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Plots range from a boy becoming a Kamikaze pilot for honor, to attorneys fighting wrongful convictions, to a newspaper editor battling racism in the South
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00:00:00Although fictionalized, this film is inspired by three decades of the life and career of Hazel Brannan Smith.
00:00:30She's gonna be awful tired.
00:00:44She stopped overnight in New York.
00:00:46New York? London and Paris and Rome? I'd give anything to see Rome.
00:00:52You expect Mr. Jones and Mr. Wiley gonna show up?
00:00:55Hardly. I expect they're still off licking their wounds somewheres.
00:00:59Clarence was a good catch, too.
00:01:02You know, Lou say, Ms. Brannan been in more laps than a napkin.
00:01:05Oh, shush up.
00:01:12Watch that now.
00:01:14There she is.
00:01:17Honey, close your mouth or all the flies escape.
00:01:21Well, whatcha think?
00:01:24You look great.
00:01:26You sure do, Ms. Brannan.
00:01:28Riley, I'm afraid you can't call me that anymore. I'm married now.
00:01:31What?
00:01:32And Riley, I meet my husband, Walter Dye Smith.
00:01:36Hi. My friends call me Smitty.
00:01:38Well, hallelujah and amen, brother. I never thought I'd see the date.
00:01:42Well, so you must be in, huh?
00:01:45Well, it's very nice to meet you.
00:01:46Hazel says you're the next best thing since past your eyes mode.
00:01:49Hush, Smitty. Next thing you know, she'll be asking for a raise.
00:01:52How did you do it?
00:01:53Every man in this county has been trying for near a decade.
00:01:56Well, I convinced her marriage was a noble institution and that she should be institutionalized.
00:01:59Don't start now, Smitty.
00:02:01No, I said why suffer the attentions of so many men when you can have the inattention of just one?
00:02:06Besides, we're in love and there's only one cure for that, marriage.
00:02:09He stole all the lines.
00:02:10I said she wouldn't be complete until she was married and now she's finished.
00:02:14Now she's finished.
00:02:15Come on, kids.
00:02:16I want to get these pencil shortings off my feet and wiggle my toes in some delta dirt.
00:02:20All right.
00:02:21All right, you get that.
00:02:22Let's get it.
00:02:44Accident up ahead.
00:02:45Looked like that truck took it head on.
00:02:46Oh, my lord, it's a bad one.
00:02:47Start the car.
00:02:48Get out of here, boy.
00:02:49Come on, boy.
00:02:50Move that car along.
00:02:51Ain't got company.
00:02:52Come on.
00:02:53Can you hear me?
00:02:54Yeah, now.
00:02:55See you there, Miss Brannan.
00:02:56Honey, stay back.
00:02:57Oh.
00:02:58You all right, sweetheart?
00:02:59Where's the ambulance?
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00:03:24Where's the ambulance?
00:03:25Someone's way.
00:03:27Let's go.
00:03:28Stay back, Luke.
00:03:32That man's drunk.
00:03:35Ned says he's in the wrong lane.
00:03:37Well, any fool can see that's a lie.
00:03:39Well, I'll take Ned's word over some poor white trash any day.
00:03:42I don't care.
00:03:43You're not going to arrest him?
00:03:45I'll conduct an investigation.
00:03:47How'd you sleep at night?
00:03:50With my eyes closed.
00:03:52I don't think you understand what I'm...
00:03:56But what...
00:03:57What?
00:04:05Get that ambulance in here.
00:04:07Oh, okay, babe.
00:04:08Thank you very much.
00:04:18There we are.
00:04:19Okay-doke.
00:04:20Oh, okay-doke.
00:04:21Hi, you're welcome.
00:04:25Thank you very much.
00:04:28There you are.
00:04:31Did you say it's the place now?
00:04:32Did we stay at the place, Sam?
00:04:34She was here today.
00:04:44Wait, wait, wait.
00:04:47And here we go.
00:04:53Goodbye!
00:04:57Well, it looks like the surprise is on us.
00:05:00Did we come at a wrong time?
00:05:02Everyone, meet my husband, Smitty.
00:05:07Well, congratulations.
00:05:10I've known Hazel since she was just a twinkle in her daddy's eye.
00:05:15Smitty, how are you?
00:05:17Oh, boy.
00:05:17Tom, hi.
00:05:18I ate all over Europe.
00:05:30Nothing came close to you, fried chicken.
00:05:32I've been waiting 20 years to throw you a wedding and you go and eat low.
00:05:36You're gonna love him.
00:05:38One more person to cook for.
00:05:40But no kitchen help?
00:05:42Well, we're gonna get us our dream house.
00:05:46We're gonna have luncheons and barbecues and cocktail parties.
00:05:49I might even join the bridge club.
00:05:52I'm married now, Ruth.
00:05:53I'm gonna settle down.
00:05:56I had time, too.
00:05:58Be nice.
00:05:59And I might give you the earbox I bought you in Paris.
00:06:01He's six years younger than her.
00:06:09He was a porter, you know.
00:06:11He was a purser.
00:06:13And who cares?
00:06:14She's married now.
00:06:15Well, at least our men are finally safe.
00:06:18Phoebe, that is not fair.
00:06:20Hazel has never gone after a married man.
00:06:22Well, she sure went after all the single ones, though.
00:06:24I wonder if it was a shotgun wedding.
00:06:26You are a big boxer.
00:06:28Do you know that?
00:06:30My ears are burning.
00:06:32Which one of you flippity gibbis is talking about me now?
00:06:35We just love your hair, Hazel.
00:06:38Is that one of those new perms?
00:06:41No, it just curled up like that after Smitty ravished me down in the engine room.
00:06:45How could you stand those two hypocrites kissing up like that?
00:06:49Oh, I think she envies them.
00:06:51Those jealous old tongue waggers?
00:06:52Sure.
00:06:54Hazel pretends that she likes to be different, but deep down she just wants to belong, just like everybody else.
00:07:00Is this a party?
00:07:01Or is everybody posing for a portrait?
00:07:04Tell Ruth to spark the lemonade.
00:07:06If it gets any dinner, we'll have to hire an organ player.
00:07:08Miss Hazel, I put the suitcases in your room.
00:07:11Thanks, Riley.
00:07:12Stop by the kitchen for your leave.
00:07:14Ruth's fixed you a plate.
00:07:15I tell you, the storm is gathering, and the time to act is before it strikes.
00:07:21That's right.
00:07:22Is this the same storm that was gathering before I left town?
00:07:26I'd have thought you'd have taken care of it by now, Earl.
00:07:28My kids will stay home before I see them go to school with negros.
00:07:32Oh, Lyle.
00:07:33This storm will blow over like all the rest.
00:07:36I don't believe it will.
00:07:38Well, everybody's got to believe in something, and I believe I'll have another drink.
00:07:42Is this supposed to be a party and many good news?
00:07:46Well, you got the county printing contract.
00:07:49Does that count?
00:07:52Can I cat lick his whiskers?
00:07:54Come on, boys.
00:08:02Let's kick up our shoes and tie her up some turrets.
00:08:06Come on, Lyle.
00:08:07Come on.
00:08:08Come on there, Lyle.
00:08:09Get up there.
00:08:10Well, that's some woman you married.
00:08:14Hmm.
00:08:15I mean, you must be some kind of man to tame Hazel Vannan.
00:08:18Oh, I didn't tame her.
00:08:20I hope I never do.
00:08:22Isn't that Lyle?
00:08:23It's like a meal on Crushing.
00:08:26Must be hard, huh?
00:08:28Giving everything up.
00:08:30Moving to a strange place.
00:08:33I'd follow that woman into hell itself.
00:08:37Missed up, it shouldn't be too bad.
00:08:38Woo!
00:08:40That's been a while.
00:08:41Come on, Lyle.
00:08:43Shake your ankle.
00:08:44Woo!
00:08:48Yeah!
00:08:49Yeah!
00:08:57Woo!
00:09:01It was an awful fun party.
00:09:04Thank you so much, audience.
00:09:06Nice to meet you.
00:09:06Congratulations.
00:09:07Y'all take care.
00:09:07Nice to meet you, Smitty.
00:09:08Nice to meet you finally, Anne.
00:09:10Bye-bye.
00:09:10Bye.
00:09:11Bye.
00:09:41Bye.
00:09:42Bye.
