,471 --> 00:17:02,910 When the hearts of those Pickaninnies 243 00:17:02,942 --> 00:17:04,510 of yours stop beating... 244 00:17:09,086 --> 00:17:10,366 Same thing? 245 00:17:13,854 --> 00:17:15,013 When are you all heading out? 246 00:17:16,509 --> 00:17:20,253 We're heading back to Selma at 5:00 a.m. 247 00:17:20,286 --> 00:17:22,846 It turned out to be an ideal staging ground. 248 00:17:24,574 --> 00:17:28,894 There's a full couple of weeks planned. 249 00:17:30,396 --> 00:17:31,518 Quite a bit to be done. 250 00:17:35,806 --> 00:17:37,054 I see. 251 00:17:42,622 --> 00:17:44,477 That highway is nice now. 252 00:17:44,509 --> 00:17:46,301 Get you there in a couple of hours. 253 00:17:55,068 --> 00:17:57,405 Good people in those parts though. 254 00:18:04,636 --> 00:18:05,661 Well... 255 00:18:08,574 --> 00:18:10,717 I'm worried about the ones who ain't so good. 256 00:18:12,923 --> 00:18:15,452 This local Sheriff Jim Clark 257 00:18:15,483 --> 00:18:17,372 is supposed to be bad business. 258 00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:20,989 Won't go down without a fight, they say. 259 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:25,692 And since we don't fight... 260 00:18:26,332 --> 00:18:27,332 Well... 261 00:18:28,892 --> 00:18:30,779 As good a place to die as any, I guess. 262 00:18:34,619 --> 00:18:36,380 I wish you wouldn't talk like that. 263 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:42,844 It just takes the edge off. 264 00:18:45,307 --> 00:18:47,195 You and your friends can joke about that. 265 00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:48,699 I don't joke about that. 266 00:18:52,699 --> 00:18:55,482 You're right. I'm sorry. 267 00:18:58,236 --> 00:19:01,275 I'll, uh, put these things away in your bag now. 268 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,387 I didn't realize you were leaving so early. 269 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:50,808 Hello? 270 00:19:50,839 --> 00:19:51,839 Halie? 271 00:19:52,505 --> 00:19:54,009 Martin. 272 00:19:56,505 --> 00:19:58,105 I need to hear the Lord's voice. 273 00:20:00,121 --> 00:20:01,121 Oh. 274 00:20:02,361 --> 00:20:05,464 Surely, Martin. Surely. 275 00:20:15,832 --> 00:20:22,136 ♪ Precious Lord 276 00:20:23,096 --> 00:20:27,096 ♪ Take my hand 277 00:20:28,791 --> 00:20:34,840 ♪ Lead me home 278 00:20:35,703 --> 00:20:40,215 ♪ Let me stand 279 00:20:40,759 --> 00:20:45,432 ♪ I am tired 280 00:20:49,016 --> 00:20:53,398 ♪ I am weak 281 00:20:54,647 --> 00:21:01,174 ♪ I am worn 282 00:21:04,118 --> 00:21:10,358 ♪ Through the storm 283 00:21:11,286 --> 00:21:17,719 ♪ Through the night 284 00:21:20,790 --> 00:21:27,126 ♪ Lord, lead me on 285 00:21:27,701 --> 00:21:29,877 ♪ To the light ♪ 286 00:21:32,566 --> 00:21:34,357 - Hey! - Hey! 287 00:21:34,390 --> 00:21:35,829 - Sully. - Look at you. 288 00:21:36,950 --> 00:21:38,086 Morning, Doctor. 289 00:21:38,086 --> 00:21:39,221 Good morning, Doctor. 290 00:21:39,252 --> 00:21:40,436 Drive all right? 291 00:21:40,469 --> 00:21:41,750 Good and long. 292 00:21:41,781 --> 00:21:44,470 Good news is Richie Jean is in there. 293 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:46,068 Oh, she's ready for you. 294 00:21:47,605 --> 00:21:49,718 Negro, that's all you had to say. 295 00:21:51,093 --> 00:21:52,981 Uncle Marty! 296 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:54,902 There she is! There's our girl! 297 00:21:55,701 --> 00:21:57,396 Hey, Richie Jean! 298 00:21:57,430 --> 00:21:59,828 Oh! 299 00:21:59,862 --> 00:22:01,492 - Looking like her mom. - You go play. 300 00:22:01,525 --> 00:22:03,157 - Hey! - Hey, Ralphy. 301 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:06,644 - How you doing? - Hey! 302 00:22:06,675 --> 00:22:07,756 Good to see you, sweetheart. 303 00:22:07,765 --> 00:22:08,820 Hey, come over here. 304 00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:12,339 Oh, Lord, it's good to see this! 305 00:22:12,373 --> 00:22:14,291 Okay, now, I've got the grits on the stove. 306 00:22:14,324 --> 00:22:16,180 Uh, how many we expecting today? 307 00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:18,548 Well, now, Sister Jackson. 308 00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:21,140 You know about our group, the SCLC, right? 309 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,155 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference? 310 00:22:23,188 --> 00:22:25,748 A few of our top SCLC leaders are with us this time 311 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:29,332 since we're going to be here a little longer than expected. 312 00:22:29,364 --> 00:22:30,844 Now, this here's Reverend C.T. Vivian. 313 00:22:30,867 --> 00:22:32,691 He coordinates all the SCLC branches. 314 00:22:32,723 --> 00:22:35,188 Welcome. Nice to meet you. Welcome, welcome. 315 00:22:35,219 --> 00:22:37,172 This is Reverend James Bevel. 316 00:22:37,203 --> 00:22:39,123 - How you doing, ma'am? - I'm well. Thank you. 317 00:22:39,155 --> 00:22:40,627 This here is James Orange. 318 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:42,194 Oh, this is a big one. 319 00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:43,730 I don't know if I've got enough to feed you. 320 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:45,075 Well, let's find out. How about that? 321 00:22:45,106 --> 00:22:46,194 Hey! 322 00:22:46,228 --> 00:22:48,339 Now, you got two of them named James. 323 00:22:48,372 --> 00:22:49,490 Oh, you can call me Jim, Sister. 324 00:22:49,522 --> 00:22:50,451 And Orange is fine with me, ma'am. 325 00:22:50,483 --> 00:22:51,891 Or Big Fellow! 326 00:22:51,922 --> 00:22:53,907 All right. Well, this is fine with me. 327 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:56,787 Mrs. Jackson. Hosea Williams. 328 00:22:56,818 --> 00:22:58,227 Or Castro! 329 00:22:58,259 --> 00:23:00,211 Oh, yeah, that's a long story. 330 00:23:00,242 --> 00:23:03,891 Uh, those grits, they need some stirring. Mind? 331 00:23:03,922 --> 00:23:05,363 You put your foot in it now. 332 00:23:05,394 --> 00:23:07,346 Ain't you supposed to be on a diet? 333 00:23:08,563 --> 00:23:09,618 Somebody call Juanita. 334 00:23:09,651 --> 00:23:10,770 There's a phone! 335 00:23:10,801 --> 00:23:11,801 Hey, get off that phone. 336 00:23:12,978 --> 00:23:14,162 Juanita? 337 00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:15,954 Don't do it, Doc. Don't do it... 338 00:23:20,083 --> 00:23:21,618 Turning in, Doc. You okay? 339 00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:25,010 Yes, sir. Good night to you. 340 00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:29,521 Uh... 341 00:23:29,554 --> 00:23:32,306 I wanted to tell you that the students are in town. 342 00:23:35,089 --> 00:23:36,241 Local students? 343 00:23:36,273 --> 00:23:37,809 Oh, no. 344 00:23:39,730 --> 00:23:42,162 The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. 345 00:23:42,193 --> 00:23:46,128 Oh. Okay. Our young friends at SNCC. 346 00:23:46,161 --> 00:23:47,410 Mmm-hmm. 347 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,777 Good to know. 348 00:23:49,808 --> 00:23:51,250 You the one told them to organize. 349 00:23:52,817 --> 00:23:54,704 Took it to heart. 350 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:57,840 Don't be surprised if they don't give us grief tomorrow. 351 00:23:57,872 --> 00:24:00,689 Town folk may be happy to see us. But SNCC? 352 00:24:00,721 --> 00:24:02,608 They feel we're in their territory. 353 00:24:04,464 --> 00:24:06,545 They're young and full of spirit. 354 00:24:06,576 --> 00:24:07,760 Mmm. 355 00:24:07,791 --> 00:24:08,817 Not a bad thing. 356 00:24:10,929 --> 00:24:12,528 It'll sort out. 357 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:16,464 Good night. 358 00:24:18,768 --> 00:24:20,048 Good night. 359 00:24:23,824 --> 00:24:28,175 "Boycotting the buses in Montgomery. 360 00:24:28,209 --> 00:24:30,319 "Segregation in Birmingham." 361 00:24:30,351 --> 00:24:32,913 Boycotting the buses in Montgomery. 362 00:24:36,367 --> 00:24:38,991 Segregation in Birmingham. 363 00:24:40,592 --> 00:24:44,016 Now? Voting in Selma. 364 00:24:45,968 --> 00:24:47,982 One struggle ends just to go 365 00:24:48,015 --> 00:24:49,839 right to the next and the next. 366 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:54,640 If you think of it that way, it's a hard road. 367 00:24:56,527 --> 00:24:59,150 But I don't think of it that way. 368 00:24:59,182 --> 00:25:01,967 I think of these efforts as one effort. 369 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,494 And that one effort is for our life. 370 00:25:06,351 --> 00:25:10,352 Our life as a community. Our life as a nation. 371 00:25:11,246 --> 00:25:12,942 For our lives. 372 00:25:18,190 --> 00:25:19,214 We can do this. 373 00:25:22,125 --> 00:25:23,471 We must do this! 374 00:25:25,838 --> 00:25:29,421 We see children 375 00:25:29,453 --> 00:25:32,045 become victims of one of the most vicious crimes 376 00:25:32,077 --> 00:25:34,253 ever perpetrated against humanity 377 00:25:34,286 --> 00:25:36,015 within the walls of their own church! 378 00:25:38,317 --> 00:25:41,549 They are sainted now. 379 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:44,430 They are the sainted ones in this quest for freedom. 380 00:25:44,461 --> 00:25:46,990 And they speak to us still. 381 00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:48,684 They say to us, 382 00:25:48,718 --> 00:25:50,990 to all of us, all colors and creeds, 383 00:25:52,492 --> 00:25:54,477 that we must do this. 384 00:25:54,509 --> 00:25:59,404 They say to us that it is unacceptable 385 00:25:59,436 --> 00:26:02,701 for more than 50% of Selma to be Negro 386 00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:04,876 and yet less than 2% of Negroes here 387 00:26:04,910 --> 00:26:06,093 being able to vote 388 00:26:06,125 --> 00:26:08,653 and determine their own destiny as human beings. 389 00:26:11,949 --> 00:26:15,788 They say to us that the local white leadership 390 00:26:15,819 --> 00:26:17,324 use their power 391 00:26:17,356 --> 00:26:19,244 to keep us away from the ballot box 392 00:26:19,276 --> 00:26:20,844 and keep us voiceless. 393 00:26:23,564 --> 00:26:26,412 As long as I am unable to exercise 394 00:26:26,443 --> 00:26:28,011 my constitutional right to vote, 395 00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:31,084 I do not have command of my own life. 396 00:26:31,115 --> 00:26:33,035 I cannot determine my own destiny 397 00:26:33,067 --> 00:26:34,634 for it is determined for me 398 00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:37,259 by people who would rather see me suffer than succeed. 399 00:26:38,412 --> 00:26:41,578 Those that have gone before us say, "No more!" 400 00:26:41,611 --> 00:26:42,634 No more! No more! 401 00:26:42,666 --> 00:26:44,395 No more! 402 00:26:44,426 --> 00:26:48,171 That means protest, that means march, 403 00:26:48,202 --> 00:26:52,394 that means disturb the peace, that means jail, 404 00:26:52,426 --> 00:26:54,476 that means risk! And that is hard! 405 00:26:57,067 --> 00:26:59,595 We will not wait any longer. 406 00:26:59,627 --> 00:27:01,548 Give us the vote! 407 00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:03,467 That's right! No more! 408 00:27:03,498 --> 00:27:05,611 We're not asking. We're demanding. 409 00:27:05,643 --> 00:27:06,699 Give us the vote! 410 00:27:06,730 --> 00:27:07,787 Give us the vote! 411 00:27:17,513 --> 00:27:21,130 Dr. King. Roy Reed of The New York Times. 412 00:27:21,162 --> 00:27:23,145 Yes. Hello to you. How are you? 413 00:27:23,178 --> 00:27:25,386 I'm well, sir. Thank you for asking. 414 00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:27,786 Dr. King, are you truly non-violent 415 00:27:27,817 --> 00:27:30,153 if you are provoking violence, sir? 416 00:27:30,186 --> 00:27:33,130 We are here, using our very bodies in protest 417 00:27:33,162 --> 00:27:34,665 - to say to those who deny us... - Dr. King. Dr. King. 418 00:27:34,699 --> 00:27:35,913 Pleasure, sir. 419 00:27:35,945 --> 00:27:37,385 That we will no longer let them use 420 00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:38,665 their billy clubs 421 00:27:38,698 --> 00:27:41,673 in dark corners and halls of power. 422 00:27:41,705 --> 00:27:44,297 We make them do it in the glaring light of day, Mr. Reed. 423 00:27:44,328 --> 00:27:46,185 Is SNCC standing with us on this or not, gentlemen? 424 00:27:46,217 --> 00:27:47,337 You want us to bring our people in, 425 00:27:47,368 --> 00:27:48,617 but you're not giving anything in return. 426 00:27:48,648 --> 00:27:50,952 Now we are asking for some kind of commitment here. 427 00:27:50,986 --> 00:27:52,969 Respectfully speaking, of course, 428 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,145 we've been handling the voter registration 429 00:27:55,176 --> 00:27:56,743 in this town now for two years. 430 00:27:56,777 --> 00:27:58,760 Well, you haven't gotten very far, have you? 431 00:28:00,169 --> 00:28:02,505 Well, maybe not, Reverend. But we're still here. 432 00:28:02,537 --> 00:28:03,816 Meaning what? 433 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,224 This time next month, you won't be! 434 00:28:05,257 --> 00:28:06,217 That's insanity! 