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00:00Remember the dream we had
00:05When there was nothing else
00:09Remember the light that shines
00:15And find it in yourself
00:19Remember the dream is yours
00:25So let it guide your way
00:29And keep it alive
00:32With you each day
00:37Hi, Mama.
00:40Carrie, you're late.
00:41Did you go to the library?
00:43No, the mall with my friends.
00:44But don't worry, I only had coffee.
00:46Oh, coffee.
00:48My baby's all grown up.
00:49But she still forgot to come home early to help me fix dinner.
00:52You invited Mariah for aid.
00:54We've got plenty of time.
00:58Okay.
00:58Now help me with the salad.
01:00Mama, I can't now.
01:02I have to shower and finish the buttons on my outfit.
01:04I want Mariah to see my latest design.
01:06I thought you finished that dress days ago.
01:08And I suppose you haven't finished your history paper either.
01:10I just have to do the summation and type it.
01:12I'll hand it in Monday.
01:13Wasn't it you today?
01:15Got an extension.
01:16Before you give me the lecture, half the class got an extension.
01:19Besides, I don't need history if I'm going to be a fashion designer.
01:21What kind of designer will you be
01:23if you don't know the history of fashion at least?
01:26My kind.
01:27Be down as soon as I can.
01:34Hey, lady, guess what?
01:36Marty Gansford broke his foot.
01:37Coach made me first string, second baseman.
01:39Oh, I'm sorry for Marty, but wonderful for you.
01:43You know, we'll be screaming our lungs out of the game tomorrow.
01:46Got to meet the guys after dinner.
01:47Talk strategy for the game.
01:49Sorry, Justin, not tonight.
01:51Have you forgotten?
01:52Right.
01:53Mariah's back from India.
01:54Well, can I see her tomorrow?
01:55The answer is no.
01:56She's going home to Chicago tomorrow.
01:58Okay, since it's Mariah, she's cool.
02:01Upstairs.
02:02Shower and change.
02:04I need your help.
02:05Yes, ma'am.
02:06Oh, the guys want to practice on Sunday.
02:08After church, of course.
02:10Won't you have homework to do?
02:12Well, Mom, there's time.
02:14Baseball is my life.
02:15What if you broke your foot?
02:17Not me.
02:17I am too quick on my toes.
02:19Ah.
02:21Hey, Dad.
02:22Yes.
02:23Mm, Renee, I can smell that turkey all the way in the garage.
02:27Oh, our children.
02:30The world's just too slow for them.
02:32Yeah, well, we need to talk to them.
02:34Your jacket smells fresh.
02:35Slow day?
02:36You know the mortician's game?
02:38Lots of stiff competition.
02:42Ah, okay, dinner in two hours.
02:45I won't be surprised if that cousin of yours shows up wearing a sari.
02:50She's a character, all right, but I love her.
02:52Yeah, so do I.
02:53Even when she talks in that psychological mumbo-jumbo.
02:56Oh, it's her work.
02:57And speaking of work.
02:59All right, all right, I'll wash my hands and help you.
03:02I'm glad somebody wants to do it.
03:07Is this Mariah?
03:09That's her first day at Spelman.
03:11She was the first in our family to go to college.
03:15My, how I idolized her when I was a kid.
03:18Seems like I spent every August following after her.
03:21She always had so much to do.
03:24So much she wanted to do.
03:26You know, she even led a sit-in and a five-and-dime in Wilton.
03:32Look at what she's wearing.
03:34How straight can you get?
03:36I don't think her clothes are the point, kids.
03:38She had to work her way through school, and so did I.
03:40You know, that's why we've been saving ever since you were born.
03:44So it'd be easier on you.
03:46Which reminds me, how are those college applications coming care?
03:49You want me to help you with them?
03:51Eventually, I guess.
03:53I wish you'd sound more enthusiastic.
03:55Maybe I don't need college.
03:58When I was your age, I knew I was going to go into granddaddy's business.
04:01So I thought I didn't need college either.
04:04But grandmama told me then, and I'm telling you now,
04:07that we've got to keep on advancing ourselves any way we can.