00:09:43Bye.
00:09:44Bye.
00:09:45Bye.
00:09:46Hi, John.
00:09:47Morning, Mason.
00:09:48Morning, Mary.
00:09:49Looking good.
00:09:51Steerish service boss, medal of bail?
00:10:04Three years in the building court?
00:10:06Why'd you run a paper route, Sam?
00:10:09Sure you can find something better than that?
00:10:11No, ma'am.
00:10:12I can't.
00:10:13Been taking some odd jobs here and there, but I got a family to feed.
00:10:17I need some steady work.
00:10:19Well, it's a sorry state when a war hero can't even find work.
00:10:25I'm doing renovation on the Old Harbor Mansion.
00:10:29I'll give you minimum wage plus 10% to oversee it.
00:10:34Ma'am, I'll take it.
00:10:36I'll take it.
00:10:37Good.
00:10:38Well, have Riley give you directions.
00:10:40I'll meet you there tomorrow at 4.
00:10:42Yes, ma'am.
00:10:43Yes, ma'am.
00:10:44I am?
00:10:45Someone named Jackson wanted to run a man.
00:10:46You told him no?
00:10:47It's Jackson's barbecue stand.
00:10:49Out on the highway.
00:10:50Oh.
00:10:51Well, anyway.
00:10:52Mr. Rollins, can I call you right back?
00:10:54Hazel, that ain't gonna sit well with our regular advertisers.
00:10:55You know, Jackson's is colored.
00:10:56Well, his money's green.
00:10:57Well, his money's green.
00:10:58Besides, they do have the best ribs aside in Mississippi.
00:10:59Oh, wow.
00:11:00Lily, what a pleasant surprise.
00:11:01Hazel, I have a favor to ask.
00:11:02Well, come on in.
00:11:03I'm gonna call you.
00:11:04You know, you're right.
00:11:05I'm gonna call you.
00:11:06You know, I'm gonna call you.
00:11:07I'm gonna call you.
00:11:08You know, I'm gonna call you.
00:11:09You know, I'm gonna call you.
00:11:10You know, I'm gonna call you.
00:11:11You know, Mr. Rollins, can I call you right back?
00:11:13Hazel, that ain't gonna sit well with our regular advertisers.
00:11:15You know, Jackson's is colored.
00:11:17Well, his money's green.
00:11:19Besides, they do have the best ribs aside in Mississippi.
00:11:24Oh, wow, Lily, what a pleasant surprise.
00:11:27Hazel, I have a favor to ask.
00:11:29Well, come on in.
00:11:32Come on, Lily.
00:11:33How are you?
00:11:36Mr. Jackson, this is Ann Sinclair at the Advertiser.
00:11:39We'd be happy to run that ad for you.
00:11:41So, if you can provide the ad space,
00:11:45we're hoping to be able to raise enough money
00:11:47to replant the Riverbanks Park before the 4th of July Gala.
00:11:51I'd love to.
00:11:53But in the meantime...
00:11:56Why, Hazel, you are too generous.
00:12:00Not at all.
00:12:01I love what the Historical Society's been doing.
00:12:04Can you keep a secret?
00:12:13You have been nominated for membership.
00:12:16Well, they must be desperate for new blood.
00:12:18I thought hell would freeze over if they'd let me join.
00:12:20But you're married now.
00:12:22There are a few detractors who think you're a little bit bohemian.
00:12:25But...
00:12:26You're a dear friend.
00:12:28And I want to sponsor you personally.
00:12:30I guess I have to act respectable now.
00:12:33Damn.
00:12:34Bad reputation is so much easier to maintain.
00:12:42This roast is turning into jerky.
00:12:44I can't imagine what's keeping him.
00:12:47I'll clean up if you want to take Selena on home.
00:12:49Oh, her mama's gonna pick us up on her way home from work.
00:12:59That is mighty fine printing, Selena.
00:13:02You been practicing?
00:13:03Yes, ma'am.
00:13:08Now, for a dime...
00:13:10Who was the first president?
00:13:11George Washington.
00:13:13That's too easy for someone so smart.
00:13:15Now, for a quarter...
00:13:18We invented the light bulb.
00:13:23Well, I'm gonna put this quarter right there.
00:13:25And when you know the answer...
00:13:27You can have it.
00:13:28Honey, my new cherry.
00:13:43Earl got me a great deal.
00:13:44What do you think?
00:13:46It's beautiful.
00:13:49You smell like a brewery.
00:13:52Oh, just a couple of toasts for Memorial Hospital's new administrator.
00:13:56What?
00:13:57I am now gainfully employed.
00:13:58Well, that's incredible.
00:14:00Don't act some shocks, bad for my image.
00:14:02And I was worried you would end up drinking beer and chasing bar girls with all the old veterans.
00:14:06I still have my evenings free.
00:14:07Not while I'm around.
00:14:08I'll have Ruth set another place.
00:14:10Oh, no. I...
00:14:11I know for a fact that Lily is at the Historical Society tonight and you are not leaving until you've had something to eat.
00:14:17Well, all right.
00:14:20That was a mighty fine dinner, Hazel.
00:14:24My daughter's here.
00:14:26See you tomorrow.
00:14:27Good night, Ruth.
00:14:28Good night, Selina.
00:14:30Say good night, Priscilla.
00:14:31Good night.
00:14:32Good night, Mrs. Smith.
00:14:34Let's clean it up.
00:14:39You, uh...
00:14:41Let her bring a little girl here while she works, huh?
00:14:44Her mother's working late tonight.
00:14:47Integration will never succeed.
00:14:53Not down here.
00:14:55Well, I don't think you're in any immediate danger, Earl.
00:14:58Someone should probably tell the Supreme Court.
00:15:01Yankee intellectuals have never set foot south of the Mason-Dixon.
00:15:06No offense.
00:15:07Oh, don't worry. No one ever accused me of being an intellectual.
00:15:09They got the NAACP organizing them in Atlanta, Little Rock, now here.
00:15:15We need our own committee if we're gonna fight them.
00:15:19Well, if the hospital supply of white sheets suddenly dwindles, you'll know where to find them.
00:15:25I'm not talking about marauding hooligans.
00:15:27I'm talking about concerned citizens trying to preserve this county.
00:15:32I think I'll leave local politics to you locals.
00:15:34Getting in on the ground floor wouldn't hurt your ambitions, Hazel.
00:15:41Well, if I attend, it would be in my capacity as a journalist.
00:15:46You come to the first meeting.
00:15:50Then you make your decision.
00:15:54Hmm?
00:15:55There we go.
00:15:58Mhm.
00:15:59Don't you dare go to sleep on me.
00:16:29The latitudes of lovely land.
00:16:33That is how Nathaniel Willis described Mississippi.
00:16:37You can drip honey better than any man I ever knew.
00:16:40I have a feeling we're talking big numbers.
00:16:44It doesn't matter how many men you dance with, it's only who takes you home.
00:16:49You happy here?
00:16:51I am happier than I have ever been in my whole life.
00:16:55No more wonderlust.
00:16:59Lost the wonder part.
00:17:01That was a lovely sermon this morning.
00:17:20Now, I realize it's the 4th of July, but was that a sermon or a filibuster?
00:17:28Reverend Moffitt, it takes him a half hour to say hello.
00:17:31He's right, though.
00:17:33Communism's a threat to Christianity.
00:17:35Not as long as we've got Joe McCarthy.
00:17:38All this talk of Reds under the bed, I was starting to feel conspicuous in his dress.
00:17:42See y'all at a picnic.
00:17:46Come on, ladies.
00:17:47Let's go home.
00:17:48Let's go home.
00:18:18Hey.
00:18:30Hey.
00:18:35Your daughter?
00:18:36I can't get over the job the society's done over at the rest of the home.
00:18:39It's never looked better.
00:18:41It's due in large part to the generous donation you made.
00:18:45I thought it might help when the membership vote came out.
00:18:47Your social contributions account for a lot more than your monetary burns, Hazel.
00:18:51Well, nobody's more social than me.
00:18:56I enjoyed your special Founding Father's Day edition, Hazel.
00:18:58Well, everybody's so full of ancestor worship around here, I knew we couldn't lose.
00:19:02Hank thought you could have done just a tiny bit more on the Confederacy.
00:19:06Well, I remember next year.
00:19:08Don't forget my party now.
