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1994 Quest For Justice FULL HOT MOVIE [Full Movie] [Vertical Drama]Full EP - Full
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00:00:00Although fictionalized, this film is inspired by three decades of the life and career of Hazel Brannan Smith.
00:00:42She's going to 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 going to show up?
00:00:55Hardly. I expect they're still off licking their wounds somewheres.
00:00:58That Clarence was a good catch, too.
00:01:02You know, Ruth's sake, Miss Brannan's been in more laps than a napkin.
00:01:05Oh, shut up.
00:01:11There she is.
00:01:17Honey, close your mouth for all the flies escape.
00:01:21Well, what you think?
00:01:23You look great.
00:01:25You sure do, Miss Brannan.
00:01:27Oh, Riley, I'm afraid you can't call me that anymore.
00:01:30I'm married now.
00:01:31What?
00:01:32And, Riley, I meet my husband, Walter Dias Smith.
00:01:36Hi. My friends call me Smitty.
00:01:38Well, hallelujah and amen, brother.
00:01:40I never thought I'd see the date.
00:01:42So you must be in, huh?
00:01:45It's very nice to meet you.
00:01:46Hazel says you're the next best thing since past your eyes note.
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's been trying for near a decade.
00:01:56Well, I convinced her marriage was a noble institution and that she should be institutionalized.
00:02:00Don'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.
00:02:11I said she wouldn't be complete until she was married.
00:02:13And now she's finished.
00:02:15Come on, kids.
00:02:17I want to get these pencil shortings off my feet and wiggle my toes in some Delta dirt.
00:02:21All right, you get that.
00:02:22All right, you got that.
00:02:53Accident up ahead.
00:02:54Looked like that truck took it head on.
00:02:56Oh, my Lord, it's a bad one.
00:02:59Start the car.
00:03:01Get out of here, boy.
00:03:03Come on, boy, move that car along.
00:03:06We ain't got company.
00:03:07Come on.
00:03:09Can you hear me?
00:03:11Yeah.
00:03:13Yeah, now.
00:03:14See you there, Miss Brannon.
00:03:16Honey, stay back.
00:03:18You all right, sweetheart?
00:03:24Where's the ambulance?
00:03:26Someone's way.
00:03:27Let's go. Stay back, bro.
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.
00:03:39I'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.
00:03:48How'd you sleep at night?
00:03:49With my eyes closed.
00:03:54I don't think you understand what I'm...
00:04:05Get that ambulance in here.
00:04:08Let's go.
00:04:18Let's go.
00:04:19Ookie doop.
00:04:25Thank you very much.
00:04:29Yeah.
00:04:32Did you say it's a place, Anne?
00:04:34She was here today.
00:04:36Yeah.
00:04:44Wait, wait, wait.
00:04:47And here we go.
00:04:51Oh!
00:04:53Surprise!
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.
00:05:05Oh, my God.
00:05:06Oh, my God.
00:05:07Oh, my God.
00:05:08I'm here.
00:05:08Hi, Earl.
00:05:09Well, congratulations.
00:05:10I've known Hazel since she was just a twinkle in her dad's eye.
00:05:13Oh, my God.
00:05:15Oh, my God.
00:05:17Oh, my God.
00:05:18Oh, my God.
00:05:19Oh, my God.
00:05:32You're going to have a chicken.
00:05:33I've been waiting 20 years to throw you a wedding and you go and eat little.
00:05:36You're going to love him.
00:05:38One more person to cook for.
00:05:40But no kitchen, Earl?
00:05:44We're going to get us our dream house.
00:05:46We're going to have lunches and barbecues and cocktail parties.
00:05:50I might even join the bridge club.
00:05:52I'm married now, Ruth.
00:05:54I'm going to settle down.
00:05:56I had time, too.
00:05:58Be nice.
00:05:59And I might give you the earpuffs I bought you in Paris.
00:06:08He'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.
00:06:16Well, at least our men are finally safe.
00:06:18Phoebe, that is not fair.
00:06:20Hazel has never gone after a married man.
00:06:22She sure went after all the single ones, though.
00:06:24I wonder if it was a shotgun wedding.
00:06:26You are a big boss.
00:06:28Did you know that?
00:06:30My ears are burning.
00:06:32Which one of you flibbity gibbis is talking about me now?
00:06:35We just love your hair, Hazel.
00:06:38Is that one of those new perms?
00:06:40No, it just curled up like that after Smitty ravished me down in the engine room.
00:06:46How 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
00:06:59like 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.
00:07:12Thanks, Riley.
00:07:12Now, stop by the kitchen for your leave.
00:07:14Ruth's fixed you a plane.
00:07:16I tell you, the storm is gathering.
00:07:19And the time back 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 Negris.
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.
00:07:44This is 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-link his whiskers?
00:08:01Come on, boys.
00:08:02Let's kick up our shoes and tie her up some horrible.
00:08:06Come on, Lyle.
00:08:08Come on.
00:08:08Come on there, Lyle.
00:08:09Get up there.
00:08:12Well, that's some woman you marry.
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?
00:08:23Dancing like a meal on Crescent.
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.
00:08:39Woo!
00:08:40That's been a while.
00:08:42Come on, Lyle.
00:08:43Shake your ankle.
00:08:44Woo!
00:08:48Woo!
00:08:49Yeah!
00:08:51Woo!
00:08:57Woo!
00:08:58Woo!
00:08:58Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
00:09:01It was an awful fun party.
00:09:04Thank you so much.
00:09:05Not in.
00:09:06Nice to meet you.
00:09:07Congratulations.
00:09:07Y'all take care.
00:09:08Nice to meet you, Smitty.
00:09:09Nice to meet you, finally, Anne.
00:09:10Bye-bye.
00:09:10Bye.
00:09:12Bye.
00:09:13Bye.
00:09:14Bye.
00:09:16Bye.
00:09:16Bye.
00:09:18Bye.
00:09:19Bye.
00:09:19Bye.
00:09:20Bye.
00:09:21Bye.
00:09:22Bye.
00:09:23Bye.
00:09:25Bye.
00:09:27Bye.
00:09:31Bye.
00:09:33Bye.
00:09:45Bye, John.
00:09:46Morning, Nathan.
00:09:47Morning, Mary.
00:09:49Looking good.
00:10:16I'll see you next time.
00:10:21I can't even find work.
00:10:25I'm doing renovation on the old Harbour mansion.
00:10:28I'll give you minimum wage plus 10% to oversee it.
00:10:34Ma'am, I take it.
00:10:36I take it.
00:10:37Good.
00:10:38Well, have Riley give you directions.