04:10This is today, Dad.
04:12Don't take today for granted.
04:14My parents didn't come up from the South and work their hands raw
04:17so their grandchildren could blow it.
04:18We have to hear about the past again?
04:20Yes.
04:21We've got to make good on the struggles of those who came before us.
04:26She's here!
04:32There you are!
04:33I'm so sorry.
04:36I'm sorry I'm late.
04:37I really did try to get here on time.
04:39You know I did.
04:41But I got to the airport, and I had to rent a car.
04:44And naturally, all they had was a subcompact,
04:46which meant I could not get my bags into the trunk.
04:48Needless to say, I had to stuff them all in the back seat.
04:52Did you make this?
04:54Yeah, I could tell you did.
04:56Looks beautiful here.
04:59Anyway, I was trying to get here desperately on time.
05:02You know I was, because I knew your father would be standing there
05:04looking at his wife.
05:05So I was going way too fast, and a policeman pulled me over.
05:09Needless to say, he wanted my license,
05:11which I could not find because it was in the bottom of my bag,
05:13which I could never find anything.
05:18Look at him.
05:20Look at him.
05:23Oh, make me smooth.
05:26So now, I'm looking for my license in the bag.
05:29Policeman is looking in the car.
05:31Sees all the bags in the back seat, gets suspicious.
05:34Why, I don't know, but that's the way things are in this country,
05:36and I know that.
05:37Now he wants to know, what you got in the bag?
05:40So I say to him, because I don't want to start any trouble
05:42because I just got home.
05:43You know, I don't want to start any ruckus going on.
05:45I said to him, I have a gift for my cousin's son.
05:49And he said, well, what is it?
05:51I said, well, it's the statue.
05:52He said, statue of what?
05:53I said, statue of Shiver.
05:54He said, who?
05:56I said, Shiver.
05:57And I pulled it out of the bag and showed it to him,
06:00and he almost had a heart attack.
06:02For you.
06:03And that's why I'm late.
06:04Truly, it is.
06:06It is.
06:07It is.
06:09Weren't you homesick being away a year?
06:12No.
06:13You know, going to India, the land of Gandhi,
06:16it's always been a lifelong dream.
06:20And the experience, well, you know,
06:23I enjoyed every minute of it.
06:25I bet with the important research grant,
06:27you really learned a lot.
06:28Boy, did I.
06:30You know, in my psychotherapy practice,
06:32I use hypnosis and childhood regressions.
06:34But I tell you something,
06:35and these holistic practitioners in India, honey,
06:39they have it all over us.
06:40I mean, they are so in tune with their ancient ways.
06:44How so?
06:45Well, for one thing,
06:46I learned about hypnotic regressions.
06:48What's a hypnotic regression?
06:50That's the art of sending people back
06:52into a time in which they didn't live.
06:55Time travel?
06:56Well, not exactly.
06:57I mean, your body never leaves this plane.
07:00But it does allow you to observe
07:03or sometimes even participate in events.
07:06That sounds weird.
07:07It's not really weird.
07:09I mean, if you had your choice,
07:10where would you go if you could go back in time?
07:13Play baseball with Jackie Robinson.
07:14To see Catherine Dunham dance.
07:16And I think you're not quite grasping the spirit of it.
07:20Will you suggest something?
07:21Well, you guys always say that you'd like to see
07:23what your father and I looked like when we were kids.
07:25How about that?
07:27Yeah.
07:27Yes, that's better.
07:29Wouldn't it be great to know what they were like
07:31or to go back to Georgia to see what it was like?
07:35That's where our people are from, you know?
07:38I think it's a good idea.
07:40And you know, the gurus say
07:41to know your history is to know yourself.
07:45Okay.
07:45How do you do it?
07:47All right.
07:47Sit back.
07:50Relax.
07:51This is stupid.
07:52Oh, don't play macho.
07:54Just do it.
07:55Close your eyes.
07:58Come on, close your eyes.
08:01I want you to breathe deep.
08:04Relax.
08:07And I want you to visualize
08:09yourselves
08:11at the top of a very long staircase.
