Selma

0:00:18 > 0:00:26This film contains some violent scenes and some strong language.

0:00:30 > 0:00:34I accept this honour for our lost ones,

0:00:34 > 0:00:37whose deaths pave our path,

0:00:37 > 0:00:40and for the 20 million Negro men and women

0:00:40 > 0:00:44motivated by dignity and a disdain for hopelessness.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50This isn't right.

0:00:50 > 0:00:52Corrie!

0:00:52 > 0:00:53This ain't right!

0:00:53 > 0:00:55What's that?

0:00:55 > 0:00:57This necktie. It's not right.

0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Well, it's not a necktie, dear. It's an ascot.- Yes, but generally

0:01:03 > 0:01:05the same principles should apply, shouldn't they?

0:01:06 > 0:01:10- It's not right.- It's not right, or you don't like it?

0:01:11 > 0:01:13I don't like how this looks.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Looks distinguished and debonair to me.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18You know what I mean.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21Like we're living high on the hog,

0:01:21 > 0:01:24dressed like this, while folks back home are...

0:01:26 > 0:01:27It's not right.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32Wait till the brothers back home see me like this.

0:01:32 > 0:01:34- They'll have a good laugh. - Let them laugh.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39It's not a crime to be away for a few days, Martin.

0:01:43 > 0:01:44It's nice being away, huh?

0:01:46 > 0:01:48Yeah. It really is.

0:01:49 > 0:01:50Look here.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54I'm going to be a pastor somewhere small.

0:01:55 > 0:01:56College town.

0:01:56 > 0:01:58SHE GIGGLES

0:01:58 > 0:02:00Lead a little church.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02Teach a class.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06Maybe the occasional speaking engagement.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11And I'll pay all the bills for us,

0:02:11 > 0:02:14especially the mortgage for our very own house.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Perfect.

0:02:30 > 0:02:31You look handsome.

0:02:33 > 0:02:39Through it all, Martin Luther King has spoken of his dream.

0:02:40 > 0:02:45One which we, and many other people around the world, share.

0:02:47 > 0:02:52To this undeterred hero for justice,

0:02:52 > 0:02:56the Nobel Committee of Oslo, Norway,

0:02:56 > 0:03:01awards our 1964 Peace Prize.

0:03:01 > 0:03:05APPLAUSE

0:03:09 > 0:03:11INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

0:03:16 > 0:03:20'I accept this honour for our lost ones,

0:03:20 > 0:03:22'whose deaths pave our path.

0:03:24 > 0:03:29'I accept this honour for the more than 20 million American Negroes

0:03:29 > 0:03:32'who are motivated by dignity.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35'Together, we believe that what the illusion

0:03:35 > 0:03:38'of supremacy has destroyed,

0:03:38 > 0:03:42'the truth of equality can nourish.'

0:03:42 > 0:03:44I promise you. It ain't nothing to be scared of.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47It's quick. And the pastor is right there next to you.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49Yeah, but the biggest thing is getting your hair wet up.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51I got my hair pressed that same morning

0:03:51 > 0:03:53and it was wasted as soon as I hit the water.

0:03:53 > 0:03:55- I should have worn a swim cap like Mama said. - GIGGLING

0:03:55 > 0:03:57See, I asked my mama if she could make my hair like

0:03:57 > 0:04:00Coretta Scott King had hers at the Washington March.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02But she said that was too grown.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Oh, I love her hair. - I heard she don't put rollers in it.

0:04:05 > 0:04:09It's just like that. But I studied. I know how she do it.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11See, she parts in the middle and then...

0:04:11 > 0:04:14LOUD EXPLOSION

0:04:14 > 0:04:17SMASHING, CRASHING

0:04:29 > 0:04:32DISTORTED RUMBLING

0:06:03 > 0:06:05Annie Lee Cooper! >

0:06:09 > 0:06:11Get on up now. I ain't got all day.

0:06:27 > 0:06:30You work for Mr Dunn down at the rest home, ain't that right?

0:06:31 > 0:06:32Yes, sir.

0:06:32 > 0:06:34Wonder what old Dunn'll say when I tell him

0:06:34 > 0:06:37one of his gals is down here stirring a fuss.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39I ain't stirring no fuss.

0:06:39 > 0:06:41I'm just here trying to register to vote.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's all right this time.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49It's right when I say it's right.

0:06:53 > 0:06:56Recite the Constitution's preamble. Know what a preamble is?

0:07:04 > 0:07:07"We, the people of the United States...

0:07:09 > 0:07:12"..in order to form a more perfect union...

0:07:13 > 0:07:17"..establish justice,

0:07:17 > 0:07:19"..ensure domestic tranquillity,

0:07:19 > 0:07:23"provide for the common defence,

0:07:23 > 0:07:27- "promote the general welfare..." - How many county judges in Alabama?

0:07:31 > 0:07:3367.

0:07:37 > 0:07:38Name them.

0:08:04 > 0:08:06Aren't we done?

0:08:06 > 0:08:08Are we not done with this? Will this ever end?

0:08:08 > 0:08:10I don't know, Mr President.

0:08:10 > 0:08:12A comprehensive plan is already in place.

0:08:12 > 0:08:14The Act was only passed six months ago.

0:08:14 > 0:08:18So hammer home that impatience only hurts the overall cause.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21We're... We're getting there. Just keep reiterating the plan.

0:08:21 > 0:08:24No, he doesn't want reiteration. He wants something so he can say,

0:08:24 > 0:08:28"Look, I told you I had a dream and it's all coming goddamn true,

0:08:28 > 0:08:30"whether you like it or not!" That's what he wants.

0:08:30 > 0:08:33What he needs to do is get on board with what we're doing,

0:08:33 > 0:08:35instead of the other way around. For once!

0:08:36 > 0:08:39Mr President, Dr King.

0:08:39 > 0:08:40Mr President.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42Dr King.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46Well, I'll tell you. I'm a tall son-of-a-bitch,

0:08:46 > 0:08:49but this close to the new Nobel Laureate,

0:08:49 > 0:08:52and with all those other trinkets you've been collecting lately,

0:08:52 > 0:08:54I feel tits-high to a puppy dog.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56Well, thank you, Mr President.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Mr White.- Dr King.- All right.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02I'll tell you, ending segregation,

0:09:02 > 0:09:05proudest moment of my life when I signed that '64 Act.

0:09:05 > 0:09:09Proudest moment of my life, I tell you.

0:09:09 > 0:09:10Now civil rights is a priority

0:09:10 > 0:09:12- of this administration, as you know. - Thank you.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14We're going to face the challenge,

0:09:14 > 0:09:17or this country is storing up a heap of trouble for itself.

0:09:17 > 0:09:20Now, seeing as I can't convince you to

0:09:20 > 0:09:21work with my administration

0:09:21 > 0:09:24in an official capacity inside the White House,

0:09:24 > 0:09:27I feel damn fortunate to have someone as statesman-like as you

0:09:27 > 0:09:29leading the movement.

0:09:29 > 0:09:31And I want you to go on leading it. No-one else.

0:09:31 > 0:09:34Not one of these militant Malcolm X types.

0:09:35 > 0:09:38So... I want to help. Tell me how.

0:09:40 > 0:09:42Well, Mr President,

0:09:42 > 0:09:46I'm here to speak specifically about the denial

0:09:46 > 0:09:49of a basic American right for the Negro citizen.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51The right to vote.

0:09:53 > 0:09:55Well, uh, technically...

0:09:55 > 0:09:58Technically, we already have it.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00Yes, Mr President.

0:10:00 > 0:10:05But we both know, in the South, black voters are kept off the rolls

0:10:05 > 0:10:07and out of the voting booths

0:10:07 > 0:10:11by systematic intimidation and fear, Mr President.

0:10:11 > 0:10:14Now, you asked how you can help.

0:10:15 > 0:10:19We want Federal legislation granting Negroes

0:10:19 > 0:10:21the right to vote unencumbered.

0:10:21 > 0:10:25And we want Federal protocol eliminating

0:10:25 > 0:10:27the decades-long dismissal

0:10:27 > 0:10:31and illegal denial of blacks seeking to vote.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34And we want robust enforcement of that protocol.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40Well, um... That's fine.

0:10:40 > 0:10:44But... Most of the South is still not desegregating.

0:10:44 > 0:10:48Let's not start another battle when we haven't even won the first.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52And you know what the next battle should be?

0:10:52 > 0:10:55The eradication of poverty.

0:10:55 > 0:10:57I'm calling it "The War On Poverty".

0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's a matter of political priorities.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04Poverty is going to be my focus

0:11:04 > 0:11:06at home and I want you to help me with this.

0:11:06 > 0:11:10We can make big changes in these things for people of all colours.

0:11:10 > 0:11:13And I know that matters to you, doesn't it?

0:11:13 > 0:11:15This voting thing is just going to have to wait.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:11:21 > 0:11:23It...

0:11:23 > 0:11:25It can't wait, Mr President.

0:11:25 > 0:11:27Well, why not?

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Because there have been thousands

0:11:29 > 0:11:31of racially-motivated murders in the South,

0:11:31 > 0:11:34including those four girls.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Well, I know that... - And you know the astounding fact

0:11:37 > 0:11:42that not one of these criminals who murder us when and why they want

0:11:42 > 0:11:44has EVER been convicted.

0:11:44 > 0:11:46Yeah, I know we have a lot of work to do down there.

0:11:46 > 0:11:50Not one conviction because they are protected by white officials

0:11:50 > 0:11:53chosen by an all-white electorate.

0:11:53 > 0:11:55And on the rare occasions that they face trial,

0:11:55 > 0:11:58they are freed by all-white juries.

0:11:58 > 0:12:02All-white because you can't serve

0:12:02 > 0:12:06on a jury unless you are registered to vote.

0:12:09 > 0:12:13Well, Dr King, you've certainly given me something to think about,

0:12:13 > 0:12:17but this administration is going to set this aside for a while.

0:12:17 > 0:12:19Just for a while, you understand.

0:12:23 > 0:12:24Yes, Mr President,

0:12:24 > 0:12:26I understand.

0:12:35 > 0:12:36Selma it is.

0:12:51 > 0:12:55Big speech lined up for these folks tonight, Doc?

0:12:55 > 0:12:57We need to see what's what first, Big Fella.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00We're just here to test the waters.

0:13:00 > 0:13:03Oh, my Lord. What you got us into, woman?

0:13:03 > 0:13:07We've got 128 miles

0:13:07 > 0:13:09to come to our senses, gentlemen.

0:13:09 > 0:13:13Hush. This here is the place we need to be.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16This right here is the next great battle.

0:13:16 > 0:13:18I can only imagine.

0:13:20 > 0:13:22Hmm.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Decent-looking place to die, though.

0:13:48 > 0:13:50Ms Nash.

0:13:50 > 0:13:51Mr Bevel.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53Doc? This here is it.

0:13:53 > 0:13:56Selma's the place.

0:13:56 > 0:13:59A lot of groundwork has already been laid by the people here.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01And they ready.

0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Sister Boynton.- Mr Orange.

0:14:28 > 0:14:30Good afternoon.

0:14:35 > 0:14:36Dr King?

0:14:37 > 0:14:39May I introduce myself?

0:14:40 > 0:14:42Yeah, of course.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45- KING GROANS - Hey!

0:14:45 > 0:14:48ANGRY MURMURS

0:14:48 > 0:14:50It's OK. It's OK. I'm OK.

0:14:52 > 0:14:54This way, Dr King.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01That white boy can hit.

0:15:01 > 0:15:03This place is perfect.

0:15:03 > 0:15:06What's the FBI's current information on Martin Luther King?

0:15:06 > 0:15:08I heard he was assaulted in Selma.

0:15:08 > 0:15:12My information can be summed up in a few words.

0:15:12 > 0:15:16King is a political and moral degenerate.

0:15:16 > 0:15:20Well, you say that, J Edgar. I have to take it seriously.

0:15:20 > 0:15:22But if he's a degenerate,

0:15:22 > 0:15:23what I do know is...

0:15:23 > 0:15:25he's a non-violent degenerate

0:15:25 > 0:15:28and I want him to go on leading the civil rights movement,

0:15:28 > 0:15:31not one of these bloodthirsty militants.

0:15:31 > 0:15:36What I need to know right now is, what's he about to do next?

0:15:36 > 0:15:38Mr President...

0:15:38 > 0:15:42you know we can shut men with power down...

0:15:42 > 0:15:44permanently...

0:15:44 > 0:15:46and unequivocally.

0:15:49 > 0:15:52I'm very aware of that, Mr Director.

0:15:56 > 0:16:01Well, if you'd prefer a different approach...

0:16:03 > 0:16:05..we can go with the wife.

0:16:07 > 0:16:11We know there's tension in the home already.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16We can weaken the dynamic.

0:16:19 > 0:16:21Dismantle the family.

0:16:21 > 0:16:24KIDS CHATTER AND PLAY

0:16:32 > 0:16:35THEY LAUGH

0:16:41 > 0:16:44PHONE RINGS

0:16:50 > 0:16:51Hello.

0:16:51 > 0:16:53- MAN:- 'You ain't got long. When the hearts

0:16:53 > 0:16:56'of those pickaninnies of yours stop beating...'

0:16:59 > 0:17:01REPLACES RECEIVER

0:17:01 > 0:17:02Same thing?

0:17:06 > 0:17:07When are you all heading out?

0:17:08 > 0:17:12We're heading back to Selma at 5am.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15It turned out to be an ideal staging ground.

0:17:16 > 0:17:18There's a...

0:17:19 > 0:17:21..full couple of weeks planned.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24Quite a bit to be done.

0:17:28 > 0:17:29I see.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38That highway is nice now. Get you there in a couple of hours.

0:17:47 > 0:17:49Good people in those parts, though.

0:17:57 > 0:17:58Well...

0:18:00 > 0:18:03I'm worried about the ones who ain't so good.

0:18:05 > 0:18:07This local sheriff, Jim Clark,

0:18:07 > 0:18:09is supposed to be bad business.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14Won't go down without a fight, they say.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18And since we don't fight...