00:10:40I'll meet you there tomorrow.
00:10:41Yes, ma'am.
00:10:42Yes, ma'am.
00:10:54I am?
00:10:56Someone named Jackson wanted to run an ad.
00:10:58You told him no?
00:10:59It's Jackson's barbecue stand.
00:11:02Out on the highway.
00:11:05Right, anyway.
00:11:07Mr. Rollins, can I call you right back?
00:11:11Hazel, 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.
00:11:20Besides, they do have the best ribs aside in Mississippi.
00:11:24Oh, why, Lily, what a place of 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?
00:11:33Good.
00:11:36Mr. Jackson, this is Ann Sinclair at the Advertiser.
00:11:39We'd be happy to run that ad for you.
00:11:42So, if you can provide the ad space, we're hoping to be able to raise enough money to replant the
00:11:48Riverbanks Park before the 4th of July gala.
00:11:51I'd love to.
00:11:53And 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.
00:12:10Can 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 you'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.
00:12:50Oh, her mama's going to 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, who was the first president?
00:13:11George Washington.
00:13:13That's too easy for someone so smart.
00:13:16Now, for a quarter, we invented the light bulb.
00:13:23Well, I'm going to put this quarter right there.
00:13:25And when you know the answer, you're going to have it.
00:13:41Honey, my new cherry, Earl got me a great deal.
00:13:44What do you think?
00:13:46It's beautiful.
00:13:48You smell like a brewery.
00:13:51Oh, just a couple of toasts for Memorial Hospital's new administrator.
00:13:55What?
00:13:56I am now gainfully employed.
00:13:58Well, that's incredible.
00:13:59Well, that's a little shot.
00:14:00It's bad for my image.
00:14:01And I was worried you would end up drinking beer and chasing bar girls with all the old veterans.
00:14:05Do I still have my evenings free?
00:14:07Not while I'm around.
00:14:08I'll have Ruth set another place.
00:14:09Oh, no.
00:14:10I know for a fact that Lily is at the Historical Society tonight.
00:14:15And 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.
00:14:23My 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 your hands.
00:14:38Let her bring a little girl here while she works, huh?
00:14:44Her mother's working late tonight.
00:14:50Integration will never succeed.
00:14:53Not down here.
00:14:55I don't think you're in any immediate danger, Earl.
00:14:58Someone should probably tell the Supreme Court.
00:15:02Yankee intellectuals have never set foot south of the Mason-Dixon.
00:15:05No offense.
00:15:07Oh, don't worry.
00:15:07No one ever accused me of being an intellectual.
00:15:10They got the NAACP organizing them in Atlanta, Little Rock, now here.
00:15:16We need our own committee.
00:15:18Think we're going to fight him?
00:15:20Well, if the hospital supply of white sheets suddenly dwindles, you'll know where to find him.
00:15:24I'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.
00:15:37Getting in on the ground floor wouldn't hurt your ambitions, Hazel.
00:15:42Well, if I attend, it would be in my capacity as a journalist.
00:15:48You come to the first meeting.
00:15:50Then you make your decision.
00:15:53Hmm?
00:16:25Don't you dare go to sleep on me.
00:16:30Latitudes of lovely land.
00:16:33That is the only thing you will describe 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.
00:16:46It's only who takes you home.
00:16:49Are you happy here?
00:16:51I am happier than I have ever been in my whole life.
00:16:56No more wonderlust.
00:16:59Lost the wonder part.
00:17:18It was a lovely sermon this morning.
00:17:23Now 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.
00:17:36Not as long as we've got Joe McCarthy.
00:17:38They'll always talk of Reds under the bed.
00:17:40I was starting to feel conspicuous in this dress.
00:17:44See y'all at a picnic.
00:17:46Come on ladies, let's go home.
00:18:37I can't get on with the job society's done over at the rest home.
00:18:39It's never a little better.
00:18:41It's due in large part to the generous donation to me.
00:18:45I thought it might help when the membership vote came up.
00:18:47Your social contributions account for a lot more than your monetary ones, Hazel.
00:18:51Well, nobody's more social than me.
00:18:56I enjoyed your special founding father's day edition, Hazel.
00:18:59Well, everybody's so full of ancestor worship around here I knew couldn't lose.
00:19:02Hank thought you could have done just a tiny bit more on the confederacy.
00:19:05Well, I remember next year.
00:19:08Don't forget my party now.
00:19:10Oh, of course.
00:19:11Bye-bye.
00:19:14I don't know you, Dora.
00:19:16A leopard doesn't change spots 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.
00:19:40Isn't this fun?
00:19:42Hi.
00:19:43Fireworks in a few minutes.
00:19:45Hi.
00:19:47Oh, you're polishing more apples than a campaigner and politician.
00:19:51Oh, it's good for business.
00:19:52You're a 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.
00:19:58Now, 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.
00:20:12And then what?
00:20:14Maybe I'll run for office.
00:20:16Yes.
00:21:08Oh, look at that one, look at that one, look at that one.
00:21:11All right, I tell you, you love so bad that if your brother does that, that's fair of you.
00:21:17Pull that car from, man.
00:21:19Pull that car from, man.
00:21:20Pull that car from, man.
00:21:20Pull that car from, man.
00:21:21Yes, you did, man.
00:21:23You got it.
00:21:24Pull that car from, man.
00:21:27Pull that car from, man.
00:21:27I ain't pulling it on the car.
00:21:28Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.
00:21:31Don't try to cause an accident.
00:21:32No, sir.
00:21:35Give me it.
00:21:39The 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 holler in half a block away.
00:21:47You're just having a little fun.
00:21:48Well, I suggest you get your black butts out of here before I have to haul them in.
00:21:55Come on, man.
00:21:56Come on, man, just have a little fun like everybody else.
00:21:58What did you say?
00:21:59You're the truth.
00:22:00You didn't know.
00:22:01No, man!
00:22:02Go, Marsh!
00:22:03Marsh!
00:22:05No, man.
00:22:07No, man, you didn't have to shoot him!
00:22:34Yeah, hi, Mabel.
00:22:354-4-2-8, please.
00:22:39Hi, hi, it's me.
00:22:41No, no, I'm fine.
00:22:43Could you come down here for a second?
00:22:46No, no, there's just something that I would like you to see.
00:22:50Okay, thank you.
00:22:54What's the big secret, anyway?
00:22:56No secret, I just want you to see this for yourself.
00:23:00Okay.
00:23:13Marsha, I want you to tell her exactly what you told me.
00:23:22No, it's all right.
00:23:24She's my wife.
00:23:34You're not a bunch of animals.