00:19:10Oh, of course.
00:19:11Bye-bye.
00:19:11I don't know you, Dora.
00:19:16A leopard doesn't change lots just because it's found a mate.
00:19:19She may be a little wild, but she's honest.
00:19:23I find that refreshing.
00:19:39Hi, Hazel.
00:19:41Isn't this fun?
00:19:42Hi.
00:19:43Fireworks in a few minutes.
00:19:45Hi.
00:19:45Oh, you're polishing more apples than a campaigning politician.
00:19:50Oh, it's good for business.
00:19:52You know, bull.
00:19:53You'd wash their feet and drink the water to get in their silly club.
00:19:56There's no need to act ugly.
00:19:57Now, wait.
00:19:58I just hate seeing you grovel to those women.
00:20:01I mean, hell, if they were fish, every one of them would have been thrown back in.
00:20:07They don't deserve you.
00:20:09I just want to belong, Smitty.
00:20:11Right.
00:20:11And then what?
00:20:14Maybe I'll run for office.
00:20:15I just want to run for office.
00:20:45Oh, look at that one, look at that one, look at that one.
00:21:09All right.
00:21:11All right.
00:21:12I tell you, you love so bad that if your brother died, that's fair of you.
00:21:16You, you, you, you, you, you.
00:21:17Pull that car from me.
00:21:18Pull that car.
00:21:19Pull that car.
00:21:20I ain't fucking no fucker.
00:21:21Yes, you did, man.
00:21:22You got it.
00:21:24I ain't fucking no fucker.
00:21:27Hey.
00:21:27I ain't fucking no fucker.
00:21:28Hold it, hold it, man.
00:21:29Hold it.
00:21:31Don't try to cause an accident.
00:21:32No, sir.
00:21:33Give me that.
00:21:39You boy's drunk, ain't you?
00:21:41Oh, sir, we're just celebrating a bit, that's all.
00:21:43Don't lie to me, boy.
00:21:45I heard you hollerin' half a block away.
00:21:47You're just havin' a little fun.
00:21:48Well, I suggest you get your black butts out of here
00:21:50before I have to haul them in.
00:21:55Calm, man.
00:21:56Calm, man, just havin' a little fun like everybody else.
00:21:58What did you say?
00:21:59I didn't hear the truth.
00:22:00There ain't no...
00:22:01No, man!
00:22:01Oh, my God!
00:22:02Marsh!
00:22:03Marsh!
00:22:05No, man!
00:22:07No, man, you didn't have to shoot him!
00:22:09Yeah, hi, Maple.
00:22:174-4-2-8, please.
00:22:20Yeah, hi, Maple.
00:22:354-4-2-8, please.
00:22:39Hi, hi, it's me.
00:22:40Uh, no, no, no, I'm fine.
00:22:42Uh, could you come down here for a second?
00:22:46No, no, uh, there's just something that I would like you to see.
00:22:50Okay, thank you.
00:22:52Well, what's the big secret, anyway?
00:22:56No secret, I just want you to see this for yourself.
00:22:58Hey, Marsh, you feeling a little better?
00:23:11I want you to tell her exactly what you told me.
00:23:16I want you to tell her exactly what you told me.
00:23:22No, it's all right.
00:23:24She's my wife.
00:23:25There's just a lot of tension on the air right now.
00:23:38I've been defending this town for the last ten minutes, Hazel.
00:23:40I have not made one accusation, all right?
00:23:42I know what you're thinking.
00:23:43Well, excuse me for thinking so loud.
00:23:46There are a few hateful men in any town, Smitty.
00:23:49Sheriff Cole just happens to lead the pack here.
00:23:52Robin Furman.
00:23:53Are you referring to him or me?
00:23:56Robin Furman.
00:23:58Bring him in here.
00:23:59Watch yourself.
00:24:01You look only just fine.
00:24:04Um, get Doc Callen.
00:24:06His hand is gone.
00:24:07This man's critical.
00:24:08I said get Doc Callen.
00:24:10Oh, he's an operating room.
00:24:12I'll be right there.
00:24:14Excuse me, Doctor.
00:24:17Maybe you didn't hear me?
00:24:18Didn't I just say I'd be right there?
00:24:24And while you finish with your white patient, that Negro's gonna bleed to death?
00:24:28Well, since I'm in charge of emergency, why not let me worry about that?
00:24:31Because I'm in charge of this hospital, Doctor.
00:24:33Now get over there.
00:24:34This is what I need, some newcomer.
00:24:39He only got the job because of his wife, telling me how to handle emergency.
00:24:47Well, what a pleasure.
00:25:16I'm here about Sheriff Call.
00:25:20I need your help, Earl.
00:25:22Yeah.
00:25:23Yeah, we all heard about that incident yesterday.
00:25:26He was resisting arrest.
00:25:28That's a lie, Earl.
00:25:30There was no crime, no charges made.
00:25:32Sheriff Call was just in a bad mood, and it wasn't the first time.
00:25:35He's been reprimanded.
00:25:37Warned to restrain himself in the future.
00:25:39That's it?
00:25:41That's his punishment?
00:25:42We got bigger fish to fry.
00:25:43Let me remind you, the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in the schools this week.
00:25:49The Cullens are real cocky.
00:25:51That's not the point.
00:25:52You're one of us, Hazel.
00:25:54They'll just spare us the liberal hogwash.
00:25:57Is Sheriff Cole one of us?
00:25:59Cole said those boys are agitators.
00:26:02NAACP, probably.
00:26:03You start defending them, you're gonna make some enemies.
00:26:06Damn it, Earl.
00:26:07That isn't you talking.
00:26:08He can't get away with this scot-free.
00:26:11We've known each other a long time, Hazel.
00:26:14But I can't help you.
00:26:16Not on this.
00:26:20I see you at the meeting.
00:26:29Talking!
00:26:31Talking don't do no good, Earl.
00:26:34Might as well try talking to a stump.
00:26:36Don't underestimate them, buddy.
00:26:40They were smart enough to join the NAACP.
00:26:43I got three colored hands working my farm.
00:26:46If they try to send their kids to the white school, I'll fire them.
00:26:52There you go.
00:26:53Hey, I'll tell you another thing.
00:26:55Half my customers are colored.
00:26:56Now, if I cut off their credit, they'll come around.
00:26:58You better believe that.
00:27:02Wait a minute.
00:27:02We can't fight integration with more ranting.
00:27:08We need a plan.
00:27:09Well, I plan to stop it.
00:27:11With a bullet if I have to.
00:27:15Sit down, you fool, for having your bodily removed.
00:27:18Now, listen, I got just as much...
00:27:20Appreciate it.
00:27:22Why don't you sit down?
00:27:22Now, does anybody have a more intelligent suggestion?
00:27:32Y'all know that I've always supported segregation.
00:27:44But the time has come to face the facts.
00:27:47The collards have lousy schools, lousy wages, and no opportunity.
00:27:51Well, they've accepted this so far.
00:27:53But they won't sit still if they can't even expect equal protection under the law.
00:28:00Or, in some cases, from the law itself.
00:28:03All hell's going to break loose unless we start making some changes.
00:28:06And the first one should be the removal of that man from office.
00:28:11Pete Cole and his deputies is what stands between them and us.
00:28:15It's his job to uphold the law.
00:28:17But what are they going to think if we fire him?
00:28:19They'll think they won.
00:28:20Go!
00:28:21Go!
00:28:21Go!
00:28:21Go!
00:28:21Go!
00:28:21Go!
00:28:22Go!
00:28:22Go!
00:28:22Go!
00:28:22Go!
00:28:23Sit down, buddy.
00:28:24Let her talk.
00:28:27Is this what we're becoming?
00:28:29Since Brown versus the Board of Education.
00:28:32There's been more than a hundred raciansut
00:28:34and bombings in the South.
00:28:37Decent, church-going citizens.
00:28:39They say it's driven from their homes in the middle of the nights.
00:28:42Their children, terrorized, simply because of them.
00:28:48If we don't speak out against trash doing this we're accomplices.
00:28:52The ministers who fail to preach, the teachers who fail to teach, the lawmen and judges who
00:28:59fail to uphold the law, and the plain, informed citizens who knows what's going on is wrong
00:29:06but doesn't speak out.
00:29:09We are all to blame.
00:29:16This meeting is adjourned.