0:18:18 > 0:18:19Well...

0:18:21 > 0:18:23As good a place to die as any, I guess.

0:18:27 > 0:18:29I wish you wouldn't talk like that.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35It just takes the edge off.

0:18:37 > 0:18:41You and your friends can joke about that. I don't joke about that.

0:18:45 > 0:18:46You're right.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm sorry.

0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'll, uh, put these things away in your bag now.

0:18:53 > 0:18:56I didn't realise you were leaving so early.

0:19:29 > 0:19:31HE DIALS

0:19:31 > 0:19:33PHONE RINGS

0:19:41 > 0:19:43Hello?

0:19:43 > 0:19:45'Halie?'

0:19:45 > 0:19:46Martin.

0:19:48 > 0:19:50I need to hear the Lord's voice.

0:19:52 > 0:19:53Oh.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56Surely, Martin.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58Surely.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

0:20:07 > 0:20:15- SHE SINGS: - # Precious Lord

0:20:15 > 0:20:19# Take my hand

0:20:21 > 0:20:28# Lead me home

0:20:28 > 0:20:33# Let me stand

0:20:33 > 0:20:41# I am tired

0:20:41 > 0:20:45# I am weak

0:20:46 > 0:20:54# I am worn

0:20:56 > 0:21:03# Through the storm

0:21:03 > 0:21:13# Through the night

0:21:13 > 0:21:19# Lord, lead me on

0:21:19 > 0:21:22# To the light. #

0:21:22 > 0:21:25THEY CHATTER

0:21:25 > 0:21:27- Hey!- Hey! Sully.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29Look at you. Morning, Doctor.

0:21:29 > 0:21:31Good morning, Doctor.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Drive all right?- Good and long.

0:21:33 > 0:21:37Good news is Richie Jean is in there.

0:21:37 > 0:21:39Oh, she's ready for you.

0:21:39 > 0:21:42Negro, that's all you had to say!

0:21:42 > 0:21:45Uncle Marty!

0:21:45 > 0:21:47There she is! There's our girl!

0:21:47 > 0:21:49Hey, Richie Jean!

0:21:49 > 0:21:53- SHE EXCLAIMS - Oh!- Looking like her mom.

0:21:53 > 0:21:54- You go play.- Hey!

0:21:54 > 0:21:56Hey, Ralphy.

0:21:56 > 0:21:57How you doing?

0:21:57 > 0:21:58Hey!

0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Good to see you, sweetheart. - Hey, get over here.

0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh, Lord, it's good to see this!

0:22:04 > 0:22:06OK, now, I've got the grits on the stove.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08Uh, how many we expecting today?

0:22:08 > 0:22:10Well, now, Sister Jackson.

0:22:10 > 0:22:13You know about our group, the SCLC, right?

0:22:13 > 0:22:15The Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

0:22:15 > 0:22:17A few of our top SCLC leaders are with us this time

0:22:17 > 0:22:21since we're going to be here a little longer than expected.

0:22:21 > 0:22:23Now, this here's Reverend CT Vivian.

0:22:23 > 0:22:26- He coordinates all the SCLC branches.- Welcome. Nice to meet you.

0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Welcome, welcome. - This is Reverend James Bevel.

0:22:29 > 0:22:31- How you doing, ma'am? - I'm well. Thank you.

0:22:31 > 0:22:32This here is James Orange.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Oh, this is a big one. I don't know if I've got enough to feed you!

0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Well, let's find out. How about that?- Hey!

0:22:38 > 0:22:40Now, you got two of them named James.

0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Oh, you can call me Jim, Sister. - And Orange is fine with me, ma'am.

0:22:43 > 0:22:44Or Big Fella!

0:22:44 > 0:22:46All right. Well, this is fine with me.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49Mrs Jackson. Hosea Williams.

0:22:49 > 0:22:50Or Castro!

0:22:50 > 0:22:52Oh, yeah, that's a long story.

0:22:52 > 0:22:56Uh, those grits, they need some stirring. Mind?

0:22:56 > 0:22:57You put your foot in it now.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00Ain't you supposed to be on a diet?

0:23:00 > 0:23:01- Somebody call Juanita. - THEY LAUGH

0:23:01 > 0:23:06- There's a phone! - Hey, get off that phone.- Juanita?

0:23:06 > 0:23:08Don't do it, Doc. Don't do it!

0:23:12 > 0:23:15Turning in, Doc. You OK?

0:23:15 > 0:23:17Yes, sir. Goodnight to you.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21Uh...

0:23:21 > 0:23:25I wanted to tell you that the students are in town.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29Local students?

0:23:29 > 0:23:30Oh, no.

0:23:32 > 0:23:34The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36Oh. OK.

0:23:36 > 0:23:38Our young friends at SNCC.

0:23:38 > 0:23:40Mm-hm.

0:23:40 > 0:23:42Good to know.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44You the one told them to organise.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47Took it to heart.

0:23:47 > 0:23:50Don't be surprised if they don't give us grief tomorrow.

0:23:50 > 0:23:53Town folk may be happy to see us. But SNCC?

0:23:53 > 0:23:55They feel we're in THEIR territory.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59They're young and full of spirit.

0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Mmm.- Not a bad thing.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05It'll sort out.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09Goodnight.

0:24:11 > 0:24:12Goodnight.

0:24:16 > 0:24:20"Boycotting the buses in Montgomery.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23"Segregation in Birmingham..." APPLAUSE FADES IN

0:24:23 > 0:24:25..Boycotting the buses in Montgomery.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31Segregation in Birmingham.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36Now? Voting in Selma.

0:24:38 > 0:24:42One struggle ends just to go right to the next and the next.

0:24:44 > 0:24:47If you think of it that way, it's a hard road.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51But I don't think of it that way.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54I think of these efforts as one effort.

0:24:54 > 0:24:57And that one effort is for our life.

0:24:58 > 0:25:01Our life as a community.

0:25:01 > 0:25:03Our life as a nation.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05For our lives.

0:25:10 > 0:25:12We can do this.

0:25:12 > 0:25:14APPLAUSE

0:25:14 > 0:25:16We must do this!

0:25:18 > 0:25:21We see children

0:25:21 > 0:25:25become victims of one of the most vicious crimes ever perpetrated

0:25:25 > 0:25:28against humanity within the walls of their own church!

0:25:28 > 0:25:30CALLS OF AGREEMENT

0:25:30 > 0:25:34They are sainted now.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37They are the sainted ones in this quest for freedom.

0:25:37 > 0:25:39And they speak to us still.

0:25:39 > 0:25:45They say to us, to all of us, all colours and creeds,

0:25:45 > 0:25:47that we must do this.

0:25:47 > 0:25:48They say to us

0:25:48 > 0:25:51that it is unacceptable

0:25:51 > 0:25:55for more than 50% of Selma to be Negro

0:25:55 > 0:25:58and yet less than 2% of Negroes here being able to vote

0:25:58 > 0:26:01and determine their own destiny as human beings!

0:26:01 > 0:26:04APPLAUSE

0:26:04 > 0:26:08They say to us that the local white leadership

0:26:08 > 0:26:11use their power to keep us away from the ballot box

0:26:11 > 0:26:13and keep us voiceless.

0:26:13 > 0:26:16APPLAUSE

0:26:16 > 0:26:20As long as I am unable to exercise my constitutional right to vote,

0:26:20 > 0:26:23I do not have command of my own life.

0:26:23 > 0:26:27I cannot determine my own destiny for it is determined for me

0:26:27 > 0:26:29by people who would rather see me suffer than succeed.

0:26:30 > 0:26:34Those that have gone before us say, "No more!"

0:26:34 > 0:26:35- ALL:- No more!

0:26:35 > 0:26:37- No more! ALL:- No more!

0:26:37 > 0:26:38That means protest,

0:26:38 > 0:26:40that means march,

0:26:40 > 0:26:43that means disturb the peace,

0:26:43 > 0:26:44that means jail,

0:26:44 > 0:26:46that means risk!

0:26:46 > 0:26:47And that is hard!

0:26:47 > 0:26:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:26:49 > 0:26:52We will not wait any longer.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54Give us the vote! CHEERING

0:26:54 > 0:26:56That's right! No more!

0:26:56 > 0:26:58We're not asking. We're demanding.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Give us the vote! ALL:- Give us the vote!

0:27:00 > 0:27:03WILD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:27:10 > 0:27:13Dr King! Roy Reed of The New York Times.

0:27:13 > 0:27:15Yes. Hello to you. How are you?

0:27:15 > 0:27:17I'm well, sir. Thank you for asking.

0:27:17 > 0:27:20Dr King, are you truly non-violent

0:27:20 > 0:27:22if you are provoking violence, sir?

0:27:22 > 0:27:24We are here, using our very bodies in protest

0:27:24 > 0:27:27- to say to those who deny us... - Dr King. Dr King.

0:27:27 > 0:27:29- Pleasure, sir.- ..that we will no longer let them use

0:27:29 > 0:27:34their billy clubs in dark corners and halls of power.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36We make them do it in the glaring light of day, Mr Reed.

0:27:36 > 0:27:38Is SNCC standing with us on this or not, gentlemen?

0:27:38 > 0:27:41You want us to bring our people in, but you're not giving anything

0:27:41 > 0:27:43in return. Now we are asking for some kind of commitment here.

0:27:43 > 0:27:45Respectfully speaking, of course,

0:27:45 > 0:27:47we've been handling the voter registration

0:27:47 > 0:27:49in this town now for two years.

0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, you haven't gotten very far, have you?

0:27:51 > 0:27:55Well, maybe not, Reverend. But we're still here.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Meaning what? - This time next month, you won't be?

0:27:57 > 0:28:00- That's insanity! - Just like you left Albany.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02Those people are pathetic down there now. Like their daddy left home!

0:28:02 > 0:28:04What we're trying to explain is that in Albany you all...

0:28:04 > 0:28:07You know what I think? Maybe we should just leave Selma...

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Now. Leave it to these two.

0:28:09 > 0:28:11Come back in another two years and see how much further you got!

0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Sounds just fine to me. - That's enough.

0:28:15 > 0:28:16Enough of this now.

0:28:19 > 0:28:22I haven't got time for this. None of us got the time for this.

0:28:24 > 0:28:25John.

0:28:26 > 0:28:27James.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32The way our organisation works is straightforward.

0:28:32 > 0:28:34We negotiate.

0:28:34 > 0:28:35We demonstrate.

0:28:35 > 0:28:37We resist.

0:28:37 > 0:28:39And, on our best days, our adversary

0:28:39 > 0:28:41helps the matter by making a mistake.

0:28:41 > 0:28:43Now, we were in Albany for nine months

0:28:43 > 0:28:46and we made a lot of mistakes.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48But their sheriff,

0:28:48 > 0:28:49Laurie Pritchett,

0:28:49 > 0:28:51he never made a mistake.

0:28:51 > 0:28:55Kept his cool, kept arresting us in a humane way,

0:28:55 > 0:28:58carried people to the jail-wagons on stretchers.

0:28:58 > 0:29:00Day in, day out.

0:29:00 > 0:29:03- There was no drama. - You mean there was no cameras.

0:29:06 > 0:29:07Exactly.

0:29:08 > 0:29:11Now, I know, we all understand, that you young people

0:29:11 > 0:29:14believe in working in the community long term.

0:29:14 > 0:29:18Doing the good work to raise black consciousness.

0:29:19 > 0:29:21It's good grassroots work.

0:29:21 > 0:29:25I can't tell you how much we admire that.

0:29:26 > 0:29:28But what we do

0:29:28 > 0:29:30is negotiate,

0:29:30 > 0:29:32demonstrate,

0:29:32 > 0:29:33resist.

0:29:33 > 0:29:35And a big part of that

0:29:35 > 0:29:38is raising white consciousness.

0:29:38 > 0:29:40And in particular the consciousness

0:29:40 > 0:29:43of whichever white man happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.

0:29:43 > 0:29:45Right now, Johnson has other fish to fry

0:29:45 > 0:29:47and he'll ignore us if he can.

0:29:48 > 0:29:51The only way to stop him doing that

0:29:51 > 0:29:54is by being on the front page of the national press every morning

0:29:54 > 0:29:58and by being on the TV news every night.

0:29:58 > 0:30:00And that requires...

0:30:00 > 0:30:02drama.

0:30:03 > 0:30:04Now...

0:30:06 > 0:30:07John.

0:30:10 > 0:30:11James.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13Answer me one question.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16I've been told the sheriff in this town

0:30:16 > 0:30:19isn't like Laurie Pritchett in Albany.

0:30:19 > 0:30:23He's a big ignorant bully like Bull Connor in Birmingham.

0:30:24 > 0:30:26Well, you tell me.

0:30:26 > 0:30:27You know Selma.

0:30:27 > 0:30:30You know Sheriff Jim Clark.

0:30:30 > 0:30:32Is he Laurie Pritchett?

0:30:32 > 0:30:34Or is he Bull Connor?

0:30:44 > 0:30:45He's Bull Connor.

0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Bingo!- Good.

0:30:49 > 0:30:51That's good.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56But it gets better.

0:30:56 > 0:30:58'See, Clark doesn't control the streets

0:30:58 > 0:30:59'like Connor did in Birmingham.

0:30:59 > 0:31:01'Clark's the County Sheriff,

0:31:01 > 0:31:04'and all he controls in Selma is the County Courthouse.

0:31:04 > 0:31:08'So relatively speaking, we have clear avenues of approach

0:31:08 > 0:31:10'to a defined battle zone.'