08:15Breathing deep.
08:18I want you to visualize your mother's photo album.
08:22The pictures, the people, the places.
08:30You'll clear your mind of everything else.
08:34Five, four, three, two, one.
08:43Oh, look at you.
08:49You ought to be ashamed.
08:51It's all right, Renee.
08:52Maybe it wouldn't hurt us to go back.
09:15To relive.
09:17Your day.
09:17There's a lot of people...
09:18I want you to visualize how...
09:19I want you to visualize your mother...
09:20I want you to visualize her journey.
09:20I want you to visualize her.
09:21I want you to visualize her journey.
09:22Now live.
09:41Justin.
09:42What are you doing in my room?
09:43Your room.
09:45Whose room is this?
09:46Where are we?
09:47Are you two going to sleep all day?
10:02Look at the time.
10:03Don't you realize how important today is?
10:06We have to be at the workshop in an hour.
10:11Mariah?
10:14Look at you.
10:15Yes, look at me.
10:16I'm dressed.
10:17If you want breakfast, which you will surely need,
10:20I suggest that you both get yourselves together,
10:23and I mean now.
10:26She looks so young, like she did in the photos.
10:29We must be dreaming.
10:31What are we going to do?
10:32Where are Mom and Dad?
10:35Go with it.
10:36Think of it as an adventure.
10:38I recognize this room now.
10:40This is Grandma's house.
10:42If you say so.
10:43I do.
10:44Okay, let's get dressed.
10:45Wait, I get the bathroom first.
10:47Okay.
10:49Where is the bathroom?
10:50At the end of the hall.
10:52You're sure?
10:53I remember from last time when we were kids.
10:57Well, get going.
11:03Good morning.
11:04It's about time.
11:05Y'all better sit down here.
11:07It was almost cold.
11:09Luckily, all the adults have gone off to work.
11:11They don't know that today is the day.
11:13They're not going to try to stop us.
11:14Day for what?
11:17Are you still asleep, Ter?
11:19Don't mess with me here.
11:23Wow, Grits.
11:23I loved Grits last time I had them.
11:26What you talking about the last time you had them?
11:28That's all you ate since you got here.
11:30I don't know how you do it.
11:31Flapjacks.
11:34Well, you made it very clear that you don't like Grits.
11:37Now, come on.
11:37We have to leave here in ten minutes.
11:40Yeah, I got a baseball game.
11:42Are you crazy?
11:43Not today, you don't.
11:45Now, look.
11:46Y'all are starting to make me very nervous.
11:49Now, we have to be out of here in nine minutes.
11:51I'm going to go clean up.
11:52Look, Justin, it's just how I remember when I was eight.
12:03Except some things are different.
12:05We played with the kids in that house.
12:07But it's supposed to be yellow.
12:08Ain't no kids in that house.
12:10Just old Miss Cole.
12:12Y'all are starting to make me nervous.
12:14Hey, Clyde.
12:15Hey, Mariah.
12:16Hey.
12:17Carrie, Justin.
12:18It's a big day, huh?
12:20Yeah, I couldn't hardly get my eyes closed last night.
12:22And these two, I couldn't even get them out to bed this morning.
12:25You know these northern folks.
12:27The smell of our magnolias loves them to sleep.
12:30Oh, hush.
12:31Morning, Clyde.
12:32I tell you, I'm really keyed up this morning.
12:35Today's the day I leave my mark on this town.
12:37Oh, you slow down now, Clyde.
12:39Remember what the Reverend Jordan said.
12:41No boasting or no participating.
12:44I hear you.
12:45I mean, don't worry.
12:46Justin?
12:48Justin!
12:50Hey, you got a game today?
12:52Great.
12:53Can I join?
12:54I play second base back home, but I can play shortstop if you need one.
12:57This boy must think he's Jackie Robinson.
13:01You like baseball, too?
13:02Justin.
13:04He didn't mean no harm.
13:06He's from up north.
13:08What is wrong with you?
13:10Nothing.
13:11I was just being friendly.
13:12I wanted to play some ball.