00:23:36There'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.
00:23:48Hey, a sharp call just happens to lead the pack here.
00:23:52Right, Norman.
00:23:53Are you referring to him or me?
00:23:56No, it's him.
00:23:58Bring him in here.
00:23:59Watch this.
00:24:01You're going to be 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 runner.
00:24:12I'll be right there.
00:24:14Excuse me, Doctor.
00:24:17Maybe you didn't hear me?
00:24:21Didn't I just say I'd be right there?
00:24:23And while you finish with your white patient, that Negro's going to 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.
00:24:37This one I need some newcomer.
00:24:39He only got the job because of his wife.
00:24:42Telling me how to handle emergency.
00:24:51Hazel.
00:25:15Well, what a pleasure.
00:25:18I'm here about Sheriff Cole.
00:25:20I need your help, Earl.
00:25:23Yeah.
00:25:23Yeah, we all heard about that incident yesterday.
00:25:26He was resisting arrest.
00:25:28That's a lie, Earl.
00:25:29There was no crime, no charges made.
00:25:32Sheriff Cole 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.
00:25:44Let 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?
00:25:58Cole said those boys are agitators.
00:26:01N-A-C-P, 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 it in the middle.
00:26:29Talking!
00:26:31Talking don't do no good, Earl.
00:26:34Might as well try talking to a stump.
00:26:38Don't underestimate them, buddy.
00:26:40They were smart enough to join the N-A-A-C-P.
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.
00:26:52Hey, 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.
00:26:59You better believe that.
00:27:02Wait a minute.
00:27:03We 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 I have your bodily removed.
00:27:18Now, listen, I got just as much right...
00:27:20Appreciate it.
00:27:22Why don't you sit down?
00:27:28Now, does anybody have a more intelligent suggestion?
00:27:39Y'all know that I've always supported segregation.
00:27:43But 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.
00:27:54But they won't sit still.
00:27:56If 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 gonna 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.
00:28:17Well, what are they gonna think if we fire him?
00:28:19Well, they'll think they won!
00:28:23Sit down, buddy. Let 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 racially motivated arsons and bombings in the South.
00:28:37Decent, church-going citizens have been dripping from their homes in the middle of the night.
00:28:42Their children terrorized.
00:28:45Simply because they're common.
00:28:48Well, if we don't speak out against the trash doing this, then we're accomplices.
00:28:53The ministers who fail to preach.
00:28:55The teachers who fail to teach.
00:28:58The lawmen and judges who fail to uphold the law.
00:29:02And the plane informed citizens who knows what's going on is wrong, but doesn't speak out.
00:29:08We are all to blame.
00:29:16This meeting is adjourned.
00:29:33Hazel.
00:29:35That was a 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.
00:29:51In fact, you can expect trouble.
00:29:53We've already got trouble, Earl.
00:29:55And most of it, we're cooking up our sails.
00:30:11Get him!
00:30:12Now make sure he made this part.
00:30:20Oh, Smitty.
00:30:23I 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.
00:30:35Come on.
00:30:39Hey, Sam.
00:30:40Hey, Mr. Smith, how you doing?
00:30:42How you, Mr. 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, Mr. Smith, so 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.
00:30:55Why hadn't he in school?
00:30:57Well, it's summer, Mr. Smith.
00:31:02Hey, your daddy said he wanted to be a carpenter.
00:31:05Hey, you give me the name of one famous carpenter, and I'll give you this corner.
00:31:16Jesus was a carpenter.
00:31:17Now, you come up with one other name before the next time I see you, and I'll give you a
00:31:20dollar.
00:31:21Thanks, Miss Smith.
00:31:24Now, listen.
00:31:25I'm going to build you that closet upstairs, and 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 to kill, now, don't she?
00:31:33Yeah, cooks that way, too.
00:31:37Oh, I've got a truckload of flowers I need to have planted this weekend.
00:31:39You know anyone needs to work?
00:31:41Well, now, Miss Smith, you know I could use the extra money,
00:31:43but why do you want to do all that work uptown when you're going to be moving down here in
00:31:47a couple of months?
00:31:47I'm going to have a big party.
00:31:49She's trying to impress a bunch of old babies she 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, so I'm respectable.
00:31:57This is my coming out party.
00:32:01All right, see y'all.
00:32:04Okay, 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 being held for the personal rights of all men,
00:32:18white or black.
00:32:21Well?
00:32:23I don't know, Miss Hazel.
00:32:25You've always been one for causes, but 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, but 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.
00:32:59She'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?
00:33:16Well, I wasn't expecting less.
00:33:18God, my mouth is dry as an old man's kiss.
00:33:24I've written tonight's meeting.
00:33:25The floor is cold.
00:33:27If you want roses, there's going to be another $50.
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!
00:33:48Hey!
00:34:00You're right.
00:34:01You're right.
00:34:14not tonight sheriff even hussies are allowed in church well this is a private meeting besides
00:34:22your name ain't on the list i want to speak with earl claiborne he's the one who gave the orders
00:34:29will you tell earl the better men and him have tried to stop the press and failed
00:34:37do you think you can remember all that i should have write it down
00:35:22darn that lily claiborne she's responsible for this
00:35:29i'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 you tell that to them decent folk who stood you up today
00:36:07they're just scared they'd rather face the devil they know and the devil they don't know
00:36:12scared they've been trying to scare us for a hundred years you don't know what it's like
00:36:19waiting for your man to come home at night worried he'd be lynched or beat to death shot in the
00:36:25back
00:36:27that's not just scared that's snakes in the pit of your stomach
00:36:33what 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 hoped maybe things will be better
00:37:11if not for me
00:37:13then maybe for my granddaughter
00:37:34what on earth
00:37:51get back to you cowards
00:37:53no
00:37:53take that reward
00:37:55you think it love us
00:37:59you think it love us
00:38:24hey buddy
00:38:28hey mr clover
00:38:31kind of hot huh
00:38:32you bet
00:38:35i hear that um
00:38:38hazel had some trouble out her way last night
00:38:42well
00:38:43boys will be boys
00:38:48you 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
00:39:01i don't condone petty harassment
00:39:03and i can't abide lawlessness
00:39:05and by god i won't tolerate it
00:39:07from any member of the citizens committee either
00:39:11we supposed to sit around like a bunch of old ladies huh
00:39:13they had a meeting last week too
00:39:15over 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 that you're out
00:39:26count me out
00:39:39well you gotta do something hazel
00:39:41they destroyed your property
00:39:42what call the police
00:39:45how about if you call the marshal
00:39:49this kind of conduct
00:39:51on the part of our highest elected peace officer
00:39:55has done serious injury
00:39:57to relations between the races
00:40:02i just thank god we got men like him around here
00:40:06to keep them folks in line
00:40:07things a waste of paper
00:40:09not really carl
00:40:11i use mine to line the cat box
00:40:17you think some people would be ashamed to show their face
00:40:20some people ought to keep their stupid opinions to themselves
00:40:24thanks for the free advice
00:40:25i 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
00:40:42i 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
00:41:06in 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
00:41:46let me reiterate
00:41:48the man was critical
00:41:49and in my opinion dr barnes here was misdirecting his energies
00:41:56if this were the only incident
00:41:58you keep mentioning other incidents
00:42:00other complaints
00:42:01well what were they and who made them?