0:31:10 > 0:31:13MUSIC: I Got The New World In My View by Sister Gertrude Morgan

0:31:13 > 0:31:16# On my journey, I pursue

0:31:16 > 0:31:19# I said I'm running, running for the city

0:31:19 > 0:31:22# I got the new world in my view

0:31:22 > 0:31:26# I got the new world in my view

0:31:26 > 0:31:29# On my journey, I pursue

0:31:29 > 0:31:32# Lord, I'm running, running for the city

0:31:32 > 0:31:36# I got the new world in my view

0:31:36 > 0:31:38# Come on, get an army

0:31:38 > 0:31:41# Help me to run this holy righteous place

0:31:41 > 0:31:45# Can't you hear them saviours calling

0:31:45 > 0:31:47# Well, he's knockin' at your door today

0:31:47 > 0:31:51# I got the new world in my view

0:31:51 > 0:31:54# On my journey, I pursue

0:31:54 > 0:31:57# I said I'm running, running for the city

0:31:57 > 0:32:00# I got the new world in my view. #

0:32:02 > 0:32:05'In the courthouse sits the heart of the matter -

0:32:05 > 0:32:08'the voter registration office.

0:32:08 > 0:32:10'Now, this is an exceptional circumstance.

0:32:10 > 0:32:14'See, in Albany, there were no clearly-defined battle zones.

0:32:14 > 0:32:18'The issue was segregation, and segregation was everywhere.

0:32:18 > 0:32:23'In Selma, we can concentrate our actions on one building.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25'A citadel, defended by fanatics.

0:32:25 > 0:32:28'The Selma Courthouse.

0:32:28 > 0:32:30'The perfect stage.'

0:32:30 > 0:32:34MUTED SHOUTING FROM ONLOOKERS

0:32:45 > 0:32:48Y'all deliberately causing an obstruction!

0:32:48 > 0:32:51You don't disperse, you're going to be arrested.

0:32:51 > 0:32:52I promise you!

0:32:52 > 0:32:57Sheriff Clark, we're trying to gain access to the registration office,

0:32:57 > 0:32:59- which is our legal right. - There's too many of you.

0:32:59 > 0:33:01And you know damn well there is!

0:33:01 > 0:33:04- Now, y'all just going to have to wait at the rear!- No, Sheriff Clark.

0:33:04 > 0:33:08We're going in the front and we're going to wait right here.

0:33:08 > 0:33:11Segregation is now illegal in this country, sir.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15< Get out, nigger!

0:33:15 > 0:33:17- Come on.- I'm trying! - Kneel down, Daddy.

0:33:17 > 0:33:19Come on.

0:33:19 > 0:33:21Keep this sidewalk clear. Clear a path!

0:33:21 > 0:33:24Get out of the way! Get out of the way!

0:33:24 > 0:33:25Get the hell out of the way!

0:33:25 > 0:33:27Keep the sidewalk clear!

0:33:27 > 0:33:29I said keep it clear!

0:33:29 > 0:33:31- OK. We about to sit him down. He can't sit.- Then he needs to learn.

0:33:31 > 0:33:33- He's going to sit. - Sit down, goddamn it!

0:33:33 > 0:33:35Hey, hey! Pa? Pa?

0:33:35 > 0:33:36Daddy!

0:33:38 > 0:33:41- I just told you he can't sit. - Oh, what do we got here?

0:33:42 > 0:33:45What's going on here, boy? What we got here? What we got here?

0:33:45 > 0:33:48- Jimmie!- Sit down!- No, Mama, I'm sick of this.- Jimmie! Don't do it.

0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Do you have a problem, boy? - I'm sick of this! I just told you...

0:33:50 > 0:33:53What'd you think, boy? What'd you think?

0:33:53 > 0:33:54What the fuck are you thinking?

0:33:54 > 0:33:56AGITATED MURMURS

0:33:57 > 0:33:59HE GRUNTS

0:33:59 > 0:34:01ALL GASP

0:34:01 > 0:34:02SILENCE

0:34:04 > 0:34:06Get that nigger woman!

0:34:06 > 0:34:07Kill that nigger bitch!

0:34:07 > 0:34:09Get your hands off of me!

0:34:09 > 0:34:11GRUNTING, STRUGGLING

0:34:11 > 0:34:14SHOUTING

0:34:15 > 0:34:18CROWD SHOUTS

0:34:18 > 0:34:21SHE STRUGGLES AND SHOUTS

0:34:24 > 0:34:28'We will not tolerate a bunch of nigra agitators

0:34:28 > 0:34:31'attempting to orchestrate a disturbance in this state.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33'Not as long as I'm governor.'

0:34:37 > 0:34:39Now, I stand here today

0:34:39 > 0:34:41in the cradle of the Confederacy

0:34:41 > 0:34:45to remind its people of our Founding Fathers' goals of duty.

0:34:45 > 0:34:48Goals long since forgotten by progressives and liberals

0:34:48 > 0:34:52in favour of what they call a changing world.

0:34:52 > 0:34:56They seek to make us one mongrel unit.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58'Instead of allowing each race to flourish

0:34:58 > 0:35:00'from its separate racial station

0:35:00 > 0:35:02'as has been the standard for generations now...'

0:35:02 > 0:35:03Good morning, Mr President.

0:35:03 > 0:35:07'Their changing world is sickening the balance of the Southland.

0:35:09 > 0:35:11'Now...

0:35:11 > 0:35:14'I pledged to stand up for Alabama when I campaigned

0:35:14 > 0:35:16'and the people elected me on that pledge,

0:35:16 > 0:35:18'and that is exactly what I intend to do...'

0:35:43 > 0:35:44Johnson'll flinch.

0:35:45 > 0:35:47I'm tired, Ralphy.

0:35:49 > 0:35:52Tiring of this.

0:35:52 > 0:35:54Eyes on the prize, Martin.

0:35:54 > 0:35:56Yeah, but what is the prize, friend?

0:35:58 > 0:36:01We fight to have a seat at whatever table we want.

0:36:02 > 0:36:05How does it help a black man to be able to eat at a lunch counter

0:36:05 > 0:36:08if he doesn't earn enough to buy the burger?

0:36:09 > 0:36:11Or worse yet, can't even...

0:36:13 > 0:36:18..can't even read the menu cos there was no Negro school where he's from.

0:36:18 > 0:36:20What is that?

0:36:20 > 0:36:21That equality?

0:36:23 > 0:36:24Amen.

0:36:24 > 0:36:26And what about in our minds?

0:36:27 > 0:36:30Equality in the black psyche. Look at these men.

0:36:31 > 0:36:35Beaten and broken down for generations.

0:36:35 > 0:36:37Deciding to demand more?

0:36:39 > 0:36:42What happens when a man stands up and says enough is enough?

0:36:42 > 0:36:44Look at Medgar.

0:36:44 > 0:36:47Murdered the man in his own driveway.

0:36:47 > 0:36:49Kids and wife right there inside the house.

0:36:49 > 0:36:52George and Herbert Lee, Lamar Smith.

0:36:52 > 0:36:54A man stands up, only to be struck down.

0:36:57 > 0:36:59And what happens to the people he led?

0:37:04 > 0:37:06What are we doing, Ralphy?

0:37:08 > 0:37:11We take it piece by piece.

0:37:11 > 0:37:13Like we been doing.

0:37:13 > 0:37:16We build the path as we can.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Rock by rock.

0:37:25 > 0:37:27This cell is probably bugged.

0:37:29 > 0:37:31It probably is.

0:37:33 > 0:37:36THEY LAUGH Oh, Lord!

0:37:41 > 0:37:45They're going to ruin me so they can ruin this movement.

0:37:48 > 0:37:49They are.

0:37:55 > 0:37:57"Look at the birds of the air...

0:37:59 > 0:38:03"That they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns.

0:38:04 > 0:38:06"And yet your Heavenly Father doth feed them.

0:38:09 > 0:38:11"Are you not worth much more than they?

0:38:13 > 0:38:17"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?"

0:38:19 > 0:38:20Matthew 6, verse 27.

0:38:20 > 0:38:22All right.

0:38:22 > 0:38:23Yes, sir.

0:38:29 > 0:38:31What? Where did you hear that?

0:38:31 > 0:38:34I overhead them talking about him coming in this evening.

0:38:34 > 0:38:35Overhead us?

0:38:35 > 0:38:37I'm learning about this just like you. We didn't do this.

0:38:37 > 0:38:40That Negro can't be talking about that "by any means necessary"

0:38:40 > 0:38:42madness with these people. They about to bust as it is.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45He's on his way here, right? So we've got to figure this out

0:38:45 > 0:38:47- right and fast. - Oh, he ain't on his way. He here.

0:38:49 > 0:38:51Holy shit.

0:39:01 > 0:39:02Are you all right?

0:39:02 > 0:39:06I wish I had more time to prepare is all.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11I want to do this kind of thing whenever possible.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14But I don't get to do it enough to feel entirely comfortable.

0:39:16 > 0:39:18I prefer to be prepared.

0:39:18 > 0:39:20Yes, I understand that.

0:39:21 > 0:39:23I admire you. I do.

0:39:25 > 0:39:28Sometimes I wish I were more out there in the trenches.

0:39:28 > 0:39:30You do more than you know, Mrs King.

0:39:32 > 0:39:35I'll tell you what I know to be true.

0:39:35 > 0:39:38It helps me in times when I'm feeling unsure.

0:39:38 > 0:39:40If you'd like.

0:39:40 > 0:39:42Oh, please do, Mrs Boynton.

0:39:44 > 0:39:47I know that we are descendants of a mighty people,

0:39:47 > 0:39:49who gave civilisation to the world.

0:39:51 > 0:39:56People who survived the hulls of slave ships across vast oceans.

0:39:56 > 0:40:00People who innovate and create and love

0:40:00 > 0:40:04despite pressures and tortures unimaginable.

0:40:05 > 0:40:07They are in our bloodstream.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09Pumping our hearts every second.

0:40:11 > 0:40:12THEY'VE prepared you.

0:40:13 > 0:40:16You are ALREADY prepared.

0:40:16 > 0:40:19Mrs King, I mean no disrespect.

0:40:20 > 0:40:23I come with great respect for your husband.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26I have no army behind me any more.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30I have myself and the truth.

0:40:31 > 0:40:33That is all I stand on today.

0:40:33 > 0:40:37You've said disrespectful things in the past, Minister,

0:40:37 > 0:40:39so you'll understand why there is some alarm here tonight.

0:40:39 > 0:40:42I do. I understand that.

0:40:42 > 0:40:45Your husband and I, we do not see exactly eye-to-eye

0:40:45 > 0:40:47on how to achieve progress for the black man.

0:40:47 > 0:40:51And, yes, I have been piercing in my critiques of non-violence.

0:40:51 > 0:40:53But because we don't agree, Mrs King,

0:40:53 > 0:40:55does not mean that I'm the enemy.

0:40:55 > 0:40:58What do you intend to say to these people, then, sir?

0:40:58 > 0:41:00A lot of work has been done here,

0:41:00 > 0:41:02and I don't intend to see it undone tonight.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06Let's just say my eyes see in a new way.

0:41:08 > 0:41:11But your local sheriff here? He doesn't know that.

0:41:11 > 0:41:14So allow me to be the alternative to your husband.

0:41:14 > 0:41:16The alternative that scares them so much

0:41:16 > 0:41:18they turn to Dr King in refuge.

0:41:18 > 0:41:21Let my being here, Mrs King, represent the factions

0:41:21 > 0:41:23that will come if they don't give the good reverend

0:41:23 > 0:41:26what he's asking for and soon.

0:41:26 > 0:41:28Do you know what he has said about us in the past, Coretta?

0:41:28 > 0:41:31He called us "ignorant Negro preachers".

0:41:31 > 0:41:33Called me a "modern-day Uncle Tom".

0:41:33 > 0:41:35Said on national television

0:41:35 > 0:41:38that the white man pays me to keep Negroes defenceless.

0:41:39 > 0:41:41The white man pays ME!

0:41:44 > 0:41:46How could you allow it?

0:41:46 > 0:41:49It wasn't like that this time, Martin. I'm telling you...

0:41:49 > 0:41:52He spoke with some of the words he's used before,

0:41:52 > 0:41:54but it wasn't aimed at you.

0:41:54 > 0:41:56It was...

0:41:56 > 0:41:58It had more to do with helping us.

0:42:00 > 0:42:02Not that you need his help. I'm just telling you how it was.

0:42:02 > 0:42:05This movement, our movement,

0:42:05 > 0:42:07has been the one that has moved the needle.

0:42:07 > 0:42:11Our movement changes laws and day-to-day life for our people.

0:42:11 > 0:42:13But what has he changed?

0:42:13 > 0:42:15Actually changed?

0:42:17 > 0:42:20You don't sound like yourself. You sound tired.

0:42:20 > 0:42:22And you sound enamoured.

0:42:28 > 0:42:30SHE SIGHS

0:42:30 > 0:42:32I didn't mean that.

0:42:32 > 0:42:33Corrie.

0:42:35 > 0:42:37Coretta.

0:42:38 > 0:42:39I didn't mean that.

0:42:53 > 0:42:55I'm tired.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58You're right.

0:43:05 > 0:43:06Rest, then.

0:43:08 > 0:43:10Rest tonight, Martin.

0:43:12 > 0:43:15'This is not what I want to hear.'

0:43:15 > 0:43:19How in Christ's sake does Malcolm X slip into my state,

0:43:19 > 0:43:21meet with the wife of the other one,

0:43:21 > 0:43:23and give an actual speech to these nigras

0:43:23 > 0:43:25who are already riled up enough?

0:43:25 > 0:43:28- I mean, how does that happen, Colonel Lingo?- Governor...

0:43:28 > 0:43:31Is every spook militant in existence going to pay us a visit?

0:43:32 > 0:43:34Huh?

0:43:34 > 0:43:37Do you know what this means? Johnson is going to get jumpy.

0:43:39 > 0:43:40King and X together

0:43:40 > 0:43:42is sending him through the cotton-pickin' stratosphere.

0:43:42 > 0:43:45And pictures of nigras getting beat in the street

0:43:45 > 0:43:46- doesn't help the matter.- Governor...

0:43:46 > 0:43:49Now, I can't make a move against that backwoods

0:43:49 > 0:43:52white trash Sheriff Clark cos that'll be seen as I'm helping King.

0:43:52 > 0:43:56But somebody got to get Jim Clark under control.

0:43:57 > 0:44:02Election year is coming up and this black voting business won't abide.

0:44:02 > 0:44:03I mean, what's not clear about that?