00:29:18Hazel, that was an idiotic thing to do.
00:29:38I hope you're talking about the sheriff's actions, not mine.
00:29:41You made a fool of me in there.
00:29:42Well, I couldn't have done it without you, Hale.
00:29:44You're caught in the devil, Hazel.
00:29:45I was thinking the same thing about you.
00:29:48Don't you expect any support from the committee.
00:29:50In fact, you can expect trouble.
00:29:52We've already got trouble, Earl.
00:29:54And most of it, we're cooking up ourselves.
00:30:01Oh, Smitty.
00:30:02I dreamed of this house as I was a little girl.
00:30:06Come on, I'll show you.
00:30:08Well, what do you think?
00:30:09I think it's great.
00:30:10I want you to see something.
00:30:11Come on.
00:30:12Come on.
00:30:13Hey, Sam.
00:30:14Hey, Mrs. Smith.
00:30:15Oh, Smitty.
00:30:22I dreamed of this house as I was a little girl.
00:30:25Come on, I'll show you.
00:30:31Well, what do you think?
00:30:32I think it's right.
00:30:34I want you to say something. Come on.
00:30:39Hey, Sam.
00:30:40Hey, Mrs. Smith.
00:30:41How are you doing?
00:30:42Not you, Mrs. Smith.
00:30:44Hazel, this man is on time and under budget.
00:30:46He should be in Congress.
00:30:47Well, I tell you, work just begun, Mrs. Smith,
00:30:49so it's too soon for anything to go wrong.
00:30:52This here is my oldest boy, Ray.
00:30:54He wants to be in carpentry.
00:30:55Oh, I hadn't been still.
00:30:57Well, it's summer, Mrs. Smith.
00:31:02Your daddy said he wanted to be a carpenter.
00:31:05You give me the name of one famous carpenter,
00:31:09and I'll give you this corner.
00:31:13Jesus was a carpenter.
00:31:17Now, you come up with one other name
00:31:19before the next time I see you,
00:31:20and I'll give you a dollar.
00:31:21Thanks, Mrs. Smith.
00:31:24Now, listen.
00:31:25I'm going to build you that closet upstairs,
00:31:27and I'm going to line the whole thing in cedar.
00:31:29I've got enough room for all those hats and shoes.
00:31:31Well, she do dress the kid, or not, don't she?
00:31:33Yeah, it cooks that way, too.
00:31:37Oh, I've got a truckload of flowers
00:31:38I need to have planted this weekend.
00:31:39Do you know anyone needs to work?
00:31:40Well, now, Mrs. Smith, you know I could use the extra money,
00:31:43but why do you want to do all that work uptown
00:31:45when you're going to be moving down here in a couple of months?
00:31:47I'm going to have a big party.
00:31:49She's trying to impress a bunch of old bitties
00:31:51she can't stand in the first place.
00:31:52Well, that's not so.
00:31:54Well, it's just that I've got a husband now,
00:31:56so I'm respectable.
00:31:57This is my coming-out party.
00:32:00All right, see y'all.
00:32:02Okay, let me see here now.
00:32:07It's time Sheriff Cole learned we are all members of the same human race.
00:32:12Perhaps his removal will result in more serious consideration
00:32:15being held for the personal rights of all men,
00:32:18white or black.
00:32:21Well?
00:32:21I don't know, Miss Hazel.
00:32:25You've always been one for causes,
00:32:27but this is like poking at a bad tooth with a bobby pin.
00:32:30It's going to cost us advertisers.
00:32:32I know you're going to help,
00:32:33but it's just going to make things worse.
00:32:36I'm not doing this to help.
00:32:39This is the truth, isn't it?
00:32:42This is a newspaper, isn't it?
00:32:45Run it.
00:32:45Run it.
00:32:45Run it.
00:32:51She's biting off more than she can chew this time.
00:33:08Phone rang all day.
00:33:11You should have heard someone speak if you bet my language is bad.
00:33:14You're expecting a medal?
00:33:15Well, I wasn't expecting less.
00:33:18God, my mouth is dry as an old man's kiss.
00:33:21I've written tonight's meeting.
00:33:25The flower's called.
00:33:27If you want roses, it's going to be another 50 diamonds.
00:33:29Fine.
00:33:31I want this party to be special.
00:33:32I want them to be thinking about it for months.
00:33:35I'll call them back.
00:33:43I don't deserve you.
00:33:45You're right.
00:33:47Hey!
00:33:47Hey!
00:34:15That's not...
00:34:15Sheriff, even hussies are allowed in church.
00:34:19Well, this is a private meeting.
00:34:21Besides, your name ain't on the list.
00:34:24I want to speak with Earl Claiborne.
00:34:26He's the one who gave the orders.
00:34:29Well, you tell Earl.
00:34:31The better men than him have tried to stop the press and failed.
00:34:33Do you think you can remember all that?
00:34:39Or should I write it down?
00:34:40I don't know.
00:34:40Do you think you can remember all that?
00:34:41I don't know.
00:34:49See you next time.
00:34:55I'm sorry.
00:35:27I'm so sorry that Lyle couldn't have made it. He was coming down with the flu or something.
00:35:36I guess we should feel lucky the epidemic hasn't reached us yet.
00:35:43Why don't we get this all loaded up and send it on to the orphanage?
00:35:57You think you're helping, but you're only stirring things up.
00:36:02I didn't create the situation, Rose.
00:36:04You tell that to them decent folk who stood you up today.
00:36:07They're just scared.
00:36:09They'd rather face the devil they know and the devil they don't know.
00:36:12Scared?
00:36:13They've been trying to scare us for a hundred years.
00:36:17You don't know what it's like waiting for your man to come home at night,
00:36:22worried he'd be lynched or beat to death, shot in the back.
00:36:26Like, that's not just scared.
00:36:29That's snakes in the pit of your stomach.
00:36:32What the sheriff did was wrong.
00:36:35Where you been?
00:36:37That isn't the first time a white man has done something like this.
00:36:41Well, what do you want me to do?
00:36:42You do what you want to do.
00:36:45Like always.
00:36:46But in the meantime, your friends are spitting on my feet.
00:36:52Like I put you up to all of this.
00:36:54You want me to hush up, too?
00:36:56No.
00:36:58No.
00:37:03Times are changing, like it or not.
00:37:06And for the first time in my life,
00:37:09I got hope that maybe things will be better.
00:37:11If not for me,
00:37:15then maybe for my granddaughter.
00:37:35What on earth?
00:37:36Whoa!
00:37:39Hey, hey, hey, Yankee!
00:37:41Food!
00:37:41Food!
00:37:43Oh!
00:37:52Get in, get in, you cowards!
00:37:53No!
00:37:54Take that in, ragazz, Yankee!
00:37:56You niggalava!
00:38:01Ah!
00:38:06Hey, buddy.
00:38:28Hey, Mr. Kleber.
00:38:31Kind of hot, huh?
00:38:33You bet.
00:38:33I hear that Hazel had some trouble out of her way last night.
00:38:42Well, boys will be boys.
00:38:46You put them up to it?
00:38:51What if I did?
00:38:54Now, you let me make one thing perfectly clear.
00:38:58I don't cotton to vandals.
00:39:00I don't condone petty harassment, and I can't abide lawlessness.
00:39:05And by God, I won't tolerate it from any member of the Citizens Committee either.
00:39:11We supposed to sit around like a bunch of old ladies, huh?
00:39:14They had a meeting last week, too. Over 200 of them showed up.
00:39:16We'll devise an intelligent and effective strategy.
00:39:19We're not a mob.
00:39:22Now, you conform to the dictates of this committee, or you're out.
00:39:26Count me out.
00:39:26Well, you've got to do something, Hazel.
00:39:41They destroyed your property.
00:39:43What?
00:39:43Call the police?
00:39:45How about if you call the marshal?
00:39:47This kind of conduct on the part of our highest elected peace officer
00:39:54has done serious injury to relations between the races.
00:40:03I just thank God we've got men like him around here to keep them folks in line.
00:40:08Thing's a waste of paper.
00:40:10Not really, Carl.
00:40:11I use mine to line the cat box.
00:40:13You'd think some people would be ashamed to show their face.
00:40:20Some people ought to keep their stupid opinions to themselves.
00:40:23Thanks for the free advice.
00:40:26I guess you get what you pay for.