435 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:07,401 Just like you left Albany. 436 00:28:07,432 --> 00:28:08,776 Those people are pathetic down there now. 437 00:28:08,808 --> 00:28:10,184 Like they daddy left home! 438 00:28:10,217 --> 00:28:12,328 What we're trying to explain is that in Albany you all... 439 00:28:12,361 --> 00:28:14,663 You know what I think? Maybe we should just leave Selma... 440 00:28:14,696 --> 00:28:15,817 Now! 441 00:28:15,848 --> 00:28:16,904 Leave it to these two. 442 00:28:16,935 --> 00:28:17,991 Come back in another two years 443 00:28:18,025 --> 00:28:19,208 and see how much further you got! 444 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,880 - Sounds just fine to me. - That's enough. 445 00:28:22,825 --> 00:28:23,825 Enough of this now. 446 00:28:26,728 --> 00:28:27,881 I haven't the time for this. 447 00:28:27,912 --> 00:28:29,192 None of us got the time for this. 448 00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:32,840 John. 449 00:28:33,832 --> 00:28:35,144 James. 450 00:28:36,584 --> 00:28:40,135 The way our organization works is straightforward. 451 00:28:40,166 --> 00:28:44,584 We negotiate. We demonstrate. We resist. 452 00:28:44,615 --> 00:28:46,790 And on our best days, our adversary 453 00:28:46,824 --> 00:28:48,647 helps the matter by making a mistake. 454 00:28:49,575 --> 00:28:51,302 Now, we were in Albany for nine months 455 00:28:51,335 --> 00:28:53,544 and we made a lot of mistakes. 456 00:28:54,439 --> 00:28:56,551 But their sheriff, Laurie Pritchett, 457 00:28:57,288 --> 00:28:59,143 he never made a mistake. 458 00:28:59,174 --> 00:29:02,471 Kept his cool, kept arresting us in a humane way, 459 00:29:02,502 --> 00:29:05,575 carried people to the jail-wagons on stretchers. 460 00:29:05,606 --> 00:29:07,431 Day in, day out. 461 00:29:08,357 --> 00:29:09,671 There was no drama. 462 00:29:09,702 --> 00:29:10,903 You mean there was no cameras. 463 00:29:13,479 --> 00:29:14,535 Exactly. 464 00:29:16,230 --> 00:29:18,981 Now I know, we all understand, that you young people 465 00:29:19,015 --> 00:29:21,701 believe in working in the community long-term. 466 00:29:21,733 --> 00:29:25,191 Doing the good work to raise black consciousness. 467 00:29:27,109 --> 00:29:29,061 It's good grassroots work. 468 00:29:29,094 --> 00:29:32,741 I can't tell you how much we admire that. 469 00:29:34,182 --> 00:29:36,103 But what we do 470 00:29:36,134 --> 00:29:38,021 is negotiate, 471 00:29:38,054 --> 00:29:39,365 demonstrate, 472 00:29:39,397 --> 00:29:40,807 resist. 473 00:29:40,837 --> 00:29:42,758 And a big part of that 474 00:29:42,789 --> 00:29:46,021 is raising white consciousness. 475 00:29:46,052 --> 00:29:47,461 And in particular the consciousness 476 00:29:47,493 --> 00:29:48,932 of whichever white man happens to be sitting 477 00:29:48,965 --> 00:29:49,965 in the Oval Office. 478 00:29:50,916 --> 00:29:52,806 Right now, Johnson has other fish to fry 479 00:29:52,836 --> 00:29:54,758 and he'll ignore us if he can. 480 00:29:56,068 --> 00:29:58,628 The only way to stop him doing that 481 00:29:58,661 --> 00:29:59,942 is by being on the front page 482 00:29:59,972 --> 00:30:01,333 of the national press every morning 483 00:30:01,957 --> 00:30:05,413 and by being on the TV news every night. 484 00:30:05,443 --> 00:30:07,396 And that requires 485 00:30:08,133 --> 00:30:09,317 drama. 486 00:30:10,757 --> 00:30:11,757 Now... 487 00:30:14,403 --> 00:30:15,403 John. 488 00:30:17,509 --> 00:30:18,949 James. 489 00:30:18,980 --> 00:30:20,421 Answer me one question. 490 00:30:22,084 --> 00:30:23,876 I've been told the sheriff in this town 491 00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:26,500 isn't like Laurie Pritchett in Albany. 492 00:30:26,531 --> 00:30:28,483 He's a big ignorant bully 493 00:30:28,516 --> 00:30:30,500 like Bull Connor in Birmingham. 494 00:30:31,972 --> 00:30:34,915 Well, you tell me. You know Selma. 495 00:30:34,948 --> 00:30:37,155 You know Sheriff Jim Clark. 496 00:30:37,923 --> 00:30:40,132 Is he Laurie Pritchett? 497 00:30:40,163 --> 00:30:42,243 Or is he Bull Connor? 498 00:30:51,779 --> 00:30:52,779 He's Bull Connor. 499 00:30:53,411 --> 00:30:54,915 - Bingo! - Good. 500 00:30:57,315 --> 00:30:58,530 That's good. 501 00:31:01,923 --> 00:31:03,426 But it gets better. 502 00:31:03,459 --> 00:31:05,411 See, Clark doesn't control the streets 503 00:31:05,442 --> 00:31:07,106 like Connor did in Birmingham. 504 00:31:07,138 --> 00:31:08,547 Clark's the County Sheriff, 505 00:31:08,578 --> 00:31:11,490 and all he controls in Selma is the County Courthouse. 506 00:31:11,521 --> 00:31:12,930 So relatively speaking, 507 00:31:12,961 --> 00:31:15,425 we have clear avenues of approach 508 00:31:15,459 --> 00:31:17,410 to a defined battle zone. 509 00:32:10,272 --> 00:32:13,215 In the courthouse sits the heart of the matter, 510 00:32:13,248 --> 00:32:15,615 the voter registration office. 511 00:32:15,648 --> 00:32:17,632 Now this is an exceptional circumstance. 512 00:32:17,663 --> 00:32:21,440 See, in Albany, there were no clearly defined battle zones. 513 00:32:21,471 --> 00:32:23,392 The issue was segregation, 514 00:32:23,424 --> 00:32:25,887 and segregation was everywhere. 515 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:30,784 In Selma, we can concentrate our actions on one building. 516 00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:32,896 A citadel, defended by fanatics. 517 00:32:34,078 --> 00:32:35,327 The Selma Courthouse. 518 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,144 A perfect stage. 519 00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:55,391 Y'all deliberately causing an obstruction! 520 00:32:56,863 --> 00:32:58,846 You don't disperse, you're gonna be arrested. 521 00:32:58,878 --> 00:32:59,967 I promise you! 522 00:32:59,999 --> 00:33:02,111 Sheriff Clark, 523 00:33:02,144 --> 00:33:04,638 we're trying to gain access to the registration office. 524 00:33:04,671 --> 00:33:06,270 Which is our legal right. 525 00:33:06,303 --> 00:33:07,519 There's too many of you. 526 00:33:07,551 --> 00:33:08,990 And you know damn well there is! 527 00:33:09,022 --> 00:33:10,782 Now, y'all just gonna have to wait at the rear! 528 00:33:10,815 --> 00:33:12,446 No, Sheriff Clark. 529 00:33:12,479 --> 00:33:13,823 We're going in the front 530 00:33:13,855 --> 00:33:16,030 and we're gonna wait right here. 531 00:33:16,063 --> 00:33:19,230 Segregation is now illegal in this country, sir. 532 00:33:21,405 --> 00:33:22,622 Get out, nigger. 533 00:33:22,654 --> 00:33:23,773 - Come on. - I'm trying. 534 00:33:23,806 --> 00:33:24,806 Kneel down, Daddy. 535 00:33:25,727 --> 00:33:27,390 Come on. 536 00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:29,244 Keep this sidewalk clear. Clear a path! 537 00:33:29,278 --> 00:33:31,837 Get out of the way! Get out of the way! 538 00:33:31,868 --> 00:33:33,310 Get the hell out of the way! 539 00:33:33,342 --> 00:33:34,653 Keep the sidewalk clear! 540 00:33:35,390 --> 00:33:36,670 I said keep it clear! 541 00:33:36,701 --> 00:33:38,173 Okay. We about to sit him down. He can't sit. 542 00:33:38,204 --> 00:33:39,357 Then he needs to learn. 543 00:33:39,390 --> 00:33:41,021 - He gonna sit. - Sit down, God damn it! 544 00:33:41,054 --> 00:33:42,493 Hey, hey! Pa? Pa? 545 00:33:42,974 --> 00:33:44,253 Daddy. 546 00:33:46,077 --> 00:33:47,582 I just told you he can't sit. 547 00:33:47,614 --> 00:33:48,701 Oh, what do we got here? 548 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:51,134 What's going on here, boy? 549 00:33:51,164 --> 00:33:52,381 What we got here? What we got here? 550 00:33:52,413 --> 00:33:54,076 - Jimmie! Sit down! - No, Mama, I'm sick of this. 551 00:33:54,108 --> 00:33:55,356 - Jimmie! - Don't do it. 552 00:33:55,388 --> 00:33:56,381 Do you have a problem, boy? 553 00:33:56,413 --> 00:33:58,076 I'm sick of this! I just told you... 554 00:33:58,109 --> 00:34:00,509 What'd you think, boy? What'd you think? 555 00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:01,980 What the fuck are you thinking? 556 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,565 Get that nigger woman! 557 00:34:13,597 --> 00:34:14,597 Kill that nigger bitch! 558 00:34:15,195 --> 00:34:16,221 Get your hands off of me! 559 00:34:31,835 --> 00:34:35,260 We will not tolerate a bunch of nigra agitators 560 00:34:35,291 --> 00:34:38,682 attempting to orchestrate a disturbance in this state. 561 00:34:38,715 --> 00:34:40,155 Not as long as I'm governor. 562 00:34:44,731 --> 00:34:45,731 Now, I stand here today 563 00:34:46,972 --> 00:34:48,891 in the cradle of the Confederacy 564 00:34:48,923 --> 00:34:51,260 to remind its people of our Founding Fathers' 565 00:34:51,291 --> 00:34:53,532 goals of duty. 566 00:34:53,563 --> 00:34:56,635 Goals long since forgotten by progressives and liberals 567 00:34:56,668 --> 00:35:00,027 in favor of what they call a changing world. 568 00:35:00,059 --> 00:35:03,835 They seek to make us one mongrel unit. 569 00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:05,947 Instead of allowing each race to flourish 570 00:35:05,980 --> 00:35:07,867 from its separate racial station 571 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,043 as has been the standard for generations now. 572 00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:11,226 Good morning, Mr. President. 573 00:35:11,257 --> 00:35:13,371 Their changing world 574 00:35:13,402 --> 00:35:15,121 is sickening the balance of the Southland. 575 00:35:16,954 --> 00:35:18,523 Now... 576 00:35:18,554 --> 00:35:21,753 I pledged to stand up for Alabama when I campaigned 577 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,769 and the people elected me on that pledge, 578 00:35:23,802 --> 00:35:25,722 and that is exactly what I intend to do. 579 00:35:50,905 --> 00:35:52,826 Johnson'll flinch. 580 00:35:53,528 --> 00:35:55,193 I'm tired, Ralphy. 581 00:35:57,273 --> 00:35:58,905 Tiring of this. 582 00:35:59,673 --> 00:36:02,202 Eyes on the prize, Martin. 583 00:36:02,233 --> 00:36:04,601 Yeah, but what is the prize, friend? 584 00:36:05,625 --> 00:36:08,601 We fight to have a seat at whatever table we want. 585 00:36:09,945 --> 00:36:11,320 How does it help a black man 586 00:36:11,351 --> 00:36:12,985 to be able to eat at a lunch counter 587 00:36:13,016 --> 00:36:15,032 if he doesn't earn enough to buy the burger? 588 00:36:16,728 --> 00:36:18,329 Or worse yet, can't even... 589 00:36:20,985 --> 00:36:22,840 Can't even read the menu 590 00:36:22,873 --> 00:36:25,817 'cause there was no Negro school where he's from. 591 00:36:25,849 --> 00:36:27,831 What is that? 592 00:36:27,864 --> 00:36:28,864 That equality? 593 00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:32,215 Amen. 594 00:36:32,248 --> 00:36:33,849 And what about in our minds? 595 00:36:35,128 --> 00:36:38,233 Equality in the black psyche. Look at these men. 596 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,775 Beaten and broken down for generations. 597 00:36:42,807 --> 00:36:44,952 Deciding to demand more? 598 00:36:47,222 --> 00:36:49,543 What happens when a man stands up and says enough is enough? 599 00:36:49,559 --> 00:36:51,670 Look at Medgar. 600 00:36:51,704 --> 00:36:54,679 Murdered the man in his own driveway. 601 00:36:54,711 --> 00:36:56,534 Kids and wife right there inside the house. 602 00:36:56,567 --> 00:36:59,414 George and Herbert Lee, Lamar Smith. 603 00:36:59,447 --> 00:37:02,231 A man stands up, only to be struck down. 604 00:37:05,110 --> 00:37:07,288 And what happens to the people he led? 605 00:37:12,342 --> 00:37:13,911 What are we doing, Ralphy? 606 00:37:16,119 --> 00:37:18,327 We take it piece by piece. 607 00:37:18,934 --> 00:37:20,342 Like we been doing. 608 00:37:21,141 --> 00:37:23,190 We build the path as we can. 609 00:37:23,894 --> 00:37:25,559 Rock by rock. 610 00:37:32,661 --> 00:37:34,583 This cell is probably bugged. 611 00:37:37,237 --> 00:37:38,614 It probably is. 612 00:37:42,197 --> 00:37:43,606 Oh, Lord. 613 00:37:49,621 --> 00:37:53,974 They're gonna ruin me so they can ruin this movement. 614 00:37:55,476 --> 00:37:56,726 They are. 615 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:04,501 "Look at the birds of the air, 616 00:38:07,092 --> 00:38:08,916 "that they do not sow, nor reap, 617 00:38:08,947 --> 00:38:10,420 "nor gather into barns, 618 00:38:12,085 --> 00:38:14,324 "and yet your Heavenly Father doth feed them. 619 00:38:16,885 --> 00:38:18,804 "Are you not worth much more than they? 620 00:38:20,692 --> 00:38:23,443 "And who of you by being worried 621 00:38:23,476 --> 00:38:25,588 "can add a single hour to his life?" 622 00:38:26,195 --> 00:38:28,021 Matthew 6, verse 27. 623 00:38:28,052 --> 00:38:29,300 All right. 624 00:38:30,260 --> 00:38:31,445 Yes, sir. 625 00:38:38,228 --> 00:38:39,315 What? Where did you hear that? 626 00:38:39,347 --> 00:38:40,659 I overhead them talking 627 00:38:40,692 --> 00:38:41,556 about him coming in this evening. 628 00:38:41,588 --> 00:38:42,963 Overhead us? 629 00:38:42,996 --> 00:38:44,947 I'm learning about this just like you. We didn't do this. 630 00:38:44,980 --> 00:38:46,324 That Negro can't be talking about that 631 00:38:46,356 --> 00:38:48,594 "by any means necessary" madness with these people. 