- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND ENJOY OUR PRODUCTION
OF
- MY, MY, MY.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
I SWEAR, THE SUN IS SO HOT, I NEARLY MELTED.
- INDEED, DR. KING, BUT I SUSPECT
WE DIDN'T MEET HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER.
- INDEED, BROTHER MALCOLM.
UNLESS, OF COURSE, WE ARTICULATE
THAT THE SUN IN THIS COUNTRY
SHINES BRIGHTER ON SOME THAN IT DOES ON OTHERS.
- MM. - YEAH.
- YES, BUT WHEN THE SUN DOES SHINE ON US,
IT IS GROWING THE SEEDS OF REVOLUTION.
- AMEN. - THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
- I SEE YOUR POINT, BROTHER MALCOLM,
BUT DO NOT THOSE SAME SEEDS NEED TO BE WATERED WITH LOVE?
[audience murmurs in agreement]
- I SUPPOSE THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF SOME DISCUSSION, DR. KING.
- [coughs]
- AND I AM ALL FOR DISCUSSION, BROTHER MALCOLM.
UNLESS, OF COURSE, THE WORDS DEVOLVE
INTO PROCLAMATIONS OF HATE.
- YES. - RIGHT.
- WELL, IS THAT NOT WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, DR. KING,
TO DISCUSS?
[fly buzzes]
- YES, BROTHER MALCOLM.
AND I AM CONFIDENT, THAT AS WE DISCUSS--
- WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IT
AND DISCUSS IT
UNTIL I SAY THAT
OUR PEOPLE HAVE NEVER RESORTED TO VIOLENCE
BEFORE THE WHITE MAN GAVE THEM NO CHOICE
BUT TO PAY HIM BACK
IN THE ONLY CURRENCY HE UNDERSTANDS.
- YES.
[applause]
- BROTHER MALCOLM,
IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO SAY...
AT THIS POINT... IN OUR LUNCH?
- INDEED, DR. KING,
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LAND ON PLYMOUTH ROCK.
PLYMOUTH ROCK LANDED ON US.
[audience shouts in agreement]
- AMEN. - MM-HMM.
- OKAY, WELL, YES. ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I-I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT BEFORE.
I...DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROCKS WHEN,
IN FACT, IT IS THE FLESH AND THE BONE
AND THE--THE DREAMS-- I-I HAVE A DREAM
THAT SOMEDAY OUR CHILDREN WILL BE JUDGED
BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER,
NOT BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
[cheers and applause]
- SAME FOR ME. SAME FOR ME.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY,
A BLACK MAN WILL BECOME THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
all: YES.
- HOPEFULLY FOR EIGHT YEARS.
OBAMA 2012.
[cheers and applause]
- OH, OF COURSE, EIGHT YEARS. OF COURSE, EIGHT YEARS.
THAT'S A GIVEN, RIGHT? [laughs] THAT'S A GIVEN.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE,
ISN'T HE GOING TO NEED THE HELP
OF OUR STRONG, BEAUTIFUL, BLACK WOMEN?
[cheers and applause]
GOTTA RESPECT THE SISTER.
GOTTA RESPECT THE SISTER!
GOTTA RESPECT THE SISTER.
[cheers and applause]
- AS WESLEY SNIPES SAID IN
"ALWAYS BET ON BLACK." LA LA LA.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ THE WEST SIDE IS THE BEST SIDE ♪
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