00:40:30Maybe you should write an article about comedy trash.
00:40:33Reba, I see you finally developed a sense of humor.
00:40:36This is a private conversation.
00:40:38Oh, yeah?
00:40:38Well, it's just too bad that your IQ isn't as big as those falsies.
00:40:41I am.
00:40:43Don't go getting into a battle of wits with these women.
00:40:46They're not armed.
00:40:52The reign of terror must be stopped,
00:40:54along with the countless floggings, assaults, bombings, cross-burnings,
00:40:59and other acts of intimidation.
00:41:01It is not enough to remain aloof from the mob.
00:41:04We must create a climate of public opinion in which they cannot operate.
00:41:09What do you think?
00:41:10I'm not the one that you're convincing.
00:41:13Let it be, Miss Hazel.
00:41:15You ought to go on home.
00:41:18Your eyes look like two chairs in the snow.
00:41:21I'm almost done.
00:41:24Thanks, Riley.
00:41:26For everything.
00:41:27Let me reiterate, the man was critical,
00:41:49and in my opinion, Dr. Barnes-Seer was misdirecting his energies.
00:41:53If this were the only incident...
00:41:58You keep mentioning other incidents, other complaints.
00:42:01Well, what were they and who made them?
00:42:03Because certainly no one has confronted me directly.
00:42:05We're not at liberty to say...
00:42:09You are not at liberty to say?
00:42:12Then how am I supposed to answer these charges?
00:42:14You're not.
00:42:16We have taken a vote and decided to terminate your position here.
00:42:22Effective.
00:42:23Immediately.
00:42:24God help the man who holds up a mirror to this town.
00:42:32You get two weeks severance.
00:42:36It's ironic, isn't it?
00:42:38The greatest democracy in the history of mankind has produced this pathetic room full of bums.
00:42:44We all know what this is about.
00:42:47It has nothing to do with my performance.
00:42:49Now, if any of you had an ounce of guts,
00:42:51you would have called it like it was and spared me this silly little kangaroo court.
00:42:56Gentlemen.
00:42:56Frank.
00:43:16You scared the putting out of me.
00:43:19Sorry.
00:43:23Reggie's a cat.
00:43:24I've been hearing things all night.
00:43:29What's wrong?
00:43:31They fired me.
00:43:35It's in about you, you know.
00:43:38Yeah, who the hell cares?
00:43:40I wasn't cut out for a desk job anyway.
00:43:45Come on.
00:43:50Let's go home.
00:43:54Well, it's a blessing anyway.
00:44:11Now you can supervise the land nation.
00:44:13Back, back, back, back.
00:44:18Get down.
00:44:21Go, go.
00:44:25Go.
00:44:30Go.
00:44:36Go, go.
00:44:37Go.
00:44:38Go.
00:44:40Go.
00:44:45Go.
00:44:47go.
00:44:48Go.
00:44:49Go.
00:44:50this is my daddy's desk
00:44:58he gave it to me when I got the loan
00:45:02to buy the paper
00:45:02that's all I had left of him
00:45:06thanks sweetie
00:45:10this paper, glass, wood
00:45:12it's alright
00:45:14it's not alright
00:45:1520 years of your life was in that desk
00:45:17the last 20 years don't mean a thing
00:45:19you weren't part
00:45:20Ms. Hazel
00:45:28how's the printing equipment?
00:45:32I'm going to need a lot of new parts
00:45:33but I think I can save it
00:45:35Mr. Smith, could you loan me a hand
00:45:37at the back door, it's kind of stuck
00:45:39will you be okay?
00:45:49some mean folks in this world
00:45:57expect we ought to call the sheriff
00:46:01what for?
00:46:04he spent about five minutes
00:46:05on his investigation of our fire
00:46:07it'll get worse
00:46:08before getting it better
00:46:09help me get this down
00:46:12before he isn't seasoned
00:46:13I think that's a great idea
00:46:22look what I found
00:46:25good
00:46:26hey Ray
00:46:28do you think any more famous carpenters?
00:46:30yes ma'am
00:46:31my daddy
00:46:32why don't you go down to Lucy's
00:46:35and pick up some burgers
00:46:36and some spray of oil
00:46:37and keep a dollar for yourself
00:46:38well Ray
00:46:42get some fries too
00:46:44well well
00:46:50you here to help
00:46:52or just a clump?
00:46:53just passing by
00:46:54how's the investigation coming?
00:46:56any new leads?
00:46:58still looking into
00:46:59of course
00:47:01you stop to think
00:47:02the property owner
00:47:04is always the prime suspect
00:47:05in any arson
00:47:06don't stop to think sheriff
00:47:08you might never get started again
00:47:11but you've been advertising with us
00:47:16for 14 years Della
00:47:18business is double
00:47:20you said so yourself
00:47:21I don't want to give him
00:47:22any excuse
00:47:23to shop in those new stores
00:47:24open in Jackson
00:47:25you're not just hurting Hazel Della
00:47:27you're hurting everybody
00:47:28that works at the paper
00:47:29oh Ann honey
00:47:30I'm sorry
00:47:31the committee is organizing a boycott
00:47:34no one's going to advertise
00:47:36no one's going to subscribe
00:47:37I just can't go against my own husband
00:47:39committee's organized a boycott
00:48:04tell us at least 60% of my advertising
00:48:06what kind of people are these?
00:48:09we sure do appreciate
00:48:10what you're doing for us
00:48:11Miss Smith
00:48:11don't make me have to be so noble
00:48:13Sam
00:48:13I would have done the same thing
00:48:14if Morse Jones had been white
00:48:15well it wouldn't have happened
00:48:16if he had been white
00:48:17well one bad apple
00:48:18didn't spoil the whole bunch
00:48:19what do you want
00:48:32what do you want sheriff
00:48:32got something for you Hazel
00:48:38wanted to deliver it myself
00:48:42have a nice day
00:48:47have a nice day
00:48:47he just filed a label suit against me
00:48:53for a hundred thousand dollars
00:48:55I guess things can't get much worse
00:49:00yes they can
00:49:02my sister's coming to visit
00:49:05why Lily
00:49:17what a surprise
00:49:19hello Hazel
00:49:21I haven't seen you lately
00:49:22I hope you haven't come down with that flu that's been going around
00:49:26I was going to call you
00:49:28but I've just been real
00:49:31oh that's alright
00:49:32seems I'm very difficult to reach lately
00:49:35yeah
00:49:35now that flu's left you looking a bit peevish
00:49:38or is it the hair
00:49:40it does start dragging the face down when you get older
00:49:43maybe you should consider wearing it up
00:49:46something a bit like this
00:49:48yes that's lovely
00:49:49thank you
00:49:50oh by the way
00:49:51I'm afraid I'm going to have to withdraw my membership
00:49:53of the historical society
00:49:55I'm sure everyone will be devastated
00:49:57can't be helped
00:49:59apart with rebuilding the paper and all
00:50:01I just don't have a minute
00:50:03bye
00:50:23we the jury
00:50:42fine for the plaintiff
00:50:44sheriff Cole
00:50:45for libel
00:50:46damages awarded in the amount of ten thousand dollars
00:50:49justice
00:51:02that man needs to bully the way a flea needs a dog
00:51:06you got an appeal?
00:51:07the constitution guarantees the freedom of the press, doesn't it?
00:51:10well I'd rather eat bugs than give that parasite a dime
00:51:13but everyone here would love to see me dragged over hot coals
00:51:19and I already owe you a fortune in legal bills
00:51:22Vern
00:51:26can I call you right back?
00:51:31what's wrong?
00:51:33Sam's wife Henrietta just called
00:51:35he was arrested this morning for stealing the saddle
00:51:38it's ludicrous
00:51:40Sam's as honest as they come
00:51:42I'll arrange bail
00:51:46I'll get a lawyer
00:51:47it's too late
00:51:48Miss Hazel
00:51:48the man that had him arrested
00:51:51posted his bond
00:51:52about an hour ago
00:51:53what?
00:51:55where's he now?
00:51:56nobody's seen him
00:51:57since they let him go
00:51:57oh god
00:51:59oh god
00:52:03oh god
00:52:07I just hate it
00:52:08isn't it?
00:52:09hey Errol
00:52:10what can I do you for?
