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KING JR.: Previously on Genius.
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(glass shatter and flames)
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LOUISE: Run!
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Come, Malcolm! Come!
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MALCOLM X (over TV): I will
be officially launching my own
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Muslim organization.
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From here on out,
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I plan to join
the frontlines of the
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civil rights struggle.
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Are you ready?
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(cheering and applause)
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MUHAMMAD: Brother Clyde,
how would you handle deviation?
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MALCOLM X: He wants me
dead and he's making it clear
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in every direction.
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I want cleansing and guidance.
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SHABAZZ: Then go search for it.
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Find it.
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ABERNATHY: But we did it.
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CORETTA: You know,
there's no stopping us now.
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ABERNATHY: I'm not
your damn sidekick.
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I'm your partner.
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{\an8}And I've been carrying
the burden of this movement
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{\an8}every single day,
just like you!
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Everyone knows this!
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KING JR.: Something remarkable
is unfolding in the South.
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I can feel it.
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CORETTA: Then it's best
we'd be on hand to witness it.
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KING JR.: We will do
more than witness it.
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We will lead it.
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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{\an8}SHABAZZ: You might
think you're slick,
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{\an8}but I heard those
heavy feet of yours from
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{\an8}the moment you entered.
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{\an8}♪ I wanna be kissed ♪
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: Happy
Valentine's Day, my dear.
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{\an8}♪ I need love ♪
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SHABAZZ: Ah, you, you okay?
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♪ I wanna be hugged ♪
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SHABAZZ: My frugal husband
couldn't have possibly
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surprised me with flowers.
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Thank you, Malcolm.
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♪ For a girl to think of ♪
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SHABAZZ: It's very thoughtful.
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♪ But I, but I ♪
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SHABAZZ: Your Hajj must have
truly been transformative.
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I see.
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♪ I want to
be loved, baby ♪
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SHABAZZ: Did you get
a chance to finish your
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speech for Detroit?
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♪ I want you
to hold me so tight ♪
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MALCOLM X: It'll get done.
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♪ Hold my hand
and kiss me goodnight ♪
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♪ I need your love ♪
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♪ I need love ♪
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♪ I'm a girl but I
feel like a woman ♪
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SHABAZZ: Come on.
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♪ I want you
to act like a man ♪
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(explosion)
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MALCOLM X: Betty! Betty!
Get up! We've been bombed!
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(child screams)
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(baby cries)
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(coughing)
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We're all gonna be okay.
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♪ Unholy war ♪
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♪ My demons are coming ♪
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{\an8}♪ Boy, you better run ♪ ♪
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MALCOLM X: I taught my wife
how to use it and instructed
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her to fire on anyone white,
black, or yellow,
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who tries to force
their way inside.
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CHARLES: Minister,
why would you say guns are
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necessary for your protection?
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: You see that
street sign on the corner?
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{\an8}Every day an unmarked
van lingers there for hours.
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{\an8}Now I'm no fool.
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{\an8}I realize the FBI
is watching me.
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{\an8}That doesn't explain the
death threats we get to our
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{\an8}unlisted telephone number.
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{\an8}It's not only the
White man that wants me dead
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{\an8}but some of my
own people as well.
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When I broke from
the Nation of Islam,
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I realized there
would be strife,
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but it still pains me to see
some of the men I trained turn
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their backs on me.
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{\an8}CHARLES: So what
plans do you have in store now
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{\an8}that you've completely broken
ties with the Nation of Islam?
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: I will create a
coalition for African Unity
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{\an8}to fight for our freedom.
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{\an8}The key goals would be
to secure economic justice,
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{\an8}unity with African nations,
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{\an8}defense against
racist oppression,
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{\an8}and freedom and justice
by any means necessary.
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{\an8}And our group will be
speaking to Black people,
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{\an8}not begging for equality
from White people.
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{\an8}CHARLES: Do you see
opportunities to partner with
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{\an8}established leaders, especially
after years of contention?
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: I'll admit
there's work to be done to
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{\an8}remedy those relationships.
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{\an8}However, I'm excited by this
new path to create universal
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{\an8}dignity for the Black man.
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{\an8}CHARLES: So you'll work
with groups such as the
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{\an8}NAACP, the SCLC?
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: Shall the
opportunity present itself,
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{\an8}I will.
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{\an8}♪ Freedom. Freedom. ♪
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{\an8}♪ Everybody wants ♪
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{\an8}♪ Freedom. Freedom. Freedom ♪
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{\an8}♪ Everybody wants ♪
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{\an8}♪ Freedom. Freedom ♪
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♪ Everybody wants freedom ♪
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♪ Freedom. Freedom ♪
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{\an8}♪ Everybody wants ♪
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{\an8}SHERIFF CLARK:
Look here, boys...