0:44:03 > 0:44:08Look, George, I'm telling you, if the Lord Jesus and Elvis Presley

0:44:08 > 0:44:10come visiting and they said,

0:44:10 > 0:44:14"Jim, now, we need you to treat them niggers nice,"

0:44:14 > 0:44:17Jim Clark would beat the shit out of the pair of them,

0:44:17 > 0:44:18then throw them in jail.

0:44:19 > 0:44:23- Jesus H Christ.- Jim's a good old boy. He's a friend of mine.

0:44:23 > 0:44:25Jim Clark just ain't that scary.

0:44:26 > 0:44:28Now, he's playing into their hands.

0:44:29 > 0:44:32Now... If you want fear...

0:44:34 > 0:44:37..you need dominance in Selma.

0:44:38 > 0:44:42Hoover picked up some intel about a night march.

0:44:43 > 0:44:46Wasn't announced. It's some locals outside of King's group.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49Unofficial, they called it.

0:44:49 > 0:44:53Supposed to happen tomorrow night once King leaves jail.

0:44:53 > 0:44:56Going to some bleeding-heart fundraiser in California.

0:45:00 > 0:45:01So...

0:45:02 > 0:45:04King's out of town.

0:45:05 > 0:45:06Fewer cameras.

0:45:08 > 0:45:09And at night.

0:45:09 > 0:45:12Find a reason to send us in there.

0:45:12 > 0:45:16Let's scare some real sense into them black bastards.

0:45:16 > 0:45:19OFFICER: Y'all move back! Move back now. Get back.

0:45:19 > 0:45:21Go back to your homes now.

0:45:21 > 0:45:23WHISTLE BLOWS

0:45:23 > 0:45:25SCREAMING, THUDDING

0:45:30 > 0:45:32GRUNTING, WOMAN GROANS

0:45:36 > 0:45:37Stop! Leave him be!

0:45:37 > 0:45:38Mama, come on!

0:45:38 > 0:45:40Mama, come on!

0:45:41 > 0:45:43We've got to keep moving. Come on.

0:45:43 > 0:45:46SCREAMING

0:45:46 > 0:45:49- This way, this way.- Leave him alone!

0:45:49 > 0:45:51SCREAMING CONTINUES

0:46:04 > 0:46:05It's all right.

0:46:09 > 0:46:11It's going to be all right. OK?

0:46:11 > 0:46:13Act like you're... Act like you're reading your menu. OK?

0:46:14 > 0:46:17It's OK.

0:46:17 > 0:46:19Pops...

0:46:19 > 0:46:22It's all right, Mama. It's going to be cool.

0:46:22 > 0:46:23It's OK, it's OK.

0:46:29 > 0:46:30Hey! Hey...

0:46:30 > 0:46:33PANICKED SCREAMS

0:46:35 > 0:46:37No, get off of him! Just get off of him!

0:46:37 > 0:46:39Get off of him! No!

0:46:40 > 0:46:42No! Get off of him!

0:46:42 > 0:46:45GRUNTING, THUDDING

0:46:45 > 0:46:47Stop it! No, no, no!

0:46:47 > 0:46:49GUN COCKS

0:46:49 > 0:46:50Stop it!

0:46:50 > 0:46:51GUNSHOT

0:47:12 > 0:47:14SHE SCREAMS

0:47:14 > 0:47:16Help me.

0:47:16 > 0:47:19SIRENS APPROACH

0:47:19 > 0:47:22SHE YELLS AND SCREAMS

0:47:22 > 0:47:26SHE SOBS

0:47:29 > 0:47:30Help me.

0:47:31 > 0:47:33Jimmie.

0:47:33 > 0:47:35Jimmie. Jimmie. Jimmie.

0:47:36 > 0:47:38Help me...

0:47:56 > 0:47:57Sir?

0:48:03 > 0:48:05Oh. Dr King!

0:48:21 > 0:48:25There are no words to soothe you, Mr Lee.

0:48:27 > 0:48:29There are no words.

0:48:32 > 0:48:35But I can tell you one thing for certain.

0:48:38 > 0:48:41- God was the first to cry.- Yes.

0:48:42 > 0:48:46- He was the first to cry for your boy.- Yes. I believe that.

0:48:46 > 0:48:48HE SNIFFS

0:48:50 > 0:48:51Is your daughter...

0:48:53 > 0:48:55Is Jimmie Lee's mother here, Mr Lee?

0:48:57 > 0:49:00No, she... She couldn't make it.

0:49:07 > 0:49:09May I ask your age, sir?

0:49:10 > 0:49:13Well, I... I got 82 years.

0:49:13 > 0:49:151883.

0:49:15 > 0:49:18- Right.- Yeah. Jimmie...

0:49:22 > 0:49:25He born in '38.

0:49:25 > 0:49:26He an Army man.

0:49:26 > 0:49:29I mean, he was...was an Army man.

0:49:29 > 0:49:31In the Army a spell.

0:49:33 > 0:49:37He say, "Pa, you going to vote before you done."

0:49:37 > 0:49:39Mm-hm. That's what he said.

0:49:41 > 0:49:42He tell me.

0:49:45 > 0:49:47- He was a good boy.- Yes.

0:49:47 > 0:49:49Always good.

0:49:49 > 0:49:51- VOICE BREAKING:- Always good...

0:49:55 > 0:49:58HE SOBS

0:49:58 > 0:49:59Jimmie gone.

0:50:05 > 0:50:06I'm so sorry.

0:50:11 > 0:50:13- HE SIGHS - Yeah.

0:50:29 > 0:50:33'Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?'

0:50:38 > 0:50:41Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

0:50:43 > 0:50:48We know a state trooper acting under the orders of George Wallace

0:50:48 > 0:50:51pointed the gun and pulled the trigger.

0:50:52 > 0:50:55But how many other fingers were on that trigger?

0:50:59 > 0:51:01Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

0:51:03 > 0:51:08Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorise.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10MURMURS OF AGREEMENT

0:51:10 > 0:51:14Every white politician

0:51:14 > 0:51:17who feeds on prejudice and hatred.

0:51:19 > 0:51:23Every white preacher who preaches the Bible

0:51:23 > 0:51:26and stays silent before his white congregation.

0:51:29 > 0:51:32Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

0:51:33 > 0:51:38Every Negro man and woman who stands by without joining this fight

0:51:38 > 0:51:41as their brothers and sisters are humiliated,

0:51:41 > 0:51:44brutalised, and ripped from this earth!

0:51:44 > 0:51:47APPLAUSE

0:51:51 > 0:51:56When I heard President Kennedy had been shot and killed...

0:51:58 > 0:52:00..and when I heard just yesterday

0:52:00 > 0:52:02that Malcolm X,

0:52:02 > 0:52:05who stood in this very church just three weeks ago,

0:52:05 > 0:52:07had been shot and killed...

0:52:09 > 0:52:13..I turned to my wife Coretta and said the same thing I often say

0:52:13 > 0:52:16when one of our leaders is struck down...

0:52:17 > 0:52:21"Our lives are not fully lived

0:52:21 > 0:52:24"if we're not willing to die for those we love

0:52:24 > 0:52:26"and for what we believe."

0:52:26 > 0:52:29MURMURS OF AGREEMENT

0:52:29 > 0:52:33But today, Jimmie, we're doing the living

0:52:33 > 0:52:36and you've done the dying, dear brother.

0:52:36 > 0:52:40We will not let your sacrifice pass in vain, dear brother.

0:52:40 > 0:52:43We will not let it go!

0:52:43 > 0:52:45We will finish what you were after!

0:52:45 > 0:52:47We will get what you were denied!

0:52:47 > 0:52:49We will vote!

0:52:49 > 0:52:52We will put these men out of office! We will take their power! APPLAUSE

0:52:52 > 0:52:55We will win what you were slaughtered for!

0:52:55 > 0:52:57- Yeah!- Yeah!

0:52:57 > 0:52:58MURMURS OF AGREEMENT

0:52:59 > 0:53:02We're going back to Washington.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05We're going to demand to see the President

0:53:05 > 0:53:06and I'm going to tell him

0:53:06 > 0:53:10that Jimmie was murdered by an administration

0:53:10 > 0:53:13that spends millions of dollars every day

0:53:13 > 0:53:16to sacrifice life in the name of liberty in Vietnam,

0:53:16 > 0:53:19yet lacks the moral will and the moral courage

0:53:19 > 0:53:22to defend the lives of its own people here in America!

0:53:22 > 0:53:25APPLAUSE

0:53:25 > 0:53:27We will not let it go!

0:53:28 > 0:53:32And if he does not act, we will act. We will act!

0:53:32 > 0:53:34We will do it for all of our lost ones.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36All of those, like Jimmie Lee Jackson,

0:53:36 > 0:53:40who have gone too soon, taken by hate!

0:53:40 > 0:53:42APPLAUSE

0:53:48 > 0:53:50Let me hear the top-tier issues

0:53:50 > 0:53:53that have to be evident in the overall legislation we demand.

0:53:53 > 0:53:55Let's break it down.

0:53:55 > 0:53:57But let's root this discussion in what we know.

0:53:57 > 0:54:00We know Johnson can't see the full picture.

0:54:00 > 0:54:02So, let's paint it for him.

0:54:02 > 0:54:05What are the specific hardships and humiliations

0:54:05 > 0:54:09we can address within the larger context of legislation?

0:54:11 > 0:54:14Doc, we've got to start with banning these laws

0:54:14 > 0:54:17that if a Negro tries to register,

0:54:17 > 0:54:20I mean, actually musters up the courage to go in that courthouse,

0:54:20 > 0:54:23that their name and address is published in the paper.

0:54:23 > 0:54:25It gives anybody who wants to do them any harm

0:54:25 > 0:54:28their exact location, and we know how the Klan is.

0:54:28 > 0:54:31I hear that. But the poll taxes got to be our focus first.

0:54:31 > 0:54:33Cos black people are poor! Black people are poor down here.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36And they expected to pay for every year they weren't legally registered

0:54:36 > 0:54:37before they can register.

0:54:37 > 0:54:40Now, what the hell is that? Who got that kind of money?

0:54:40 > 0:54:42THEY SHOUT OVER EACH OTHER

0:54:42 > 0:54:43Come on now! Listen, now!

0:54:43 > 0:54:45The big issue is voting vouchers.

0:54:45 > 0:54:47Is that the number one issue?

0:54:47 > 0:54:49Now, hold on. Let me finish. Cos everybody'll forget about this part.

0:54:49 > 0:54:52But if you're Negro, the only way you can vote

0:54:52 > 0:54:55is if an approved registered voter vouches for you.

0:54:55 > 0:54:58Right? So, let's say, you take some place like Lowndes County,

0:54:58 > 0:55:00where there are no Negroes who are registered

0:55:00 > 0:55:04and you've got to have someone who is registered to vouch for you.

0:55:04 > 0:55:06- What are you supposed to do? Hmm? - Mmm.

0:55:06 > 0:55:08Nobody you know,

0:55:08 > 0:55:12not a single black person for 100 miles is registered.

0:55:12 > 0:55:15So how do you get the voucher, right?

0:55:15 > 0:55:20To get you into the courthouse door to pay the poll tax

0:55:20 > 0:55:24to get your name published and get yourself dead.

0:55:25 > 0:55:28- That's true. - We need a new plan!

0:55:28 > 0:55:30I can't take him back to Washington

0:55:30 > 0:55:32and waltz into the White House with a list of empty demands.

0:55:32 > 0:55:37Tactics, my friends! We must break down this institution

0:55:37 > 0:55:40into the tangible tactics that it takes to dismantle it.

0:55:42 > 0:55:44'What's your next move?'

0:55:44 > 0:55:47A march from Selma to Montgomery to protest and amplify.

0:55:47 > 0:55:49Well, I'll be damned.

0:55:49 > 0:55:52This was always part of the plan, wasn't it?

0:55:52 > 0:55:55Provoke some tragedy in little old Selma, then go big.

0:55:55 > 0:55:59Get someone killed and march on the State Capitol!

0:55:59 > 0:56:01Selma to Montgomery's got to be 50 miles!

0:56:01 > 0:56:04You march those people into rural Alabama unprotected,

0:56:04 > 0:56:05it's going to be open season.

0:56:05 > 0:56:07It's too damn far and too damn dangerous!

0:56:07 > 0:56:09Then propose new legislation, sir.

0:56:09 > 0:56:12I can't do that this year. I won't! I told you.

0:56:12 > 0:56:14We need your involvement here, Mr President.

0:56:14 > 0:56:17We deserve your help as citizens of this country.

0:56:17 > 0:56:18Citizens under attack.

0:56:18 > 0:56:21Now, you listen to me. YOU listen to me.

0:56:21 > 0:56:23You're an activist. I'm a politician.

0:56:23 > 0:56:25You got one big issue. I got a hundred and one.

0:56:25 > 0:56:28Now, you demanding more and putting me on the spot

0:56:28 > 0:56:32with this visit, that's OK. That's your job. That's what you do.

0:56:32 > 0:56:34But I am sick and tired

0:56:34 > 0:56:36of you demanding and telling me

0:56:36 > 0:56:38what I can and what I can't do.

0:56:38 > 0:56:41If you want my support on this voting thing,

0:56:41 > 0:56:43I need some quid pro quo from you.

0:56:43 > 0:56:45What do you want, Mr President?

0:56:45 > 0:56:49We have a line on some threats that are, uh,

0:56:49 > 0:56:50particularly troubling.

0:56:50 > 0:56:52Well, what's new?

0:56:52 > 0:56:57No, no. This is serious. Credible threats with detail.

0:56:57 > 0:56:59This information, coming from the FBI, I assume?

0:56:59 > 0:57:01High-level?

0:57:01 > 0:57:05The same high-level that's been tracking us like animals?

0:57:05 > 0:57:09Bugging our homes and our hotel rooms.

0:57:09 > 0:57:13Digging for things that simply are not there, Lee?

0:57:13 > 0:57:16This all feels very convenient.

0:57:16 > 0:57:21OK. This is coming from Lowndes County, Alabama.

0:57:21 > 0:57:23Between Selma and Montgomery.