632 00:38:48,628 --> 00:38:50,130 They about to bust as it is. 633 00:38:50,163 --> 00:38:51,378 He's on his way here, right? 634 00:38:51,411 --> 00:38:52,786 So we gotta figure this out. Right and fast. 635 00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:54,452 Oh, he ain't on his way. He here. 636 00:38:56,882 --> 00:38:58,228 Holy shit. 637 00:39:08,786 --> 00:39:09,811 Are you all right? 638 00:39:11,059 --> 00:39:14,130 I wish I had more time to prepare is all. 639 00:39:15,505 --> 00:39:18,643 I want to do this kind of thing whenever possible. 640 00:39:18,675 --> 00:39:20,177 But I don't get to do it enough 641 00:39:20,210 --> 00:39:21,458 to feel entirely comfortable. 642 00:39:23,922 --> 00:39:25,106 I prefer to be prepared. 643 00:39:25,777 --> 00:39:27,505 Yes, I understand that. 644 00:39:28,561 --> 00:39:30,994 I admire you. I do. 645 00:39:32,594 --> 00:39:35,666 Sometimes I wish I were more out there in the trenches. 646 00:39:35,697 --> 00:39:37,746 You do more than you know, Mrs. King. 647 00:39:40,530 --> 00:39:43,282 I'll tell you what I know to be true. 648 00:39:43,313 --> 00:39:45,746 It helps me in times when I'm feeling unsure. 649 00:39:45,777 --> 00:39:46,777 If you'd like. 650 00:39:47,505 --> 00:39:49,137 Oh, please do, Mrs. Boynton. 651 00:39:51,634 --> 00:39:55,121 I know that we are descendants of a mighty people, 652 00:39:55,153 --> 00:39:57,233 who gave civilization to the world. 653 00:39:58,672 --> 00:40:01,297 People who survived the hulls of slave ships 654 00:40:01,329 --> 00:40:03,376 across vast oceans. 655 00:40:03,409 --> 00:40:07,632 People who innovate and create and love 656 00:40:07,664 --> 00:40:11,409 despite pressures and tortures unimaginable. 657 00:40:12,688 --> 00:40:14,608 They are in our bloodstream. 658 00:40:14,641 --> 00:40:16,880 Pumping our hearts every second. 659 00:40:18,447 --> 00:40:19,952 They've prepared you. 660 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,047 You are already prepared. 661 00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:26,576 Mrs. King, I mean no disrespect. 662 00:40:27,983 --> 00:40:30,672 I come with great respect for your husband. 663 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,744 I have no army behind me anymore. 664 00:40:35,023 --> 00:40:37,456 I have myself and the truth. 665 00:40:38,639 --> 00:40:41,135 That is all I stand on today. 666 00:40:41,168 --> 00:40:44,400 You've said disrespectful things in the past, Minister. 667 00:40:44,431 --> 00:40:46,672 So you'll understand why there is some alarm here tonight. 668 00:40:46,702 --> 00:40:48,751 I do. I understand that. 669 00:40:49,838 --> 00:40:51,503 Your husband and I, we do not see 670 00:40:51,536 --> 00:40:52,943 exactly eye-to-eye 671 00:40:52,976 --> 00:40:55,119 on how to achieve progress for the black man. 672 00:40:55,150 --> 00:40:56,431 And yes, I have been piercing 673 00:40:56,463 --> 00:40:58,927 in my critiques of non-violence. 674 00:40:58,958 --> 00:41:00,878 But because we don't agree, Mrs. King, 675 00:41:00,911 --> 00:41:03,119 does not mean that I'm the enemy. 676 00:41:03,150 --> 00:41:06,126 What do you intend to say to these people then, sir? 677 00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:07,695 A lot of work has been done here, 678 00:41:07,728 --> 00:41:09,447 and I don't intend to see it undone tonight. 679 00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:14,606 Let's just say, my eyes see in a new way. 680 00:41:15,951 --> 00:41:17,967 But your local sheriff here? He doesn't know that. 681 00:41:19,375 --> 00:41:21,335 So allow me to be the alternative to your husband. 682 00:41:22,510 --> 00:41:24,302 The alternative that scares them so much 683 00:41:24,335 --> 00:41:26,286 they turn to Dr. King in refuge. 684 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:28,559 Let my being here, Mrs. King, represent the factions 685 00:41:28,590 --> 00:41:31,021 that will come if they don't give the good reverend 686 00:41:31,054 --> 00:41:33,454 what he's asking for and soon. 687 00:41:33,485 --> 00:41:36,110 Do you know what he has said about us in the past, Coretta? 688 00:41:36,141 --> 00:41:38,862 He called us "ignorant Negro preachers." 689 00:41:38,893 --> 00:41:40,942 Called me a modern day Uncle Tom. 690 00:41:40,974 --> 00:41:43,853 Said on national television that the white man pays me 691 00:41:43,885 --> 00:41:46,829 to keep Negroes defenseless. 692 00:41:46,862 --> 00:41:49,422 The white man pays me! 693 00:41:51,597 --> 00:41:53,900 How could you allow it? 694 00:41:53,934 --> 00:41:57,260 It wasn't like that this time, Martin. I'm telling you... 695 00:41:57,293 --> 00:41:59,565 He spoke with some of the words he's used before, 696 00:41:59,597 --> 00:42:01,164 but it wasn't aimed at you. 697 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,054 It was... 698 00:42:03,885 --> 00:42:05,204 It had more to do with helping us. 699 00:42:07,469 --> 00:42:09,036 Not that you need his help. 700 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:10,219 I'm just telling you how it was. 701 00:42:10,253 --> 00:42:13,099 This movement, our movement, 702 00:42:13,132 --> 00:42:15,052 has been the one that has moved the needle. 703 00:42:15,085 --> 00:42:17,099 Our movement changes laws 704 00:42:17,132 --> 00:42:18,668 and day-to-day life for our people. 705 00:42:18,699 --> 00:42:20,621 But what has he changed? 706 00:42:20,652 --> 00:42:22,860 Actually changed? 707 00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:28,108 You don't sound like yourself. You sound tired. 708 00:42:28,139 --> 00:42:29,740 And you sound enamored. 709 00:42:37,195 --> 00:42:38,380 I didn't mean that. 710 00:42:39,436 --> 00:42:40,556 Corrie. 711 00:42:43,083 --> 00:42:44,364 Coretta. 712 00:42:45,675 --> 00:42:47,019 I didn't mean that. 713 00:43:01,322 --> 00:43:02,411 I'm tired. 714 00:43:04,298 --> 00:43:05,547 You're right. 715 00:43:12,969 --> 00:43:14,123 Rest then. 716 00:43:16,043 --> 00:43:17,043 Rest tonight, Martin. 717 00:43:19,657 --> 00:43:22,730 This is not what I want to hear. 718 00:43:22,762 --> 00:43:26,378 How in Christ's sake does Malcolm X slip into my state, 719 00:43:26,409 --> 00:43:29,195 meet with the wife of the other one, 720 00:43:29,226 --> 00:43:31,114 and give an actual speech to these nigras 721 00:43:31,146 --> 00:43:32,681 who are already riled up enough? 722 00:43:32,713 --> 00:43:33,545 I mean, how does that happen, Colonel Lingo? 723 00:43:33,577 --> 00:43:35,434 Governor... 724 00:43:35,467 --> 00:43:37,161 Is every spook militant in existence 725 00:43:37,193 --> 00:43:38,193 gonna pay us a visit? 726 00:43:39,626 --> 00:43:41,672 Huh? 727 00:43:41,706 --> 00:43:43,530 Do you know what this means? 728 00:43:43,561 --> 00:43:45,257 Johnson is going to get jumpy. 729 00:43:46,442 --> 00:43:48,585 King and X together is sending him 730 00:43:48,617 --> 00:43:50,250 through the cotton-pickin' stratosphere. 731 00:43:50,282 --> 00:43:52,873 And pictures of nigras getting beat in the street 732 00:43:52,905 --> 00:43:54,088 - doesn't help the matter. - Governor... 733 00:43:54,121 --> 00:43:56,969 Now I can't make a move against that backwoods, 734 00:43:57,001 --> 00:43:58,634 white trash Sheriff Clark 735 00:43:58,664 --> 00:44:00,233 'cause that'll be seen as I'm helping King. 736 00:44:00,264 --> 00:44:03,784 But somebody got to get Jim Clark under control. 737 00:44:04,905 --> 00:44:06,440 Election year is coming up 738 00:44:06,472 --> 00:44:09,449 and this black voting business won't abide. 739 00:44:09,481 --> 00:44:11,112 I mean, what's not clear about that? 740 00:44:11,144 --> 00:44:13,320 Look, George, I'm telling you, 741 00:44:13,351 --> 00:44:15,913 if the Lord Jesus and Elvis Presley 742 00:44:15,945 --> 00:44:18,152 come visiting and they said, 743 00:44:18,184 --> 00:44:22,088 "Jim, now, we need you to treat them niggers nice." 744 00:44:22,121 --> 00:44:24,425 Jim Clark would beat the shit out of the pair of them, 745 00:44:24,456 --> 00:44:25,456 then throw them in jail. 746 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,327 Jesus H. Christ. 747 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,079 Jim's a good old boy, he's a friend of mine. 748 00:44:31,112 --> 00:44:32,391 Jim Clark just ain't that scary. 749 00:44:34,088 --> 00:44:35,719 Now he's playing into their hands. 750 00:44:36,838 --> 00:44:38,503 Now... 751 00:44:38,536 --> 00:44:40,809 If you want fear, 752 00:44:41,831 --> 00:44:44,137 you need dominance in Selma. 753 00:44:45,735 --> 00:44:50,632 Hoover picked up some intel about a night march. 754 00:44:50,664 --> 00:44:52,070 Wasn't announced. 755 00:44:52,103 --> 00:44:53,894 It's some locals outside of King's group. 756 00:44:53,927 --> 00:44:56,391 Unofficial, they called it. 757 00:44:56,422 --> 00:45:00,518 Supposed to happen tomorrow night once King leaves jail. 758 00:45:00,552 --> 00:45:02,672 Going to some bleeding heart fundraiser in California. 759 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:09,222 So... 760 00:45:10,311 --> 00:45:11,976 King's out of town. 761 00:45:13,126 --> 00:45:14,126 Fewer cameras. 762 00:45:16,005 --> 00:45:17,318 And at night. 763 00:45:17,351 --> 00:45:19,911 Find a reason to send us in there. 764 00:45:19,942 --> 00:45:23,431 Let's scare some real sense into them black bastards. 765 00:45:23,463 --> 00:45:24,806 Y'all move back. 766 00:45:24,838 --> 00:45:26,215 Move back now. Get back. 767 00:45:27,173 --> 00:45:28,806 Go back to your homes now. 768 00:45:43,398 --> 00:45:44,646 Stop! Leave him be! 769 00:45:44,677 --> 00:45:45,677 Mama, come on! 770 00:45:46,246 --> 00:45:47,653 Mama, come on! 771 00:45:48,932 --> 00:45:50,405 We gotta keep moving. Come on. 772 00:45:53,733 --> 00:45:54,885 This way, this way. 773 00:45:54,916 --> 00:45:55,916 Leave him alone. 774 00:46:11,940 --> 00:46:13,061 It's all right. 775 00:46:17,157 --> 00:46:18,853 It's gonna be all right. Okay? 776 00:46:18,885 --> 00:46:20,036 Act like you're... 777 00:46:20,068 --> 00:46:21,628 Act like you're reading your menu. Okay? 778 00:46:22,340 --> 00:46:23,340 It's okay. 779 00:46:24,387 --> 00:46:25,476 Pops... 780 00:46:26,788 --> 00:46:29,572 It's all right, Mama. It's gonna be cool. 781 00:46:29,605 --> 00:46:30,949 It's okay, it's okay. 782 00:46:36,708 --> 00:46:37,708 Hey! Hey... 783 00:46:42,371 --> 00:46:44,804 No, get off of him! Just get off of him! 784 00:46:44,836 --> 00:46:47,043 Get off of him! No! 785 00:46:48,067 --> 00:46:49,635 No! Get off of him! 786 00:46:53,282 --> 00:46:54,436 Stop it! No, no, no! 787 00:46:56,451 --> 00:46:57,451 Stop it! 788 00:47:23,266 --> 00:47:24,610 Help me. 789 00:47:36,514 --> 00:47:37,666 Help me. 790 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:39,880 Jimmie. 791 00:47:41,409 --> 00:47:44,001 Jimmie. Jimmie. Jimmie. 792 00:47:44,032 --> 00:47:45,123 Help me. 793 00:48:03,713 --> 00:48:04,896 Sir? 794 00:48:10,496 --> 00:48:12,449 Oh. Dr. King. 795 00:48:29,409 --> 00:48:32,864 There are no words to soothe you, Mr. Lee. 796 00:48:35,519 --> 00:48:37,119 There are no words. 797 00:48:40,672 --> 00:48:42,976 But I can tell you one thing for certain. 798 00:48:46,431 --> 00:48:47,775 God was the first to cry. 799 00:48:47,807 --> 00:48:48,992 Yes. 800 00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,255 He was the first to cry for your boy. 801 00:48:52,286 --> 00:48:53,856 Yes. I believe that. 802 00:48:57,759 --> 00:48:59,295 Is your daughter... 803 00:49:00,831 --> 00:49:03,264 Is Jimmie Lee's mother here, Mr. Lee? 804 00:49:05,054 --> 00:49:08,128 No, she... She couldn't make it. 805 00:49:15,070 --> 00:49:16,543 May I ask your age, sir? 806 00:49:18,365 --> 00:49:20,478 Well, I... I got 82 years. 807 00:49:21,375 --> 00:49:22,750 1883. 808 00:49:22,782 --> 00:49:24,159 Right. 809 00:49:24,190 --> 00:49:25,983 Yeah. Jimmie... 810 00:49:29,599 --> 00:49:31,295 He born in '38. 811 00:49:32,958 --> 00:49:34,686 He a Army man. 812 00:49:34,717 --> 00:49:37,148 I mean, he was... Was an Army man. 813 00:49:37,181 --> 00:49:39,103 In the Army a spell. 814 00:49:41,181 --> 00:49:45,469 He say, "Pa, you gonna vote before you done." 815 00:49:45,501 --> 00:49:47,230 Mmm-hmm. That's what he said. 816 00:49:49,438 --> 00:49:50,494 He tell me. 817 00:49:53,565 --> 00:49:55,197 - He was a good boy. - Yes. 818 00:49:55,230 --> 00:49:56,230 Always good. 819 00:49:57,244 --> 00:49:58,782 Always good. 820 00:50:05,981 --> 00:50:07,452 Jimmie gone. 821 00:50:12,764 --> 00:50:14,333 I'm so sorry. 822 00:50:20,157 --> 00:50:21,157 Yeah. 823 00:50:36,637 --> 00:50:41,403 Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? 824 00:50:45,882 --> 00:50:49,115 Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? 825 00:50:51,643 --> 00:50:54,362 We know a state trooper 826 00:50:54,396 --> 00:50:56,507 acting under the orders of George Wallace 827 00:50:56,539 --> 00:50:58,427 pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. 828 00:51:00,380 --> 00:51:03,547 But how many other fingers were on that trigger? 829 00:51:07,003 --> 00:51:08,858 Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? 