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{\an8}Now, I've already
given you a courtesy head-start
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{\an8}to get out of dodge.
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{\an8}I ain't holding my
men back much longer.
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{\an8}♪ Everybody wants ♪
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{\an8}KING JR.: Sheriff, we will
not bow down to any threats.
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{\an8}♪ Freedom ♪
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{\an8}KING JR.: Until all citizens
are allowed to register to vote.
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{\an8}We will not stop.
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{\an8}♪ Freedom. Freedom ♪
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{\an8}♪ Everybody wants ♪
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{\an8}SHERIFF CLARK: Lock 'em all up.
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♪ Freedom ♪
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OFFICER: Get them all.
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♪ Freedom. Freedom ♪
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(explosions and screams)
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(overlapping shouting)
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(glass shatters)
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OFFICER: Stop resisting.
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Give me your hands.
Give me your hands.
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(growling and screaming)
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ABERNATHY: The Lord is
the stronghold of my life.
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Of whom shall I be afraid?
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When the wicked advance
against me to devour me,
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it is my enemies and my foes
who will stumble and fall.
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Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear,
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though war break out against me.
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Even then I will be confident.
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Amen.
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ALL: Amen.
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MAN: Amen.
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(overlapping chatter)
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KING JR.: Well I
give Selma one thing,
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of all the deplorable
jail cells I've been in,
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this is the worst.
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How many times we gotta
go through this rodeo?
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ABERNATHY: Too many.
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But as long as we keep national
attention focused on Selma,
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it keeps pressure
on Johnson to push the
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Voting Rights Bill
across that finish line.
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KING JR.: And I believe
that we will prevail.
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Some days, I, I fear
I'm leading my people
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into a burning house.
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ABERNATHY: Then maybe
we should be firemen.
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KING JR.: Look, I know
things have been shaky between
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us since we.
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ABERNATHY: We got a
long night ahead of us.
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I should get some sleep.
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(emergency vehicles leaving)
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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{\an8}MALCOLM X: I'm thankful to
be here today with you all.
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My house was
bombed last night,
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and the only things I
managed to get my hands on
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before leaving was
what I have on now.
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MALCOLM X (over speaker):
Not everything burned,
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but enough
damage was done.
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I'm thankful that my
family made it out safely.
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And, you know,
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it's amazing that when
you're faced with life or death,
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you're brought closer
to the guiding light.
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My recent hajj and
international travel
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illuminated to me that when
the colonial powers of Europe
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had complete
control over Africa,
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they projected a negative image.
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They projected savages,
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and cannibals,
nothing civilized.
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Now in hating Africa,
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we ended up hating
ourselves because you
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cannot hate the roots of the
tree and not the tree itself.
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But I'm here to tell
you that the roots,
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our roots are
beautiful, tremendous.
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And when watered correctly,
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the tree itself will
grow into a magnificent form
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of life that will serve
all of us more than we
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could have ever met.
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CROWD: Yeah.
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(applause)
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MALCOLM X (over speaker):
There are some things involving
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the Black Muslim movement,
which when they come to light,
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you'll be shocked.
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So I urge you to tune into my
speech next week at the Audubon.
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LOUISE: I know it's been hard.
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I know what it's like
blow after the blow.
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Things piling up till you
just fall in under the weight.
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MALCOLM X: I'm dealing
with it, mommy.
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It's not the first time I've
had to face something like this,
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but this time feels different.
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I don't think I'm gonna
make it out of it alive.
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I'm just happy you are
here after everything.
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LOUISE: And you can rest
assured you are not by yourself.
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MALCOLM X: In
the name of Allah...
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(phone ringing)
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The most beneficent,
the most merciful.
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All praise is due to
the Lord of the worlds.
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Hello.
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MAN (over phone):
Count your days.
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The bombing was
just the beginning.
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MALCOLM X: Oh, Allah, please.
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I seek protection.
Protect my family.
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Provide me with the
strength I need to continue
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on this path and
the ability to face
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any evils that may come.
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All humma ameen.
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BETTY X (over phone): What
time are you starting today?
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MALCOLM X: 1:00.
I've got Grant doing security.
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I've advised against searches.
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I don't want it to be
that kind of space.
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MALCOLM X (over phone): I'll be
talking for half an hour or so.
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And you know,
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I was thinking you
and the girls should come
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down to the Audubon.
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All this back and forth
between the hotels has me
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missing y'all more than ever.
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BETTY X: Well,
let's make it a date.
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BETTY X (over phone):
After your lecture,
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we can go out to
Long Island and search
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for a new place.
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MALCOLM X: That's a good idea.
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Not sure how much I can
sleep on this mattress.