00:42:03because certainly no one has confronted me directly
00:42:07we'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
00:42:16you're not
00:42:17we have taken a vote
00:42:18and decided to terminate your position here
00:42:22effective
00:42:23immediately
00:42:28god help the man
00:42:30who 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
00:42:41has produced this pathetic room full of bums
00:42:44we all know what this is about
00:42:46it has nothing to do with my performance
00:42:48now if any of you had an ounce of guts
00:42:50you would have called it like it was
00:42:52and spared me this silly little kangaroo court
00:42:56gentlemen
00:43:14thank
00:43:16you scared the putting out of me
00:43:18sorry
00:43:23glad she's a cat
00:43:25I've been hearing things all night
00:43:29what's wrong?
00:43:31they fired me
00:43:35it isn't 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
00:44:07well
00:44:08it's a blessing anyway
00:44:11now you can supervise the ventilation
00:44:18get down
00:44:23go
00:44:24go
00:44:25go
00:44:25go
00:44:40go
00:44:41go
00:44:41go
00:44:41go
00:44:42go
00:44:45go
00:44:45go
00:44:46go
00:44:46go
00:44:47go
00:44:48go
00:44:56it's just my daddy's desk
00:45:00he gave it to me when I got the loan
00:45:02to buy the paper
00:45:05that's all I have left of him
00:45:09thanks honey
00:45:11this paper, glass, wood
00:45:13it's alright
00:45:14it's not alright
00:45:1520 years of your life was in that desk
00:45:18the last 20 years don't mean a thing
00:45:19you weren't part of
00:45:27it's Hazel
00:45:31how'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
00:45:44will you be okay?
00:45:56some mean folks in this world
00:45:59expect we ought to call the sheriff
00:46:02what for?
00:46:04he spent about five minutes
00:46:05on his investigation of our fire
00:46:07there'll get worse
00:46:08before getting it better
00:46:09yeah
00:46:11help me get this down
00:46:20I think that's a great idea
00:46:24look what I found
00:46:25good
00:46:27hey Ray
00:46:28do you think any more famous carpenters?
00:46:30yes ma'am
00:46:31my bad
00:46:33why don't you go down to Lucy's
00:46:35and pick up some burgers
00:46:36and sell this way
00:46:37and keep a dollar for yourself
00:46:41oh Ray
00:46:43get some fries too
00:46:45well well
00:46:51you here to help or just to gloat?
00:46:53just passing by
00:46:55how's the investigation coming?
00:46:57any new leads?
00:46:58still looking into
00:47:00of course
00:47:01you stop to think
00:47:03the property owner
00:47:04is always the prime suspect
00:47:05in any arson
00:47:06don't stop to think
00:47:08sheriff
00:47:08you might never get started again
00:47:14but you've been advertising
00:47:16with us for 14 years
00:47:17Stella
00:47:19business 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
00:47:24over in Jackson
00:47:25you're not just hurting
00:47:27Hazel Della
00:47:27you're hurting everybody
00:47:28that works at the paper
00:47:29oh Ann honey
00:47:30I'm sorry
00:47:32the committee is organizing
00:47:34a 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
00:47:38my own husband
00:48:02committee's organized a boycott
00:48:04told us at least 60%
00:48:06of my advertising
00:48:07what 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 out
00:48:12to be so noble Sam
00:48:13I would have done the same thing
00:48:14if Morris 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 a whole bunch
00:48:31what do you want sheriff?
00:48:37got something for you Hazel?
00:48:41wanted to deliver it myself
00:48:46have a nice day
00:48:51he just filed a liable suit against me
00:48:53for a hundred thousand dollars
00:48:55I guess things can't get much worse
00:49:01yes they can
00:49:02yes they can
00:49:03my sister's coming to visit
00:49:05oh
00:49:09Smitty
00:49:16why Lily
00:49:18what a surprise
00:49:19hello Hazel
00:49:21I haven't seen you lately
00:49:22I hope you haven't come down
00:49:24with that flu that's been going around
00:49:27I was going to call you
00:49:28but
00:49:29I'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?
00:49:41it does start dragging the face down
00:49:43when you get older
00:49:44maybe you should consider wearing it up
00:49:46something a bit like this
00:49:48yes
00:49:48that'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
00:49:58can't be helped
00:50:00apart with rebuilding the paper and all
00:50:02I just don't have a minute
00:50:03bye
00:50:04bye
00:50:41be the jury
00:50:42fine for the plaintiff
00:50:44yes
00:50:44sheriff cold
00:50:45for libel
00:50:46damages awarded in the amount of 10,000
00:50:49whoa
00:51:01justice
00:51:03that man needs to bully
00:51:04the way a flea needs a dog
00:51:06you're going to appeal?
00:51:07the constitution guarantees
00:51:08the freedom of the press
00:51:09doesn't it?
00:51:10well I'd rather eat bugs
00:51:12than give that parasite a dime
00:51:16but everyone here
00:51:17would love to see me
00:51:17dragged over hot coals
00:51:19and I already owe you
00:51:20a fortune in legal bills
00:51:26Vern
00:51:27can I call you right back?
00:51:31what's wrong?
00:51:33Sam's wife
00:51:34Henry
00:51:34just called
00:51:35he was arrested this morning
00:51:37for stealing the saddle
00:51:39it's ludicrous
00:51:41Sam's as honest as they come
00:51:45I'll arrange bail
00:51:46I'll get a lawyer
00:51:47it's too late
00:51:48Miss Hazel
00:51:49the 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
00:51:58oh god
00:52:01oh god
00:52:02oh god
00:52:08I just hate it
00:52:09isn't it?
00:52:09hey Errol
00:52:10what can I do you for?
00:52:11well
00:52:13you know
00:52:14I've been thinking
00:52:15about getting me
00:52:16a set of those
00:52:17white walls
00:52:18well now
00:52:19you can't buy
00:52:19a finer tire
00:52:20huh?