830 00:51:11,451 --> 00:51:15,643 Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize. 831 00:51:18,873 --> 00:51:20,570 Every white politician 832 00:51:21,626 --> 00:51:24,570 who feeds on prejudice and hatred. 833 00:51:27,003 --> 00:51:30,458 Every white preacher who preaches the Bible 834 00:51:30,489 --> 00:51:33,050 and stays silent before his white congregation. 835 00:51:37,306 --> 00:51:39,643 Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson? 836 00:51:41,081 --> 00:51:43,737 Every Negro man and woman 837 00:51:43,768 --> 00:51:46,713 who stands by without joining this fight 838 00:51:46,746 --> 00:51:49,530 as their brothers and sisters are humiliated, 839 00:51:49,561 --> 00:51:52,313 brutalized, and ripped from this earth! 840 00:51:59,322 --> 00:52:01,306 When I heard 841 00:52:01,336 --> 00:52:04,313 President Kennedy had been shot and killed... 842 00:52:05,849 --> 00:52:08,248 And when I heard just yesterday 843 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,393 that Malcolm X, 844 00:52:10,425 --> 00:52:13,273 who stood in this very church just three weeks ago, 845 00:52:13,304 --> 00:52:15,128 had been shot and killed, 846 00:52:17,016 --> 00:52:19,351 I turned to my wife Coretta 847 00:52:19,385 --> 00:52:21,369 and said the same thing I often say 848 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:23,672 when one of our leaders is struck down, 849 00:52:25,657 --> 00:52:28,760 "Our lives are not fully lived 850 00:52:28,793 --> 00:52:31,385 "if we're not willing to die for those we love 851 00:52:32,152 --> 00:52:33,559 "and for what we believe." 852 00:52:37,559 --> 00:52:38,936 But today, Jimmie, 853 00:52:39,864 --> 00:52:41,112 we're doing the living 854 00:52:41,143 --> 00:52:43,288 and you've done the dying, dear brother. 855 00:52:44,791 --> 00:52:48,503 We will not let your sacrifice pass in vain, dear brother. 856 00:52:48,536 --> 00:52:50,648 We will not let it go! 857 00:52:50,679 --> 00:52:52,759 We will finish what you were after! 858 00:52:52,791 --> 00:52:55,414 We will get what you were denied! 859 00:52:55,447 --> 00:52:58,679 We will vote and we will put these men out of office! 860 00:52:58,711 --> 00:53:00,663 We will take their power! 861 00:53:00,695 --> 00:53:02,871 We will win what you were slaughtered for! 862 00:53:02,903 --> 00:53:04,152 Yeah! 863 00:53:07,670 --> 00:53:09,592 We're going back to Washington. 864 00:53:10,614 --> 00:53:12,311 We're going to demand to see the President. 865 00:53:12,342 --> 00:53:13,686 And I'm gonna tell him 866 00:53:14,773 --> 00:53:17,815 that Jimmie was murdered by an administration 867 00:53:17,847 --> 00:53:20,726 that spends millions of dollars every day 868 00:53:20,759 --> 00:53:24,342 to sacrifice life in the name of liberty in Vietnam, 869 00:53:24,375 --> 00:53:27,030 yet lacks the moral will and the moral courage 870 00:53:27,061 --> 00:53:30,518 to defend the lives of its own people here in America! 871 00:53:32,789 --> 00:53:34,583 We will not let it go! 872 00:53:35,958 --> 00:53:39,637 And if he does not act, we will act. We will act! 873 00:53:39,670 --> 00:53:41,813 We will do it for all of our lost ones. 874 00:53:41,846 --> 00:53:44,117 All of those, like Jimmie Lee Jackson, 875 00:53:44,150 --> 00:53:45,717 who have gone too soon, 876 00:53:45,748 --> 00:53:47,733 taken by hate! 877 00:53:55,668 --> 00:53:57,333 Let me hear the top-tier issues 878 00:53:57,364 --> 00:54:01,077 that have to be evident in the overall legislation we demand. 879 00:54:01,110 --> 00:54:02,454 Let's break it down. 880 00:54:02,485 --> 00:54:04,469 But let's root this discussion in what we know. 881 00:54:05,525 --> 00:54:07,893 We know Johnson can't see the full picture. 882 00:54:07,925 --> 00:54:09,684 So, let's paint it for him. 883 00:54:09,717 --> 00:54:13,748 What are the specific hardships and humiliations 884 00:54:13,780 --> 00:54:17,204 we can address within the larger context of legislation? 885 00:54:19,061 --> 00:54:22,324 Doc, we gotta start with banning these laws that 886 00:54:22,356 --> 00:54:24,373 if a Negro tries to register, 887 00:54:24,403 --> 00:54:25,748 I mean, actually musters up 888 00:54:25,780 --> 00:54:27,219 the courage to go in that courthouse, 889 00:54:27,795 --> 00:54:30,771 that their name and address is published in the paper. 890 00:54:30,804 --> 00:54:33,300 It gives anybody who wants to do them any harm 891 00:54:33,331 --> 00:54:35,764 their exact location, and we know how the Klan is. 892 00:54:35,795 --> 00:54:36,996 I hear that. But the poll taxes 893 00:54:37,012 --> 00:54:38,516 got to be our focus first. 894 00:54:38,548 --> 00:54:39,708 'Cause black people are poor! 895 00:54:39,731 --> 00:54:41,204 Black people are poor down here. 896 00:54:41,237 --> 00:54:42,675 - Yep. - And they expected to pay for every year 897 00:54:42,708 --> 00:54:43,668 They weren't legally registered 898 00:54:43,699 --> 00:54:44,947 before they can register. 899 00:54:44,980 --> 00:54:47,251 Now, what the hell is that? Who got that kind of money? 900 00:54:49,523 --> 00:54:50,835 Come on now! Listen now! 901 00:54:50,867 --> 00:54:53,170 The big issue is voting vouchers. 902 00:54:53,202 --> 00:54:54,418 Is that the number one issue? 903 00:54:54,452 --> 00:54:55,507 Now hold on. Let me finish. 904 00:54:55,539 --> 00:54:57,172 'Cause everybody'll forget about this part. 905 00:54:57,202 --> 00:54:59,891 But if you're Negro, the only way you can vote 906 00:54:59,922 --> 00:55:02,643 is if an approved registered voter vouches for you. 907 00:55:02,675 --> 00:55:05,458 Right? So, let's say, you take some place like Lowndes County, 908 00:55:05,490 --> 00:55:07,762 where there are no Negroes who are registered 909 00:55:07,795 --> 00:55:09,586 and you've got to have someone who is registered 910 00:55:09,619 --> 00:55:11,378 to vouch for you. 911 00:55:11,411 --> 00:55:12,500 What are you supposed to do? 912 00:55:12,530 --> 00:55:13,842 - Hmm? - Mmm. 913 00:55:13,875 --> 00:55:15,699 Nobody you know, 914 00:55:15,730 --> 00:55:19,666 not a single black person for 100 miles is registered. 915 00:55:19,699 --> 00:55:23,090 So how do you get the voucher, right? 916 00:55:23,123 --> 00:55:25,427 To get you into the courthouse door 917 00:55:25,458 --> 00:55:27,731 to pay the poll tax 918 00:55:27,762 --> 00:55:29,875 to get your name published 919 00:55:30,418 --> 00:55:31,418 and get yourself dead. 920 00:55:33,074 --> 00:55:34,226 That's true. 921 00:55:34,259 --> 00:55:35,730 We need a new plan! 922 00:55:35,762 --> 00:55:37,585 I can't take him back to Washington 923 00:55:37,619 --> 00:55:40,018 and waltz into the White House with a list of empty demands. 924 00:55:40,050 --> 00:55:42,034 Tactics, my friends! 925 00:55:42,065 --> 00:55:44,721 We must break down this institution 926 00:55:44,753 --> 00:55:47,123 into the tangible tactics that it takes to dismantle it. 927 00:55:49,746 --> 00:55:50,833 What's your next move? 928 00:55:50,865 --> 00:55:52,849 A march from Selma to Montgomery 929 00:55:52,882 --> 00:55:54,737 to protest and amplify. 930 00:55:54,768 --> 00:55:56,882 Well, I'll be damned. 931 00:55:56,913 --> 00:55:59,313 This was always part of the plan, wasn't it? 932 00:55:59,344 --> 00:56:02,641 Provoke some tragedy in little old Selma, then go big. 933 00:56:02,672 --> 00:56:06,289 Get someone killed and march on the State Capitol! 934 00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:08,880 Selma to Montgomery's gotta be 50 miles! 935 00:56:08,913 --> 00:56:11,601 You march those people into rural Alabama unprotected, 936 00:56:11,632 --> 00:56:12,815 it's gonna be open season. 937 00:56:12,849 --> 00:56:15,121 It's too damn far and too damn dangerous! 938 00:56:15,152 --> 00:56:17,105 Then propose new legislation, sir. 939 00:56:17,137 --> 00:56:20,143 I can't do that this year. I won't! I told you. 940 00:56:20,177 --> 00:56:22,161 We need your involvement here, Mr. President. 941 00:56:22,193 --> 00:56:24,528 We deserve your help as citizens of this country. 942 00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:25,871 Citizens under attack. 943 00:56:25,905 --> 00:56:28,753 Now, you listen to me. You listen to me. 944 00:56:28,784 --> 00:56:30,831 You're an activist. I'm a politician. 945 00:56:30,864 --> 00:56:33,168 You got one big issue. I got a hundred and one. 946 00:56:33,199 --> 00:56:35,438 Now, you demanding more 947 00:56:35,472 --> 00:56:37,679 and putting me on the spot with this visit, that's okay. 948 00:56:37,711 --> 00:56:39,344 That's your job. That's what you do. 949 00:56:39,376 --> 00:56:41,840 But I am sick and tired 950 00:56:41,871 --> 00:56:44,112 of you demanding and telling me 951 00:56:44,143 --> 00:56:46,574 what I can and what I can't do. 952 00:56:46,608 --> 00:56:48,335 If you want my support on this voting thing, 953 00:56:48,367 --> 00:56:50,608 I need some quid pro quo from you. 954 00:56:50,639 --> 00:56:51,880 What do you want, Mr. President? 955 00:56:52,623 --> 00:56:55,503 We have a line on some threats that are, uh, 956 00:56:56,655 --> 00:56:57,998 particularly troubling. 957 00:56:58,032 --> 00:57:00,047 Well, what's new? 958 00:57:00,079 --> 00:57:04,559 No, no. This is serious. Credible threats with detail. 959 00:57:04,590 --> 00:57:06,735 This information, coming from the FBI, I assume? 960 00:57:07,695 --> 00:57:09,806 High-level? 961 00:57:09,838 --> 00:57:12,847 The same high-level that's been tracking us like animals? 962 00:57:12,878 --> 00:57:15,726 Bugging our homes and our hotel rooms. 963 00:57:17,038 --> 00:57:20,206 Digging for things that simply are not there, Lee? 964 00:57:21,487 --> 00:57:23,534 This all feels very convenient. 965 00:57:24,813 --> 00:57:26,797 Okay. 966 00:57:26,831 --> 00:57:29,005 This is coming from Lowndes County, Alabama. 967 00:57:29,038 --> 00:57:30,894 Between Selma and Montgomery. 968 00:57:32,847 --> 00:57:35,918 I'm telling you, if he were my guy, 969 00:57:35,951 --> 00:57:37,998 I'd keep him off the frontlines. 970 00:57:39,021 --> 00:57:40,021 Just for a while. 971 00:57:43,117 --> 00:57:45,101 Not gonna happen, Lee. 972 00:57:45,134 --> 00:57:46,733 Meet me halfway on this, Martin. 973 00:57:46,766 --> 00:57:48,686 I can't, Mr. President. 974 00:57:48,717 --> 00:57:50,574 Can't or won't? 975 00:57:50,606 --> 00:57:54,286 I came here hoping to talk to you about people. 976 00:57:55,597 --> 00:57:57,806 People are dying in the street for this. 977 00:57:57,838 --> 00:58:00,077 It cannot wait, sir. 978 00:58:01,324 --> 00:58:02,702 Mr. President, how did it go? 979 00:58:08,300 --> 00:58:09,708 What can I do to help? 980 00:58:12,748 --> 00:58:14,349 Get me J. Edgar Hoover. 981 00:58:15,949 --> 00:58:17,068 King, 982 00:58:18,092 --> 00:58:20,077 you know you are a complete fraud 983 00:58:20,108 --> 00:58:23,117 and a liability to all nigras. 984 00:58:23,148 --> 00:58:25,900 Like all frauds, your end is approaching. 985 00:58:26,989 --> 00:58:29,516 You are done. 986 00:58:29,547 --> 00:58:33,228 Your degrees and your fancy awards will not save you. 987 00:58:34,668 --> 00:58:39,019 The American public will soon know you for what you are, 988 00:58:39,052 --> 00:58:42,380 an evil, abnormal beast. 989 00:58:59,722 --> 00:59:01,099 That wasn't me. 990 00:59:04,074 --> 00:59:05,483 That isn't me, Corrie. 991 00:59:10,059 --> 00:59:11,083 I know. 992 00:59:13,706 --> 00:59:15,980 I know what you sound like. 993 00:59:25,898 --> 00:59:27,594 I've gotten used to a lot. 994 00:59:30,922 --> 00:59:34,155 All the hours wondering after your safety, 995 00:59:35,722 --> 00:59:37,867 worried about how you are. 996 00:59:42,826 --> 00:59:43,826 This house. 997 00:59:45,961 --> 00:59:47,081 Renting here. 998 00:59:49,353 --> 00:59:50,603 No foundation. 999 00:59:56,074 --> 00:59:58,697 Without the things the children should have, 1000 00:59:58,728 --> 01:00:00,617 all because of how it would look. 1001 01:00:06,056 --> 01:00:07,496 I have gotten used to it, 1002 01:00:09,065 --> 01:00:10,442 for better or worse. 1003 01:00:15,913 --> 01:00:18,186 But what I have never gotten used to 1004 01:00:19,273 --> 01:00:20,617 is the death. 1005 01:00:23,016 --> 01:00:27,016 The constant closeness of death. 1006 01:00:32,007 --> 01:00:34,376 It's become like a thick fog to me. 1007 01:00:36,936 --> 01:00:39,688 I can't see life sometimes 1008 01:00:39,719 --> 01:00:43,400 because of the fog of death constantly hanging over. 1009 01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,759 People actually say that they will stop the blood 1010 01:00:50,791 --> 01:00:54,119 running through the hearts of our children. 1011 01:00:54,150 --> 01:00:56,615 That's what they said on the other end of that phone line. 1012 01:01:00,391 --> 01:01:02,599 How they're going to kill my children. 1013 01:01:03,911 --> 01:01:06,119 And what they'll do to you and how they'll do it. 1014 01:01:06,150 --> 01:01:08,295 How many years have I had to listen to this? 1015 01:01:08,327 --> 01:01:09,927 The filth, 1016 01:01:09,958 --> 01:01:14,791 deranged and twisted and just ignorant enough to be serious. 1017 01:01:21,829 --> 01:01:23,367 If I ask you something, 1018 01:01:25,286 --> 01:01:28,231 will you answer me with the truth? 