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SHABAZZ: You hardly
sleep anyway,
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regardless of the mattress.
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Well, I should get going.
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Rallying these girls will
take half of my morning.
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MALCOLM X: I love you.
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SHABAZZ: I love you too.
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MALCOLM X: You gonna hang up?
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SHABAZZ: Are you?
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(Betty laughs)
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(dial tone)
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(ticking clock)
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(ticking clock)
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MALCOLM X: Bismillah.
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♪ ♪
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I admire the butterfly.
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They start off crawling,
clinging to life,
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moving slowly in the dirt,
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hoping not to be stepped on.
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Now, isn't that something
truly revolutionary?
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(cheers and applause)
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MAN: Get your hand
out of my pocket!
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(gunfire)
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(screams)
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(overlapping shouts)
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(Betty sobs)
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GRANT X: Hey, Betty.
Come on. It ain't safe.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(overlapping shouts)
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CORETTA: That's exactly how
mommy wants her hair to look.
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ALBERTA: Really.
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REPORTER (over TV): Breaking
news from ABC News desk.
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Malcolm X, a controversial
Black Muslim leader,
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has been shot to
death in New York.
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BETTY X (over TV): I
heard shots and I saw.
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CORETTA: Juandalynn,
Yoki, come on.
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Martin, get your
brother, Dexter.
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Come on, let's go
to bedroom, okay?
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ALBERTA: Go ahead.
CORETTA: Okay. It's okay.
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BETTY X (over TV): I knew
they had shot my husband.
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ABERNATHY: We should, uh,
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get a secretary to
draft a condolence letter
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on behalf of the SCLC.
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Martin.
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KING JR.: I'll write it.
It should be personal.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(typewriter keys)
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KING JR.: Dear Betty, I
send my deepest condolences
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for the tragic passing
of your husband.
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While we did not always
have the same solutions to
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solving the freedom struggle,
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I always admire Malcolm
for his talent to disperse
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the unnecessary and identify
the true pulse of the problem.
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He was a powerful orator
who challenged many,
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including myself,
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to consider alternatives
to addressing the race issue.
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I have genuine respect
for your husband,
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and I know his legacy will
get many to the promised land.
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You and your family will be
in my continued prayers and
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let me know if there's
anything else I can do to
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ease your unimaginable load.
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Martin.
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♪ Three rings for the
elven king underneath the sky ♪
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{\an8}♪ Nine for the mortal
man that I doom to die ♪ ♪
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(gunshots)
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JOHNSON: All right. Dr. King.
Your turn.
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{\an8}Careful now. She got a kick.
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{\an8}KING JR.: Well, as funny
as it looks, Mr. President,
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I wouldn't want it to
somehow get back to Hoover and
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he has me arrested
for possession.
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JOHNSON: Oh, no, no, no.
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The right to bear arms is a
constitutional right for every
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man in the country.
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And thanks to my administration
making it a top priority,
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so is right to vote.
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KING JR.: Well, unfortunately,
Negroes in the South are,
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are facing difficulty
registering without conflict.
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JOHNSON: I know, I know.
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You're, you're,
you're right, Dr. King.
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I hate that we ain't seen
the immediate changes that
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we was looking for, but fixing
old ways is slow-moving.
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It takes time.
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But I did want you to know
that securing Negroes the right
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to vote with our '65 Act is one
of my proudest accomplishments.
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KING JR.: So that
landslide re-election you
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won didn't hurt.
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JOHNSON: 22%.
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I know how grateful you are
of our special partnership,
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Dr. King, which is,
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which is why your
diplomacy on Vietnam is
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so greatly appreciated.
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KING JR.: Yeah.
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You're referring to the
statement I made in Virginia.
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While I was in no way
implying any negative criticism
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on the
administration's position.
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I, I was solely speaking as
a pastor of the word of God.
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JOHNSON: Well, now.
Of course, you were.
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I know it was an honest misstep.
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Besides, how, how could I
ever expect you to have a
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handle on the intricacies
of foreign policy?
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Now listen carefully.
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I know that you are not in
public support of the war,
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but I also need you not
to be in public opposition
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to it either.
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Not if we want to continue
to reap the benefits
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of our partnership, Dr. King.
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Now, I have to go
catch an airplane.
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I thank you for coming
down and talking to us.
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KING JR.: Of course.
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Give my regards to
the misses, all right?
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JOHNSON: Sure.
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ANNOUNCER (over radio):
The Senate today approved an
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additional appropriation
of $12.2 million to support
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American forces in Vietnam.
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In other war news,
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as the escalation of
American bombing continues,
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13 US helicopters were
shot down throughout
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South Vietnam in the
highest daily loss to date.
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KING JR.: I feel like I
need to say something about
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the war in Vietnam.
