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568 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,884 So we gotta figure this out. Right and fast. 569 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,803 He ain't on his way. He here. 570 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,611 Holy shit. 571 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:04,726 Are you all right? 572 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,401 I wish I had more time to prepare is all. 573 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,722 I want to do this kind of thing whenever possible. 574 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,963 But I don't get to do it enough to feel entirely comfortable. 575 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:20,731 I prefer to be prepared. 576 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:24,050 Yes, I understand that. 577 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,164 I admire you. I do. 578 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:31,449 Sometimes I wish I were more out there in the trenches. 579 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,761 You do more than you know, Mrs. King. 580 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,171 I'll tell you what I know to be true. 581 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:42,050 It helps me in times when I'm feeling unsure. 582 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,849 If you'd like. 583 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,161 Please do, Mrs. Boynton. 584 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,721 I know that we are descendants of a mighty people, 585 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,326 who gave civilization to the world. 586 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,363 People who survived the hulls of slave ships 587 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,329 across vast oceans. 588 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,724 People who innovate and create and love 589 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:09,089 despite pressures and tortures unimaginable. 590 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,003 They are in our bloodstream. 591 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,686 Pumping our hearts every second. 592 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,963 They've prepared you. 593 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,090 You are already prepared. 594 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,640 Mrs. King, I mean no disrespect. 595 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,247 I come with great respect for your husband. 596 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,402 I have no army behind me anymore. 597 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,041 I have myself and the truth. 598 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,521 That is all I stand on today. 599 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,888 You've said disrespectful things in the past, Minister. 600 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,611 So you'll understand why there is some alarm here tonight. 601 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,809 I do. I understand that. 602 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,089 Your husband and I, we do not see exactly eye-to-eye 603 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,367 on how to achieve progress for the black man. 604 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,206 And yes, I have been piercing in my critiques of non-violence. 605 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,282 But because we don't agree, Mrs. King, 606 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,488 does not mean that I'm the enemy. 607 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,763 What do you intend to say to these people then, sir? 608 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,251 A lot of work has been done here, 609 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,322 and I don't intend to see it undone tonight. 610 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,922 Let's just say, my eyes see in a new way. 611 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,004 But your local sheriff here? He doesn't know that. 612 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,801 So allow me to be the alternative to your husband. 613 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,763 The alternative that scares them so much 614 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,683 they turn to Dr. King in refuge. 615 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,161 Let my being here, Mrs. King, represent the factions 616 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,925 that will come if they don't give the good reverend 617 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,684 what he's asking for and soon. 618 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:37,128 Do you know what he has said about us in the past, Coretta? 619 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,806 He called us "ignorant Negro preachers." 620 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,008 Called me a modern day Uncle Tom. 621 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,129 Said on national television that the white man pays me 622 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,283 to keep Negroes defenseless. 623 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,284 The white man pays me! 624 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,442 How could you allow it? 625 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,127 It wasn't like that this time, Martin. I'm telling you... 626 00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:01,641 He spoke with some of the words he's used before, 627 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:03,563 but it wasn't aimed at you. 628 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:05,571 It was... 629 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,565 It had more to do with helping us. 630 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,651 Not that you need his help. I'm just telling you how it was. 631 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,485 This movement, our movement, 632 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,801 has been the one that has moved the needle. 633 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,487 Our movement changes la...