00:52:11well
00:52:12I
00:52:13you know
00:52:13I've been thinking of this
00:52:15by getting me a
00:52:16set of those white walls
00:52:18well now you can't buy a finer tire
00:52:20huh?
00:52:21yeah
00:52:22and then I'm gonna
00:52:23need me a new battery
00:52:25for my tractor
00:52:26the problem is Lyle
00:52:29you're still advertising
00:52:31you're still advertising in Hazel's paper
00:52:32I never thought you'd line up with them Lyle
00:52:36well you know that ain't true
00:52:38it's just
00:52:39maybe you happen to forget
00:52:40I sell advertising for Hazel's paper
00:52:41not much from what I hear
00:52:43you all certainly made sure of that
00:52:45haven't you?
00:52:45sneaking around like rats
00:52:46nobody's sneaking around
00:52:48what we're doing
00:52:49what we're doing is
00:52:49completely above board
00:52:51what is?
00:52:52blackmailing people
00:52:53and forcing them to join you?
00:52:55nobody's forcing you
00:52:56you don't want to join
00:52:57go ahead
00:52:59look Errol
00:53:00I got to advertise
00:53:02whether I like it or not
00:53:04she's the only game in town
00:53:06it's your choice Lyle
00:53:11no you're right Lyle
00:53:18Lexington needs an alternative
00:53:22to Hazel Smith
00:53:23this town can't sport one paper
00:53:49much less two
00:53:50they'll be back in a month
00:53:52looking for their jobs
00:53:53citizens chronicle
00:53:56who they think they're kidding
00:53:57they're scared
00:53:59they just want to make sure
00:54:01they have a job in another year
00:54:02and you're not
00:54:04I got no choice Hazel
00:54:09if I don't take the new job
00:54:12they're going to put Lyle out of business
00:54:14save your breath
00:54:15I understand
00:54:15Hazel you can't win
00:54:18spare me the lecture iron
00:54:20I've already heard it
00:54:22it doesn't waste
00:54:22Hazel
00:54:26Hazel
00:54:26I'll let you know
00:54:36you Judas
00:54:39not you two
00:54:51no no never Miss Hazel
00:54:54they found Sam's body in the river
00:54:58he was beaten to death
00:55:01oh no
00:55:03no
00:55:05they do this because of me
00:55:08it's my fault
00:55:10this is just a hearing Mrs. Burke
00:55:31what we want are just the facts
00:55:32tell us what happened
00:55:34after Mr. Dodd
00:55:37after Mr. Dodd Senior
00:55:38paid his bail
00:55:40Sam called me
00:55:43and what did your husband say
00:55:46he said that Mr. Dodd was getting him out
00:55:57was so that he could settle things
00:56:00personally
00:56:01for stealing a saddle
00:56:05Sam didn't take that saddle
00:56:07they found it on two kids
00:56:12a week later
00:56:14and you never saw or heard from your husband
00:56:17again
00:56:18again
00:56:19not till I identified his body
00:56:28not till I identified his body
00:56:28I want you to know your daddy didn't do nothing wrong
00:56:38pull your head up in your ground
00:56:40he was a good man
00:56:42hi Ray
00:56:44I'm Hazel Smith
00:56:47I know
00:56:49I saw you at the funeral
00:56:52he was so brave of you to come
00:56:55I never got to tell you personally
00:56:58how sorry I am
00:56:59Sam's a fine man
00:57:02you talking to this woman
00:57:06what if I am
00:57:08she's under a gag order
00:57:09that's what
00:57:10you're in contempt
00:57:11and you're coming with me
00:57:13for your information
00:57:19a gag order means
00:57:21you can't talk to a witness
00:57:22I was unaware
00:57:23that she was in the custody of the court
00:57:25I was talking to her as my friend
00:57:26even if I chose to believe you
00:57:28which I don't
00:57:30ignorance is no excuse
00:57:31therefore
00:57:33I find you in contempt of court
00:57:35in order of you to pay a $50 fine
00:57:38and serve 15 days in the county jail
00:57:41sentence is suspended
00:57:45provided you behave yourself
00:57:47for the next two years
00:57:48Miss Smith
00:57:50I'm gonna be frank with you
00:57:52and speak my mind
00:57:53well why don't you
00:57:54you got nothing to lose
00:57:55before you go trying to clean up
00:58:00somebody else's house
00:58:02you best look after your own
00:58:04there are so few
00:58:06fewer of us left
00:58:07dismissed
00:58:11at least it's only 15 days
00:58:20you have to take your shoes off
00:58:21to count any higher than that
00:58:22pompous idiot
00:58:23there isn't another court in the country
00:58:25that'll uphold it
00:58:26you're gonna appeal this one too
00:58:28it's the supreme court
00:58:29if I have to
00:58:29Hazel what do you think you're doing
00:58:31it's not gonna make any difference
00:58:32these people are so narrow-minded
00:58:35they do not want to change
00:58:36these people happen to be my people
00:58:38and this is still my home
00:58:40alright
00:58:40I'm on your side remember
00:58:41so is my pimmicks
00:58:43Hazel wait
00:58:44wait
00:58:44I'm wrong
00:58:47you're right
00:58:47is that good enough
00:58:48Hazel
00:58:50I cannot stand to see them
00:58:51hurt you like this
00:58:52I would much rather
00:58:54that they hurt me
00:58:55silver tongue devil
00:58:58can I buy you a drink
00:59:02drink
00:59:04hell buy me the bottle
00:59:07and until the white south
00:59:10refuses to tolerate
00:59:12the bombings
00:59:13the shootings
00:59:13the beatings
00:59:14and murders
00:59:15southerners will continue
00:59:17to be hailed in scorn
00:59:18as barbarians
00:59:19to the rest of the nation
00:59:20it's brilliant
00:59:21what do we have to lose
00:59:23what now
00:59:29they've cancelled our printing contracts
00:59:37all of them
00:59:38I don't know how much longer
00:59:48I could pay you Ruth
00:59:49you should probably start looking
00:59:52for something else
00:59:53I don't want to look for nothing else
00:59:55I'm too old
00:59:56and too spoiled
00:59:57don't be stubborn
00:59:59how are you going to pay the rent
01:00:00I'm trying to take for 20 years
01:00:03but you don't listen
01:00:04the Lord will provide
01:00:07don't you worry about a thing
01:00:12we're going to make it
01:00:13oh hi
01:00:30and here she is
01:00:31I've been so looking forward to this
01:00:35Smitty's told us such wonderful things
01:00:37not that he had to
01:00:38he wanted to correct him
01:00:39after 36 years
01:00:40had to be pretty special
01:00:41well he's told me so much
01:00:42about you too
01:00:43I can't wait to find out
01:00:44how much of it's true
01:00:45Smitty's been telling us
01:00:53about some of the troubles
01:00:54you've been having lately
01:00:54the violence and harassment
01:00:56are bad enough
01:00:57but to have it be done
01:00:58by the very people
01:00:59you go to church with
01:00:59and to lose your friends
01:01:01none that really mattered
01:01:03it's the best argument
01:01:04there is for better education
01:01:05you can't end racism
01:01:07until you end ignorance
01:01:09you all ended
01:01:09all your socials
01:01:10in Massachusetts
01:01:11no
01:01:12weren't there protests
01:01:13in Boston last year
01:01:15yes
01:01:15what about the riots
01:01:16in Philadelphia
01:01:17oh sure
01:01:18but that's
01:01:18we're not all
01:01:19a bunch of provincial
01:01:20highseeds here
01:01:21I'll go see
01:01:25how the coffee's doing
01:01:26Smitty
01:01:39I'm sorry
01:01:42if I embarrassed you
01:01:44John just doesn't
01:01:46know when to shut up
01:01:47I guess that makes
01:01:50two of us
01:01:51he'll get over it
01:01:54it's not bad
01:01:57it's the printing contract
01:01:58we'll figure something out
01:02:04what
01:02:05there's nothing left
01:02:07paper can't go on
01:02:09without money
01:02:10well
01:02:12we'll get a loan
01:02:13or sell the car
01:02:14maybe we should move on
01:02:17there's a paper for sale
01:02:19in Arizona
01:02:20you've never run
01:02:22from a fight
01:02:23in your life
01:02:23well maybe it's time
01:02:24that I did
01:02:25it's not the fight
01:02:29I'm afraid of
01:02:31it's being shut out
01:02:33not having any friends
01:02:36I miss that