13:13Didn't we tell you about Emmett Till?
13:15Who?
13:16A boy from Detroit talked to a white woman and ended up floating face down in the river.
13:22He was your age.
13:24I'm sorry, man.
13:27I'm sorry.
13:28It's all right.
13:29It's over.
13:30Let's get a move on.
13:31Don't let me hear the definition of nonviolence one more time.
13:39You see, we can never hear this enough time.
13:42Donnie.
13:42Donnie Hall.
13:45Nonviolence is a way or a system towards making a social change.
13:50That's right.
13:51It is a philosophy or a theology that is centered around love as the critical law of life.
13:57I sure hope they believe in love because we could get our heads bashed.
14:01That's right, Breanne.
14:02And I can't promise y'all that that won't happen.
14:05I just want you to remember one thing, though.
14:07Just remember what Gandhi said.
14:10Use the weight of your opponent's hate and anger against him.
14:14You see, if you put up a wall of love, well, anger's just going to bounce off that wall.
14:19So it's going to be your momentum that wins the day.
14:23Look, I know y'all nervous.
14:24That's all right.
14:25If our six volunteers feel that they can't take the heat, you can step down without any loss of pride.
14:33You can do clerical work, or you can be drivers, or you can even help us raise funds as so many others have offered to do.
14:40What do you say?
14:49We're together and ready, Reverend.
14:52Fine.
14:53Very fine.
14:55All right, we have time for one more role play.
15:02Clyde Waller, why don't you come on up?
15:08Now, Clyde has just seated himself at a lunch counter.
15:14Mariah Johnson wants you to be the waitress.
15:15You can start any time you're ready, Clyde.
15:22What you doing at this counter?
15:30I'd like to have a cup of coffee and a piece of pie, please.
15:33Oh, you have a cup of coffee and a piece of pie, please?
15:37No, you won't.
15:37We don't have coffee and pie for you.
15:39Then I'd like to see a menu, please.
15:42What, you crazy?
15:47I've been shopping here for years.
15:49I like to have a meal.
15:50You ain't going to get no meal here.
15:52And you keep getting up with me here, I call the police on you.
15:55Now, just take your dusky, darky behind out of here.
16:04Sorry, ma'am.
16:05I'll not move till I'm served.
16:08Oh, you won't.
16:10I'll be the manager.
16:18He said he wants to be served.
16:21Is that right, boy?
16:22You just rest in your shuffle, no-good-colored self, or what?
16:26I want to be served!
16:28Just relax and just stay calm.
16:30I'd like to see a menu, sir.
16:40You stupid, huh?
16:41You've been coming in here since you could walk.
16:44That's what it is.
16:45He's one of them stupid doggies.
16:48Now, just try to talk your way through it.
16:51That's what it is.
16:52He is stupid.
16:53Oh, yeah.
16:57Can we talk about this?
16:58Ain't nothing to talk about, boy.
17:02Now, you get on your way.
17:04Now, Brian Solomons, Carrie, and Justin Cook, y'all be the thugs.
17:08Don't talk about no, boy.
17:11The man said get out.
17:12That's right.
17:13Looky here, y'all.
17:15A gorilla who thinks he's human.
17:17All you have to do is stay calm, Clyde.
17:19That's all.
17:22Hey, you.
17:23Gorilla.
17:25You ape.
17:27You want to eat?
17:31Go get a banana off a tree and get out of here.
17:35All right, Carrie, Justin, don't just stand there.
17:37Get him.
17:40Get out of here.
17:43We don't want your kind here, ape.
17:45Jungle bunny.
17:46What you gonna do to work?
17:46What's up, tar baby?
17:47We don't want you here.
17:48It's a man of boy.
17:48Now, cool.
17:49You got some marbles in your nose.
17:51Clyde, just hold up your head.
17:53All you got to do is look them clearly in the eye.
17:57Snappy.
17:58Get out of here.
17:58We don't want you here, boy.
17:59Hit somebody, boy.
18:01What you think you're gonna do, huh?
18:02What you gonna do?
18:03You gonna hit somebody?
18:04What you gonna do?