00:52:22yeah
00:52:22and then I'm gonna
00:52:23need me a new battery
00:52:25for my tractor
00:52:27the problem is
00:52:28Lyle
00:52:30you're still advertising
00:52:31in Hazel's paper
00:52:34I never thought
00:52:35you'd line up
00:52:35with them Lyle
00:52:36well you know
00:52:37that ain't true
00:52:38it's just
00:52:39maybe you happen
00:52:39to forget I sell advertising
00:52:41for Hazel's paper
00:52:42not much
00:52:42from what I hear
00:52:43you all certainly
00:52:44made sure of that
00:52:45haven't you
00:52:45sneaking around
00:52:46like rats
00:52:47nobody's sneaking around
00:52:48what we're doing
00:52:49is completely
00:52:50above board
00:52:51what is?
00:52:53blackmailing people
00:52:53and forcing them
00:52:54to join you?
00:52:55nobody's forcing you
00:52:56you don't want to join
00:52:58go ahead
00:53:00look Errol
00:53:01I got to advertise
00:53:03whether I like it or not
00:53:04she's the only game
00:53:05in town
00:53:10it's your choice
00:53:11Lyle
00:53:17no you're right
00:53:18Lyle
00:53:20Lexington needs
00:53:22an alternative
00:53:22to Hazel Smith
00:53:31sorry
00:53:48this town can't
00:53:49sport one paper
00:53:49much less two
00:53:51they'll be back
00:53:52in a month
00:53:53looking for their jobs
00:53:55citizens chronicle
00:53:56who they think
00:53:56they're kidding
00:53:58they're scared
00:54:00they just want to
00:54:01make sure they have
00:54:01a job in another year
00:54:03and you're not
00:54:08I got no choice
00:54:09Hazel
00:54:11if I don't take
00:54:12the new job
00:54:12they're gonna put
00:54:13Lyle out of business
00:54:14save your breath
00:54:15I understand
00:54:16Hazel
00:54:17you can't win
00:54:18spare me the lecture
00:54:19Ian
00:54:20I've already heard
00:54:21it a dozen ways
00:54:25Hazel
00:54:35I'll let you know
00:54:38you Judas
00:54:50not you too
00:54:51no
00:54:52no
00:54:53no
00:54:53never
00:54:53miss Hazel
00:54:56they found
00:54:57Sam's body
00:54:58in the river
00:55:00he was beaten
00:55:01to death
00:55:02oh no
00:55:04no
00:55:06thank you
00:55:07this biggest
00:55:07to me
00:55:09it's my fault
00:55:29this is just
00:55:30a hearing
00:55:30Mrs. Burke
00:55:31what we want
00:55:32are just the facts
00:55:32tell us
00:55:33what happened
00:55:36after
00:55:36Mr.
00:55:37Dodd
00:55:37senior
00:55:39paid his bail
00:55:41Sam
00:55:42called me
00:55:44and what did
00:55:45your husband say
00:55:50he
00:55:51said
00:55:53that
00:55:53Mr.
00:55:54Dodd
00:55:55was getting
00:55:56him out
00:55:57so that
00:55:58he could
00:55:59settle things
00:56:00personally
00:56:01for stealing
00:56:04a saddle
00:56:05Sam
00:56:06didn't take
00:56:07that saddle
00:56:10they found
00:56:11it on
00:56:11two kids
00:56:12a week
00:56:14later
00:56:14and you
00:56:15never
00:56:15saw
00:56:16or heard
00:56:16from your
00:56:17husband
00:56:17again
00:56:25not till
00:56:26I identified
00:56:27his body
00:56:35I want you
00:56:36to know
00:56:36your daddy
00:56:36didn't do
00:56:37nothing
00:56:37for
00:56:38pull your
00:56:39head up
00:56:39and you
00:56:40cry
00:56:41he was a
00:56:41good man
00:56:43hi Ray
00:56:49I know
00:56:50I saw you
00:56:51at the
00:56:51funeral
00:56:53he was so
00:56:54brave
00:56:54of you
00:56:55to come
00:56:56I never
00:56:57got to
00:56:57tell you
00:56:58personally
00:56:58how sorry
00:56:59I am
00:57:00Sam's a
00:57:01fine man
00:57:05you talking
00:57:06to this
00:57:06woman
00:57:06what if
00:57:07I am
00:57:08she's under
00:57:08a gag order
00:57:09that's what
00:57:10you're in
00:57:11contempt
00:57:12and you're
00:57:13coming with
00:57:13me
00:57:17for your
00:57:18information
00:57:19a gag order
00:57:20means you
00:57:21can't talk
00:57:22to a witness
00:57:22I was unaware
00:57:23that she was
00:57:24in the custody
00:57:24of the court
00:57:25I was talking
00:57:26to her as my
00:57:26friend
00:57:26even if I
00:57:27chose to
00:57:28believe you
00:57:28which I
00:57:29don't
00:57:30ignorance
00:57:30is no
00:57:31excuse
00:57:32therefore
00:57:33I find you
00:57:34in contempt
00:57:35of court
00:57:35and ordered
00:57:36you to pay
00:57:37a $50
00:57:37fine
00:57:38and serve
00:57:3915 days
00:57:40in the
00:57:40county jail
00:57:44sentences
00:57:44suspended
00:57:45provided you
00:57:46behave yourself
00:57:47for the next
00:57:47two years
00:57:49Miss Smith
00:57:51I'm going to
00:57:51be frank
00:57:52with you
00:57:52and speak
00:57:53my mind
00:57:53well why
00:57:54don't you
00:57:54you've got
00:57:55nothing to
00:57:55lose
00:57:59before you
00:57:59go trying
00:58:00to clean
00:58:00up somebody
00:58:01else's house
00:58:02you best
00:58:02look after
00:58:03your own
00:58:04there are
00:58:05so few
00:58:06fewer
00:58:06of us
00:58:07left
00:58:11dismissed
00:58:17at least
00:58:18it's only
00:58:1915 days
00:58:20you have to
00:58:20take your
00:58:20shoes off
00:58:21to count
00:58:21me higher
00:58:21than that
00:58:22pompous
00:58:23idiot
00:58:23there isn't
00:58:24another court
00:58:25in the country
00:58:25that will
00:58:25uphold it
00:58:27you're going
00:58:27to peel
00:58:27this one
00:58:28too
00:58:28it's the
00:58:28supreme
00:58:29court
00:58:29if I have
00:58:29to
00:58:30hazel
00:58:30what do
00:58:30you think
00:58:30you're doing
00:58:31it's not going to make any difference
00:58:33these 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
00:58:40all right
00:58:41I'm on your side
00:58:41remember
00:58:42so is my
00:58:42pamphlets
00:58:55hazel
00:58:57silver tongue
00:58:57devil
00:59:01can I buy you a drink
00:59:03drink
00:59:05hell
00:59:06buy me the bottle
00:59:09and until the white south
00:59:11refuses to tolerate
00:59:12the bombings
00:59:13the shootings
00:59:13the beatings
00:59:14and murders
00:59:16southerners will continue
00:59:17to be hailed in scorn
00:59:18as barbarians
00:59:19to the rest of the nation
00:59:21it's brilliant
00:59:22what do we have to lose
00:59:28what now