01:02:38Smitty
01:02:39they're not gonna
01:02:40run us off
01:02:41Hazel
01:02:41this is our home too
01:02:43he'll come around
01:02:47you'll see
01:02:48besides
01:02:50I just can't see you
01:02:52in a cowboy hat
01:02:53too bad
01:03:01we gotta go
01:03:01all the way
01:03:02to Jackson
01:03:02for a loan
01:03:03mortgage to my health
01:03:10still haven't finished
01:03:11the renovation yet
01:03:12that'll teach me
01:03:13to marry for money
01:03:14Mr. Smith
01:03:14my name is
01:03:17Davis Franklin
01:03:17I called Riley Sims
01:03:19this morning
01:03:19he told me
01:03:20where I could find you
01:03:21why'd you wanna find me
01:03:22the church
01:03:24is just down the way
01:03:25the pastor's letting us
01:03:26use it for a meeting place
01:03:27maybe we can talk there
01:03:29about what
01:03:30that's a group of us
01:03:31well
01:03:33we want to publish
01:03:34our own newspaper
01:03:35we got the financial backing
01:03:37only
01:03:38we can't find anyone
01:03:40to print it
01:03:41what makes you think
01:03:43I will
01:03:43Riley said you
01:03:45were fair minded
01:03:45and you need the business
01:03:48it's right about there
01:03:52why not
01:03:57will you join them
01:04:16in their bliss
01:04:18will the circle
01:04:20be unbroken
01:04:22but if we think
01:04:51the present situation
01:04:52is serious
01:04:52we should take
01:04:54a long hard look
01:04:55at the future
01:04:55it can and will
01:04:58get infinitely worse
01:04:59unless we find
01:05:00the character
01:05:01and guts to change
01:05:03things that need changing
01:05:04no man
01:05:06white or black
01:05:08should live in fear
01:05:09or be compelled
01:05:11to sleep in a loaded gun
01:05:13by his bedside
01:05:13that will raise
01:05:16some hackles
01:05:17it's your paper
01:05:19same word
01:05:21now we're right
01:05:22it's time to stand up
01:05:29and be counted
01:05:29in the sky
01:05:30oh my lord
01:05:31in the sky
01:05:32sleep on mother
01:05:35open trust
01:05:36my god
01:05:38you say
01:05:38I'm gonna meet you
01:05:41in the judgment
01:05:43when you leave
01:05:45your trust
01:05:46be brave
01:05:47now in the second
01:05:49me and your kind
01:05:51oh bye
01:05:53bye
01:05:53oh bye
01:05:54bye
01:05:55bye
01:05:55bye
01:05:56bye
01:05:56i think laura stewart
01:06:23will be named debutante
01:06:25of the year
01:06:25lily's hired a band
01:06:26from new orleans
01:06:27too
01:06:28everyone will be there
01:06:30let's do something special
01:06:35maybe up in chignon
01:06:37chignon
01:06:38isn't that those little braids
01:06:40that the pickaninnies wear
01:06:42that's enough
01:06:45i've always been proud
01:06:49to say i come from mississippi
01:06:50you make me ashamed
01:06:53silence in these times
01:07:02is just as ugly
01:07:02as their words
01:07:03i apologize
01:07:05i'd like for you
01:07:08and smithy
01:07:09to come to the ball
01:07:10as my personal guest
01:07:11thank you
01:07:13eudora
01:07:14but we already
01:07:17have another
01:07:18invitation for tonight
01:07:19you have dignity
01:07:21and grace
01:07:22under pressure
01:07:23hazel
01:07:23that's a quality
01:07:26very few
01:07:27ladies
01:07:28have
01:07:28these days
01:07:29hi
01:07:49just a minute
01:07:49hey i'm glad you made it
01:07:51follow me
01:07:52your baby look good tonight
01:07:53watch out now
01:07:55hey all right
01:07:56don't hurt nobody now
01:07:57all right
01:07:58oh
01:07:59this is ad lane
01:08:01of the american
01:08:02civil liberties union
01:08:03and bruce de conway
01:08:04of the naacp
01:08:05hazel
01:08:06and walter dyer smith
01:08:08smithy please
01:08:08eugene
01:08:10these two people
01:08:11drive
01:08:11take the martini
01:08:13and the scotch
01:08:14up please
01:08:15so you're the ones
01:08:16causing every cracker
01:08:17in the south
01:08:17to all themselves
01:08:18you look more like
01:08:20fraternity boys
01:08:21and revolutionaries
01:08:22to me
01:08:22you hardly look
01:08:23the crusading editor
01:08:24well i'm no crusader
01:08:26that's the one
01:08:27that goes out
01:08:28looking for trouble
01:08:28i can barely
01:08:29keep up with the trouble
01:08:30coming to my door
01:08:31well we appreciate
01:08:32you printing our paper
01:08:33no one else would touch it
01:08:35i'm being paid
01:08:36well regardless of that
01:08:37we
01:08:38are awfully glad
01:08:39you're on our team
01:08:40i'm a journalist for us
01:08:42i don't take sides
01:08:44like it or not
01:08:45i'd say you have
01:08:48gentlemen
01:08:49if you will excuse us
01:08:50i'm about to pull up
01:08:51on politics
01:08:52i would like to cut loose
01:08:53and dance with my wife
01:08:54sugar
01:08:55put it away
01:08:57in the next couple hours
01:08:58i want the carefree
01:08:59brad i'm married
01:08:59oh forget those stuffed shirts
01:09:14back on baby
01:09:14this is living
01:09:15well i know you think of chili
01:09:17read this
01:09:33before you put down payment
01:09:51on that lake house
01:09:52you've been eyeballing
01:09:53you better listen to this
01:09:54today the mississippi state
01:09:57supreme court
01:09:58held
01:09:58that editor hazel smith's
01:10:00right to publish the truth
01:10:02with good motives
01:10:03and just ends
01:10:04is inherent in the constitution
01:10:07looks like telling the truth
01:10:09falls under my first amendment rights
01:10:10score one for the nigger lovers
01:10:17get you sweet
01:10:20my brother sent this from ohio
01:10:28now they are printing
01:10:30hazel's editorials in here
01:10:32and that's not the only place
01:10:35baltimore
01:10:36wilmington
01:10:37they're trying to make her
01:10:38high and mighty
01:10:39and us look like a bunch of fools
01:10:41that is right
01:10:42now earl
01:10:43she's gone too far
01:10:44well what do you suggest lilo
01:10:47her advertising's gone
01:10:49she's got no subscriptions
01:10:50the county contracts
01:10:52dried up six months ago
01:10:53how does she keep printing then
01:10:55i don't know
01:10:56i'm tired of waiting
01:10:57if you got a rotten tooth
01:10:59pull it
01:11:00yeah
01:11:00that's right
01:11:01that's right
01:11:02that's right
01:11:02that's right
01:11:03just wait a minute
01:11:04listen up here
01:11:05i want hazel smith out of business
01:11:07as much as anybody
01:11:08but you go to breaking the law
01:11:11you're no better than those newspapers
01:11:12say you are
01:11:13earl's right
01:11:14we're not hooligans
01:11:15no we are
01:11:16yeah well
01:11:16now
01:11:17let's just see
01:11:19if we can figure out
01:11:20how she's staying in bedness
01:11:23wake up sleepyhead
01:11:26hey
01:11:31i sure do appreciate this
01:11:34the trouble he fixed by tomorrow
01:11:38that's no problem
01:11:38we had to come up for a meeting
01:11:39with the bank anyway
01:11:40okay
01:11:41oh come on
01:11:41there you go
01:11:51isn't this
01:11:54you know what to do
01:12:00what about them shows
01:12:15what they covered
01:12:17couldn't afford the premiums
01:12:19they don't let up for one minute
01:12:32do they
01:12:33i would use a picture
01:12:35that makes my behind
01:12:36look as big as a truck
01:12:37i'll get them for that
01:12:38first i'm gonna get us
01:12:41a couple of beers
01:12:42we're gonna be here all night
01:12:43well
01:12:50if it isn't my dear friend
01:12:53earl clayton
01:12:53hazel
01:12:54hazel i want you to know
01:13:02i had absolutely nothing to do with this
01:13:04you had everything to do with it
01:13:06hazel i'm not a barbarian
01:13:07i'd never be a party to anything like this
01:13:10of course not earl
01:13:12that'll be the slimy tactics of the downtown clan
01:13:15and everybody knows
01:13:16you're strictly uptown clay
01:13:18how you doing earl
01:13:30hazel called you a brute
01:13:34and a bully
01:13:35and this whole town stood up to defend you
01:13:39i stood up to defend you
01:13:41what the hell you talking about