18:05What you gonna do?
18:06What you gonna do?
18:06Why does it bother you with my being here?
18:15Because just by looking at you, I can tell you never washed in your life.
18:19I can smell you clear across the other side of the county.
18:23What's the matter, boy?
18:24What's wrong, boy?
18:25You gonna cry?
18:26Huh?
18:26What you gonna do, boy?
18:27What's wrong with you, boy?
18:28Get out of here.
18:29You think you're gonna hit somebody?
18:30We don't need you here, boy.
18:31Go home and watch.
18:32What you gonna do?
18:33Trambling.
18:34What you gonna do?
18:34Cut the boy?
18:35What's happening?
18:35You gonna hit somebody?
18:37Doc, you say something.
18:41Do you believe in God?
18:47Do you go to church?
18:50Get out of here!
18:57All right.
18:58All right.
18:59That's enough.
19:00That felt awful.
19:02Wasn't supposed to feel good.
19:04That's all right.
19:05You all did very good.
19:06All of you.
19:07Now, have a seat.
19:08Good, Clyde.
19:10Now, I want you all to remember something.
19:12Nonviolence is not passivity.
19:15You see, you must respond creatively.
19:17But you must not have any anger for your servant.
19:21That was very good, Clyde.
19:23Would you have a seat?
19:23And Mariah and Donnie will take the lead.
19:34These two are gonna speak for you.
19:37Now, you know, I sure do wish y'all were older.
19:40Most of you just fresh out of high school.
19:44Elsewhere, we've been able to pick from our own colleges.
19:46But unfortunately, there's no colleges for us near here.
19:50But that's all right.
19:52And I want the rest of y'all to keep your heads up.
19:55I want you to keep love in your hearts.
19:58You see, you don't have to deny your anger.
20:01You just redirect it.
20:02So that even if they pour hot coffee over your head, it won't matter.
20:08Even if they stick cigarettes in your skin and the pain is intense, that's all right.
20:13You see, if you use the weight of your opponent's hate against him,
20:17well, it's gonna be his own weight that throws him in the end.
20:20Amen.
20:21Now, our brothers and sisters have succeeded in Nashville.
20:24They've succeeded in Greensboro and in other places all over the South.
20:28And we will succeed right here in Wilton.
20:31Yes, we will, Reverend.
20:33We sure will.
20:35As sure as God brought Moses to his land of milk and honey, so he will bring us.
20:41Now, we only have a few minutes left.
20:44So one more time, I'd like for y'all to recite your pledges.
20:49These are the pledges that you signed when you agreed to be with us.
20:53The same pledges that young men and women just like you all over the South have signed.
20:58Now, come on.
20:59Let me hear it.
21:01Walk and talk in the manner of love, for God is love.
21:07Remember always that nonviolent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not victory.
21:14Sacrifice personal wishes that all men might be free.
21:18Come on, say it.
21:19Be free from violence, felicit, tolerable life.
21:24All right, y'all.
21:26We're in this together.
21:28Yes, we are.
21:31Now, we're going to go in in twos.
21:35Come on, Donnie.
21:36Lord, stand by us.
22:03We'll be, let's go.
22:04Let's go in.
22:08Keep going.
22:10Hoor fรฉbana.
22:14Hoor้ฆ Ooh.
22:17Let's go.
22:47Good for you.
22:56You should have done this ages ago.
23:08I know you're not serious about sitting at my counter.
23:12We like hamburgers all the way around, please.
23:15We don't have no hamburgers.
23:19Then we'd like menus, please.
23:21Menus?
23:23No way.
23:27Mr. Wainwright?
23:29Fine. I'm sure we can order without menus.
23:31The hell you will.
23:42Now, you know better than this.
23:44Most of you have been coming in here since you were tots.
23:47That's right.
23:49You've known me all my life, Mr. Wainwright.
23:52So why won't you serve us?
23:54You know why.
23:55Now, Mariah, you know that we don't serve negroes here.
24:00We just bought several items at other counters.
24:04Why is it your service at those counters, but not this one?
24:08Don't get smart with me, boy.