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ABERNATHY: Oh, Martin,
it's not our fight.
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KING JR.: Our organization
is based in non-violence.
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Don't you think we have a moral
obligation to, to say something?
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ABERNATHY: Our obligation at
this moment is to the black
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folks living in third-world
conditions in Chicago slums.
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KING JR.: And where do you
think the money to help those
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conditions is going?
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ABERNATHY: Martin, I have
no taste for this war just
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as much as you do.
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But if you come out against it,
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our allies in Washington
might turn against us.
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KING JR.: Yes.
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I'm, I'm sure there'll
be a risk, Ralph, but...
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ABERNATHY: Are you?
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Because it's not just
White folks we'd be alienating.
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Now Black folks ain't
gonna like it either.
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People like Wilkins
and the NAACP,
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they took pride working
with the military during
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World War II.
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They'd see opposition
is unpatriotic.
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What you think, Andrew?
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ANDREW: It might be worth it
just to really piss off Hoover.
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(laughter)
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ABERNATHY: Yeah, but you
gonna say that on your phone?
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ANDREW: On my phone?
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ABERNATHY: Yeah, I ain't
gonna say it on mine anyway.
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Is something else on your mind?
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KING JR.: No.
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I just feel like I
got so much going on.
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I don't know.
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Not enough time to
do it all before.
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ABERNATHY: Before what?
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KING JR.: Nothing. Nothing.
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All right, let's
get back to work.
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CORETTA: This country persists
in withdrawing resources from
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education, housing, health,
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and other deeply
needed social programs
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for its poorest citizens,
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yet continues to use them as
cheap labor or cannon fodder.
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(applause)
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Why is it that the problems
of bigotry and poverty at
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home and warfare
overseas are ignored by
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the same men in Congress
who are responsible
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for perpetuating both?
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It's because we as a people
have turned our gaze away from
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those who are in need
of our support the most.
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WOMAN: Right. Yes.
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CORETTA: We can no longer
debate the intertwining of
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domestic and foreign affairs.
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As children of God and
as proud Americans,
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we can no longer ignore the
fact that the deaths over in
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Vietnam will not stop if
we continue to be silent
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here at home.
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WOMAN: Yes.
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CORETTA: We shall be
silent no more.
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No more, no more.
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(applause and cheering)
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♪ ♪
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KING JR.: I'm here at this
glorious house of devotion
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because my conscience leaves
me no other alternative.
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A time comes when
silence is betrayal.
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And that time is now
when it comes to Vietnam.
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I stand before this sacred
desk to speak plainly to every
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American willing to
give me their ear.
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I realize if I want to use my
station and influence opposing
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the injustices levied upon us
in the slums of this country,
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I must start by opposing the
most notorious peddlers of
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injustice on this globe,
first, my very own country.
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I can be quiet no longer,
for the soul of my nation is
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in the balance.
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So I speak to the leaders
of this great country,
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the great action in
this war belongs to us.
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Therefore, the action to
conclude it belongs to us,
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and us alone, to end
all bombings in Vietnam.
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(cheers and applause)
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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AIDE: Mr. President, Gallup
reports 66% of Americans have
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an unfavorable view of
him now that he's spoken out
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against the administration.
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JOHNSON: How do you go
from Nobel Peace Prize winner
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to the most hated
man in America?
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(thunder)
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WALKER: Man, what's it doing?
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COLE: This thing ain't working.
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WALKER: Man, it's the
third time this week,
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this damn thing done
conked out on us.
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COLE: You all get in the cab,
we'll jump in the back.
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Wouldn't be happening
if the city gave us one
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of those newer trucks,
the White drivers get.
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WALKER: Man, you
ain't never lied.
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Well, until they fix it,
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I'm just gonna
sit here on strike.
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COLE: Hey, that'll
show 'em won't it?
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00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,502
WALKER: Sure will.
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00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:34,629
(electrical surge)
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00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:37,382
Hey, what?
Hey what the hell.
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COLE: Stop the car.
Stop the car.
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WALKER: Stop the truck!
Stop the truck!
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(muted screams)
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REPORTER (over TV):
Clouds of tear gas filled the
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streets of Memphis
today as workers continued
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to strike over poor
working conditions and
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the deaths of two
Negro sanitation workers.
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Protests led by
Martin Luther King
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turned violent today,
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as demonstrators
clashed with police.
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KING SR.: Chasing after all
these struggles is gonna leave
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you like a candle
burning out on both ends.
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First, it was the
voting rights, then the,
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the poor people's campaign.
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I even held my
tongue when you attacked
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the president on Vietnam.
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And now, it's, it's
the garbage man strike?
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KING JR.: Sanitation workers.
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KING SR.: You can't keep
chasing every issue just
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because the phone rings.