0:57:25 > 0:57:28I'm telling you, if he were my guy,

0:57:28 > 0:57:31I'd keep him off the front lines.

0:57:31 > 0:57:33Just for a while.

0:57:35 > 0:57:37Not going to happen, Lee.

0:57:37 > 0:57:41- Meet me halfway on this, Martin. - I can't, Mr President.

0:57:41 > 0:57:42Can't or won't?

0:57:42 > 0:57:48I came here hoping to talk to you about PEOPLE.

0:57:48 > 0:57:51PEOPLE are dying in the street for this.

0:57:51 > 0:57:53It CANNOT wait, sir.

0:57:53 > 0:57:55Mr President, how did it go?

0:58:01 > 0:58:02What can I do to help?

0:58:05 > 0:58:06Get me J Edgar Hoover.

0:58:08 > 0:58:12- MAN ON RECORDING:- 'King, you know you are a complete fraud

0:58:12 > 0:58:15'and a liability to all nigras.

0:58:15 > 0:58:19'Like all frauds, your end is approaching.

0:58:19 > 0:58:21'You are done.

0:58:21 > 0:58:26'Your degrees and your fancy awards will not save you.

0:58:26 > 0:58:31'The American public will soon know you for what you are -

0:58:31 > 0:58:35'an evil, abnormal beast.'

0:58:35 > 0:58:38MAN MOANS SEXUALLY ON RECORDING

0:58:38 > 0:58:41WOMAN MOANS SEXUALLY

0:58:44 > 0:58:45RECORDING STOPS

0:58:52 > 0:58:53That wasn't me.

0:58:56 > 0:58:58That isn't me, Corrie.

0:59:02 > 0:59:04I know.

0:59:06 > 0:59:08I know what you sound like.

0:59:18 > 0:59:20I've gotten used to a lot.

0:59:23 > 0:59:28All the hours wondering after your safety,

0:59:28 > 0:59:30worried about how you are.

0:59:35 > 0:59:36This house...

0:59:38 > 0:59:40..renting here...

0:59:42 > 0:59:43..no foundation...

0:59:48 > 0:59:51..without the things the children should have,

0:59:51 > 0:59:53all because of how it would look.

0:59:58 > 1:00:01I have gotten used to it,

1:00:01 > 1:00:03for better or worse.

1:00:08 > 1:00:11But what I have never gotten used to

1:00:11 > 1:00:13is the death.

1:00:15 > 1:00:19The constant closeness of death.

1:00:23 > 1:00:27It's become like a thick fog to me.

1:00:29 > 1:00:32I can't see life sometimes

1:00:32 > 1:00:36because of the fog of death constantly hanging over.

1:00:39 > 1:00:43People actually say that they will stop the blood

1:00:43 > 1:00:46running through the hearts of our children.

1:00:46 > 1:00:49That's what they said on the other end of that phone line.

1:00:52 > 1:00:55How they're going to kill my children.

1:00:56 > 1:00:58And what they'll do to you and how they'll do it.

1:00:58 > 1:01:01How many years have I had to listen to this?

1:01:01 > 1:01:04The filth, deranged and twisted,

1:01:04 > 1:01:07and just ignorant enough to be serious.

1:01:14 > 1:01:16If I ask you something...

1:01:17 > 1:01:20..will you answer me with the truth?

1:01:23 > 1:01:24Yes.

1:01:25 > 1:01:28Good, because I am not a fool.

1:01:38 > 1:01:39Do you love me?

1:01:46 > 1:01:48Yes, I love you, Coretta.

1:01:59 > 1:02:01Do you love any of the others?

1:02:23 > 1:02:24No.

1:02:42 > 1:02:45- I need to put the march back a day. - 'Why?'

1:02:46 > 1:02:49'I have to be home right now.'

1:02:49 > 1:02:50'Oh.

1:02:52 > 1:02:55'Yes. OK. I understand.

1:02:58 > 1:03:01'But I have to tell you the organisation looks good.

1:03:01 > 1:03:03'Real good.

1:03:03 > 1:03:06'The mood is strong. And the locals are prepared.

1:03:06 > 1:03:08'The SNCC kids are ready to go.

1:03:08 > 1:03:11'We can start it off from Selma,

1:03:11 > 1:03:13'and you can join in on the second day.'

1:03:25 > 1:03:27'I just think it'd be a mistake

1:03:27 > 1:03:30'to hold people back when their blood is up.'

1:03:31 > 1:03:33'I hear you,

1:03:33 > 1:03:37'but we need to be out there full throttle. This ain't a test run.

1:03:37 > 1:03:39'We need to get to Montgomery.

1:03:39 > 1:03:41'I warned Johnson that we were going to the Capitol.

1:03:41 > 1:03:43'We need to do just that.'

1:03:43 > 1:03:47'And I believe we will. We'll get there.

1:03:50 > 1:03:53'And when we do the real deal, the finale,

1:03:53 > 1:03:55'when you make the big speech at the end,

1:03:55 > 1:03:57'right on Wallace's doorstep.'

1:04:11 > 1:04:13'I don't know, Andy.'

1:04:15 > 1:04:17'It'll be just fine.

1:04:17 > 1:04:21'We'll get it started strong. And you'll finish strong.'

1:04:21 > 1:04:22Mmm.

1:04:27 > 1:04:30OK. Uh... Let's proceed.

1:04:30 > 1:04:31'But only one of us walks to start.

1:04:31 > 1:04:33'I don't want to get back on Monday

1:04:33 > 1:04:36'and find all our leadership in jail.'

1:04:36 > 1:04:38'One of us walks.

1:04:38 > 1:04:39'Understood.'

1:04:42 > 1:04:46There will be no march from Selma to Montgomery.

1:04:46 > 1:04:50It is not conducive to traffic flow on Route 80.

1:04:50 > 1:04:52Or to public safety.

1:04:52 > 1:04:53..Your lives could be in danger,

1:04:53 > 1:04:57but we're going to be strong if we stick together. Don't fight back.

1:04:57 > 1:04:59It's a non-violent movement.

1:04:59 > 1:05:02Non-violence is not passive. It's actually very strong.

1:05:02 > 1:05:04We shouldn't do this, John.

1:05:04 > 1:05:07This is not us. This is not SNCC. It's some bullshit.

1:05:07 > 1:05:10It's gonna do more for King and the SCLC than for Selma.

1:05:10 > 1:05:11This is Alabama.

1:05:11 > 1:05:14They can keep their asses in Washington DC.

1:05:14 > 1:05:16You don't tell us how to live our lives.

1:05:16 > 1:05:18This is an example of what you might deal with out there.

1:05:18 > 1:05:21What you might experience. Here we go. Let's show them.

1:05:21 > 1:05:23We don't want your kind here!

1:05:23 > 1:05:24Go to the bottom of the river, black boy!

1:05:24 > 1:05:26We're going to put you down in Alabama River!

1:05:26 > 1:05:29'He's not even here. How's it gonna do more for him?

1:05:29 > 1:05:30'Well, why ain't he here, then, man?'

1:05:30 > 1:05:33Are you listening to yourself? First it's gonna do more for him,

1:05:33 > 1:05:36now it's "Why he ain't here?" Do you want him here, or do you not want him here?

1:05:36 > 1:05:39Honestly, I don't give a rat's ass about that man. That's your hero.

1:05:39 > 1:05:42Let's take these bastards and stick them down into Alabama River

1:05:42 > 1:05:43and never see them again.

1:05:43 > 1:05:45James, you are so off-base with this. All this nonsense.

1:05:45 > 1:05:48- This ain't what SNCC is about. - Don't make me out to be the bad guy here, John.- I'm not!

1:05:48 > 1:05:50- You're the one playing me small. - Don't demonise me...

1:05:50 > 1:05:53You're mad because they called him in.

1:05:54 > 1:05:57We were here first. And they called him in.

1:05:57 > 1:05:59I get it. I understand that.

1:05:59 > 1:06:02But if we are really and truly for the people,

1:06:02 > 1:06:04and the people of Selma chose him...

1:06:06 > 1:06:08Well, then the people have spoken.

1:06:10 > 1:06:13And if they want to march, then I'm marching with them.

1:06:15 > 1:06:17Then, brother...

1:06:18 > 1:06:20..you're marching as John Lewis.

1:06:21 > 1:06:23Not as part of SNCC.

1:06:25 > 1:06:28It's been voted on and decided.

1:06:28 > 1:06:32For this march, you're on your own with the Lord and his disciples.

1:07:01 > 1:07:04Short man wins. Short man wins.

1:07:04 > 1:07:05Short man wins.

1:07:06 > 1:07:08All right.

1:07:10 > 1:07:12All right. Who got it?

1:07:14 > 1:07:15It's on you, Hosea.

1:07:15 > 1:07:18You ready, young blood? You ready?

1:07:18 > 1:07:20- All right. Let's do this. - All right.

1:07:24 > 1:07:27MAN: 'About 525 Negroes had left Brown's Chapel

1:07:27 > 1:07:29'and walked six blocks to cross Pettus Bridge

1:07:29 > 1:07:31'and the Alabama River.'

1:07:46 > 1:07:48They were young and old, and they carried

1:07:48 > 1:07:52an assortment of packs, bed rolls and lunch sacks.

1:09:01 > 1:09:06'The troopers were waiting 300 yards beyond the end of the bridge.

1:09:06 > 1:09:09'Behind the troopers were dozens of possemen,

1:09:09 > 1:09:12'15 of them on horses,

1:09:12 > 1:09:14'and perhaps 100 white spectators.'

1:09:24 > 1:09:26Can you swim?

1:09:27 > 1:09:31Not many swimming pools for black folk where I come from.

1:09:31 > 1:09:33Yeah.

1:09:49 > 1:09:52MURMURS / CAMERA CLICKS

1:09:53 > 1:09:55SHOUTING

1:10:00 > 1:10:02'Andy, it's Bayard. Everybody there?'

1:10:02 > 1:10:04- Yes.- Turn on CBS right now, Andy.

1:10:04 > 1:10:08- Right now. You have a TV there? - Yes. Now?- Right now!

1:10:08 > 1:10:10Turn on the television set.

1:10:10 > 1:10:12- TV:- 'We interrupt this programme to bring you

1:10:12 > 1:10:15'a special bulletin from CBS News.'

1:10:30 > 1:10:33- Give 'em two minutes. Stand right there.- We're ready.

1:10:46 > 1:10:48This is an unlawful assembly.

1:10:48 > 1:10:51You have two minutes to disperse.

1:10:51 > 1:10:53Go home or go to your church.

1:10:53 > 1:10:56This march will not continue.

1:10:56 > 1:10:58Two minutes?

1:11:02 > 1:11:04May I have a word with the major?

1:11:06 > 1:11:08There's no word to be had.

1:11:10 > 1:11:13Major Cloud, may we speak with you?

1:11:25 > 1:11:27Troopers, advance!

1:11:27 > 1:11:28GUNSHOT

1:11:28 > 1:11:30SCREAMING

1:11:30 > 1:11:35COMMOTION

1:11:35 > 1:11:37MUSIC: Walk With Me by Martha Bass

1:11:41 > 1:11:4470 million people are watching this.

1:11:44 > 1:11:48- REPORTER: - 'The first 10 or 20 Negroes were swept to the ground screaming,

1:11:48 > 1:11:49'arms and legs flying.

1:11:49 > 1:11:52'Packs and bags went skittering across the grassy divider.'

1:11:52 > 1:11:55SCREAMING

1:11:55 > 1:11:58EXPLOSIONS, HISSING GAS

1:12:02 > 1:12:04THUDDING / SHE SCREAMS

1:12:06 > 1:12:08'Those still on their feet retreated.

1:12:08 > 1:12:10'A cheer went up from the white spectators

1:12:10 > 1:12:12'lining the south side of the highway.'

1:12:12 > 1:12:15THEY SHOUT

1:12:17 > 1:12:20Come on.

1:12:20 > 1:12:21You gotta come on.

1:12:21 > 1:12:23- Please, don't... - THUMPING

1:12:23 > 1:12:27'The troopers continued pushing, using both the force of their bodies

1:12:27 > 1:12:29'and the prodding of their nightsticks.'

1:12:40 > 1:12:42BANG

1:12:42 > 1:12:46'Suddenly, there was a sharp sound, like a gunshot,

1:12:46 > 1:12:49'and a grey cloud spewed over the troopers and the Negroes.

1:12:49 > 1:12:52'But before the cloud hid it all,'

1:12:52 > 1:12:57'there were several seconds of unobstructed view...'

1:12:57 > 1:12:58HE CLEARS THROAT

1:13:15 > 1:13:18'15 or 20 nightsticks

1:13:18 > 1:13:20'could be seen through the gas,

1:13:20 > 1:13:22'flailing at the heads of the marchers.'

1:13:24 > 1:13:27'The Negroes cried out as they crowded together for protection,

1:13:27 > 1:13:29'and the whites on the sidelines whooped and cheered.'

1:13:41 > 1:13:44'From the hospital came reports of victims

1:13:44 > 1:13:48'suffering fractures of ribs, heads, arms and legs.

1:13:48 > 1:13:50'And Negro leader John Lewis,

1:13:50 > 1:13:52'despite injury from a possible skull fracture,

1:13:52 > 1:13:55'led the marchers back to the chapel

1:13:55 > 1:13:57'after the encounter with officers.'

1:13:57 > 1:14:00Help! Help!

1:14:00 > 1:14:03SCREAMING

1:14:04 > 1:14:08'He said, "I don't see how President Johnson

1:14:08 > 1:14:10'"can send troops to Vietnam...'

1:14:10 > 1:14:13"and can't send troops to Selma, Alabama."

1:14:13 > 1:14:18To which the Negroes present roared their approval.

