The Long Walk Home

00:32:40,067 --> 00:32:42,868 [Norman] Now let's see if Tunker wants some of these limas. 449 00:32:42,870 --> 00:32:45,937 [Tunker] Hey, did you see that thing in the paper this morning? 450 00:32:45,939 --> 00:32:48,140 I think Grover Hall has lost his mind. 451 00:32:48,142 --> 00:32:50,175 What are you talking about? What thing? 452 00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:52,244 Didn't you read the paper this morning, Norman? 453 00:32:52,246 --> 00:32:55,047 He's talking about the ad that Grover let the coloreds put in the paper, 454 00:32:55,049 --> 00:32:57,683 demanding that we give in to them. 455 00:32:57,685 --> 00:32:59,718 [Norman] Well, it's stupid. 456 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,953 It's about one of the stupidest things that ever happened to this city... 457 00:33:01,955 --> 00:33:04,823 because who really cares about the buses? 458 00:33:04,825 --> 00:33:07,392 Ah, you don't understand. 459 00:33:07,394 --> 00:33:10,295 This is just a test. 460 00:33:10,297 --> 00:33:14,866 In the paper this morning, they said they want all the bus drivers' jobs. 461 00:33:14,868 --> 00:33:16,301 Wouldn't that be great. 462 00:33:16,303 --> 00:33:18,403 No. It seems to me... 463 00:33:18,405 --> 00:33:21,139 that the way to handle this thing is to play it down. 464 00:33:21,141 --> 00:33:24,976 Supreme court's just itching to force this whole issue. 465 00:33:24,978 --> 00:33:27,145 Let 'em sit where they want. 466 00:33:27,147 --> 00:33:29,781 [Tunker] It just won't work that way. 467 00:33:29,783 --> 00:33:32,984 I, for one, won't stand for the niggers in Montgomery running around... 468 00:33:32,986 --> 00:33:35,320 yappin' about how they won. 469 00:33:35,322 --> 00:33:37,723 And don't you think it's gonna have consequences. 470 00:33:37,725 --> 00:33:41,426 Norman, don't you understand? If they get by with this bus thing now, 471 00:33:41,428 --> 00:33:44,963 in a few years you won't even be able to have this Christmas dinner... 472 00:33:44,965 --> 00:33:47,499 'cause you'll have to have the maids sittin' right beside you. 473 00:33:47,501 --> 00:33:49,768 [Laughing] It's Communism is what it is. 474 00:33:49,770 --> 00:33:51,737 Just a bunch of Communists. All of 'em. 475 00:33:52,939 --> 00:33:55,073 None of 'em are from Montgomery either. 476 00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:58,910 That Martin Luther King-- He hasn't even lived here a year. 477 00:33:58,912 --> 00:34:01,079 These niggers just want too much, 478 00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:04,015 and they're not willing to work for it. 479 00:34:04,017 --> 00:34:05,951 Rolls, Mrs. Thompson? 480 00:34:05,953 --> 00:34:07,519 No, thank you. 481 00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:12,290 Well, that's the way I feel. 482 00:34:12,292 --> 00:34:13,959 I don't care who hears me. 483 00:34:23,102 --> 00:34:25,203 Thank you, Odessa. 484 00:34:25,205 --> 00:34:27,539 Thanks, Dessie. 485 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,141 Thank you. 486 00:34:39,418 --> 00:34:41,920 Claudia. Claudia, Odessa. 487 00:34:41,922 --> 00:34:43,922 That was a magnificent meal. It was. 488 00:34:43,924 --> 00:34:46,158 Here's a little something for you. Merry Christmas. 489 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,059 Thank you. Merry Christmas, Odessa. 490 00:34:49,428 --> 00:34:51,897 We, uh-- 491 00:34:51,899 --> 00:34:54,466 We were just talkin' about the bus boycott. 492 00:34:54,468 --> 00:34:57,235 Claudia, I know-- I know you get a ride with your husband. 493 00:34:57,237 --> 00:34:59,037 Yes, sir. 494 00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:01,306 But, Odessa, you're here five days a week. 495 00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:03,208 How do you get to work? 496 00:35:04,944 --> 00:35:07,245 Today I walked. 497 00:35:07,247 --> 00:35:09,347 I mean, on a normal day. 498 00:35:12,218 --> 00:35:14,186 Well, I can't take the bus, Mr. Thompson, 499 00:35:14,188 --> 00:35:17,022 so I-- I just... 500 00:35:17,024 --> 00:35:20,091 will find me a ride where I can. 501 00:35:23,095 --> 00:35:25,463 But if it were safe to ride the bus, 502 00:35:25,465 --> 00:35:27,599 you'd still rather walk than sit in the back? 503 00:35:29,869 --> 00:35:32,103 Yes, sir, I would have to say I would. 504 00:35:33,906 --> 00:35:36,508 That's a long walk. 505 00:35:36,510 --> 00:35:38,510 Yes, sir. 506 00:35:38,512 --> 00:35:41,046 Mighty long. 507 00:35:43,583 --> 00:35:46,985 That was-- It was a delicious meal. 508 00:35:46,987 --> 00:35:49,087 It really was. Merry Christmas. 509 00:35:49,089 --> 00:35:50,989 Merry Christmas, Mr. Thompson. 510 00:35:58,164 --> 00:35:59,965 Well? 511 00:35:59,967 --> 00:36:01,366 Well, 512 00:36:04,403 --> 00:36:06,972 I see your point, 513 00:36:06,974 --> 00:36:09,341 but I can't blame her because I don't think she's a problem. 514 00:36:09,343 --> 00:36:11,309 The hell she's not. 515 00:36:11,311 --> 0