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You're just one man.
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KING JR.: I never asked
you for your sign-off.
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KING SR.: Hey.
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KING JR.: I have unfinished
business in Memphis and I'm not
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backing down because of
some name-calling in the South.
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KING SR.: And with
what protection?
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They've send the national
guardsman down there,
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but you have alienated
your closest allies.
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00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,631
Plus you can't control
those youngsters down there.
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They're shouting "Black power"
for Christ's sakes.
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KING JR.: I can handle it.
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KING SR.: But you
don't have to, Martin.
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ALBERTA: All this fussing.
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When you get back from Memphis,
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I think it's a good idea
if we take a family trip.
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CORETTA: I agree.
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It would be nice to go to
Atlantic City for the weekend.
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KING JR.: A nice trip in the
sun could be good for all of us.
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ALBERTA: Well then,
it's settled.
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CORETTA: Uh-hmm.
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KING JR.: Hey.
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DEXTER: Daddy, please stay.
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KING III: Don't go to Memphis.
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KING JR.: Hey, what's
gotten into you two?
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It's only a brief trip.
I'll be back in no time.
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KING III: We don't
want you in jail again.
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KING JR.: Come here.
496
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,518
Look, son, I don't want
y'all worrying about that.
497
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:54,936
All right?
498
00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:56,938
I'm supporting the
sanitation workers who've
499
00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:59,315
suffered great losses.
500
00:30:59,315 --> 00:31:02,235
Okay?
501
00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:05,488
God wants us to
help others, right?
502
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:09,367
So you both know when
the Lord gives us gifts,
503
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:10,743
we must do what?
504
00:31:10,743 --> 00:31:12,996
BOTH: Not let
them go to waste.
505
00:31:12,996 --> 00:31:14,497
KING JR.: Right.
506
00:31:14,497 --> 00:31:18,418
So as long as you have faith,
God will always provide.
507
00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:23,089
KING III: Daddy, why is
your hand always shaking?
508
00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:25,800
Are you okay?
509
00:31:27,010 --> 00:31:30,889
KING JR.: I'm fine. I'm fine.
510
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:33,892
When I get back.
511
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:35,560
I need you two to practice
your best swing because we
512
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,771
gonna play a few rounds
of baseball, all right?
513
00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:41,774
All right, gimme a hug.
514
00:31:41,774 --> 00:31:43,234
Come here.
515
00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:52,452
♪ ♪
516
00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:57,165
CORETTA: Andy, I put
a plate together for you.
517
00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:58,499
ANDY: I appreciate that.
518
00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:00,168
Some people have a
hard time sharing.
519
00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:02,211
(laughter)
520
00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:03,755
KING JR.: Nothing for me?
521
00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,299
CORETTA: Well, I may
have sprayed these with
522
00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:08,384
my favorite perfume.
523
00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:09,719
KING JR.: Oh.
524
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:13,056
CORETTA: Hmm.
I know last night was intense.
525
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:16,517
The riots have Memphis on edge.
526
00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:20,480
KING JR.: Everything's
going to be fine.
527
00:32:21,356 --> 00:32:25,318
When I get back, I promise to
spend more downtime at home.
528
00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:32,075
Listen, I know I've sacrificed
a lot for the movement and
529
00:32:32,075 --> 00:32:35,036
it's caused me to be a,
530
00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:38,289
an absent
husband and father.
531
00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:39,707
CORETTA: That's
not true or fair.
532
00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:42,961
KING JR.: But I haven't
sacrificed as much as you.
533
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:44,921
Everyone gives me credit.
534
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:49,759
But this movement wouldn't
have got this far without you.
535
00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:52,011
Of all the decisions
I've ever had to make,
536
00:32:52,011 --> 00:32:55,390
the best one is marrying you.
537
00:32:58,393 --> 00:32:59,811
So when I get back,
538
00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:02,730
let's figure out a
weekend for Atlanta City.
539
00:33:02,730 --> 00:33:03,940
CORETTA: Okay.
540
00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,566
KING JR.: All right.
541
00:33:19,288 --> 00:33:21,207
(engine starts)
542
00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:31,884
(applause and cheering)
543
00:33:35,138 --> 00:33:40,977
Every chapter of fighting for
the struggle has brought upon
544
00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:43,688
a challenging battle.
545
00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:49,235
But I'm not afraid of what
happened yesterday because,
546
00:33:49,902 --> 00:33:53,322
through it all, it's my
unshakeable faith in God that
547
00:33:53,322 --> 00:33:55,992
guides me through any hard days.
548
00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:02,665
And there will be harder
days and bloodshed amongst
549
00:34:02,665 --> 00:34:05,877
the most vulnerable.