24:09I could have all of you arrested.
24:11On what charge?
24:14Loitering?
24:15We've only been here a few minutes.
24:17A store can set its own policy of who it will or will not serve.
24:21So you agree that there's no written law against our being served here?
24:25You're asking for more trouble than you can handle.
24:27All of you.
24:31We can't have this.
24:33Get them out of here.
24:34Just calm down, Francis.
24:36Let them sit a while.
24:38After they see it's useless, they'll just move on.
24:40They better not scare away the lunch crowd.
24:43I don't want to lose my tips.
24:51Can you call the police, Chief?
24:54He said to let matters take their course for a while.
24:58He'll be here.
25:00Maybe we should get out of here.
25:03I think it's too late.
25:04Well, well, Willie, what do we have here?
25:22Don't know, Dexter.
25:23Bunch of gorillas sitting at a counter that's meant for human beings.
25:29Seems there should be some banana trees around these parts that would suit them better.
25:32Oh, it sure is beginning to smell.
25:44Just like the zoo.
25:55You want to eat here, boy?
25:59Start by eating this.
26:02Well, you had your fun.
26:26You scared away the lunch crowd.
26:27You had to go home.
26:34Get out of here!
26:46Well...
26:49Clyde?
26:57See, Clyde and I, uh, we're old friends.
27:03Ain't that right, Clyde?
27:06Yeah.
27:07Used to play together.
27:09And your mama was washing our floors.
27:15Clyde here, he's gonna be joining the army soon.
27:17Yeah, they'll have you washing toilets, just like your mama, because that's all you're good for, boy.
27:22And, uh, Mariah Johnston.
27:38She thinks she's smarter than everyone else.
27:42Going off to college?
27:43Don't bother coming home for Christmas, because you may not have a home to come to.
27:50That is a very nice tie you have on there, Donnie.
28:07Very nice.
28:09Didn't know you lacked things around your neck.
28:12Be happy to oblige.
28:14Feel good, Miss Bickin, ain't it?
28:41Dexter.
28:42Dexter!
28:43Hold on.
28:44Sambo here wants to say something.
28:48Speak.
28:49Yes, Dexter, do you want to talk about this whole thing?
28:52Why don't we do that?
28:54Talk to you?
28:56Boy, are you trying to change things that have been going on around here for a long time?
29:00Talk to you?
29:02I don't think so.
29:04You go to church, Dexter, Lee?
29:10Sure.
29:10I was baptized.
29:15Then do you think God would mind if you and me sat here and had a cup of coffee?
29:21I don't want to hear from you, boy!
29:25Now, why did y'all just ditch your uppity black asses out of here and get back to your homes where you belong and do what's good for you?
29:31I don't want to hear from you.
29:45I don't want to hear from you.
29:48I don't want to hear from you.
29:49Go!
29:50Hey!
29:51Come on!
29:52Hey!
29:53Hey!
29:53Sorry!
29:54Hey!
29:55Hey, boy!
29:56Hey!
29:57Hey!
29:58Hey!
29:59Hey!
30:00Hey!
30:01Hey!
30:02Hey!
30:03Hey!
30:04Hey!
30:05Hey!
30:06Look at their faces!
30:07Hey, they don't even look human!
30:09Hey, let's see!
30:10Oh, this one's alive, boy!
30:12I don't even know this one, but I don't like this look, boy!
30:16Come here, boy!
30:17Yeah!
30:18Get him!
30:19Get him!
30:20Get him!
30:21Get him!
30:22Get him!
30:32I'm OK.
30:34I'm OK.
30:35I'm OK.
30:52I'm OK.
30:53I'm OK.
30:54I'm OK.
30:55I'm OK.
30:56I'm OK.
30:57I'm OK.
30:58Enough.
31:28That's enough!
31:53It must take a very courageous man to do a trip out
31:56what you're about to do to me, Dexter Lee.
31:59Very courageous.
32:09That'll be enough, Dexter Lee.
32:26All right, everybody, back off.
32:32Alfred?
32:34What are we gonna do about this?