00:59:35they've cancelled our printing contracts
00:59:37all of them
00:59:47I don't know how much longer
00:59:49I could pay you Ruth
00:59:51you should probably start
00:59:52looking for something else
00:59:53I don't want to look
00:59:54for nothing else
00:59:55I'm too old
00:59:56and too spoiled
00:59:58don't be stolen
00:59:59how are you going to pay the rent
01:00:01I've been trying to tell you
01:00:02for 20 years
01:00:03but you don't listen
01:00:04the Lord will provide
01:00:11don't you worry about a thing
01:00:12we're going to make it
01:00:33I've been looking forward to this
01:00:34I've been so looking forward to this
01:00:35Smitty's told us such wonderful things about you
01:00:37not that he had to
01:00:38he wanted to
01:00:39he 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 about you too
01:00:43I can't wait to find out
01:00:44how much of it's true
01:00:52Smitty'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
01:01:00and to lose your friends
01:01:01none that really mattered
01:01:03it's the best argument
01:01:04there is for better education
01:01:06you can't end racism
01:01:07until you end ignorance
01:01:09you all ended
01:01:10all your socials in Massachusetts
01:01:11well no
01:01:12weren't there protests
01:01:14in Boston last year
01:01:15yes
01:01:15and what about the riots
01:01:16in Philadelphia
01:01:17well sure but that's
01:01:18we're not all
01:01:19a bunch of provincial high seats here
01:01:25I'll go see how the coffee's doing
01:01:38Smitty
01:01:42I'm sorry if I embarrassed you
01:01:45John just doesn't know
01:01:47when to shut up
01:01:49I guess that makes two of us
01:01:52he'll get over it
01:01:56it's not bad
01:01:57it's the printing contract
01:02:03we'll figure something out
01:02:04what?
01:02:06there's nothing left
01:02:08paper can't go on
01:02:09without money
01:02:12well we'll get a loan
01:02:13or sell the car
01:02:16maybe we should move on
01:02:18there's a paper for sale
01:02:19in Arizona
01:02:21you've never run
01:02:22from a fight in your life
01:02:23well maybe it's time
01:02:24that I did
01:02:28it's not the fight
01:02:29I'm afraid of
01:02:32it's being shut out
01:02:34not having any friends
01:02:37always that Smitty
01:02:39they're not gonna run us off
01:02:41Hazel
01:02:42this is our home too
01:02:46he'll come around
01:02:47you'll see
01:02:50besides
01:02:51I just can't see you
01:02:52in that cowboy hat
01:03:00too bad we gotta go
01:03:01all the way to Jackson
01:03:02for a loan
01:03:09mortgage to the health
01:03:10still haven't finished
01:03:11the renovation yet
01:03:12that'll teach me to marry
01:03:13for money
01:03:14is this me
01:03:16my name is Davis Franklin
01:03:17I called Riley Sims this morning
01:03:19he told me where I could find you
01:03:21why'd you want to find me
01:03:23the church is just down the way
01:03:25the pastor's letting us use it
01:03:26for a meeting place
01:03:28maybe we can talk there
01:03:29about what?
01:03:31this group of us
01:03:32well
01:03:34we want to publish
01:03:34our own newspaper
01:03:36we got the financial backing
01:03:37only
01:03:39we can't find anyone
01:03:40to print it
01:03:42what makes you think
01:03:43I will?
01:03:44Riley said you were
01:03:45fair minded
01:03:47and you need the business
01:03:51that's right about that
01:03:57why not?
01:04:01in the glory
01:04:04who's the bonds
01:04:06who often miss
01:04:09when you close your
01:04:11earthly story
01:04:13will you join them
01:04:16in their bliss
01:04:18will the circle
01:04:20be unbroken
01:04:23by and by
01:04:25and by
01:04:49but if we think the present situation is serious
01:04:52we should take a long hard look at the future
01:04:56it can and will get infinitely worse
01:04:59unless we find the character
01:05:01and guts to change things that need changing
01:05:05no man
01:05:06white or black
01:05:08should live in fear
01:05:10or be compelled to sleep with a loaded gun
01:05:13by his bedside
01:05:15that will raise them halfness
01:05:18it's your paper
01:05:21same word
01:05:21now we're right
01:05:27it'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
01:05:35hope you 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
01:05:46degrade
01:05:47I'm in the circle
01:05:49me and your kind
01:05:51will buy and buy
01:05:53oh my
01:05:54buy and buy
01:05:55buy and buy
01:05:56down the bed
01:05:58home away
01:05:59in the north
01:06:01in the sky
01:06:01oh my lord
01:06:02in the sky
01:06:14oh my lord
01:06:17in the sky
01:06:18oh my lord
01:06:19in the sky
01:06:21I think Laura Stewart will be named deputine of the year
01:06:25Lily's hired a band
01:06:27from New Orleans too
01:06:28everyone will be there
01:06:34let's do something special
01:06:35maybe
01:06:36up in Chignon
01:06:37Chignon
01:06:38isn't that those little braids
01:06:40that the pickaninnies wear
01:06:44that's enough
01:06:48I've always been proud
01:06:49to say I come from Mississippi
01:06:52you make me ashamed
01:07:00silence in these times
01:07:02is just as ugly
01:07:03as their words
01:07:03I apologize
01:07:07I'd like for you
01:07:08and Smitty
01:07:09to come to the ball
01:07:10as my personal guest
01:07:12thank you
01:07:13Eudora
01:07:16but we already have
01:07:18another invitation
01:07:19for tonight
01:07:19you have dignity
01:07:21and grace
01:07:22under pressure
01:07:23Hazel
01:07:25that's a quality
01:07:26very few ladies
01:07:28have these days
01:07:48just a minute
01:07:49hey I'm glad you made it
01:07:51follow me
01:07:52your baby
01:07:53look good tonight
01:07:53watch out now
01:07:55hey Eudora
01:07:56don't hurt nobody
01:07:57now
01:07:57alright
01:07:58oh
01:08:00this is
01:08:01Ad Lane
01:08:01of the American Civil Liberties Union
01:08:03and Brewster Conway
01:08:04of the NAACP
01:08:05Hazel
01:08:06and Walter Darius
01:08:08now Smitty
01:08:08please
01:08:09Eugene
01:08:10these two people
01:08:11drive
01:08:12take a martini
01:08:13and a scotch