1:14:18 > 1:14:20# You walked with my mother

1:14:20 > 1:14:22# Come on and walk with me, Lord

1:14:22 > 1:14:25- # Please walk with me - Come on and walk with me, Lord

1:14:25 > 1:14:29# Come on and take a walk with me

1:14:29 > 1:14:33- # You walked with my mother - Come on and walk with me, Lord

1:14:33 > 1:14:37- # Please, come walk with me - Come on and walk with me, Lord

1:14:37 > 1:14:41# Come on and take a walk with me

1:14:41 > 1:14:44- # All along - Walk

1:14:44 > 1:14:52- # This old tedious journey - With me, Lord

1:14:52 > 1:14:57- # I want Jesus - Come on and walk with me, Lord

1:14:57 > 1:14:58# Just to walk with me... #

1:14:58 > 1:15:00Gerry! Gerry, come with us! Come with us!

1:15:00 > 1:15:01We need a gun, man!

1:15:01 > 1:15:03I can't walk!

1:15:03 > 1:15:05Come with us. We know you got them guns in the shed, Gerry.

1:15:05 > 1:15:08Hey, hey, hey, what you need guns for?

1:15:08 > 1:15:10The Bible says, "An eye for an eye," Reverend.

1:15:10 > 1:15:11- Yeah?- I'm sick of this shit!

1:15:11 > 1:15:13How many guns you think they got down there?

1:15:13 > 1:15:15That's an entire army down there.

1:15:15 > 1:15:17What you got? A couple of .32s? A .38?

1:15:17 > 1:15:20- Maybe a couple of old scatterguns? What?- I got enough to kill a couple

1:15:20 > 1:15:22of them crackers, that's what I got!

1:15:22 > 1:15:24And how many of us you think they gonna kill in retaliation?

1:15:24 > 1:15:28With their 12-gauge pump-actions, their Colt automatics,

1:15:28 > 1:15:30their Remingtons, their helicopters, their tanks?!

1:15:30 > 1:15:32We won't win that way,

1:15:32 > 1:15:34and I ain't talking about the Bible.

1:15:34 > 1:15:36I ain't talking what's right by God.

1:15:36 > 1:15:38I am talking FACTS. Cold, hard facts!

1:15:38 > 1:15:40Now, you take two of them,

1:15:40 > 1:15:43and they take ten of us.

1:15:43 > 1:15:46No. We have to win another way.

1:15:48 > 1:15:50- TV:- '..to our regularly scheduled programme.'

1:15:57 > 1:15:59We're going back to the bridge.

1:16:02 > 1:16:05We're going to finish this, we promise you that, Ms Amelia.

1:16:09 > 1:16:10We go again.

1:16:13 > 1:16:15CLAMOUR / CAMERAS CLICK

1:16:15 > 1:16:18Dr King! Can we get a statement, sir?

1:16:18 > 1:16:19Dr King! Morning, Doctor.

1:16:19 > 1:16:22- Can we get a statement, please? - Morning.- Morning.

1:16:22 > 1:16:26While rageful violence continues

1:16:26 > 1:16:29towards the unarmed people of Selma,

1:16:29 > 1:16:31while they are assaulted with tear gas

1:16:31 > 1:16:34and batons like an enemy in a war,

1:16:34 > 1:16:38no citizen of this country can call themselves blameless,

1:16:38 > 1:16:40for we all bear a responsibility

1:16:40 > 1:16:42for our fellow man.

1:16:42 > 1:16:45I am appealing to men and women of God

1:16:45 > 1:16:47and goodwill everywhere,

1:16:47 > 1:16:49white, black and otherwise.

1:16:49 > 1:16:53If you believe all are created equal,

1:16:53 > 1:16:57come to Selma. Join us. Join our march against injustice

1:16:57 > 1:17:00and inhumanity.

1:17:00 > 1:17:02We need you to stand with us.

1:17:04 > 1:17:07'Judge Johnson, Dr King's call-to-action

1:17:07 > 1:17:09'was nationally televised.

1:17:10 > 1:17:14'We've seen hundreds of people travel across the country

1:17:14 > 1:17:18'to attend tomorrow's march, mostly white, mostly clergy of some kind.'

1:17:19 > 1:17:23The SCLC is seeking a federal court order

1:17:23 > 1:17:27enjoining the state authorities from interfering with the next march.

1:17:27 > 1:17:29You're asking me to overturn the Governor's mandate

1:17:29 > 1:17:31and to do so without a hearing,

1:17:31 > 1:17:35but it's not going to happen at all without a proper proceeding.

1:17:35 > 1:17:37Dr King is in position to lead tomorrow's march, Judge.

1:17:37 > 1:17:41Understood, but you will have your day in court on Thursday, Mr Gray.

1:17:41 > 1:17:44Meanwhile, there will be no march tomorrow.

1:17:44 > 1:17:47I will not oppose Wallace against protocol.

1:17:47 > 1:17:51"Thousands head south in moral crusade."

1:17:55 > 1:17:56The SCLC already filed an appeal

1:17:56 > 1:17:58against Wallace's orders this morning.

1:18:01 > 1:18:05- You want my advice, Mr President? - You have to ask?

1:18:05 > 1:18:07Give King the march to Montgomery.

1:18:10 > 1:18:12Do that, and then Selma's over.

1:18:14 > 1:18:17- Then you're back in control. - In control of what?

1:18:17 > 1:18:20Another civil war? This ain't about the goddamn march.

1:18:20 > 1:18:24You think he cares about the march? He wants the law changed, now.

1:18:24 > 1:18:27I've got Congress calling me by the dozens.

1:18:27 > 1:18:30I've got picketing that gets bigger and bigger every day.

1:18:30 > 1:18:32He tugs on their goddamn white liberal conscience.

1:18:32 > 1:18:37Every march pulls 'em. Especially when people are getting beat up in the streets.

1:18:39 > 1:18:42These pictures are going around the world, Lee.

1:18:42 > 1:18:46I understand, Mr President. All the more reason to act now.

1:18:46 > 1:18:47I'm gonna act now.

1:18:47 > 1:18:50You tell Wallace and those backwater hicks

1:18:50 > 1:18:52I don't want to see any more of this horseshit.

1:18:52 > 1:18:55And you tell King he best not march, you hear me?

1:18:55 > 1:18:59Either King stops and Wallace stops,

1:18:59 > 1:19:01or I'll stop 'em both.

1:19:01 > 1:19:04I'm here on the President's order to try and make this work.

1:19:05 > 1:19:07Please work with me.

1:19:08 > 1:19:11So we give up the march and you...

1:19:11 > 1:19:13You give what?

1:19:13 > 1:19:15We asked for federal protection.

1:19:15 > 1:19:18And with no disrespect, but when the Assistant Attorney General

1:19:18 > 1:19:20is the highest-ranking federal official in Selma,

1:19:20 > 1:19:23we have our answer. And it's not the one we want.

1:19:23 > 1:19:28Might I suggest that you speak with Governor Wallace

1:19:28 > 1:19:30and Sheriff Clark and urge them against violence

1:19:30 > 1:19:34instead of trying to persuade us not to have a peaceful protest?

1:19:39 > 1:19:41Maybe we can make a deal.

1:19:42 > 1:19:45What if I

1:19:45 > 1:19:47could assure you that the administration

1:19:47 > 1:19:50would endorse a later march

1:19:50 > 1:19:52if tomorrow is called off?

1:19:53 > 1:19:55You know what?

1:19:55 > 1:19:57He's closer than you may think

1:19:57 > 1:19:59to coming around on this issue.

1:20:00 > 1:20:04- I believe this compromise might be agreeable.- Mr Doar...

1:20:05 > 1:20:10Thousands have gathered here to demonstrate their dignity.

1:20:11 > 1:20:13I don't want to challenge Judge Johnson.

1:20:13 > 1:20:15I don't want to go against the President.

1:20:15 > 1:20:16I don't want any of this.

1:20:16 > 1:20:20The President could stop this with a stroke of his pen.

1:20:20 > 1:20:22He chooses not to.

1:20:22 > 1:20:25The decision is with your side, sir,

1:20:25 > 1:20:26not ours.

1:20:35 > 1:20:36Good to see you, Father.

1:20:36 > 1:20:38Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming out.

1:20:38 > 1:20:41Hello, sister. Good to see you this afternoon.

1:20:41 > 1:20:43Oh. Oh... You came.

1:20:43 > 1:20:47You called and we came, my friend. You are not alone, my friend.

1:20:47 > 1:20:49Welcome, welcome.

1:20:49 > 1:20:50- Hi, what's your name?- Susan.

1:20:50 > 1:20:52Hi, I'm Viola. Welcome to Selma.

1:20:52 > 1:20:55- Yes, ma'am, I'm good. How are you? - Fine, thank you.

1:20:55 > 1:20:57What is your name and where are you from, sir?

1:20:57 > 1:20:59My name is James Reeb. I've come from Boston.

1:20:59 > 1:21:03Tell me, why have you travelled here, Mr Reeb?

1:21:03 > 1:21:06I heard about the attack of innocent people

1:21:06 > 1:21:10who just want their rights, and I couldn't just stand by

1:21:10 > 1:21:14when Dr King put out that call to clergy. I couldn't.

1:21:14 > 1:21:16The President doesn't want us to march today.

1:21:16 > 1:21:17CHEERING

1:21:17 > 1:21:20The courts don't want us to march.

1:21:20 > 1:21:22- But we must march. ALL:- Yeah!

1:21:22 > 1:21:24- We must stand up. ALL:- Yeah!

1:21:24 > 1:21:28We must make a massive demonstration of our moral certainty.

1:21:28 > 1:21:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:21:30 > 1:21:34I'm so glad we're here together today.

1:21:34 > 1:21:37I thank you for standing up,

1:21:37 > 1:21:40for we shall be victorious in our quest.

1:21:40 > 1:21:43We shall cross the finish line hand in hand.

1:21:44 > 1:21:47For we shall overcome.

1:21:47 > 1:21:50All right. CHEERING

1:22:06 > 1:22:10MUSIC: Masters Of War by Odetta

1:22:10 > 1:22:13# Now, you masters of war

1:22:16 > 1:22:20# You that build all of our guns

1:22:23 > 1:22:27# You that build the death planes

1:22:29 > 1:22:33# You that build the big bombs

1:22:35 > 1:22:38# Just want you to know

1:22:38 > 1:22:42# That I see through your masks

1:22:45 > 1:22:51# You that never done nothing

1:22:51 > 1:22:54# But build to destroy... #

1:23:21 > 1:23:24Troopers, withdraw!

1:23:45 > 1:23:48SCATTERED APPLAUSE

1:25:44 > 1:25:46'My point is, after what happened the last time,

1:25:46 > 1:25:48if it don't feel right, we don't do it. That's my point.

1:25:48 > 1:25:52We've been going round and round on this for hours, and nothing's gonna change the fact that

1:25:52 > 1:25:53it was Doc's decision and we have to support him.

1:25:53 > 1:25:55This is a movement of many, not of one.

1:25:55 > 1:25:57- So any choice we make has to be right for many.- Come on, Diane.

1:25:57 > 1:25:59You know that's not what I meant by that, all right?

1:25:59 > 1:26:02The people are angry, Dr King.

1:26:02 > 1:26:04Angry. They went back to that bridge

1:26:04 > 1:26:06because they were hot about Sunday.

1:26:06 > 1:26:10- That was our moment out there today. - And you threw it away.

1:26:10 > 1:26:13They could've sealed off the road behind us.

1:26:13 > 1:26:17No food, water, no kind of support allowed through.

1:26:17 > 1:26:19We wouldn't have made ten miles.

1:26:19 > 1:26:20You saying this was a trap?

1:26:23 > 1:26:25I don't know what it was.

1:26:25 > 1:26:27That was no trap!

1:26:27 > 1:26:30You know why they opened up the road to us?

1:26:30 > 1:26:32Because all them nice, respectable white folks

1:26:32 > 1:26:34was with us, and we should've capitalised on that.

1:26:34 > 1:26:37Because they're not gonna be around here for long. They never are!

1:26:37 > 1:26:39It was Martin's call. It's done.

1:26:39 > 1:26:42- He made the wrong goddamn call! - Hey, watch your mouth, young man!

1:26:42 > 1:26:44Two days ago, you didn't wanna march at all.

1:26:44 > 1:26:45And now you're mad because

1:26:45 > 1:26:48- it didn't go the way you planned? - Calm down, brother.

1:26:52 > 1:26:54Now, what happened out there today?

1:26:54 > 1:26:56You gotta tell us something. Please.

1:27:03 > 1:27:09I'd rather people be upset and hate me than be bleeding or dead.

1:28:01 > 1:28:04'My dearest Corrie...

1:28:06 > 1:28:08'At a time when I need you...

1:28:09 > 1:28:11'..I cannot call you.

1:28:12 > 1:28:17'And I have done this to myself, to us.

1:28:20 > 1:28:22'At this late hour...

1:28:24 > 1:28:26'..my thoughts are of you

1:28:26 > 1:28:29'and all you have sacrificed for this struggle.

1:28:31 > 1:28:33'So many have sacrificed.

1:28:35 > 1:28:38'So many have been lost.

1:28:38 > 1:28:41'I wonder how many must we lose.

1:28:46 > 1:28:50'I pray for discernment and guidance as we journey on.

1:28:52 > 1:28:56'I pray, too, that I can justify the faith you once had in me.

1:28:59 > 1:29:06'I, too, often feel that heavy fog you spoke of, Corrie.

1:29:08 > 1:29:13'Only you and our family clears the haze.

1:29:15 > 1:29:18'Love, Martin.'

1:29:20 > 1:29:22'He betrayed trust.'

1:29:22 > 1:29:25He called, we came, and he didn't fulfil his own call.

1:29:25 > 1:29:27Yeah, but sometimes it's not that clear-cut.

1:29:27 > 1:29:29Sometimes it's instinctual.

1:29:30 > 1:29:34Like when you're preaching, and you're just flying.

1:29:35 > 1:29:38You know, you're not on the notes. You're not on memory.

1:29:38 > 1:29:44You're tapped into what's higher, what's true.

1:29:44 > 1:29:45God is guiding you.

1:29:46 > 1:29:51- I've known that feeling. It's rare, but I've known it. - THEY CHUCKLE

1:29:53 > 1:29:55I think that's what happened to Dr King

1:29:55 > 1:29:57up there on the bridge today.