32:35We're gonna drag it out of here, would you?
32:38There didn't nobody ask you, Dexter Lee.
32:40Now, I told you to shut your mouth.
32:42We'll do whatever you say to do, Russell.
32:45Just get them out of here.
32:47Chief Crew, are these people under arrest?
32:55Isn't it just about closing time?
32:57Not on Thursday.
32:58We stay open till 9 on Thursday.
33:03It wouldn't matter no how.
33:04We'll just be back tomorrow.
33:06And if he arrests us, there'll be six others to take our place.
33:13Are you folks buying anything?
33:15Are you just hanging around?
33:18Look, the show is over.
33:20Now, if you're not shopping in here, get out.
33:25Now!
33:26See you later, boy.
33:27I don't know these two.
33:37Well, I've known the rest of you for a long time.
33:40I know you can.
33:42We've always lived peacefully together here in Wilton.
33:47You folks ain't ever caused any trouble.
33:51Maybe sometime one of you juke back a little too much,
33:53and I gotta put you away to dry out for a night.
33:59Now, when I heard about this,
34:00I could've come right over and stopped it immediately.
34:04But I know what's going on.
34:07I know y'all have had what you call, uh, sit-ins...
34:12in over 150 cities so far.
34:17But this ain't no Nashville.
34:19Gee, Crew, I don't think that you...
34:20You're out of turn, Reverend.
34:22Never.
34:25Now, I said this here ain't Nashville.
34:30But I also say my mama didn't raise no fools.
34:34If you close your eyes...
34:37the sunlight doesn't disappear to anybody but you.
34:44Chief, Crew, you-you can't mean that...
34:47Alfred, what can I do?
34:49I made some calls to the county sheriff.
34:53It seems the world's gone topsy-turvy.
34:56But, Russ, I got a business to run here.
34:59Just what were your profits today?
35:02You want them to do a full-scale boycott...
35:05like they did in Nashville?
35:07Home office wouldn't be happy about that, would they?
35:09Chief, Crew, does that mean that they can have their meal?
35:16Yeah, they can have their meal.
35:19Francis, honey, I'm afraid you're gonna have to serve it, don't you?
35:23Now, while you're choking down your dinners, I want you to remember one thing.
35:27Wilton is still my town.
35:29And I'm still the law here.
35:32If one of those boys out there gets out of line with one of y'all,
35:37I may not be around.
35:38But if one of y'all gets out of line, I'll be breathing down your neck so fast you won't know what hits you.
35:51Come on outside. Party's over.
35:59Set him up, friend.
36:01Day has come!
36:03I don't believe it. I just don't believe it.
36:13This is the greatest thing I've ever been a part of.
36:15Thanks.
36:17Thanks, brother.
36:19I'm hungry.
36:20I am sure enough hungry.
36:22Ma'am, I do believe we'll have hamburgers all around.
36:27Or better still, we'd all like to see menus.
36:30That's all right.
36:31That's all right.
36:32That's all right.
36:33That's all right.
36:35Each day.
36:45Don't ever say you just don't care.
36:51The chances you take will take you as far as you dare.
36:56Heavenly Father, we want to thank you for this food, this sweet meal.
37:02We thank you for your guidance and your help and your protection.
37:07As we eat, we will sing praise for your name.
37:11Amen.
37:13Amen.
37:14It's the best chicken I've ever had.
37:15Tell it.
37:17I'm so excited I don't think I could eat a thing. But I will.
37:31I don't know. The food tastes pretty lousy to me.
37:34Can't tell by looking at you.
37:35by looking at you.
37:43Luminates the day.
37:46We all very happy tonight.
37:50I tell you, brothers, they will remember me in this town.
37:54They remember all of us.
37:57Aunt Ru, we mean it.
37:58If it wasn't for Mariah, we wouldn't
37:59have made it through the day.
38:05I'd like to know you'd write in my world.
38:08You'd write in my world.
38:15All right, excuse me.
38:17Can I have your attention, please?
38:18Everybody.
38:20Everybody be quiet for the Reverend, please.
38:22Thank you, Reverend.