01:08:14up please
01:08:15so you're the ones
01:08:16causing every cracker
01:08:17in the south
01:08:17throwing themselves
01:08:19you look more like
01:08:20fraternity boys
01:08:21than revolutionaries
01:08:22to me
01:08:22you hardly look
01:08:24the crusading editor
01:08:24well I'm no crusader
01:08:26that's someone
01:08:27that goes out
01:08:28looking for trouble
01:08:28I can barely keep up
01:08:30with the trouble
01:08:30coming to my door
01:08:31well we appreciate
01:08:32you printing our paper
01:08:33no one else
01:08:34looked at you
01:08:34well I'm being paid
01:08:36well regardless of that
01:08:38we are awfully glad
01:08:39you're on our team
01:08:40I'm a journalist
01:08:41boys
01:08:43I don't take sides
01:08:44like it or not
01:08:47I'd say you have
01:08:49gentlemen
01:08:49if you will excuse us
01:08:50I'm about to full up
01:08:51on politics
01:08:52I would like to cut loose
01:08:53and dance with my wife
01:08:54sugar
01:08:56put it away
01:08:57in the next couple hours
01:08:58I want the carefree
01:08:59Brad I'm married
01:09:12oh forget those
01:09:13stuff shirts back on baby
01:09:15this is living
01:09:15well I know you think of chili
01:09:32read this
01:09:50before you put down payment
01:09:52on that lake house
01:09:53you've been eyeballing
01:09:53you better listen to this
01:09:55today the Mississippi
01:09:56State Supreme Court
01:09:58held
01:09:58that editor
01:09:59Hazel Smith's
01:10:01right to publish
01:10:01the truth
01:10:02with good motives
01:10:03and just ends
01:10:04is inherent
01:10:06in the constitution
01:10:07looks like telling
01:10:08the truth
01:10:09falls under my
01:10:09first amendment rights
01:10:15score one
01:10:16for the nigger lovers
01:10:19get your sweet
01:10:26my brother sent this
01:10:27from Ohio
01:10:29now they are
01:10:30printing
01:10:30Hazel's editorials
01:10:32in here
01:10:33and that's not
01:10:34the only place
01:10:35Baltimore
01:10:36Wilmington
01:10:37they're trying to make
01:10:38her high and mighty
01:10:40and us look like
01:10:41a 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
01:10:46suggest Lyle
01:10:48her advertising's gone
01:10:49she's got no
01:10:50subscriptions
01:10:50the county contracts
01:10:52dried up six months ago
01:10:53how does she keep
01:10:54printing then
01:10:55I don't know
01:10:56I'm tired of waiting
01:10:57if you've got a
01:10:59rotten tooth
01:10:59pull it
01:11:00yeah
01:11:00that's right
01:11:01that's right
01:11:02that's right
01:11:02just wait a minute
01:11:04listen up here
01:11:06I want Hazel Smith
01:11:07out of business
01:11:07as much as anybody
01:11:09but you go to
01:11:10breaking the law
01:11:11you're no better
01:11:11than those newspapers
01:11:12say you are
01:11:13Earl's right
01:11:14we're not hooligans
01:11:15no we're not
01:11:17now
01:11:18let's just see
01:11:19if we can figure out
01:11:20how she's staying
01:11:22in bedness
01:11:24wake up sleepyhead
01:11:32hey
01:11:33sure do appreciate this
01:11:36the truck
01:11:37he fixed by tomorrow
01:11:38that's no problem
01:11:38we had to come up
01:11:39for a meeting
01:11:39with the bank anyway
01:11:40okay
01:11:41oh come on
01:11:50there you go
01:11:53isn't this something
01:11:54thank you
01:11:58come on boss
01:11:59you know what to do
01:12:00all right
01:12:14what about them
01:12:15shuttles
01:12:16won't they cover
01:12:18couldn't afford
01:12:19the premiums
01:12:31they don't let up
01:12:32for one minute
01:12:33do they
01:12:34I would use a picture
01:12:35that makes my behind
01:12:36look as big as a truck
01:12:37I'll get him for that
01:12:40first I'm gonna get us
01:12:41a couple of beers
01:12:42we're gonna be here
01:12:48all night
01:12:49well
01:12:50if it didn't my dear
01:12:52friend earl clayton
01:12:53hazel
01:13:01hazel
01:13:01I want you to know
01:13:02I had absolutely
01:13:03nothing to do with this
01:13:04you had everything
01:13:05to do with it
01:13:06hazel
01:13:06I'm not a barbarian
01:13:08I'd never be a party
01:13:09to anything like this
01:13:11of course not earl
01:13:12that'd be the slimy
01:13:13tactics of the
01:13:14downtown clan
01:13:15and everybody knows
01:13:16you're strictly
01:13:17uptown clan
01:13:29how you doing earl
01:13:33hazel called you
01:13:34a brute
01:13:34and a bully
01:13:36and this whole town
01:13:37stood up to defend you
01:13:40I stood up to defend you
01:13:42what the hell
01:13:43you talking about
01:13:44last night
01:13:45you proved her right
01:13:48so who cares
01:13:50this whole town's
01:13:52gonna care
01:13:53I'm gonna see to that
01:13:55you nothing but a
01:13:56sniveling hypocrite
01:13:57you and all your
01:13:58blue-nosed friends
01:13:59that may be
01:14:02but you shouldn't
01:14:03have made us
01:14:03so aware of it
01:14:20you really gave them
01:14:21a run for your money
01:14:21miss hazel
01:14:23no one can ever say
01:14:24you went out
01:14:24without a fight
01:14:25I'm not out
01:14:26riley
01:14:28and I'm not about
01:14:29to give up the fight
01:14:30we can't print
01:14:31without a press
01:14:32but then I will beg
01:14:33I will borrow
01:14:34I will steal
01:14:35until I have enough
01:14:35money to buy a new one
01:14:37they can burn
01:14:38they can boycott
01:14:39they can tear me down
01:14:40a hundred times
01:14:41but if they want to
01:14:42stop me from
01:14:42telling the truth
01:14:44they're gonna have
01:14:45to kill me
01:14:47uh-huh
01:14:47I'll sign a personal note
01:14:49well the Atlanta Herald
01:14:50New Orleans Times
01:14:51Miami Troop
01:14:51they're all running
01:14:52our editorials
01:14:54okay well how about
01:14:55hazel on the 23rd
01:14:56we'll arrange transportation
01:14:57that's highway robbery
01:14:59make it prime
01:15:00plus one percent
01:15:02done
01:15:04it's fifty five hundred
01:15:05so far
01:15:05well people must be
01:15:06reading your articles
01:15:07because I've got
01:15:07eight speaking engagements