550
00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:10,256
So while I cannot say that my
tomorrow is promised to me,
551
00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:14,302
I'm here to testify that no
matter what happens to me,
552
00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:15,678
we as a people,
553
00:34:15,678 --> 00:34:18,806
we'll make it
through to tomorrow.
554
00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:25,938
♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪
555
00:34:26,522 --> 00:34:30,234
♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
556
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:33,905
So I'm not afraid anymore.
557
00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:39,702
Not for yesterday and not
for today because my soul
558
00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:42,872
has been filled with the
glory of the God almighty!
559
00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:50,546
(cheering)
560
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:54,008
♪ That shone a holy light ♪
561
00:34:54,383 --> 00:34:56,177
♪ Everybody ♪
562
00:34:56,177 --> 00:35:00,765
♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪
563
00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:07,480
♪ Over the hills
and everywhere ♪
564
00:35:08,731 --> 00:35:12,610
♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪
565
00:35:13,069 --> 00:35:16,948
♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
566
00:35:18,991 --> 00:35:21,077
(laughter)
567
00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:24,831
♪ Born this bright
glorious morning ♪
568
00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:26,290
KING JR.: You gonna get him
or I'm gonna get him.
569
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:28,167
ABERNATHY: Nah, you get get him.
570
00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:30,211
♪ Christ is born today ♪
571
00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:32,505
(laughter)
572
00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:36,551
♪ He came to
redeem every sinner and ♪
573
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:41,264
♪ He washed
their sins away ♪
574
00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:43,808
♪ Hallelujah ♪
575
00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:48,354
♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪
576
00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:54,152
♪ Over the hills,
Lord, everywhere ♪
577
00:35:55,736 --> 00:35:59,657
♪ Go, tell it
on the mountain ♪
578
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:03,619
♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪
579
00:36:06,706 --> 00:36:08,791
KING JR.: You had enough?
580
00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:12,211
(laughter)
581
00:36:13,629 --> 00:36:15,923
ABERNATHY: All right,
put yourselves together.
582
00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:21,220
KING JR.: Yeah. All right.
We better get going.
583
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:27,727
♪ And to wash their sins away ♪
584
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:32,023
♪ Hallelujah ♪
585
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,274
(door opens)
586
00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:35,318
(chuckle)
587
00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:38,696
(gunshot)
588
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,130
RFK (over PA):
Ladies and gentlemen.
589
00:36:56,130 --> 00:36:59,508
I have some very sad
news for all of you.
590
00:36:59,508 --> 00:37:04,555
And I think sad news for
all of our fellow citizens and
591
00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:07,558
people who love peace all
over the world.
592
00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:11,270
And that is that
Martin Luther King was
593
00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:14,023
shot and was killed
tonight in Memphis.
594
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,194
CHARMICHAEL: When White America
got rid of Marcus Garvey,
595
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,363
She did it and she said
he was an extremist.
596
00:37:20,363 --> 00:37:21,656
He was crazy.
597
00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:23,741
When they got rid of
Brother Malcolm X,
598
00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:25,952
they said he was preaching hate.
599
00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:27,995
He deserved what he got.
600
00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:31,791
But when they got rid of
Brother Martin Luther King,
601
00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:34,126
they had absolutely
no reason to do so.
602
00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:35,670
REPORTER: Three deaths
have been reported in the
603
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:37,755
Washington Rioting so far.
604
00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:42,969
JOHNSON: I ask every citizen
to reject the blind violence
605
00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:46,013
that has struck Dr. King.
606
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:49,433
CHARMICHAEL: He was the
one man in our race who was
607
00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:51,477
trying to teach
our people to have
608
00:37:51,477 --> 00:37:53,896
love, compassion, and mercy
609
00:37:53,896 --> 00:37:55,481
for what White people
had done.
610
00:37:55,481 --> 00:37:57,191
REPORTER: More than
350 persons have been
611
00:37:57,191 --> 00:37:58,484
treated for injuries,
612
00:37:58,484 --> 00:38:00,403
among them several
policemen in fire.
613
00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:03,114
CHARMICHAEL: When White America
killed Dr. King last night,
614
00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:05,324
she declared war on us.
615
00:38:05,324 --> 00:38:10,663
JOHNSON: We can achieve nothing
by lawlessness and divisiveness.
616
00:38:10,663 --> 00:38:12,290
CHARMICHAEL: We have to
retaliate for the death
617
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:13,958
of our leaders.
618
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,878
The execution of those deaths
will not be in the courtrooms.
619
00:38:17,878 --> 00:38:19,338
They're going to be
in the streets of the
620
00:38:19,338 --> 00:38:22,383
United States of America.