1:29:57 > 1:29:59He kneeled down, prayed to God and got an answer.

1:29:59 > 1:30:02And he was brave enough to follow that answer,

1:30:02 > 1:30:05and I, for one, don't fault him for it.

1:30:05 > 1:30:07Except he owes me a bus ticket home.

1:30:08 > 1:30:11- You know what I hate more than niggers?- What's that?

1:30:11 > 1:30:14- White niggers. - Look, we don't want trouble, OK?

1:30:14 > 1:30:17No, you came here stirrin' trouble.

1:30:25 > 1:30:26YELLING

1:30:26 > 1:30:27THUMP

1:30:33 > 1:30:34Doc...

1:30:36 > 1:30:37..someone's been hurt.

1:30:42 > 1:30:45A priest, from Boston.

1:30:46 > 1:30:47'White.'

1:30:49 > 1:30:53Now you know what being a nigger around here feels like, boy.

1:30:53 > 1:30:56Hurt? How?

1:31:02 > 1:31:03Dead.

1:31:06 > 1:31:08HE EXHALES

1:31:18 > 1:31:20I need a phone!

1:31:21 > 1:31:24Chicago, Detroit, Boston, I don't care.

1:31:24 > 1:31:27Hell, you got 2,000 people marching up in Harlem.

1:31:27 > 1:31:28Well, good for you(!)

1:31:28 > 1:31:31But when you have people come inside the White House -

1:31:31 > 1:31:34inside the White House! On a tour!

1:31:34 > 1:31:37They just sat down, Martin. They sat down in the main corridor,

1:31:37 > 1:31:39started singin' and shoutin'. Well, I won't have it!

1:31:39 > 1:31:42- I cannot stop people from expressing... - You can! You can stop them.

1:31:42 > 1:31:44No, YOU can stop it.

1:31:44 > 1:31:46You, sir, can do more.

1:31:46 > 1:31:49Now I'm glad to hear that you called Reverend Reeb's widow, sir.

1:31:49 > 1:31:51That is very fine, and it is right.

1:31:51 > 1:31:53I only wish that Jimmie Lee Jackson's family

1:31:53 > 1:31:56would have received the same consideration from their President.

1:31:56 > 1:31:58Don't you lay your guilt at my door.

1:31:58 > 1:32:00You're the one choosing to send people out to slaughter

1:32:00 > 1:32:02when we told you there was trouble.

1:32:02 > 1:32:04We won't sit idle while you wait another year or two

1:32:04 > 1:32:06to send this bill up at your leisure.

1:32:06 > 1:32:08That should be clear by now.

1:32:08 > 1:32:11We will continue to demonstrate until you take action, sir.

1:32:11 > 1:32:14And if our President won't protect our rights,

1:32:14 > 1:32:15we will take this fight to court.

1:32:15 > 1:32:17You know, I'm...

1:32:17 > 1:32:20I'm trying here. We're getting close to figuring something out

1:32:20 > 1:32:23on this voting thing, but I will not have this!

1:32:23 > 1:32:26This bill has been almost impossible to craft,

1:32:26 > 1:32:28you hear me?

1:32:28 > 1:32:31You think you're jugglin', Martin? I'm jugglin' too.

1:32:32 > 1:32:35I am a preacher from Atlanta.

1:32:35 > 1:32:37You are the man who won the presidency

1:32:37 > 1:32:39of the world's most powerful nation

1:32:39 > 1:32:42by the greatest landslide in history four months ago.

1:32:42 > 1:32:48And you are the man dismantling your own legacy with each passing day.

1:32:49 > 1:32:51No-one will remember the Civil Rights Act.

1:32:51 > 1:32:54But they will remember the standoff in Selma

1:32:54 > 1:32:57when you never even set foot in this state.

1:32:57 > 1:32:59They will remember you saying,

1:32:59 > 1:33:03"Wait," and "I can't," unless you act, sir.

1:33:15 > 1:33:16- Evenin'.- Evenin'.

1:33:32 > 1:33:34I wanted to speak privately.

1:33:34 > 1:33:38I know there's been trouble with the group,

1:33:38 > 1:33:43and I apologise that our efforts have caused a rift between y'all.

1:33:43 > 1:33:45That's a... That's a painful thing, I know,

1:33:45 > 1:33:47and I'm truly sorry it's happened.

1:33:49 > 1:33:51Yeah. Painful.

1:33:57 > 1:33:59LBJ is not moving, John.

1:34:01 > 1:34:03I thought he would, but our efforts are not working,

1:34:03 > 1:34:06and I can't risk another march with people getting killed

1:34:06 > 1:34:08when it's not working. I won't do it.

1:34:08 > 1:34:11We need voting, not marching. You know that.

1:34:12 > 1:34:14We have to move beyond these protests

1:34:14 > 1:34:16to some real political power.

1:34:16 > 1:34:19This can't go on for ever like this.

1:34:20 > 1:34:22I...can't go on like this.

1:34:37 > 1:34:39When I was...

1:34:41 > 1:34:44When I was working with SNCC on the Freedom Rides...

1:34:47 > 1:34:50..the Montgomery bus reached the city limits.

1:34:52 > 1:34:56We got off and, out of nowhere...

1:34:56 > 1:35:00from all directions, they came.

1:35:02 > 1:35:05There was men, women...

1:35:07 > 1:35:09..kids, too.

1:35:12 > 1:35:16They had just about every makeshift weapon you could think of.

1:35:16 > 1:35:20I mean, bats, bricks...

1:35:20 > 1:35:23tyre irons, pipes...

1:35:26 > 1:35:28I remember...

1:35:30 > 1:35:34I remember this little girl just clawing her nails

1:35:34 > 1:35:39into the side of my friend Jesse's face while her daddy...

1:35:39 > 1:35:42Her daddy beat him with an axe handle.

1:35:44 > 1:35:46Jesse was unconscious,

1:35:46 > 1:35:49and they just kept beating on him and beating on him.

1:35:54 > 1:35:56I must've passed out on the asphalt somewhere.

1:36:00 > 1:36:07Next day, I found myself patched up and sitting in a church.

1:36:07 > 1:36:09I could barely hold my head up, but I needed to be there.

1:36:12 > 1:36:14You were gonna be speaking.

1:36:15 > 1:36:16And I needed to hear you.

1:36:19 > 1:36:22And I was feeling down, but you got up there.

1:36:24 > 1:36:26You remember that day at all?

1:36:28 > 1:36:30I don't think we remember it the same way.

1:36:32 > 1:36:33What'd I say, John?

1:36:35 > 1:36:37I'm about to tell you right now.

1:36:38 > 1:36:40And I hope you hear me.

1:36:42 > 1:36:45You said that we would triumph.

1:36:45 > 1:36:49That we would triumph because there could be no other way.

1:36:53 > 1:36:55And you know what else you said?

1:37:00 > 1:37:01You said...

1:37:01 > 1:37:04"Fear not.

1:37:04 > 1:37:07"We've come too far to turn back now."

1:37:19 > 1:37:22I feel good about where we are. We have a strong case.

1:37:22 > 1:37:24- We can do this.- Right.

1:37:24 > 1:37:29- Now, Ms Cooper and Ms Boynton are here...- Mm-hm.

1:37:29 > 1:37:31..and they need to be ready.

1:37:31 > 1:37:33A lot depends on what they have to say. OK?

1:37:33 > 1:37:36Mmm. I hear what you're saying.

1:37:57 > 1:37:58You're here.

1:38:00 > 1:38:02Yes, I'm here.

1:38:07 > 1:38:09I'm glad.

1:38:24 > 1:38:27In the matter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

1:38:27 > 1:38:28versus The State of Alabama,

1:38:28 > 1:38:32I will now hear testimony from the plaintiffs. Mr Gray.

1:38:32 > 1:38:35Your Honour, you will hear testimony from the victims

1:38:35 > 1:38:38who were beaten and bludgeoned in their quest for freedom,

1:38:38 > 1:38:41for their right to vote and to self-determine.

1:38:41 > 1:38:44The fact of the matter, Your Honour, is that the incidents

1:38:44 > 1:38:49that occurred cannot be disputed. These particular circumstances

1:38:49 > 1:38:53will paint a thorough picture of the horrific events endured in Selma.

1:38:55 > 1:38:57Very well, you may proceed.

1:38:57 > 1:38:59Mr King, you went out on that bridge

1:38:59 > 1:39:01in direct violation of that judge's orders.

1:39:01 > 1:39:05You deliberately disobeyed this judge and the Governor, did you not?

1:39:05 > 1:39:09Thousands of people came to Selma,

1:39:09 > 1:39:12aroused by Sunday's brutal acts

1:39:12 > 1:39:16exacted by officials of the city of Selma

1:39:16 > 1:39:18and the state of Alabama.

1:39:18 > 1:39:21I felt if I had not led the march,

1:39:21 > 1:39:23pent-up emotions and inner tensions

1:39:23 > 1:39:27would have led to an uncontrollable retaliatory situation,

1:39:27 > 1:39:31a violent situation on both sides.

1:39:31 > 1:39:33I don't need any of your preaching and prancing in here, you hear?

1:39:33 > 1:39:37- I want an answer.- Objection! - Watch it, Counsellor.

1:39:37 > 1:39:40- I'm trying very hard, Judge. - Try harder, Counsellor.

1:39:45 > 1:39:48It seems basic to our constitutional principles

1:39:48 > 1:39:52that the extent of the right to assemble,

1:39:52 > 1:39:55and demonstrate and march along the highway in a peaceful manner,

1:39:55 > 1:39:57ought to be commensurate

1:39:57 > 1:39:59with the enormity of the wrongs

1:39:59 > 1:40:02that are being protested and petitioned against.

1:40:02 > 1:40:07In this case, the wrongs are enormous.

1:40:09 > 1:40:11Therefore,

1:40:11 > 1:40:15the extent of the right to demonstrate

1:40:15 > 1:40:18in an estimated five-day march from Selma to Montgomery

1:40:18 > 1:40:20has been approved accordingly.

1:40:20 > 1:40:23- Yes! Thank God! - MURMURING

1:40:23 > 1:40:27There's no further business with this court.

1:40:27 > 1:40:31These proceedings are concluded, with our thanks to the litigants.

1:40:31 > 1:40:33Good day, gentlemen.

1:40:44 > 1:40:48INAUDIBLE

1:40:48 > 1:40:52Well, now, we don't like to have no mistakes. If you...

1:40:52 > 1:40:54If you're sure about it.

1:40:54 > 1:40:58Bayard says that Harry says he can get Nina Simone,

1:40:58 > 1:41:00Dick Gregory, Joan Baez,

1:41:00 > 1:41:03- Peter, Paul and Mary in. - Whoa!

1:41:03 > 1:41:05Come on now. We don't got money for that.

1:41:05 > 1:41:07Well, Harry is chartering a plane himself.

1:41:07 > 1:41:10# Day-O, day-O

1:41:10 > 1:41:14- ALL:- # Daylight come and me wan' go home! #

1:41:14 > 1:41:17President's angling for your blocking

1:41:17 > 1:41:19of the march to be overturned.

1:41:19 > 1:41:22Unfortunately, all my manoeuvres have been

1:41:22 > 1:41:24put on hold while the matter's being adjudicated.

1:41:33 > 1:41:35'Governor, you wanted to talk.'

1:41:35 > 1:41:37Well, Mr President...

1:41:38 > 1:41:40Malcontents are disrupting Alabama,

1:41:40 > 1:41:44and it's your responsibility to stop them.

1:41:44 > 1:41:47They're protesting about the right to vote

1:41:47 > 1:41:50and the way they're treated in your state.

1:41:50 > 1:41:54So that's YOUR problem, YOUR responsibility,

1:41:54 > 1:41:57and it's on YOUR watch.

1:41:57 > 1:42:00Mr President, I disagree.

1:42:00 > 1:42:03We have a certain way things are done. It's the way it is.

1:42:03 > 1:42:05And it's the way the people want it to stay.

1:42:07 > 1:42:09George, why are you doing this?

1:42:09 > 1:42:11Your whole career has been working for the poor.

1:42:11 > 1:42:13Why are you off on this black thing?

1:42:13 > 1:42:16Well, cos you can't ever satisfy them.

1:42:17 > 1:42:19First, it's the front seat of the bus.

1:42:19 > 1:42:21Next, it's take over the parks,

1:42:21 > 1:42:23then it's the public schools,

1:42:23 > 1:42:26then it's voting, then it's jobs,

1:42:26 > 1:42:29then it's distribution of wealth without work.

1:42:31 > 1:42:33George, you seen all those demonstrators

1:42:33 > 1:42:35out in front of the White House

1:42:35 > 1:42:37keeping my Lady Bird awake the whole damn night?

1:42:37 > 1:42:39Oh, yes, Mr President. I saw them.

1:42:39 > 1:42:42Well, let's go out there, you and I, and announce

1:42:42 > 1:42:45that you've decided to let the blacks vote undeterred,

1:42:45 > 1:42:47and this whole mess will go away.

1:42:47 > 1:42:51And I don't have to draft bills or force the issue.

1:42:51 > 1:42:53Now, why don't we do that, George?

1:42:53 > 1:42:56Why don't you just let the niggers vote?

1:42:56 > 1:42:59You agree they got the right to vote, don't you?

1:42:59 > 1:43:01Oh, there's no quarrel with that.

1:43:01 > 1:43:03I know that. That's the law.

1:43:03 > 1:43:06Then why don't you just let 'em vote?

1:43:06 > 1:43:07I don't have that power.

1:43:07 > 1:43:09It belongs to the county registrars.

1:43:09 > 1:43:12Now, don't shit me about who runs Alabama.

1:43:12 > 1:43:14I don't have any legal power

1:43:14 > 1:43:17over the county registrars, Mr President.

1:43:17 > 1:43:20They have their regulations and they adhere.

1:43:20 > 1:43:23Are you trying to shit me, George Wallace?

1:43:23 > 1:43:26- Are you trying to fuck over your President?- Mr President!

1:43:26 > 1:43:28We shouldn't even be thinking about 1965.

