Won't Back Down

LeShonda Jackson. 313 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:13,328 Go, LeShonda! 314 00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:18,903 Chris Amodio. 315 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,203 Yeah! 316 00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:28,508 The Last slot for the third grade goes to 317 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:36,993 Robert Bryant. 318 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:44,034 We have three slots for fourth grade. 319 00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:46,196 EIijah Jones. 320 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:07,151 Congratulations to all of you. 321 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,522 And to everyone else, we must fight on. 322 00:22:13,265 --> 00:22:19,534 This is a new day and we are taking back our public schools. 323 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:22,032 Thank you. 324 00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:30,443 Principal, your car's ready for you. 325 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:32,583 Listen, can I speak to Mr. Thompson? 326 00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:34,411 -Excuse me. -Mr. Thompson? 327 00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:35,853 Excuse me. 328 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,017 You teach second grade at Adams, right? 329 00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:39,590 My daughter just started there. 330 00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:43,227 -Are you here for yourself or for your kid? -That's none of your business. 331 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:45,659 -What do you want from me? -I want Malia in your class. 332 00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:48,595 It's a criminality keeping her in the other class. You have no room? 333 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,734 -It's up to the principal! -The principal said no! 334 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:53,564 -Then there's nothing I can do about it! -That's what you all say! 335 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:56,104 Would you tell me right now what you can do? 336 00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:57,639 I can ask him about it tomorrow. 337 00:22:57,843 --> 00:22:59,538 You're not gonna do that, but thank you very much. 338 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:01,440 You're not the only one bein' put off. I said I'll ask. 339 00:23:01,646 --> 00:23:03,045 -I've heard that before. -Not from me. 340 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:04,442 This is for her. 341 00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:09,276 I understand. I'll do it. 342 00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:16,059 Thank you! 343 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,728 Can we talk now? 344 00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:01,165 I was thinking about my mother's funeral. 345 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:06,475 How word got out and all those old students showed up. 346 00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:09,644 So many that they had to wait outside. 347 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:11,577 And it was galing. 348 00:24:12,884 --> 00:24:14,181 You remember that? 349 00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:15,820 Yeah. 350 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,513 But they didn't care. 351 00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:25,192 They had to say something, remember her, what she'd done for them. 352 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:26,364 Nona. 353 00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:27,489 They wouldn't go away. 354 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:29,398 They just 355 00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:33,728 had to speak. 356 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:35,065 Needed to... 357 00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:40,402 Over and over, they just kept saying the same thing. 358 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:44,412 Her passion, her passion, that passion. 359 00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:46,083 Nona. Listen to me. 360 00:24:46,284 --> 00:24:49,549 Can you please just not leave so many empty hangers? 361 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:37,799 How you doing with that teacher? 362 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:43,708 Malia? 363 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:47,111 She hates you so she hates me. 364 00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:56,780 We're gonna get you out of there. 365 00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:58,114 Whatever. 366 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:17,505 Hey, how you doing? 367 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:21,304 Hi! Well, it's casual Friday, so I feel great. Can I help you? 368 00:26:21,446 --> 00:26:24,142 I hope so. My daughter's getting crushed at Adams 369 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:26,080 so I gotta talk to your superintendent guy. 370 00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:27,909 He doesn't do walk-ins. I'm sorry. 371 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,849 Which I figured. I work reception, too, at Hank Hart. 372 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:33,456 And I know every once in a while, there's an opening. 373 00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:36,786 I just figured I would take a chance because my daughter is getting crushed. 374 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:38,622 Wait, did you say Hank Hart, the car guy? 375 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,255 The guy who has his ads all over the benches? 376 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:42,626 Wow. 377 00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:44,765 Can I buy you a coffee? 378 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:47,668 -And I understand that but it's, like awful! -I understand. 379 00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:51,308 And Rosa Parks was my Last chance. And now I'm like 110 on the wait list. 380 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:52,999 And that guy acted like he just 381 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,341 extemporaneously went out