621
00:38:35,187 --> 00:38:41,902
♪ ♪
622
00:38:51,078 --> 00:38:56,792
♪ ♪
623
00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:15,936
♪ ♪
624
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:32,912
♪ ♪
625
00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:50,096
{\an8}(applause)
626
00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:55,434
{\an8}(Coretta humming "ABC"
by Jackson 5)
627
00:39:57,186 --> 00:40:00,606
BETTY X: Child, If I hear
that song one more time.
628
00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:04,318
CORETTA: Believe me, I cannot
get my kids to stop singing it.
629
00:40:04,318 --> 00:40:07,279
BETTY X: Oh, mine listen
to it all day every day.
630
00:40:08,614 --> 00:40:12,076
CORETTA: It's a pleasure
to finally meet you, Betty.
631
00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:14,912
BETTY X: You as well,
sister Coretta.
632
00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:16,705
Long overdue.
633
00:40:16,705 --> 00:40:20,709
CORETTA: Yes.
How are your girls?
634
00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,796
BETTY X: They're well,
putting me through it,
635
00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:26,715
but they're well.
636
00:40:26,715 --> 00:40:27,925
How are your children?
637
00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:29,385
CORETTA: Oh,
they're here in Gary.
638
00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:31,345
I told them why
we're here and why the
639
00:40:31,345 --> 00:40:33,722
National Black Convention
is so important,
640
00:40:33,722 --> 00:40:35,975
but all they seem to
care about is that the
641
00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:37,768
Jackson 5 grew up here.
642
00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:40,104
(laughter)
643
00:40:43,065 --> 00:40:47,111
BETTY X: You know,
you inspired me.
644
00:40:47,486 --> 00:40:48,779
CORETTA: Hmm.
645
00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:51,323
BETTY X: Watching you on
TV in the past few years,
646
00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:53,242
speaking out on so
many different issues.
647
00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:54,785
CORETTA: Hmm.
648
00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:56,036
BETTY X: And the people.
649
00:40:56,036 --> 00:40:57,705
CORETTA: Uh-hmm.
650
00:40:57,705 --> 00:41:00,166
BETTY X: I've never
been good at that.
651
00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:02,042
CORETTA: You know, I've
accepted that the world will
652
00:41:02,042 --> 00:41:04,628
always see me as Mrs. King.
653
00:41:04,628 --> 00:41:05,838
BETTY X: You are Coretta.
654
00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:07,590
CORETTA: Yes ma'am.
655
00:41:07,590 --> 00:41:09,592
BETTY X: I have been
introduced as the widow of
656
00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:11,552
Malcolm X so many
times I'm starting to
657
00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:13,637
believe it's my name.
658
00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:17,183
CORETTA: Oh, but from what
I hear is it's going to be
659
00:41:17,183 --> 00:41:19,310
Dr. Shabazz real soon.
660
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,645
BETTY X: Oh, that is
sweet of you to say,
661
00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:24,315
but I'm only taking
classes one day a week.
662
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:26,400
CORETTA: Well, your daughters
are watching you do it and
663
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,194
they will be inspired.
664
00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:31,780
I know I am.
665
00:41:33,532 --> 00:41:35,242
BETTY X: What do you think
our husbands would've thought
666
00:41:35,242 --> 00:41:38,704
about this, us two?
667
00:41:38,704 --> 00:41:40,372
CORETTA: They'd probably laugh.
668
00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:41,499
BETTY X: Hmm.
669
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,542
CORETTA: I know Martin would,
670
00:41:43,542 --> 00:41:46,045
and I suspect that
Minister Malcolm would too.
671
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:49,882
BETTY X: Hmm. He'd smile.
That I can assure you.
672
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,886
Somewhere after we
wanting to get outta here to
673
00:41:53,886 --> 00:41:55,763
get some ice cream.
674
00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:58,349
CORETTA: I used to say
that Martin's sweet tooth
675
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,893
had a sweet tooth.
676
00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:05,773
(laughter)
677
00:42:05,773 --> 00:42:08,400
Oh my.
678
00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:11,987
You know, Martin really
did respect Malcolm.
679
00:42:11,987 --> 00:42:15,407
BETTY X: Uh-hmm.
Malcolm respected Martin.
680
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,787
What gets overlooked is all
the things they had in common.
681
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:21,247
CORETTA: Uh-hmm.
682
00:42:21,247 --> 00:42:26,085
BETTY X: Like their, their
work ethic and the spirituality
683
00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:31,131
and sense of duty
to their people.
684
00:42:34,009 --> 00:42:36,095
It's a shame they aren't here
to see how their legacies have
685
00:42:36,095 --> 00:42:38,847
impacted so many.
686
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:47,106
CORETTA: It really is.
687
00:42:47,481 --> 00:42:53,279
Which is why we must
continue to keep their ideas
688
00:42:54,029 --> 00:42:56,198
and goals alive.