01:15:09lined 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
01:15:12on a street corner
01:15:13with a puppy behind him
01:15:19congregation at my church
01:15:21took this up yesterday
01:15:22oh Riley
01:15:24two thousand
01:15:25eight hundred
01:15:26and thirty two dollars
01:15:29I won't cry
01:15:32promised I won't cry
01:15:35if this doesn't work
01:15:36maybe the new boycott will
01:15:37what's new about it
01:15:39they'll be boycotting me
01:15:39for months
01:15:40not that boycott
01:15:42we figured two could
01:15:43play at this game
01:15:44not a colored person
01:15:45in this town
01:15:46gonna buy from anybody
01:15:47boycotting you
01:15:48well those people
01:15:49will have to drive
01:15:49all the way to Jackson
01:15:50to shop
01:15:51expect they're doing
01:15:52what they think is right
01:15:53just like you
01:16:11even if we can sell this house
01:16:13it's just not enough
01:16:14I'll find work
01:16:15we've been through that
01:16:17no one's gonna hire you
01:16:19besides I'll need your help
01:16:21if we don't scrape together
01:16:22enough 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 place too
01:16:32what new horror makes me
01:16:38yes
01:16:40of course
01:16:44right
01:16:46I know where that is
01:16:49half an hour
01:17:02who's that
01:17:05I don't know
01:17:06a man
01:17:08what do you want
01:17:10said he wanted to help me
01:17:15I'm gonna meet him down
01:17:16at the old cotton mill
01:17:17in half an hour
01:17:18what
01:17:19he said he'd been
01:17:20following our story
01:17:21fine
01:17:22I'll go with you
01:17:22no
01:17:23he said it had to be
01:17:24anonymous
01:17:25I have to go along
01:17:27you're actually planning to go
01:17:28he mentioned other journalists
01:17:30I 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
01:17:34sheriff's thugs
01:17:35this man is no thug
01:17:37he 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
01:17:42for 20 years
01:17:43before I met you mister
01:17:44and I took care of myself
01:17:45just fine
01:17:45those were entirely
01:17:46different circumstances
01:17:48don't you walk out that door
01:17:50I'm a big girl
01:17:51Smitty
01:17:51and I'm sick and tired
01:17:53of everyone telling me
01:17:53what to do
01:17:57you are acting like a lunatic
01:17:58just to prove how tough
01:17:59you are
01:17:59get out of my way
01:18:00Smitty
01:18:01don't make me prove
01:18:02how mean I am too
01:18:05fine
01:18:09it's gonna be alright
01:18:11please don't go
01:18:13you'll be a trap
01:18:14no it's not
01:18:15how can you know that
01:18:19female intuition
01:18:23I have to
01:18:24come here
01:18:29how to do
01:18:30I have to
01:18:31I have to
01:18:53come in
01:18:53come in
01:18:54me
01:19:12who are you a friend of your friends i can count the friends i got left on one hand and
01:19:18none of
01:19:19them knows you your friends are over miss miss people you don't even know i wish to god people
01:19:24are quit making me out to be some kind of crusader i never wanted this damn battle in the first
01:19:27place
01:19:37where are you from why are you doing this let's just say i'm somebody who doesn't want the bad
01:19:43guys to win what's with all the cloak and dagester perhaps i just don't have the courage you do
01:19:56you're a newspaper man
01:19:57you like me smith
01:20:07so
01:20:33oh it's me it's me it's me
01:20:36what are you doing here you follow me actually i was just running into town for some bread
01:20:44well don't bother we got all the bread we need
01:20:49he gave us thousands and thousands of dollars
01:20:54what
01:21:00it's ready
01:21:05here goes nothing
01:21:17now we're ready for them
01:21:44what you whistling them christmas songs it ain't even thanksgiving i don't know any thanksgiving
01:21:50songs do you gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble how about a joke how do you know when a
01:22:00politician's lying
01:22:01how about a joke how do you know when a politician's lying
01:22:20push be still
01:22:21oh
01:22:22don't this just beat all
01:22:25we've been bombed
01:22:26burned boycotted and bankrupted
01:22:28i might have to go and die in a ladder
01:22:31oh if you think you're getting away from me that easy
01:22:34you can forget it mister
01:22:37think of some really clever
01:22:38last words
01:22:47smithy
01:22:48smithy
01:22:50smithy
01:22:51smithy
01:22:51gotcha
01:22:53oh
01:22:53you damn fool
01:22:56you damn fool
01:23:04smithy
01:23:21smithy
01:23:23carol
01:23:36smithy
01:23:37there's supposed to be a
01:23:38picket 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 of a new plan maybe
01:23:55write a new editorial
01:23:59do whatever you like
01:24:03i got other plans for this afternoon
01:24:09and new
01:24:10me
01:24:23and he shall strengthen your heart
01:24:25and open the door
01:24:28for just as troubles and earthly sufferings are over for our brother walter
01:24:58I came for Sneddy.
01:25:00No, Miss Hazen.
01:25:02They came for you.
01:25:17As surely as He gave us life,
01:25:22Heaven awaits us after death,
01:25:25a place where hunger is fed,
01:25:28fear forgotten,
01:25:30hatred retired.
01:25:32And all God's children live in peace.
01:25:37Let us pray.
01:25:40My Father, which art in heaven,
01:25:43hallowed be Thy name.
01:25:45Thy kingdom come,
01:25:46Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
01:25:50Give us this day our daily bread.
01:25:54Forgive us our trespasses
01:25:55as we forgive those who trespass against us.
01:25:59Lead us not into temptation,
01:26:02but deliver us from evil.
01:26:05For Thine is the kingdom,
01:26:06the power, and the glory,
01:26:09forever and ever.
01:26:10Amen.
01:26:24In 1964,
01:26:27Hazel Brannon Smith
01:26:28became the first woman
01:26:29to receive the nation's highest honor
01:26:32in editorial writing,
01:26:33the Pulitzer Prize.
01:26:35the Pulitzer Prize.
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