1019 01:01:30,246 --> 01:01:31,246 Yes. 1020 01:01:32,965 --> 01:01:34,503 Good, 1021 01:01:34,534 --> 01:01:36,902 because I am not a fool. 1022 01:01:45,735 --> 01:01:47,302 Do you love me? 1023 01:01:54,054 --> 01:01:56,134 Yes, I love you, Coretta. 1024 01:02:07,460 --> 01:02:09,413 Do you love any of the others? 1025 01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:31,500 No. 1026 01:02:49,059 --> 01:02:51,108 I need to put the march back a day. 1027 01:02:51,876 --> 01:02:52,876 Why? 1028 01:02:54,307 --> 01:02:56,195 I have to be home right now. 1029 01:02:56,900 --> 01:02:57,900 Oh. 1030 01:02:59,811 --> 01:03:02,244 Yes. Okay. I understand. 1031 01:03:05,666 --> 01:03:09,282 But I have to tell you the organization looks good. 1032 01:03:09,315 --> 01:03:11,076 Real good. 1033 01:03:11,106 --> 01:03:14,210 The mood is strong. And the locals are prepared. 1034 01:03:14,242 --> 01:03:15,907 The SNCC kids are ready to go. 1035 01:03:15,938 --> 01:03:18,755 We can start it off from Selma, 1036 01:03:18,786 --> 01:03:21,474 and you can join in on the second day. 1037 01:03:33,795 --> 01:03:36,034 I just think it'd be a mistake to hold people back 1038 01:03:36,065 --> 01:03:37,155 when their blood is up. 1039 01:03:38,882 --> 01:03:40,771 I hear you, 1040 01:03:40,802 --> 01:03:42,306 but we need to be out there full throttle. 1041 01:03:42,338 --> 01:03:43,523 This ain't a test run. 1042 01:03:44,961 --> 01:03:46,561 We need to get to Montgomery. 1043 01:03:46,594 --> 01:03:48,994 I warned Johnson that we were going to the Capitol. 1044 01:03:49,025 --> 01:03:50,530 We need to do just that. 1045 01:03:51,905 --> 01:03:54,722 And I believe we will. We'll get there. 1046 01:03:58,690 --> 01:04:00,896 And when we do the real deal, the finale, 1047 01:04:00,929 --> 01:04:02,976 when you make the big speech at the end, 1048 01:04:03,010 --> 01:04:04,769 right on Wallace's doorstep. 1049 01:04:19,329 --> 01:04:21,217 I don't know, Andy. 1050 01:04:22,751 --> 01:04:25,217 It'll be just fine. 1051 01:04:25,248 --> 01:04:28,481 We'll get it started strong. And you'll finish strong. 1052 01:04:29,023 --> 01:04:30,023 Mmm. 1053 01:04:34,817 --> 01:04:36,641 Okay. Uh... Let's proceed. 1054 01:04:37,632 --> 01:04:39,519 But only one of us walks to start. 1055 01:04:39,552 --> 01:04:41,088 I don't want to get back on Monday 1056 01:04:41,119 --> 01:04:43,072 and find all our leadership in jail. 1057 01:04:44,159 --> 01:04:45,159 One of us walks. 1058 01:04:45,824 --> 01:04:47,103 Understood. 1059 01:04:50,175 --> 01:04:54,527 There will be no march from Selma to Montgomery. 1060 01:04:54,559 --> 01:04:57,856 It is not conducive to traffic flow on Route 80. 1061 01:04:57,887 --> 01:04:59,295 Or to public safety. 1062 01:04:59,327 --> 01:05:01,119 Your lives could be in danger, 1063 01:05:01,152 --> 01:05:03,264 but we're going to be strong if we stick together. 1064 01:05:03,295 --> 01:05:06,878 Don't fight back. It's a non-violent movement. 1065 01:05:06,911 --> 01:05:09,311 Non-violence is not passive. It's actually very strong. 1066 01:05:10,237 --> 01:05:11,615 We shouldn't do this, John. 1067 01:05:11,646 --> 01:05:13,311 This is not us. This is not SNCC. 1068 01:05:13,344 --> 01:05:14,815 It's some bullshit. 1069 01:05:14,847 --> 01:05:17,567 It's gonna do more for King and the SCLC than for Selma. 1070 01:05:18,079 --> 01:05:19,456 This is Alabama. 1071 01:05:19,487 --> 01:05:21,663 They can keep their asses in Washington, D.C. 1072 01:05:21,695 --> 01:05:24,159 You don't tell us how to live our lives. 1073 01:05:24,190 --> 01:05:26,431 This is an example of what you might deal with out there. 1074 01:05:26,463 --> 01:05:28,893 What you might experience. Here we go. Let's show them. 1075 01:05:28,927 --> 01:05:31,199 We don't want your kind here. 1076 01:05:31,230 --> 01:05:32,927 Go to the bottom of the river, black boy. 1077 01:05:32,958 --> 01:05:34,429 We're going to put you down in Alabama River! 1078 01:05:34,461 --> 01:05:35,461 He's not even here. 1079 01:05:35,485 --> 01:05:36,637 How's it gonna do more for him? 1080 01:05:36,670 --> 01:05:38,429 Well, why ain't he here, then, man? 1081 01:05:38,461 --> 01:05:40,414 Are you listening to yourself? 1082 01:05:40,445 --> 01:05:41,309 First, it's gonna do more for him. 1083 01:05:41,342 --> 01:05:42,750 Now, it's why he ain't here? 1084 01:05:42,780 --> 01:05:44,126 Do you want him here, or do you not want him here? 1085 01:05:44,159 --> 01:05:45,277 Honestly, I don't give a rat's ass 1086 01:05:45,309 --> 01:05:46,750 about that man. That's your hero. 1087 01:05:46,782 --> 01:05:47,934 Let's take these bastards 1088 01:05:47,965 --> 01:05:49,630 and stick them down into Alabama River 1089 01:05:49,661 --> 01:05:50,909 and never see them again. 1090 01:05:50,942 --> 01:05:52,478 James, you are so off-base with this. 1091 01:05:52,510 --> 01:05:54,141 All this nonsense. This ain't what SNCC is about. 1092 01:05:54,175 --> 01:05:55,164 Don't make me out to be the bad guy here, John. 1093 01:05:55,197 --> 01:05:56,958 I'm not! You're the one playing me small. 1094 01:05:56,989 --> 01:05:58,846 Don't demonize me... 1095 01:05:58,876 --> 01:06:00,702 You're mad because they called him in. 1096 01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:04,253 We were here first. And they called him in. 1097 01:06:04,284 --> 01:06:06,750 I get it. I understand that. 1098 01:06:06,782 --> 01:06:10,141 But if we are really and truly for the people, 1099 01:06:10,173 --> 01:06:12,157 and the people of Selma chose him, 1100 01:06:13,822 --> 01:06:15,324 well, then the people have spoken. 1101 01:06:17,628 --> 01:06:19,900 And if they want to march, then I'm marching with them. 1102 01:06:23,485 --> 01:06:24,860 Then, brother, 1103 01:06:26,268 --> 01:06:28,349 you're marching as John Lewis. 1104 01:06:29,179 --> 01:06:30,652 Not as part of SNCC. 1105 01:06:32,860 --> 01:06:34,460 It's been voted on and decided. 1106 01:06:35,579 --> 01:06:37,244 For this march, you're on your own 1107 01:06:37,275 --> 01:06:39,197 with De Lawd and his disciples. 1108 01:07:09,402 --> 01:07:10,842 Short man wins. Short man wins. 1109 01:07:11,516 --> 01:07:12,827 Short man wins. 1110 01:07:14,394 --> 01:07:15,579 All right. 1111 01:07:17,786 --> 01:07:19,579 All right. Who got it? 1112 01:07:21,275 --> 01:07:23,099 It's on you, Hosea. 1113 01:07:23,130 --> 01:07:24,451 You ready, young blood? You ready? 1114 01:07:25,594 --> 01:07:26,554 All right. Let's do this. 1115 01:07:26,588 --> 01:07:27,588 All right. 1116 01:07:32,378 --> 01:07:35,065 About 525 Negroes had left Brown's Chapel 1117 01:07:35,099 --> 01:07:36,570 and walked six blocks to cross Pettus Bridge 1118 01:07:36,601 --> 01:07:38,106 and the Alabama River. 1119 01:07:53,496 --> 01:07:55,514 There were young and old, 1120 01:07:55,545 --> 01:07:57,306 and they carried an assortment of packs, 1121 01:07:57,338 --> 01:07:58,969 bed rolls and lunch sacks. 1122 01:09:09,528 --> 01:09:10,774 The troopers were waiting 1123 01:09:10,806 --> 01:09:13,079 300 yards beyond the end of the bridge. 1124 01:09:14,454 --> 01:09:16,534 Behind the troopers were dozens of possemen, 1125 01:09:17,301 --> 01:09:19,447 15 of them on horses, 1126 01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:22,262 and perhaps 100 white spectators. 1127 01:09:32,150 --> 01:09:33,622 Can you swim? 1128 01:09:35,221 --> 01:09:38,135 Not many swimming pools for black folk where I come from. 1129 01:09:39,221 --> 01:09:40,759 Yeah. 1130 01:10:07,604 --> 01:10:09,398 Andy, it's Bayard. Everybody there? 1131 01:10:09,654 --> 01:10:11,029 Yes. 1132 01:10:11,060 --> 01:10:12,117 Turn on CBS right now, Andy. 1133 01:10:12,149 --> 01:10:13,556 Right now. You have a TV there? 1134 01:10:13,587 --> 01:10:14,613 Yes. Now? 1135 01:10:14,613 --> 01:10:15,636 Right now! 1136 01:10:15,668 --> 01:10:17,109 Turn on the television set. 1137 01:10:18,421 --> 01:10:20,051 We interrupt this program to bring you 1138 01:10:20,085 --> 01:10:22,006 a special bulletin from CBS News. 1139 01:10:37,363 --> 01:10:39,604 Give 'em two minutes. Stand right there. 1140 01:10:39,636 --> 01:10:40,916 We're ready. 1141 01:10:53,908 --> 01:10:55,988 This is an unlawful assembly. 1142 01:10:56,020 --> 01:10:58,099 You have two minutes to disperse. 1143 01:10:58,131 --> 01:11:00,947 Go home or go to your church. 1144 01:11:00,979 --> 01:11:03,572 This march will not continue. 1145 01:11:04,372 --> 01:11:05,939 Two minutes. 1146 01:11:09,427 --> 01:11:11,699 May I have a word with the Major? 1147 01:11:14,228 --> 01:11:15,764 There's no word to be had. 1148 01:11:18,291 --> 01:11:19,796 Major Cloud, may we speak with you? 1149 01:11:32,561 --> 01:11:34,002 Troopers, advance! 1150 01:11:49,329 --> 01:11:51,858 Seventy million people are watching this. 1151 01:11:51,890 --> 01:11:53,778 The first 10 or 20 Negroes 1152 01:11:53,810 --> 01:11:55,377 were swept to the ground screaming, 1153 01:11:55,408 --> 01:11:56,881 arms and legs flying, 1154 01:11:56,913 --> 01:11:59,234 packs and bags went skittering across the grassy divider. 1155 01:12:13,969 --> 01:12:16,305 Those still on their feet retreated. 1156 01:12:16,337 --> 01:12:18,225 A cheer went up from the white spectators 1157 01:12:18,256 --> 01:12:19,889 lining the south side of the highway. 1158 01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:26,007 Come on. 1159 01:12:27,408 --> 01:12:28,815 You gotta come on. 1160 01:12:28,847 --> 01:12:29,847 Please, don't... 1161 01:12:31,632 --> 01:12:33,104 The troopers continued pushing, 1162 01:12:33,136 --> 01:12:34,576 using both the force of their bodies 1163 01:12:34,608 --> 01:12:36,167 and the prodding of their nightsticks. 1164 01:12:50,095 --> 01:12:53,777 Suddenly, there was a sharp sound, like a gunshot, 1165 01:12:53,807 --> 01:12:57,615 and a gray cloud spewed over the troopers and the Negroes. 1166 01:12:57,648 --> 01:13:00,271 But before the cloud hid it all, 1167 01:13:00,304 --> 01:13:04,143 there were several seconds of unobstructed view. 1168 01:13:23,854 --> 01:13:25,614 Fifteen or 20 nightsticks 1169 01:13:25,645 --> 01:13:27,791 could be seen through the gas, 1170 01:13:27,822 --> 01:13:30,095 flailing at the heads of the marchers. 1171 01:13:30,445 --> 01:13:31,662 Ahhh! 1172 01:13:31,694 --> 01:13:33,103 The Negroes cried out 1173 01:13:33,134 --> 01:13:34,926 as they crowded together for protection, 1174 01:13:34,957 --> 01:13:37,078 and the whites on the sidelines whooped and cheered. 1175 01:13:49,229 --> 01:13:52,046 From the hospital came reports of victims 1176 01:13:52,078 --> 01:13:55,917 suffering fractures of ribs, heads, arms and legs. 1177 01:13:55,949 --> 01:13:58,092 And Negro leader John Lewis, 1178 01:13:58,125 --> 01:14:00,078 despite injury from a possible skull fracture, 1179 01:14:00,109 --> 01:14:02,221 led the marchers back to the chapel 1180 01:14:02,253 --> 01:14:03,789 after the encounter with officers. 1181 01:14:04,845 --> 01:14:06,189 Help! 1182 01:14:06,701 --> 01:14:07,701 Help! 1183 01:14:12,430 --> 01:14:16,077 He said, "I don't see how President Johnson 1184 01:14:16,109 --> 01:14:17,837 "can send troops to Vietnam 1185 01:14:17,868 --> 01:14:21,676 "and can't send troops to Selma, Alabama." 1186 01:14:21,708 --> 01:14:25,069 To which the Negroes present roared their approval. 1187 01:15:05,930 --> 01:15:08,203 Gerry! Gerry, come with us! Come with us! 1188 01:15:08,234 --> 01:15:09,451 We need your gun, man! 1189 01:15:09,484 --> 01:15:11,114 I can't walk! 1190 01:15:11,148 --> 01:15:13,484 Come with us. We know you got them guns in the shed, Gerry. 1191 01:15:13,515 --> 01:15:15,850 Hey, hey, hey, what you need guns for? 1192 01:15:15,882 --> 01:15:17,449 The Bible says, "An eye for an eye," Reverend. 1193 01:15:17,483 --> 01:15:19,179 - Yeah? - I'm sick of this shit! 1194 01:15:19,210 --> 01:15:21,194 How many guns you think they got down there? 1195 01:15:21,226 --> 01:15:23,082 That's an entire army down there. 1196 01:15:23,114 --> 01:15:25,354 What you got? A couple of .32s? A .38? 1197 01:15:25,386 --> 01:15:26,761 Maybe a couple of old scatterguns? What? 1198 01:15:26,795 --> 01:15:27,978 I got enough to kill a couple 1199 01:15:28,011 --> 01:15:29,065 of them crackers, that's what I got! 1200 01:15:29,099 --> 01:15:30,506 And how many of us you think 1201 01:15:30,538 --> 01:15:32,426 they gonna kill in retaliation? 1202 01:15:32,457 --> 01:15:34,122 With their 12-gauge pump-actions, 1203 01:15:34,154 --> 01:15:35,689 their Colt automatics, 1204 01:15:35,721 --> 01:15:37,641 their Remingtons, their helicopters, their tanks! 1205 01:15:38,442 --> 01:15:40,105 We won't win that way, 1206 01:15:40,137 --> 01:15:42,154 and I ain't talking about the Bible. 1207 01:15:42,185 --> 01:15:43,627 I ain't talking what's right by God. 1208 01:15:43,658 --> 01:15:46,345 I am talking facts. Cold, hard facts! 1209 01:15:46,377 --> 01:15:50,537 Now, you take two of them, and they take 10 of us. 1210 01:15:50,569 --> 01:15:53,770 No. We have to win another way. 1211 01:15:55,466 --> 01:15:57,065 To our regularly scheduled program. 1212 01:16:04,617 --> 01:16:06,440 We're going back to the bridge. 1213 01:16:09,993 --> 01:16:11,273 We're going to finish this, 1214 01:16:11,305 --> 01:16:13,194 we promise you that, Ms. Amelia. 1215 01:16:16,393 --> 01:16:18,024 We go again. 