689
00:42:57,199 --> 00:42:59,702
(audience cheering loudly)
690
00:42:59,702 --> 00:43:02,997
Sounds like we're up next.
691
00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:07,251
Hey, what do you think
they will say about us meeting?
692
00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,422
BETTY X: That it was
only the beginning.
693
00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:13,924
CORETTA: Ooh, Amen to that.
694
00:43:13,924 --> 00:43:15,217
BETTY X: Praise be to Allah.
695
00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:17,386
CORETTA: Uh-hmm.
696
00:43:18,762 --> 00:43:24,852
♪ ♪
697
00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:30,983
(cheering and applause)
698
00:43:31,859 --> 00:43:33,110
♪ They can't see it, ♪
699
00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:36,488
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
700
00:43:36,488 --> 00:43:38,699
♪ Oh, yes I am ♪
701
00:43:39,658 --> 00:43:40,909
♪ They don't believe it, ♪
702
00:43:40,909 --> 00:43:44,079
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
703
00:43:44,079 --> 00:43:47,207
♪ That's right.
Say it again ♪
704
00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,376
{\an8}♪ They can't see it, ♪
705
00:43:49,376 --> 00:43:52,963
{\an8}♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
706
00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:55,299
{\an8}♪ Oh, yes I am ♪
707
00:43:55,299 --> 00:43:56,675
{\an8}♪ That's right.
Change the world ♪
708
00:43:56,675 --> 00:43:58,010
{\an8}♪ They don't believe it, ♪
709
00:43:58,010 --> 00:44:01,680
{\an8}♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
710
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,016
{\an8}♪ That's right.
Say it again ♪
711
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:05,893
{\an8}♪ Are you inspired to
push a little higher ♪
712
00:44:05,893 --> 00:44:07,853
{\an8}♪ To the wire or are you
just preaching to the choir? ♪
713
00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:09,897
{\an8}♪ The people I admire
were tested by the fire ♪
714
00:44:09,897 --> 00:44:12,149
{\an8}♪ Speak truth to power,
never cower to a liar ♪
715
00:44:12,149 --> 00:44:14,109
{\an8}♪ Almost like a messiah.
Non-believers called pariah ♪
716
00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:16,236
{\an8}♪ Caught in a quagmire
when bad times get dire ♪
717
00:44:16,236 --> 00:44:18,197
{\an8}♪ Instead of a revolution to
shudder the empire ♪
718
00:44:18,197 --> 00:44:20,449
{\an8}♪ They aiming at the messenger,
shooting at the town crier ♪
719
00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:22,201
{\an8}♪ I'm tired of
all the rigamarole ♪
720
00:44:22,201 --> 00:44:23,786
{\an8}♪ Of people
forgetting their soul ♪
721
00:44:23,786 --> 00:44:25,287
{\an8}♪ They sell it to get it a hold
of sparkly diamonds and gold ♪
722
00:44:25,287 --> 00:44:26,497
{\an8}♪ Steady forgetting
their roles ♪
723
00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,082
{\an8}♪ The story where
answers are told ♪
724
00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:29,875
{\an8}♪ Stand bold, never fold,
take control of the future ♪
725
00:44:29,875 --> 00:44:31,418
{\an8}♪ Pose for the camera
before they shoot ya ♪
726
00:44:31,418 --> 00:44:33,754
{\an8}♪ Put your face on a
t-shirt to dilute you ♪
727
00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:35,631
{\an8}♪ If you're seeing this, I'll
spell it out for convenience ♪
728
00:44:35,631 --> 00:44:38,175
{\an8}♪ The spark, never grow
dark in the heart of a genius. ♪
729
00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:39,510
♪ They can't see it, ♪
730
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:42,346
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
731
00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:44,723
♪ Change the world.
Yes I am ♪
732
00:44:44,723 --> 00:44:46,225
♪ That's right ♪
733
00:44:46,225 --> 00:44:47,685
♪ They don't believe it, ♪
734
00:44:47,685 --> 00:44:50,688
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
735
00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:53,774
♪ Say it again.
Change the world ♪
736
00:44:54,149 --> 00:44:56,068
♪ They can't see it, ♪
737
00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:59,446
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
738
00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:01,615
♪ Change the world.
Yes, I am ♪
739
00:45:01,615 --> 00:45:03,283
♪ That's right.
Change the world ♪
740
00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:04,743
♪ They don't believe it, ♪
741
00:45:04,743 --> 00:45:08,122
♪ But I know
I'm gonna change the world ♪
742
00:45:08,497 --> 00:45:12,042
♪ Change the world,
change the world ♪ ♪
743
00:45:13,001 --> 00:45:19,091
(rhythmic vocalizations)