01:13:43last night you proved her right
01:13:46so who cares
01:13:50this whole town's gonna care
01:13:52i'm gonna see to that
01:13:54you nothing but a sniveling hypocrite
01:13:57you and all your blue-nosed friends
01:13:59that may be
01:14:00but you shouldn't have made us so aware of it
01:14:13you really gave him a run for your money miss hazel
01:14:22no one can ever say you went out without a fight
01:14:25i'm not out riley
01:14:27and i'm not about to give up the fight
01:14:29we can't print without a press
01:14:32and then i will beg i will borrow i will steal
01:14:34until i have enough money to buy a new one
01:14:36they can burn they can boycott
01:14:39they can tear me down a hundred times
01:14:41but if they want to stop me from telling the truth
01:14:43they're gonna have to kill me
01:14:46uh-huh
01:14:47i'll sign a personal note
01:14:49well the atlanta herald new orleans times
01:14:51manny trip they're all running our editorials
01:14:53okay well how about hazel on the 23rd
01:14:56we'll arrange transportation
01:14:57that's highway robbery
01:14:59make it prime plus one percent
01:15:01done
01:15:03that's fifty five hundred so far
01:15:05well people must be reading your articles
01:15:07because i've got eight speaking engagements lined up
01:15:09that's at least what
01:15:10another five thousand
01:15:11i hate this
01:15:12i feel like i'm standing on a street corner
01:15:13with a cup in my hand
01:15:14congregation at my church
01:15:21took this up yesterday
01:15:22oh riley
01:15:24two thousand eight hundred and thirty two dollars
01:15:27i won't cry
01:15:30promised i wouldn't cry
01:15:34if this doesn't work maybe the new boycott will
01:15:37what's new about it
01:15:38they'd be boycotting me for months
01:15:40not that boycott
01:15:41we figured two could play at this game
01:15:43not a colored person in this town
01:15:46gonna buy from anybody boycotting you
01:15:48well those people have to drive all the way to jackson to shop
01:15:50expect they're doing what they think is right
01:15:53just like you
01:15:54even if we can't sell this house it's just not enough
01:16:14i'll find work
01:16:15we've been through that
01:16:16no one's gonna hire you
01:16:18besides i'll need your help
01:16:20if we don't scrape together enough to rebuild
01:16:23if
01:16:24what happened to when
01:16:25well there's just nothing left
01:16:27that's right
01:16:28you're out of play too
01:16:30what new horror makes me
01:16:33yes
01:16:39of course
01:16:41right
01:16:44i know where that is
01:16:48half an hour
01:16:50who was that
01:17:02i don't know
01:17:06a man
01:17:06what do you want
01:17:08said
01:17:10said he wanted to help me
01:17:11i'm gonna meet him down
01:17:16at the old cotton mill
01:17:17in half an hour
01:17:17you're gonna what
01:17:18he said he'd been following our story
01:17:21fine
01:17:22i'll go with you
01:17:22no
01:17:23he said it had to be anonymous
01:17:25i have to go alone
01:17:27you're actually planning to go
01:17:28he mentioned other journalists i know
01:17:30people i've worked with
01:17:32so what
01:17:32he did his research
01:17:33this could be one of the sheriff's thugs
01:17:35this man is no thug
01:17:36he was too intelligent
01:17:38he was sincere
01:17:39no way
01:17:39i won't allow it
01:17:41i was on my own for 20 years
01:17:43before i met you mister
01:17:44and i took care of myself just fine
01:17:45those were entirely different circumstances
01:17:47don't you walk out that door
01:17:49i'm a big girl smitty
01:17:51and i'm sick and tired of everyone
01:17:53telling me what to do
01:17:54you are acting like a lunatic
01:17:58just to prove how tough you are
01:17:59get out of my way smitty
01:18:00don't make me prove how mean i am too
01:18:03fine
01:18:05it's gonna be alright
01:18:09please don't go
01:18:12you'll be a trap
01:18:14no it's not
01:18:15how can you know that
01:18:17female intuition
01:18:20i have to
01:18:24i have to
01:18:50who are you
01:19:13a friend of your friends
01:19:15i can count the friends
01:19:17i got left on one hand
01:19:18and none of them knows you
01:19:19your friends are over me smith
01:19:21people you don't even know
01:19:22i wish to god people
01:19:24would quit making me out
01:19:24to be some kind of crusader
01:19:25i never wanted this damn battle
01:19:27in the first place
01:19:27where are you from
01:19:38why are you doing this
01:19:39let's just say i'm somebody
01:19:42who doesn't want the bad guys to win
01:19:43what's with all the cloak and dagester
01:19:45perhaps i just don't have the courage you do
01:19:49you're a newspaper man
01:19:57good luck miss smith
01:20:02and they're here
01:20:05i have been doing that
01:20:05if any time
01:20:07what's with all of them
01:20:08what's with all of them
01:20:10come across that
01:20:11and now
01:20:12and let me forget
01:20:12if any tides
01:20:14miss Ás
01:20:15and send me
01:20:17if any of you
01:20:18here
01:20:18will
01:20:19be
01:20:20any more
01:20:21than my
01:20:22guys
01:20:22yan
01:20:23all right
01:20:24is you
01:20:24don't have to
01:20:24see that
01:20:25anything
01:20:25hit
01:20:26in there
01:20:27especially
01:20:27maybe
01:20:28what is
01:20:29oh it's me it's me it's me
01:20:34what are you doing here you follow me
01:20:39actually i was just running into town for some bread
01:20:43well don't bother
01:20:46we got all the bread we need
01:20:49he gave us thousands and thousands of dollars
01:20:54what
01:20:54let's go
01:20:57it's ready
01:21:01here goes nothing
01:21:07now we're ready for them
01:21:20what you whistling them christmas songs
01:21:47it ain't even thanksgiving i don't know any thanksgiving songs do you
01:21:51gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble
01:21:53how about a joke
01:21:58how do you know when a politician's lying
01:22:01watch out
01:22:04that's all right
01:22:05get the ambulance
01:22:15go from work
01:22:17go
01:22:18sh�
01:22:19was it
01:22:20used to have
01:22:21thanksgiving
01:22:23it's just racetracked
01:22:23we've been bombed
01:22:25burned boycotting
01:22:26bankrupted
01:22:27i'm gonna have to go and die on a ladder
01:22:31Oh, if you think you're getting away from me that easy, you can forget it, mister.
01:22:37Think of some really clever last words, okay?
01:22:46Smitty?
01:22:48Smitty?
01:22:50Smitty?
01:22:50Smitty?
01:22:51Gotcha.
01:22:53Oh!
01:22:54You damn fool.
01:22:57You damn fool.
01:23:01Oh, Smitty.
01:23:19Carol?
01:23:24Carol?
01:23:31There's supposed to be a picket line outside Hazel's paper.
01:23:42Should we cancel?
01:23:45What do you think?
01:23:48Jim Bob thinks we ought to have a meeting this afternoon instead.
01:23:52Think up a new plan, maybe write a new editorial.
01:23:56Well, do whatever you like.
01:24:02I got other plans for this afternoon.
01:24:06Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart.
01:24:25For just as troubles and earthly suffering are over for our brother Walter,
01:24:34I came for Smitty.
01:24:46No, Miss Hazel.
01:25:02They came for you.
01:25:03As surely as he gave us life over the earth, heaven awaits us after death.
01:25:24A place where hunger is fed, fear forgotten, hatred, and tired, and all God's children will be in peace.
01:25:36Let us pray.
01:25:37Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
01:25:49Amen.
01:25:51Give us this day our daily bread.
01:25:53Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
01:25:58Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
01:26:04For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
01:26:09Amen.
01:26:11Amen.
01:26:11Amen.
01:26:11In 1964, Hazel Brannon Smith became the first woman to receive the nation's highest honor in editorial writing,
01:26:33the Pulitzer Prize.
01:26:35The Pulitzer Prize.
01:26:35The Pulitzer Prize.
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