1216 01:16:23,305 --> 01:16:25,671 Dr. King! Can we get a statement, sir? 1217 01:16:25,704 --> 01:16:27,208 Dr. King! Morning, Doctor. 1218 01:16:27,240 --> 01:16:28,480 Can we get a statement, please? 1219 01:16:28,488 --> 01:16:29,672 - Morning. - Morning. 1220 01:16:31,431 --> 01:16:34,087 While rageful violence continues 1221 01:16:34,119 --> 01:16:36,969 towards the unarmed people of Selma, 1222 01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:39,240 while they are assaulted with tear gas 1223 01:16:39,271 --> 01:16:42,505 and batons like an enemy in a war, 1224 01:16:42,537 --> 01:16:45,863 no citizen of this country can call themselves blameless, 1225 01:16:45,895 --> 01:16:48,104 for we all bear a responsibility 1226 01:16:48,136 --> 01:16:50,055 for our fellow man. 1227 01:16:50,087 --> 01:16:52,967 I am appealing to men and women of God 1228 01:16:52,998 --> 01:16:55,015 and goodwill everywhere, 1229 01:16:55,046 --> 01:16:57,448 white, black and otherwise. 1230 01:16:57,479 --> 01:17:02,951 If you believe all are created equal, come to Selma. 1231 01:17:02,984 --> 01:17:05,511 Join us. Join our march against injustice 1232 01:17:05,543 --> 01:17:06,984 and inhumanity. 1233 01:17:08,007 --> 01:17:09,319 We need you to stand with us. 1234 01:17:12,359 --> 01:17:15,143 Judge Johnson, Dr. King's call-to-action 1235 01:17:15,176 --> 01:17:16,582 was nationally televised. 1236 01:17:18,407 --> 01:17:20,198 We've seen hundreds of people travel across the country 1237 01:17:20,230 --> 01:17:22,150 to attend tomorrow's march, 1238 01:17:22,182 --> 01:17:25,608 mostly white, mostly clergy of some kind. 1239 01:17:27,398 --> 01:17:30,631 The SCLC is seeking a federal court order 1240 01:17:30,662 --> 01:17:32,198 enjoining the state authorities 1241 01:17:32,230 --> 01:17:33,671 from interfering with the next march. 1242 01:17:35,015 --> 01:17:37,319 You're asking me to overturn the Governor's mandate 1243 01:17:37,350 --> 01:17:39,270 and to do so without a hearing, 1244 01:17:39,301 --> 01:17:40,662 but it's not going to happen at all 1245 01:17:41,158 --> 01:17:42,725 without a proper proceeding. 1246 01:17:42,759 --> 01:17:45,318 Dr. King is in position to lead tomorrow's march, Judge. 1247 01:17:45,350 --> 01:17:47,333 Understood, but you will have 1248 01:17:47,365 --> 01:17:49,317 your day in court on Thursday, Mr. Gray. 1249 01:17:49,350 --> 01:17:52,261 Meanwhile, there will be no march tomorrow. 1250 01:17:52,293 --> 01:17:54,278 I will not oppose Wallace against protocol. 1251 01:17:55,908 --> 01:17:58,278 "Thousands head south in moral crusade." 1252 01:18:02,277 --> 01:18:04,198 The SCLC already filed an appeal 1253 01:18:04,229 --> 01:18:06,181 against Wallace's orders this morning. 1254 01:18:08,934 --> 01:18:10,470 You want my advice, Mr. President? 1255 01:18:10,980 --> 01:18:12,900 You have to ask? 1256 01:18:12,932 --> 01:18:15,270 Give King the march to Montgomery. 1257 01:18:17,412 --> 01:18:20,100 Do that, and then Selma's over. 1258 01:18:21,733 --> 01:18:23,045 Then you're back in control. 1259 01:18:23,076 --> 01:18:24,966 In control of what? 1260 01:18:24,997 --> 01:18:26,756 Another civil war? 1261 01:18:26,788 --> 01:18:28,453 This ain't about the goddamn march. 1262 01:18:28,484 --> 01:18:30,212 You think he cares about the march? 1263 01:18:30,244 --> 01:18:32,484 He wants the law changed, now. 1264 01:18:33,539 --> 01:18:34,853 I've got Congress calling me by the dozens. 1265 01:18:34,885 --> 01:18:37,349 I've got picketing that gets bigger and bigger every day. 1266 01:18:37,381 --> 01:18:40,163 He tugs on their goddamn white liberal conscience. 1267 01:18:40,197 --> 01:18:41,604 Every march pulls 'em. Especially when 1268 01:18:41,636 --> 01:18:43,332 people are getting beat up in the streets. 1269 01:18:47,555 --> 01:18:50,146 These pictures are going around the world, Lee. 1270 01:18:50,180 --> 01:18:52,067 I understand, Mr. President. 1271 01:18:52,100 --> 01:18:53,604 All the more reason to act now. 1272 01:18:53,636 --> 01:18:54,636 I'm gonna act now. 1273 01:18:55,618 --> 01:18:58,275 You tell Wallace and those backwater hicks 1274 01:18:58,307 --> 01:19:00,292 I don't want to see any more of this horseshit. 1275 01:19:00,323 --> 01:19:03,266 And you tell King he best not march, you hear me? 1276 01:19:03,298 --> 01:19:06,532 Either King stops and Wallace stops, 1277 01:19:06,564 --> 01:19:08,707 or I'll stop 'em both. 1278 01:19:08,739 --> 01:19:10,211 I'm here on the President's order 1279 01:19:10,243 --> 01:19:11,779 to try and make this work. 1280 01:19:13,185 --> 01:19:14,532 Please work with me. 1281 01:19:15,810 --> 01:19:17,443 So we give up the march and you... 1282 01:19:18,595 --> 01:19:19,715 You give what? 1283 01:19:21,027 --> 01:19:22,266 We asked for federal protection. 1284 01:19:22,274 --> 01:19:23,970 And with no disrespect, 1285 01:19:24,002 --> 01:19:25,474 but when the Assistant Attorney General 1286 01:19:25,506 --> 01:19:27,457 is the highest-ranking federal official in Selma, 1287 01:19:27,490 --> 01:19:29,634 we have our answer. 1288 01:19:29,666 --> 01:19:31,042 And it's not the one we want. 1289 01:19:31,074 --> 01:19:35,715 Might I suggest that you speak with Governor Wallace 1290 01:19:35,746 --> 01:19:38,274 and Sheriff Clark and urge them against violence 1291 01:19:38,306 --> 01:19:40,033 instead of trying to persuade us 1292 01:19:40,067 --> 01:19:41,474 not to have a peaceful protest? 1293 01:19:47,234 --> 01:19:48,994 Maybe we can make a deal. 1294 01:19:50,337 --> 01:19:51,841 What if I 1295 01:19:52,770 --> 01:19:54,721 could assure you that the administration 1296 01:19:54,753 --> 01:19:56,641 would endorse a later march 1297 01:19:57,698 --> 01:19:58,850 if tomorrow is called off? 1298 01:20:00,801 --> 01:20:04,993 You know what? He's closer than you may think 1299 01:20:05,025 --> 01:20:06,784 to coming around on this issue. 1300 01:20:08,417 --> 01:20:10,753 I believe this compromise might be agreeable. 1301 01:20:10,786 --> 01:20:11,786 Mr. Doar? 1302 01:20:13,248 --> 01:20:17,122 Thousands have gathered here to demonstrate their dignity. 1303 01:20:19,073 --> 01:20:20,832 I don't want to challenge Judge Johnson. 1304 01:20:20,864 --> 01:20:22,560 I don't want to go against the President. 1305 01:20:22,592 --> 01:20:23,649 I don't want any of this. 1306 01:20:24,896 --> 01:20:27,296 The President could stop this with a stroke of his pen. 1307 01:20:27,328 --> 01:20:29,536 He chooses not to. 1308 01:20:29,569 --> 01:20:31,649 The decision is with your side, sir, 1309 01:20:32,832 --> 01:20:33,832 not ours. 1310 01:20:43,136 --> 01:20:44,927 Good to see you, Father. Good to see you. 1311 01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:46,113 Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming out. 1312 01:20:46,144 --> 01:20:47,944 Hello, sister. Good to see you this afternoon. 1313 01:20:48,416 --> 01:20:51,488 Oh. Oh... You came. 1314 01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:53,792 You called and we came, my friend. 1315 01:20:53,823 --> 01:20:54,984 You are not alone, my friend. 1316 01:20:55,007 --> 01:20:56,222 Welcome, welcome. 1317 01:20:56,255 --> 01:20:57,791 - Hi, what's your name? - Susan. 1318 01:20:57,823 --> 01:20:59,199 Hi, I'm Viola. Welcome to Selma. 1319 01:21:00,032 --> 01:21:00,993 Yes, ma'am, I'm good. How are you? 1320 01:21:01,024 --> 01:21:02,336 Fine, thank you. 1321 01:21:02,368 --> 01:21:03,966 What is your name and where are you from, sir? 1322 01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:06,815 My name is James Reeb. I've come from Boston. 1323 01:21:06,847 --> 01:21:10,591 Tell me, why have you traveled here, Mr. Reeb? 1324 01:21:10,623 --> 01:21:14,110 I heard about the attack of innocent people 1325 01:21:14,143 --> 01:21:15,679 who just want their rights, 1326 01:21:15,711 --> 01:21:18,143 and I couldn't just stand by 1327 01:21:18,175 --> 01:21:19,840 when Dr. King put out that call to clergy. 1328 01:21:20,606 --> 01:21:22,078 I couldn't. 1329 01:21:22,110 --> 01:21:23,951 The President doesn't want us to march today. 1330 01:21:25,215 --> 01:21:26,912 The courts don't want us to march. 1331 01:21:27,485 --> 01:21:28,485 But we must march. 1332 01:21:28,511 --> 01:21:29,694 Yeah! 1333 01:21:29,726 --> 01:21:31,519 - We must stand up. - Yeah! 1334 01:21:31,550 --> 01:21:33,279 We must make a massive demonstration 1335 01:21:33,310 --> 01:21:34,846 of our moral certainty. 1336 01:21:38,751 --> 01:21:42,398 I'm so glad we're here together today. 1337 01:21:42,430 --> 01:21:45,118 I thank you for standing up. 1338 01:21:45,150 --> 01:21:48,126 For we shall be victorious in our quest. 1339 01:21:48,158 --> 01:21:50,559 We shall cross the finish line hand in hand. 1340 01:21:52,286 --> 01:21:54,365 For we shall overcome. 1341 01:21:55,166 --> 01:21:56,189 All right. 1342 01:23:29,403 --> 01:23:31,802 Troopers, withdraw! 1343 01:25:52,149 --> 01:25:54,198 My point is, after what happened the last time, 1344 01:25:54,229 --> 01:25:56,213 if it don't feel right, we don't do it. That's my point. 1345 01:25:56,246 --> 01:25:58,037 We've been going round and round on this for hours, 1346 01:25:58,069 --> 01:25:59,670 and nothing's gonna change the fact that 1347 01:25:59,702 --> 01:26:01,493 it was Doc's decision and we have to support him. 1348 01:26:01,525 --> 01:26:03,061 This is a movement of many, not of one. 1349 01:26:03,094 --> 01:26:04,533 So any choice we make has to be right for many. 1350 01:26:04,564 --> 01:26:06,069 Come on, Diane. Now, you know 1351 01:26:06,101 --> 01:26:06,997 that's not what I meant by that, all right? 1352 01:26:07,029 --> 01:26:09,845 People are angry, Dr. King. 1353 01:26:09,877 --> 01:26:12,180 Angry. They went back to that bridge 1354 01:26:12,212 --> 01:26:14,421 because they were hot about Sunday. 1355 01:26:14,453 --> 01:26:16,341 That was our moment out there today. 1356 01:26:16,372 --> 01:26:17,372 And you threw it away. 1357 01:26:18,261 --> 01:26:20,788 They could've sealed off the road behind us. 1358 01:26:20,820 --> 01:26:23,957 No food, water, no kind of support allowed through. 1359 01:26:25,269 --> 01:26:26,547 We wouldn't have made 10 miles. 1360 01:26:26,581 --> 01:26:27,734 You saying this was a trap? 1361 01:26:31,189 --> 01:26:32,341 I don't know what it was. 1362 01:26:33,108 --> 01:26:35,476 That was no trap! 1363 01:26:35,509 --> 01:26:37,813 You know why they opened up the road to us? 1364 01:26:37,844 --> 01:26:40,341 Because all them nice, respectable white folks 1365 01:26:40,372 --> 01:26:42,387 was with us, and we should've capitalized on that. 1366 01:26:42,420 --> 01:26:43,541 Because they're not gonna be 1367 01:26:43,573 --> 01:26:44,628 around here for long. They never are! 1368 01:26:44,661 --> 01:26:46,804 It was Martin's call. It's done. 1369 01:26:46,836 --> 01:26:48,595 He made the wrong goddamn call! 1370 01:26:48,628 --> 01:26:49,939 Hey, watch your mouth, young man! 1371 01:26:49,971 --> 01:26:52,115 Two days ago, you didn't wanna march at all. 1372 01:26:52,148 --> 01:26:53,395 And now you're mad because 1373 01:26:53,427 --> 01:26:54,836 it didn't go the way you planned? 1374 01:26:54,868 --> 01:26:56,372 Calm down, brother. 1375 01:27:00,404 --> 01:27:01,971 Now, what happened out there today? 1376 01:27:02,003 --> 01:27:03,509 You gotta tell us something. Please. 1377 01:27:11,315 --> 01:27:13,907 I'd rather people be upset and hate me 1378 01:27:13,939 --> 01:27:16,564 than be bleeding or dead. 1379 01:28:09,328 --> 01:28:11,698 My dearest Corrie, 1380 01:28:13,936 --> 01:28:15,824 at a time when I need you, 1381 01:28:16,849 --> 01:28:18,641 I cannot call you. 1382 01:28:20,240 --> 01:28:24,594 And I have done this to myself, to us. 1383 01:28:28,176 --> 01:28:29,905 At this late hour, 1384 01:28:31,247 --> 01:28:34,096 my thoughts are of you 1385 01:28:34,128 --> 01:28:36,944 and all you have sacrificed for this struggle. 1386 01:28:38,671 --> 01:28:41,296 So many have sacrificed. 1387 01:28:42,543 --> 01:28:44,752 So many have been lost. 1388 01:28:46,193 --> 01:28:49,457 I wonder how many must we lose. 1389 01:28:53,680 --> 01:28:58,096 I pray for discernment and guidance as we journey on. 1390 01:28:59,951 --> 01:29:01,871 I pray, too, that I can justify 1391 01:29:01,904 --> 01:29:03,984 the faith you once had in me. 1392 01:29:06,992 --> 01:29:12,880 I, too, often feel that heavy fog you spoke of, Corrie. 1393 01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:20,176 Only you and our family clears the haze. 1394 01:29:22,574 --> 01:29:25,198 Love, Martin. 1395 01:29:28,015 --> 01:29:29,998 He betrayed trust. 1396 01:29:30,030 --> 01:29:32,974 He called, we came, and he didn't fulfill his own call. 1397 01:29:33,006 --> 01:29:35,055 Yeah, but sometimes it's not that clear-cut. 1398 01:29:35,087 --> 01:29:36,975 Sometimes it's instinctual. 1399 01:29:38,158 --> 01:29:39,534 Like when you're preaching, 1400 01:29:40,302 --> 01:29:41,774 and you're just flying. 1401 01:29:43,599 --> 01:29:46,381 You know, you're not on the notes. You're not on memory. 1402 01:29:46,413 --> 01:29:50,413 You're tapped into what's higher, what's true. 1403 01:29:51,533 --> 01:29:52,533 God is guiding you. 1404 01:29:54,413 --> 01:29:56,270 I've known that feeling. 