1:43:28 > 1:43:31We should be thinking about 1985.

1:43:31 > 1:43:34You and I will be both dead and gone by then.

1:43:34 > 1:43:36In 1985, what do you want looking back?

1:43:36 > 1:43:39You want people remembering you sayin',

1:43:39 > 1:43:43"Wait," or "I can't," or, uh, "It's too hard"?

1:43:45 > 1:43:50I don't right care what they think, and you shouldn't neither.

1:43:56 > 1:43:58Well...

1:43:58 > 1:44:00I'll be damned if I'm gonna let history

1:44:00 > 1:44:03put me in the same place as the likes of you.

1:44:07 > 1:44:09I speak tonight

1:44:09 > 1:44:11for the dignity of man

1:44:11 > 1:44:15and the destiny of democracy.

1:44:15 > 1:44:18At times, history and fate

1:44:18 > 1:44:23meet at a single time in a single place.

1:44:23 > 1:44:29So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.

1:44:29 > 1:44:32There, long-suffering men and women

1:44:32 > 1:44:35peacefully protested the denial

1:44:35 > 1:44:37of their rights as Americans.

1:44:37 > 1:44:40Rarely in any time

1:44:40 > 1:44:44does an issue lay bare the secret heart

1:44:44 > 1:44:46of America itself.

1:44:47 > 1:44:49The issue for equal rights

1:44:49 > 1:44:54for the American Negro is that issue.

1:44:54 > 1:44:55For this issue...

1:44:55 > 1:44:59many of them were brutally assaulted.

1:45:03 > 1:45:07There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem.

1:45:07 > 1:45:11There is only an American problem.

1:45:11 > 1:45:14APPLAUSE

1:45:14 > 1:45:20The Constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting

1:45:20 > 1:45:23because of his race or colour.

1:45:23 > 1:45:28To correct the denial of this fundamental right...

1:45:28 > 1:45:32this Wednesday, I will send to Congress a law

1:45:32 > 1:45:36designed to eliminate these illegal barriers.

1:45:36 > 1:45:38The bill will strike down

1:45:38 > 1:45:42voting restrictions in all elections,

1:45:42 > 1:45:46federal, state and local.

1:45:48 > 1:45:50And we shall do this.

1:45:52 > 1:45:55We shall overcome.

1:45:55 > 1:45:57APPLAUSE

1:46:12 > 1:46:15We believe we can cover you through Lowndes County,

1:46:15 > 1:46:17but once we add the final day's march through Montgomery,

1:46:17 > 1:46:20and you're passing through all those tall buildings and whatnot,

1:46:20 > 1:46:22coverage becomes challenging.

1:46:23 > 1:46:25So please consider...

1:46:26 > 1:46:28..driving in on the final leg.

1:46:28 > 1:46:31And please consider nixing the speech at the Capitol.

1:46:34 > 1:46:36Well, if Wallace will see us when we arrive,

1:46:36 > 1:46:39there'll be no need for a speech.

1:46:39 > 1:46:41Can you arrange that?

1:46:46 > 1:46:48I can't hide.

1:46:49 > 1:46:52We can't hide. You understand.

1:46:55 > 1:46:58I don't want to see this go wrong for you.

1:47:00 > 1:47:04Don't you want to protect yourself, Doctor?

1:47:04 > 1:47:06Let me try to do that.

1:47:09 > 1:47:11You know, I know you want to live to see the fruits

1:47:11 > 1:47:13of all this work. I know you do.

1:47:15 > 1:47:18I'm just asking you to allow us to help you do that.

1:47:26 > 1:47:29I'm no different than anybody else.

1:47:31 > 1:47:33I want to live long and be happy.

1:47:36 > 1:47:38But I'll not be focusing on what I want today.

1:47:40 > 1:47:42I'm focused on what God wants.

1:47:46 > 1:47:50We're here for a reason, through many, many storms.

1:47:54 > 1:47:56But today the sun is shining,

1:47:56 > 1:47:58and I'm about to stand in its warmth

1:47:58 > 1:48:00alongside a lot of freedom-loving people

1:48:00 > 1:48:02who have worked hard to get us here.

1:48:03 > 1:48:07I may not be with them for all the sunny days to come but...

1:48:09 > 1:48:12But as long as there is light ahead for them...

1:48:14 > 1:48:16..it's worth it to me.

1:48:25 > 1:48:26Thank you, John.

1:48:26 > 1:48:29MUSIC: Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us by Fink

1:48:39 > 1:48:42# Where do we go from here?

1:48:44 > 1:48:46# Where do we go?

1:48:51 > 1:48:58# And is it real or just something we think we know?

1:49:03 > 1:49:05# Where are we going now?

1:49:08 > 1:49:10# Where do we go?

1:49:15 > 1:49:18# Cos if it's the same as yesterday

1:49:18 > 1:49:22# You know I'm out, just so you know

1:49:27 > 1:49:30# Because, because

1:49:32 > 1:49:34# Our paths are crossed

1:49:37 > 1:49:41# Yesterday was hard on all of us

1:49:43 > 1:49:45# On all of us

1:49:55 > 1:49:57# Where are we going now?

1:49:59 > 1:50:01# Where do we go?

1:50:04 > 1:50:07# We got nothing... #

1:50:07 > 1:50:10KING: 'We heard them say we'd never make it here.

1:50:10 > 1:50:12CHEERING

1:50:12 > 1:50:17'We heard them say they'd stop us if it was the last thing they did.

1:50:18 > 1:50:23'We heard them say we don't deserve to be here.

1:50:24 > 1:50:28'But today...we stand as Americans.

1:50:28 > 1:50:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:50:32 > 1:50:33'We are here,

1:50:33 > 1:50:37'and we ain't gonna let nobody turn us around.

1:50:37 > 1:50:39CHEERING

1:50:39 > 1:50:42'This mighty march,

1:50:42 > 1:50:45'which will be counted as one of the greatest demonstrations

1:50:45 > 1:50:48'of protest and progress,

1:50:48 > 1:50:52'ends here in the capital of Alabama for a vital purpose.

1:50:52 > 1:50:53CHEERING

1:50:53 > 1:50:58'We have not fought only for the right to sit where we please

1:50:58 > 1:51:02'and go to school where we please.

1:51:02 > 1:51:05'We do not only strive here today to vote as we please.

1:51:06 > 1:51:08'But with our commitment

1:51:08 > 1:51:12'we give birth each day to a new energy

1:51:12 > 1:51:16'that is stronger than our strongest opposition.'

1:51:16 > 1:51:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:51:17 > 1:51:21'And we embrace this new energy so boldly,

1:51:21 > 1:51:24'embody it so fervently,

1:51:24 > 1:51:27'that its reflection illuminates a great darkness.'

1:51:27 > 1:51:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:51:29 > 1:51:32Our society has distorted who we are.

1:51:34 > 1:51:36From slavery to the Reconstruction,

1:51:36 > 1:51:39to the precipice at which we now stand,

1:51:39 > 1:51:46we have seen powerful white men rule the world

1:51:46 > 1:51:50while offering poor white men a vicious lie as placation.

1:51:52 > 1:51:54And when the poor white man's children

1:51:54 > 1:51:58wail with a hunger that cannot be satisfied,

1:51:58 > 1:52:02he feeds them that same vicious lie.

1:52:03 > 1:52:08A lie whispering to them that, regardless of their lot in life,

1:52:08 > 1:52:12they can at least be triumphant in the knowledge

1:52:12 > 1:52:14that their whiteness

1:52:14 > 1:52:17makes them superior to blackness.

1:52:17 > 1:52:19But we know the truth.

1:52:20 > 1:52:25We know the truth, and we will go forward to that truth, to freedom.

1:52:25 > 1:52:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:52:28 > 1:52:30We will not be stopped!

1:52:31 > 1:52:33We will march for our rights.

1:52:33 > 1:52:38We will march to demand treatment as full citizens.

1:52:38 > 1:52:41We will march until the viciousness and the darkness

1:52:41 > 1:52:44gives way to the light of righteousness.

1:52:44 > 1:52:46No man,

1:52:46 > 1:52:49no myth,

1:52:49 > 1:52:51no malaise

1:52:51 > 1:52:53will stop this movement.

1:52:53 > 1:52:55We forbid it.

1:52:55 > 1:52:58For we know that it is this darkness

1:52:58 > 1:53:03that murders the best in us and the best of us.

1:53:03 > 1:53:07Whether Jimmie Lee Jackson or James Reeb...

1:53:09 > 1:53:12..or four blameless little girls

1:53:12 > 1:53:16struck down before they had even begun...

1:53:18 > 1:53:22You may ask, "When will we be free of this darkness?"

1:53:22 > 1:53:25I say to you today, my brothers and sisters,

1:53:25 > 1:53:29despite the pain, despite the tears,

1:53:29 > 1:53:31our freedom will soon be upon us.

1:53:31 > 1:53:34CHEERING

1:53:34 > 1:53:37For "truth crushed to earth will rise again."

1:53:40 > 1:53:43When will we be free?

1:53:43 > 1:53:45Soon, and very soon.

1:53:45 > 1:53:49Because you shall reap what you sow.

1:53:52 > 1:53:55When will we be free?

1:53:55 > 1:53:58Soon, and very soon.

1:53:58 > 1:54:01Because no lie can live for ever.

1:54:04 > 1:54:07When will we be free?

1:54:07 > 1:54:09Soon, and very soon, because,

1:54:09 > 1:54:14"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

1:54:14 > 1:54:16"He is trampling out the vintage

1:54:16 > 1:54:19"where the grapes of wrath are stored.

1:54:19 > 1:54:21"He hath loosed the fateful lightning

1:54:21 > 1:54:23"of his terrible swift sword.

1:54:23 > 1:54:25"His truth is marching on!

1:54:25 > 1:54:27"Glory! Hallelujah!

1:54:27 > 1:54:29"Glory! Hallelujah!

1:54:29 > 1:54:31"Glory! Hallelujah!

1:54:31 > 1:54:34"His truth is marching on!" CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:54:34 > 1:54:37MUSIC: Glory by John Legend and Common

1:54:37 > 1:54:43# One day when the glory comes

1:54:43 > 1:54:48# It will be ours, it will be ours

1:54:48 > 1:54:54# Oh, one day when the war is won

1:54:54 > 1:54:59# We will be sure, we will be sure

1:54:59 > 1:55:05- # Oh, glory - Glory, glory

1:55:05 > 1:55:11- # Ohh - Glory, glory!

1:55:11 > 1:55:13- COMMON - RAPPING: - # Hands to the Heavens

1:55:13 > 1:55:15# No man, no weapon

1:55:15 > 1:55:17# Formed against, yes Glory is destined

1:55:17 > 1:55:20# Every day women and men become legends

1:55:20 > 1:55:22# Sins that go against our skin become blessings

1:55:22 > 1:55:25# The movement is a rhythm to us

1:55:25 > 1:55:27# Freedom is like religion to us

1:55:27 > 1:55:30# Justice is juxtapositionin' us

1:55:30 > 1:55:33# Justice for all just ain't specific enough

1:55:33 > 1:55:36# One son died His spirit is revisitin' us

1:55:36 > 1:55:39# True and livin' livin' in us Resistance is us

1:55:39 > 1:55:41# That's why Rosa sat on the bus

1:55:41 > 1:55:44# That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up

1:55:44 > 1:55:47# When it go down we woman and man up

1:55:47 > 1:55:50# They say, "Stay down" and we stand up

1:55:50 > 1:55:53# Shots, we on the ground The camera panned up

1:55:53 > 1:55:55# King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

1:55:55 > 1:56:00# One day when the glory comes

1:56:00 > 1:56:05# It will be ours, it will be ours

1:56:05 > 1:56:11# Oh, one day when the war is won

1:56:11 > 1:56:17# We will be sure, we will be sure

1:56:17 > 1:56:22- # Oh, glory - Glory, glory

1:56:22 > 1:56:28- # Ohh - Glory, glory

1:56:28 > 1:56:34# Now the war is not over Victory isn't won

1:56:34 > 1:56:39# But we'll fight on to the finish and then when it's all done

1:56:39 > 1:56:42- # We'll cry glory - Glory

1:56:42 > 1:56:45- # Oh, glory - Glory

1:56:45 > 1:56:50- # Ohhh - Glory

1:56:50 > 1:56:53- # We'll cry glory - Glory

1:56:53 > 1:57:00- # Oh, glory, ohhh - Glory, glory!

1:57:02 > 1:57:04- COMMON - RAPPING: - # Selma is now for every man

1:57:04 > 1:57:05# Woman and child

1:57:05 > 1:57:07# Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

1:57:07 > 1:57:10# They marched with the torch We gon' run with it now

1:57:10 > 1:57:13# Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles

1:57:13 > 1:57:16# From dark roads he rose to become a hero

1:57:16 > 1:57:19# Facin' the league of justice His power was the people

1:57:19 > 1:57:22# Enemy is lethal a King became regal

1:57:22 > 1:57:24# Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

1:57:24 > 1:57:27# The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

1:57:27 > 1:57:30# We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

1:57:30 > 1:57:33# Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

1:57:33 > 1:57:36# Now we right the wrongs in history

1:57:36 > 1:57:38# No-one can win the war individually

1:57:38 > 1:57:41# It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy

1:57:41 > 1:57:44# Welcome to the story we call victory

1:57:44 > 1:57:47# The comin' of the Lord My eyes have seen the glory

1:57:47 > 1:57:51# One day when the glory comes

1:57:51 > 1:57:56# It will be ours, it will be ours

1:57:56 > 1:58:02# Oh, one day when the war is won

1:58:02 > 1:58:08# We will be sure, we will be sure

1:58:08 > 1:58:14- # Oh, glory - Glory, glory

1:58:14 > 1:58:19- # Ohh - Glory, glory

1:58:19 > 1:58:23- # Ohh, glory - Glory

1:58:23 > 1:58:24# Glory

1:58:24 > 1:58:27- # Hey - Glory

1:58:27 > 1:58:30- # Yeah - Glory

1:58:30 > 1:58:35- # Oh, glory! - Glory, glory. #