38:27Well, today was a momentous day for all of us.
38:31And I think a few words are really appropriate
38:33to put this whole thing in perspective.
38:36Now, y'all know I do like to say a few words every now and then.
38:39Sit down, boy, sit down, sit down.
38:41But today, I'd like to have y'all listen to the young woman
38:46who really was the guiding force behind what we did.
38:49Brothers and sisters, I give you Mariah Johnston.
38:52I just want to thank everyone who helped make today happen.
39:07I don't have to mention you all by name, but you all know that you're loved.
39:13We did a lot of good work today.
39:15Yes, we did.
39:17There's a lot more to be done.
39:19But I hope our children will read about us
39:21and know that our sacrifices and acts of courage
39:24were as much for them as for ourselves.
39:27We took one step forward.
39:31Let them take strides.
39:33They must take strides.
39:34I'm exhausted.
39:49Tell me about it.
39:52Look how young hero's faded.
39:54Maybe we should all turn in.
40:06Before we do, I want you to know I'm glad I was here.
40:10Now I understand what you said last night at dinner with my folks,
40:13about understanding history and all.
40:16Last night?
40:19I'm tired, but you're delirious.
40:23Last night we went to the movies.
40:25We had hot dogs, and we sat through a double pill.
40:29Oh, right.
40:30Sure.
40:31This is 1961.
40:34You're still the greatest person I know.
40:36What?
40:45Where are we now?
40:47Ancient Egypt?
40:48Let's go to sleep, Justin.
40:50That's what I was trying to do?
40:52In our beds.
40:57Good night.
40:57Good night.
40:59Good night.
41:00Good night.
41:02I love you.
41:02I love you, too.
41:04And you, too, Justin.
41:26Good morning.
41:27Good morning.
41:28Did you sleep well last night?
41:30OK, I guess.
41:31You?
41:31I kind of had a weird dream.
41:33We could dream, but weird.
41:35I suppose it was a dream.
41:35I don't know.
41:36You, too?
41:37Justin, did you oversleep?
41:39You're supposed to be in the ballpark in half an hour.
41:41Shoot, I'm late.
41:42Well, tell me what you were going to say.
41:43We'll talk about it later.
41:44OK.
41:48Just go ahead and root a bag ahead.
41:49You'll be there.
41:50Yes, we'll be.
41:51Morning.
41:52Morning.
41:54And, Raya, I need to talk to you.
41:56Oh, not right now, sugar.
41:57Not right now.
41:58We were just looking at these old photos again.
41:59Do you remember any of this when you visited Grandma?
42:01Oh, sure.
42:05There's Mariah with Clyde and Donnie.
42:08How do you know who they are?
42:09You never met them.
42:11Never met them?
42:12They're two of the greatest guys.
42:13Did I tell you that I talked to Clyde about two years ago?
42:15Yes, I did.
42:16He's got his own public relations firm in LA.
42:19Guess he couldn't afford his temper anymore.
42:22And we were talking about Donnie.
42:24Do you realize it's been 24 years since they lynched him?
42:29Donnie?
42:29Well, Carrie, is that a chocolate stain on your blouse?
42:39It is.
42:41I thought I was dreaming.
42:43Oh, we're never going to get this stain out.
42:45Carrie, march upstairs and change this.
42:48OK.
42:50But I think I'll hold on to the blouse for a while.
42:52It means a lot to me.
42:55It does?
42:56I'm going to the library today, Mama.
42:58Got to finish that history paper.
43:00You are?
43:02Without me nagging you?
43:03Yes.
43:05It's important that I not forget the sacrifices encouraged
43:07by others.
43:09I must take strides.
43:12What did you say?
43:15Got to do that paper today so I can start my college
43:18applications tomorrow.
43:21Well, you and your father will help you.
43:23OK.
43:36Don't ask.
43:48Bye, Anita.
43:53Remember the dream is yours I can work on my island.
43:56With you.
43:57Remember the dream is yours.
43:58So let it guide your way Keep it alive
44:02With you.
44:05Every day.
44:08Every day.
44:11Every day.
44:12Every day.
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