1405 01:29:56,301 --> 01:29:58,605 It's rare, but I've known it. 1406 01:30:00,845 --> 01:30:02,318 I think that's what happened to Dr. King 1407 01:30:02,349 --> 01:30:04,685 up there on the bridge today. 1408 01:30:04,716 --> 01:30:07,149 He kneeled down, prayed to God and got an answer. 1409 01:30:07,181 --> 01:30:09,997 And he was brave enough to follow that answer, 1410 01:30:10,029 --> 01:30:12,780 and I, for one, don't fault him for it. 1411 01:30:12,813 --> 01:30:14,284 Except he owes me a bus ticket home. 1412 01:30:15,564 --> 01:30:16,780 You know what I hate more than niggers? 1413 01:30:16,813 --> 01:30:17,997 What's that? 1414 01:30:18,636 --> 01:30:19,694 White niggers. 1415 01:30:20,782 --> 01:30:22,444 Look, we don't want trouble, okay? 1416 01:30:22,476 --> 01:30:23,837 No, you came here stirrin' trouble. 1417 01:30:40,460 --> 01:30:41,460 Doc, 1418 01:30:43,436 --> 01:30:44,653 someone's been hurt. 1419 01:30:49,324 --> 01:30:51,980 A priest, from Boston. 1420 01:30:53,676 --> 01:30:54,676 White. 1421 01:30:56,332 --> 01:30:58,667 Now you know what being a nigger around here 1422 01:30:58,699 --> 01:31:00,235 feels like, boy. 1423 01:31:00,747 --> 01:31:02,923 Hurt? How? 1424 01:31:09,484 --> 01:31:10,796 Dead. 1425 01:31:25,802 --> 01:31:27,211 I need a phone! 1426 01:31:28,875 --> 01:31:32,681 Chicago, Detroit, Boston, I don't care. 1427 01:31:32,715 --> 01:31:34,506 Hell, you got 2,000 people marching up in Harlem. 1428 01:31:34,537 --> 01:31:36,105 Well, good for you. 1429 01:31:36,139 --> 01:31:38,666 But when you have people come inside the White House? 1430 01:31:38,698 --> 01:31:41,546 Inside the White House! On a tour? 1431 01:31:41,578 --> 01:31:43,082 They just sat down, Martin. 1432 01:31:43,113 --> 01:31:44,681 They sat down in the main corridor, 1433 01:31:44,713 --> 01:31:47,019 started singin' and shoutin'. Well, I won't have it! 1434 01:31:47,051 --> 01:31:48,170 I cannot stop people from expressing... 1435 01:31:48,202 --> 01:31:50,025 You can! You can stop them. 1436 01:31:50,057 --> 01:31:53,737 No, you can stop it. You, sir, can do more. 1437 01:31:53,770 --> 01:31:55,435 Now I'm glad to hear that you 1438 01:31:55,466 --> 01:31:56,938 called Reverend Reeb's widow, sir. 1439 01:31:56,969 --> 01:31:58,953 That is very fine, and it is right. 1440 01:31:58,985 --> 01:32:00,841 I only wish that Jimmie Lee Jackson's family 1441 01:32:00,872 --> 01:32:02,282 would have received the same consideration 1442 01:32:02,314 --> 01:32:03,434 from their President. 1443 01:32:03,466 --> 01:32:05,320 Don't you lay your guilt at my door. 1444 01:32:05,353 --> 01:32:06,921 You're the one choosing to send 1445 01:32:06,953 --> 01:32:09,273 people out to slaughter when we told you there was trouble. 1446 01:32:09,289 --> 01:32:10,729 We won't sit idle 1447 01:32:10,761 --> 01:32:12,042 while you wait another year or two 1448 01:32:12,073 --> 01:32:13,225 to send this bill up at your leisure. 1449 01:32:13,257 --> 01:32:15,689 That should be clear by now. 1450 01:32:15,720 --> 01:32:17,479 We will continue to demonstrate 1451 01:32:17,512 --> 01:32:19,752 until you take action, sir. 1452 01:32:19,784 --> 01:32:21,480 And if our President won't protect our rights, 1453 01:32:21,512 --> 01:32:22,872 we will take this fight to court. 1454 01:32:23,720 --> 01:32:26,024 You know, I'm... I'm trying here. 1455 01:32:26,056 --> 01:32:27,849 We're getting close to figuring something out 1456 01:32:27,881 --> 01:32:30,250 on this voting thing, but I will not have this! 1457 01:32:31,817 --> 01:32:33,896 This bill has been almost impossible to craft, 1458 01:32:33,927 --> 01:32:35,560 you hear me? 1459 01:32:35,591 --> 01:32:38,345 You think you're jugglin', Martin? I'm jugglin', too. 1460 01:32:40,360 --> 01:32:42,729 I am a preacher from Atlanta. 1461 01:32:42,761 --> 01:32:44,744 You are the man who won the presidency 1462 01:32:44,777 --> 01:32:46,697 of the world's most powerful nation 1463 01:32:46,728 --> 01:32:49,448 by the greatest landslide in history four months ago. 1464 01:32:49,992 --> 01:32:51,400 And you are the man 1465 01:32:51,431 --> 01:32:54,792 dismantling your own legacy with each passing day. 1466 01:32:56,646 --> 01:32:59,175 No one will remember the Civil Rights Act. 1467 01:32:59,207 --> 01:33:01,832 But they will remember the standoff in Selma 1468 01:33:01,863 --> 01:33:04,423 when you never even set foot in this state. 1469 01:33:04,456 --> 01:33:07,686 They will remember you saying, "Wait," and "I can't," 1470 01:33:07,719 --> 01:33:10,855 unless you act, sir. 1471 01:33:22,310 --> 01:33:24,104 - Evenin'. - Evenin'. 1472 01:33:39,878 --> 01:33:41,703 I wanted to speak privately. 1473 01:33:43,078 --> 01:33:45,831 I know there's been trouble with the group, 1474 01:33:45,863 --> 01:33:47,750 and I apologize that our efforts 1475 01:33:47,783 --> 01:33:49,542 have caused a rift between y'all. 1476 01:33:51,527 --> 01:33:53,029 That's a painful thing, I know, 1477 01:33:53,061 --> 01:33:54,759 and I'm truly sorry it's happened. 1478 01:33:56,261 --> 01:33:58,949 Yeah, painful. 1479 01:34:04,837 --> 01:34:06,470 LBJ is not moving, John. 1480 01:34:08,708 --> 01:34:11,270 I thought he would, but our efforts are not working, 1481 01:34:11,301 --> 01:34:13,381 and I can't risk another march with people getting killed 1482 01:34:13,412 --> 01:34:14,981 when it's not working. I won't do it. 1483 01:34:16,293 --> 01:34:18,949 We need voting, not marching. You know that. 1484 01:34:19,974 --> 01:34:22,085 We have to move beyond these protests 1485 01:34:22,117 --> 01:34:24,326 to some real political power. 1486 01:34:24,356 --> 01:34:26,372 This can't go on forever like this. 1487 01:34:28,100 --> 01:34:29,734 I can't go on like this. 1488 01:34:45,123 --> 01:34:46,533 When I was... 1489 01:34:48,739 --> 01:34:51,972 When I was working with SNCC on the Freedom Rides, 1490 01:34:54,916 --> 01:34:58,051 the Montgomery bus reached the city limits. 1491 01:34:59,844 --> 01:35:02,020 We got off. And out of nowhere, 1492 01:35:03,587 --> 01:35:07,076 from all directions, they came. 1493 01:35:09,795 --> 01:35:12,836 There was men, women. 1494 01:35:14,979 --> 01:35:16,323 Kids, too. 1495 01:35:19,521 --> 01:35:22,019 They had just about every makeshift weapon 1496 01:35:22,050 --> 01:35:23,682 you could think of. 1497 01:35:23,713 --> 01:35:25,956 I mean, bats, bricks, 1498 01:35:27,490 --> 01:35:30,819 tire irons, pipes. 1499 01:35:34,466 --> 01:35:36,002 I remember... 1500 01:35:37,729 --> 01:35:41,698 I remember this little girl just clawing her nails 1501 01:35:41,729 --> 01:35:45,729 into the side of my friend Jessie's face 1502 01:35:45,761 --> 01:35:49,282 while her daddy... Her daddy beat him with an ax handle. 1503 01:35:52,449 --> 01:35:54,337 Jessie was unconscious, 1504 01:35:54,369 --> 01:35:56,865 and they just kept beating on him and beating on him. 1505 01:36:01,634 --> 01:36:03,873 I must've passed out on the asphalt somewhere. 1506 01:36:08,225 --> 01:36:11,554 Next day, I found myself patched up 1507 01:36:11,585 --> 01:36:14,657 and sitting in a church. 1508 01:36:14,689 --> 01:36:17,313 I could barely hold my head up, but I needed to be there. 1509 01:36:19,649 --> 01:36:21,569 You were gonna be speaking. 1510 01:36:22,529 --> 01:36:24,481 And I needed to hear you. 1511 01:36:27,328 --> 01:36:29,761 And I was feeling down, but you got up there. 1512 01:36:32,417 --> 01:36:33,729 You remember that day at all? 1513 01:36:35,809 --> 01:36:38,145 I don't think we remember it the same way. 1514 01:36:39,712 --> 01:36:41,088 What'd I say, John? 1515 01:36:42,752 --> 01:36:44,704 I'm about to tell you right now. 1516 01:36:46,112 --> 01:36:47,744 And I hope you hear me. 1517 01:36:50,239 --> 01:36:53,472 You said that we would triumph. 1518 01:36:53,503 --> 01:36:56,512 That we would triumph because there could be no other way. 1519 01:37:00,671 --> 01:37:02,207 And you know what else you said? 1520 01:37:07,231 --> 01:37:08,231 You said, 1521 01:37:09,152 --> 01:37:10,528 "Fear not. 1522 01:37:11,966 --> 01:37:14,623 "We've come too far to turn back now." 1523 01:37:26,207 --> 01:37:27,935 I feel good about where we are. 1524 01:37:27,966 --> 01:37:29,726 We have a strong case. 1525 01:37:29,759 --> 01:37:30,798 We can do this. 1526 01:37:30,800 --> 01:37:31,838 Right. 1527 01:37:31,871 --> 01:37:35,485 Now, Ms. Cooper and Ms. Boynton are here, 1528 01:37:35,519 --> 01:37:37,038 - and they need to be ready. - Mmm-hmm. 1529 01:37:38,975 --> 01:37:41,087 A lot depends on what they have to say. Okay? 1530 01:37:41,118 --> 01:37:42,846 Mmm. I hear what you're saying, but... 1531 01:38:04,157 --> 01:38:05,470 You're here. 1532 01:38:07,869 --> 01:38:09,502 Yes, I'm here. 1533 01:38:15,166 --> 01:38:16,166 I'm glad. 1534 01:38:29,725 --> 01:38:32,349 Just in time. 1535 01:38:32,381 --> 01:38:34,203 In the matter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1536 01:38:34,237 --> 01:38:36,029 v. the state of Alabama, 1537 01:38:36,060 --> 01:38:39,005 I will now hear testimony from the plaintiffs. Mr. Gray. 1538 01:38:40,412 --> 01:38:42,877 Your Honor, you will hear testimony from the victims 1539 01:38:42,908 --> 01:38:45,189 who were beaten and bludgeoned in their quest for freedom. 1540 01:38:46,203 --> 01:38:48,604 For their right to vote and to self-determine. 1541 01:38:49,467 --> 01:38:50,652 The fact of the matter, Your Honor, 1542 01:38:50,685 --> 01:38:53,819 is that the incidents that occurred cannot be disputed. 1543 01:38:53,850 --> 01:38:55,805 These particular circumstances 1544 01:38:56,701 --> 01:38:58,492 will paint a thorough picture 1545 01:38:58,524 --> 01:39:01,500 of the horrific events endured in Selma. 1546 01:39:02,460 --> 01:39:04,699 Very well, you may proceed. 1547 01:39:04,730 --> 01:39:06,876 Mr. King, you went out on that bridge 1548 01:39:06,907 --> 01:39:08,587 in direct violation of that judge's orders. 1549 01:39:09,467 --> 01:39:11,228 You deliberately disobeyed this judge 1550 01:39:11,259 --> 01:39:12,458 and the Governor, did you not? 1551 01:39:13,722 --> 01:39:16,922 Thousands of people came to Selma, 1552 01:39:16,956 --> 01:39:20,251 aroused by Sunday's brutal acts 1553 01:39:20,283 --> 01:39:23,707 exacted by officials of the city of Selma 1554 01:39:23,738 --> 01:39:25,595 and the state of Alabama. 1555 01:39:25,627 --> 01:39:28,603 I felt if I had not led the march, 1556 01:39:28,635 --> 01:39:30,618 pent-up emotions and inner tensions 1557 01:39:30,650 --> 01:39:32,570 would have led to an uncontrollable 1558 01:39:32,603 --> 01:39:34,523 retaliatory situation, 1559 01:39:36,091 --> 01:39:38,970 a violent situation on both sides. 1560 01:39:39,003 --> 01:39:40,250 I don't need any of your preaching and prancing in here, 1561 01:39:40,283 --> 01:39:41,466 you hear? I want an answer. 1562 01:39:41,497 --> 01:39:42,810 Objection. 1563 01:39:42,841 --> 01:39:43,841 Watch it, counselor. 1564 01:39:44,378 --> 01:39:45,498 I'm trying very hard, Judge. 1565 01:39:45,947 --> 01:39:47,131 Try harder, counselor. 1566 01:39:52,953 --> 01:39:55,930 It seems basic to our constitutional principles 1567 01:39:55,962 --> 01:39:58,778 that the extent of the right to assemble, 1568 01:39:59,673 --> 01:40:01,561 and demonstrate and march 1569 01:40:01,594 --> 01:40:03,385 along the highway in a peaceful manner 1570 01:40:03,417 --> 01:40:04,826 ought to be commensurate 1571 01:40:04,858 --> 01:40:07,417 with the enormity of the wrongs 1572 01:40:07,451 --> 01:40:09,411 that are being protested and petitioned against. 1573 01:40:10,425 --> 01:40:14,457 In this case, the wrongs are enormous. 1574 01:40:17,145 --> 01:40:18,145 Therefore, 1575 01:40:19,097 --> 01:40:22,552 the extent of the right to demonstrate 1576 01:40:22,586 --> 01:40:25,529 in an estimated five-day march from Selma to Montgomery 1577 01:40:26,328 --> 01:40:28,440 has been approved accordingly. 1578 01:40:28,472 --> 01:40:29,944 - Yes! - Thank God! 1579 01:40:31,993 --> 01:40:33,721 There's no further business with this court. 1580 01:40:34,585 --> 01:40:36,248 These proceedings are concluded, 1581 01:40:36,279 --> 01:40:38,009 with our thanks to the litigants. 1582 01:40:39,448 --> 01:40:40,953 Good day, gentlemen. 1583 01:40:55,895 --> 01:40:57,238 Yeah, that's right. 1584 01:40:57,271 --> 01:40:59,225 Well, now, we don't like to have no mistakes, if you... 1585 01:40:59,256 --> 01:41:00,256 If you're sure about it. 1586 01:41:02,104 --> 01:41:05,783 Bayard says that Harry says he can get Nina Simone, 1587 01:41:05,815 --> 01:41:09,591 Dick Gregory, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary in. 1588 01:41:10,775 --> 01:41:12,567 Come on now. We don't got money for that. 1589 01:41:12,599 --> 01:41:14,359 Well, Harry is chartering a plane himself. 1590 01:41:14,390 --> 01:41:17,176 ♪ Day-O, day-O 1591 01:41:18,359 --> 01:41:22,038 ♪ Daylight come and me wan' go home ♪ 1592 01:41:22,070 --> 01:41:24,728 President's angling for your blocking 1593 01:41:24,759 --> 01:41:26,967 of the march to be overturned. 1594 01:41:27,926 --> 01:41:29,911 Unfortunately, all my maneuvers have been 1595 01:41:29,943 --> 01:41:32,182 put on hold while the matter's being adjudicated. 1596 01:41:41,430 --> 01:41:42,591 Governor, you wanted to talk. 1597 01:41:43,255 --> 01:41:44,726 Well, Mr. President... 1598 01:41:46,135 --> 01:41:48,534 Malcontents are disrupting Alabama, 1599 01:41:48,567 --> 01:41:51,447 and it's your responsibility to stop them. 1600 01:41:52,470 --> 01:41:55,061 They're protesting about the right to vote 1601 01:41:55,094 --> 01:41:58,453 and the way they're treated in your state. 1602 01:41:58,485 --> 01:42:02,326 So that's your problem, your responsibility, 1603 01:42:02,358 --> 01:42:04,246 and it's on your watch. 1604 01:42:04,981 --> 01:42:07,765 Mr. President, I disagree. 1605 01:42:07,797 --> 01:42:10,997 We have a certain way things are done. It's the way it is. 1606 01:42:11,029 --> 01:42:12,886 And it's the way the people want it to stay. 1607 01:42:15,125 --> 01:42:17,493 George, why are you doing this? 1608 01:42:17,524 --> 01:42:19,220 Your whole career has been working for the poor. 1609 01:42:19,253 --> 01:42:20,662 Why are you off on this black thing? 1610 01:42:21,524 --> 01:42:23,668 Well, 'cause you can't ever satisfy them. 1611 01:42:24,885 --> 01:42:26,740 First, it's the front seat of the bus. 1612 01:42:26,774 --> 01:42:29,365 Next, it's take over the parks, 1613 01:42:29,396 --> 01:42:31,126 then it's the public schools, 1614 01:42:31,157 --> 01:42:33,940 then it's voting, then it's jobs, 1615 01:42:33,972 --> 01:42:36,533 then it's distribution of wealth without work. 1616 01:42:39,604 --> 01:42:41,461 George, you seen all those demonstrators 1617 01:42:41,492 --> 01:42:42,804 out front of the White House 1618 01:42:42,837 --> 01:42:44,819 keeping my Lady Bird awake the whole damn night? 1619 01:42:44,851 --> 01:42:46,837 Oh, yes, Mr. President. I saw them. 1620 01:42:46,868 --> 01:42:49,684 Well, let's go out there, you and I, 1621 01:42:49,716 --> 01:42:51,283 and announce that you've decided to let 1622 01:42:51,315 --> 01:42:52,627 the blacks vote undeterred, 1623 01:42:53,524 --> 01:42:55,444 and this whole mess will go away. 1624 01:42:55,475 --> 01:42:58,005 And I don't have to draft bills or force the issue. 1625 01:42:59,220 --> 01:43:01,395 Now, why don't we do that, George? 1626 01:43:01,427 --> 01:43:03,891 Why don't you just let the niggers vote? 1627 01:43:05,011 --> 01:43:06,930 You agree they got the right to vote, don't you? 1628 01:43:06,963 --> 01:43:08,819 Oh, there's no quarrel with that. 1629 01:43:08,850 --> 01:43:10,644 I know that. That's the law. 1630 01:43:11,731 --> 01:43:13,332 Then why don't you just let 'em vote? 1631 01:43:13,907 --> 01:43:15,475 I don't have that power. 1632 01:43:15,507 --> 01:43:17,332 It belongs to the county registrars. 1633 01:43:17,363 --> 01:43:19,283 Now, don't shit me about who runs Alabama. 1634 01:43:20,819 --> 01:43:22,323 I don't have any legal power 1635 01:43:22,355 --> 01:43:25,106 over the county registrars, Mr. President. 1636 01:43:25,139 --> 01:43:26,930 They have their regulations and they adhere. 1637 01:43:27,859 --> 01:43:29,779 Are you trying to shit me, George Wallace? 1638 01:43:30,643 --> 01:43:32,594 Are you trying to fuck over your President? 1639 01:43:32,627 --> 01:43:33,939 Mr. President... 1640 01:43:33,970 --> 01:43:36,243 We shouldn't even be thinking about 1965. 1641 01:43:36,274 --> 01:43:38,610 We should be thinking about 1985. 1642 01:43:39,570 --> 01:43:41,363 You and I'll be both dead and gone by then. 1643 01:43:42,707 --> 01:43:45,074 In 1985, what do you want looking back? 1644 01:43:45,106 --> 01:43:46,643 You want people remembering you sayin', 1645 01:43:46,673 --> 01:43:50,515 "Wait," or "I can't," or, uh, "It's too hard"? 1646 01:43:53,681 --> 01:43:56,082 I don't right care what they think, 1647 01:43:56,114 --> 01:43:58,065 and you shouldn't neither. 1648 01:44:03,474 --> 01:44:04,497 Well... 1649 01:44:06,161 --> 01:44:08,273 I'll be damned if I'm gonna let history 1650 01:44:08,305 --> 01:44:11,154 put me in the same place as the likes of you. 1651 01:44:15,185 --> 01:44:18,769 I speak tonight for the dignity of man 1652 01:44:18,801 --> 01:44:21,618 and the destiny of democracy. 1653 01:44:22,640 --> 01:44:25,904 At times, history and fate 1654 01:44:25,936 --> 01:44:29,457 meet at a single time in a single place. 1655 01:44:30,832 --> 01:44:35,345 So it was last week in Selma, Alabama. 1656 01:44:36,912 --> 01:44:40,047 There, long suffering men and women 1657 01:44:40,081 --> 01:44:42,832 peacefully protested the denial 1658 01:44:42,864 --> 01:44:45,423 of their rights as Americans. 1659 01:44:45,456 --> 01:44:47,663 Rarely in any time 1660 01:44:47,695 --> 01:44:50,512 does an issue lay bare the secret heart 1661 01:44:51,503 --> 01:44:53,360 of America itself. 1662 01:44:54,672 --> 01:44:58,769 The issue for equal rights for the American Negro 1663 01:44:58,800 --> 01:44:59,952 is that issue. 1664 01:45:01,359 --> 01:45:02,359 For this issue, 1665 01:45:03,247 --> 01:45:05,967 many of them were brutally assaulted. 1666 01:45:10,703 --> 01:45:14,032 There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. 1667 01:45:15,470 --> 01:45:18,319 There is only an American problem. 1668 01:45:21,295 --> 01:45:24,112 The Constitution says that 1669 01:45:24,143 --> 01:45:27,630 no person shall be kept from voting 1670 01:45:27,662 --> 01:45:29,903 because of his race or color. 1671 01:45:31,342 --> 01:45:35,408 To correct the denial of this fundamental right, 1672 01:45:35,439 --> 01:45:39,662 this Wednesday, I will send to Congress a law 1673 01:45:39,694 --> 01:45:43,342 designed to eliminate these illegal barriers. 1674 01:45:44,078 --> 01:45:46,510 The bill will strike down 1675 01:45:46,542 --> 01:45:50,061 voting restrictions in all elections, 1676 01:45:50,094 --> 01:45:53,390 federal, state and local. 1677 01:45:55,372 --> 01:45:57,006 And we shall do this. 1678 01:45:59,278 --> 01:46:02,319 We shall overcome. 1679 01:46:19,341 --> 01:46:21,550 We believe we can cover you through Lowndes County, 1680 01:46:21,581 --> 01:46:23,436 but once we add the final day's march 1681 01:46:23,469 --> 01:46:25,005 through Montgomery, 1682 01:46:25,037 --> 01:46:26,412 and you're passing through 1683 01:46:26,444 --> 01:46:27,501 all those tall buildings and whatnot, 1684 01:46:27,533 --> 01:46:29,293 coverage becomes challenging. 1685 01:46:30,988 --> 01:46:33,198 So please consider 1686 01:46:34,604 --> 01:46:36,237 driving in on the final leg. 1687 01:46:36,268 --> 01:46:39,213 And please consider nixing the speech at the Capitol. 1688 01:46:41,837 --> 01:46:43,756 Well, if Wallace will see us when we arrive, 1689 01:46:43,788 --> 01:46:45,645 there'll be no need for a speech. 1690 01:46:47,243 --> 01:46:48,243 Can you arrange that? 1691 01:46:54,092 --> 01:46:55,404 I can't hide. 1692 01:46:57,068 --> 01:46:59,340 We can't hide. You understand. 1693 01:47:03,307 --> 01:47:05,707 I don't want to see this go wrong for you. 1694 01:47:08,171 --> 01:47:10,123 Don't you want to protect yourself, Doctor? 1695 01:47:12,076 --> 01:47:13,868 Let me try to do that. 1696 01:47:16,619 --> 01:47:18,378 You know, I know you want to live to see 1697 01:47:18,411 --> 01:47:20,427 the fruits of all this work. I know you do. 1698 01:47:23,530 --> 01:47:26,252 I'm just asking you to allow us to help you do that. 1699 01:47:34,443 --> 01:47:36,460 I'm no different than anybody else. 1700 01:47:38,666 --> 01:47:40,523 I want to live long and be happy. 1701 01:47:43,594 --> 01:47:46,283 But I'll not be focusing on what I want today. 1702 01:47:48,234 --> 01:47:50,251 I'm focused on what God wants. 1703 01:47:53,898 --> 01:47:57,738 We're here for a reason, through many, many storms. 1704 01:48:02,185 --> 01:48:04,170 But, today, the sun is shining, 1705 01:48:04,202 --> 01:48:06,025 and I'm about to stand in its warmth 1706 01:48:06,057 --> 01:48:07,978 alongside a lot of freedom-loving people 1707 01:48:08,010 --> 01:48:09,707 who worked hard to get us here. 1708 01:48:11,177 --> 01:48:12,873 I may not be with them 1709 01:48:12,905 --> 01:48:15,050 for all the sunny days to come, 1710 01:48:17,256 --> 01:48:19,626 but as long as there is light ahead for them, 1711 01:48:21,993 --> 01:48:23,594 it's worth it to me. 1712 01:48:32,744 --> 01:48:34,216 Thank you, John. 1713 01:50:14,436 --> 01:50:17,702 We heard them say we'd never make it here. 1714 01:50:20,069 --> 01:50:22,502 We heard them say they'd stop us, 1715 01:50:22,533 --> 01:50:24,101 if it was the last thing they did. 1716 01:50:26,533 --> 01:50:29,862 We heard them say we don't deserve to be here. 1717 01:50:32,164 --> 01:50:35,622 But today, we stand as Americans. 1718 01:50:39,461 --> 01:50:40,868 We are here, 1719 01:50:41,988 --> 01:50:44,708 and we ain't gonna let nobody turn us around. 1720 01:50:46,275 --> 01:50:48,548 This mighty march, 1721 01:50:49,636 --> 01:50:51,716 which will be counted as one of the greatest 1722 01:50:51,747 --> 01:50:55,556 demonstrations of protest and progress, 1723 01:50:55,587 --> 01:50:58,724 ends here in the Capitol of Alabama 1724 01:50:58,756 --> 01:51:00,452 for a vital purpose. 1725 01:51:01,603 --> 01:51:03,171 We have not fought only 1726 01:51:03,203 --> 01:51:05,762 for the right to sit where we please 1727 01:51:05,796 --> 01:51:09,028 and go to school where we please. 1728 01:51:09,060 --> 01:51:12,644 We do not only strive here today to vote as we please. 1729 01:51:13,954 --> 01:51:15,682 But with our commitment, 1730 01:51:15,715 --> 01:51:19,875 we give birth each day to a new energy 1731 01:51:19,908 --> 01:51:23,011 that is stronger than our strongest opposition. 1732 01:51:25,411 --> 01:51:28,547 And we embrace this new energy so boldly, 1733 01:51:28,578 --> 01:51:31,106 embody it so fervently, 1734 01:51:31,140 --> 01:51:33,828 that its reflection illuminates a great darkness. 1735 01:51:36,930 --> 01:51:39,684 Our society has distorted who we are. 1736 01:51:41,251 --> 01:51:43,842 From slavery to the Reconstruction 1737 01:51:43,875 --> 01:51:47,458 to the precipice at which we now stand, 1738 01:51:47,490 --> 01:51:53,474 we have seen powerful white men rule the world 1739 01:51:53,506 --> 01:51:57,793 while offering poor white men a vicious lie as placation. 1740 01:51:59,073 --> 01:52:01,953 And when the poor white man's children 1741 01:52:01,985 --> 01:52:04,930 wail with a hunger that cannot be satisfied, 1742 01:52:05,984 --> 01:52:09,122 he feeds them that same vicious lie. 1743 01:52:10,944 --> 01:52:12,194 A lie whispering to them 1744 01:52:13,216 --> 01:52:15,170 that regardless of their lot in life, 1745 01:52:16,354 --> 01:52:20,001 they can at least be triumphant in the knowledge 1746 01:52:20,033 --> 01:52:24,097 that their whiteness makes them superior to blackness. 1747 01:52:24,929 --> 01:52:25,984 But we know the truth. 1748 01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:29,472 We know the truth, and we will 1749 01:52:29,505 --> 01:52:32,322 go forward to that truth, to freedom. 1750 01:52:35,583 --> 01:52:37,153 We will not be stopped. 1751 01:52:39,009 --> 01:52:41,216 We will march for our rights. 1752 01:52:41,248 --> 01:52:45,377 We will march to demand treatment as full citizens. 1753 01:52:45,408 --> 01:52:48,737 We will march until the viciousness and the darkness 1754 01:52:48,769 --> 01:52:51,296 gives way to the light of righteousness. 1755 01:52:52,640 --> 01:52:55,777 No man, no myth, 1756 01:52:56,832 --> 01:53:01,121 no malaise will stop this movement. 1757 01:53:01,152 --> 01:53:05,760 We forbid it. For we know that it is this darkness 1758 01:53:05,792 --> 01:53:09,503 that murders the best in us and the best of us. 1759 01:53:10,911 --> 01:53:14,273 Whether Jimmie Lee Jackson or James Reeb, 1760 01:53:16,222 --> 01:53:19,646 or four blameless little girls 1761 01:53:19,679 --> 01:53:23,935 struck down before they had even begun. 1762 01:53:25,534 --> 01:53:30,046 You may ask, when will we be free of this darkness? 1763 01:53:30,078 --> 01:53:32,895 I say to you today, my brothers and sisters, 1764 01:53:32,926 --> 01:53:36,158 despite the pain, despite the tears, 1765 01:53:36,192 --> 01:53:38,750 our freedom will soon be upon us. 1766 01:53:41,407 --> 01:53:45,407 For "truth crushed to earth will rise again." 1767 01:53:47,997 --> 01:53:50,110 When will we be free? 1768 01:53:51,293 --> 01:53:53,694 Soon, and very soon. 1769 01:53:53,725 --> 01:53:56,158 Because you shall reap what you sow. 1770 01:54:00,350 --> 01:54:01,886 When will we be free? 1771 01:54:02,814 --> 01:54:04,702 Soon, and very soon. 1772 01:54:05,662 --> 01:54:08,574 Because no lie can live forever. 1773 01:54:11,869 --> 01:54:14,332 When will we be free? 1774 01:54:14,365 --> 01:54:16,349 Soon, and very soon 1775 01:54:16,381 --> 01:54:18,909 because "Mine eyes have seen 1776 01:54:18,940 --> 01:54:21,756 "the glory of the coming of the Lord. 1777 01:54:21,789 --> 01:54:23,805 "He is trampling out the vintage 1778 01:54:23,837 --> 01:54:26,269 "where the grapes of wrath are stored. 1779 01:54:26,301 --> 01:54:28,091 "He hath loosed the fateful lightning 1780 01:54:28,125 --> 01:54:30,237 "of his terrible swift sword. 1781 01:54:30,269 --> 01:54:32,220 "His truth is marching on. 1782 01:54:32,252 --> 01:54:34,396 "Glory! Hallelujah! 1783 01:54:34,429 --> 01:54:36,668 "Glory! Hallelujah! 1784 01:54:36,701 --> 01:54:38,716 "Glory! Hallelujah! 1785 01:54:38,748 --> 01:54:41,661 "His truth is marching on."