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Adult Dean: Growing up, Mom and
Dad gave me "The Police Talk"

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about how to handle yourself
around cops.

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There was
a presidential election

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that created a racial divide,

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and there was a flu pandemic
that they said

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would kill a million people
around the world.

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But it was 1968.

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♪ Choose me, baby

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And that's the state
our country was in.

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Yeah, even the flu part.

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This was the year I turned 12,

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the age where you transfer
from boy to man.

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Or as the old folks
used to say,

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"When a boy
starts smelling himself."

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The previous summer's
race riots

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had caused the first wave of
"white flight" to the suburbs.

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As a kid,
I didn't understand all that.

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♪ Your powerful love...

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We had neighborhoods
that were just as safe

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as the ones they were
developing outside the city.

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There were teachers, veterans,
shop owners,

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all united by pride,
self-determination,

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and the right to spank
any kid caught outside

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after the street lights
came on.

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♪♪

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♪ There you go again♪

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Daddy's song!

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My dad was a music professor
by day

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and a funk musician by night.

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In other words,
he was the baddest dude I knew.

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Dean, I know you did
not just come into this
house without speaking.

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But I heard --
No "buts"!

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How about "Hello, Mama.
Hello, Daddy.

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How are you?"
[ Door opens, closes ]

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I heard Daddy's song
in Kwame's car.
You did?

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Dean, quit running your mouth
and turn on the radio!

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That's what I was trying --
Boy, move!

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Shh.

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Be cool.

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"Be cool" was Daddy's catch-all
advice for every situation.

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♪♪

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Be cool.

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[ Electricity zapping ]
[ Gasps ]

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Be cool.

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[ Police radio chatter ]

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Be cool.

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[ Radio tuning,
"I Need You More" playing ]

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We on the radio, baby.
♪ I need you more♪

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♪ I need you more♪
Girl, you better be excited.

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Your daddy's song
is on the radio!

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♪ Can you finally help me
to get to your lovin', oh ♪

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You were in the car
with your boyfriend?

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Dean was out after
the street lights came on.

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Hey!
Ms. Handy was out.

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I bet you Ms. Handy
saw her out there.

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Okay. You don't want Ms. Handy
seeing you!

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She gonna be talking about me
and my mothering.

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This certainly wasn't
the first or last time

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emotions would run high
in our house,

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but whether we were
yelling or laughing,

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if you turned your head
just right,

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it all sounded like music.

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♪ I need you

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♪ I, I need you

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-- Captions by VITAC --

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One thing about being 12 that
hasn't changed over the decades

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is that it's around 12
where you figure out

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what your place is
in the world.

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But being in my family
made that hard.

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I'd never be as popular
as my sister

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or as athletic as my brother,

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as smart as my mom
or as bad as my dad.

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That's the problem
with being the youngest.

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By the time you're born,

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all the good parts
have been handed out.

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[ Sighs] Stupid play.
I mean, Sheep

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Really?

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But 12 was the age I was gonna
figure out what my bag was.

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Lillian: Dean, hurry up
or you'll miss the bus!

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My parents had high standards
for us.

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I appreciate it now,
and so does my bank account,

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but at the time, man,
it was annoying.

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Did you practice
like I told you to?

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Yes.
Yes, what?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Nu-uh-uh-uh.

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Like how she insisted on giving
me an ashy elbows/lips

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and eye booger check

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every morning
before I left the house.

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Where are your glasses?
I told you, I don't need them.

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Wearing glasses in junior high
was basically

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telling your cousin
to get a prom dress ready.

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What'd I tell you
about bothering Bruce's
things while he's away?

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"Away" was the word my mom used
instead of "in Vietnam."

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Coach Long said I needed
a bigger glove.

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Man, I just bought you
that glove.

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Is Coach Long gonna pay me
for it?

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He's just looking out
for Dean.

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Right, right. Is that why
he made you Team Mom?

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Looking out for Dean?

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Or because
he's sweet on you?

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Stop it. He just did it
'cause we work together.
Hmm.

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Why would Coach
be sweet on Mama?

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Both: Stay out of
grown folks' business.

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"Stay out of
grown folks' business"

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was usually code for something
about money, sex,

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or the funny way Dad's studio
smelled after a rehearsal.

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Let's go over analogies.

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The SATs
are important, Kim.

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This stupid test has nothing
to do with real life.

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You know, Bobby Seale
and H. Rap Brown

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didn't even
finish college.

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You're going to college.

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I'm sure the revolution's
gonna need

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a good dentist
or accountant.

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[ Laughs ]

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Besides, what kind of
music professor would I be

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if my daughter
didn't go to college?

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Bad enough my son
doesn't have rhythm.

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Hey!
Yet.

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My son doesn't
have rhythm yet.

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You got to get at least a 1050
to get into Auburn.

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Auburn?
Mm-hmm.

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Plenty of good black colleges
out there, too, you know.

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She can go to 'Skegee
like us.

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Better yet, Spelman.

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No boys.
It's a win-win.

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For who?

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Win. Win.

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[ Laughter ]

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A lot of black folks
like my dad

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didn't feel like we needed
to mix with white people

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to be better off.

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But my dad put his money
where his mouth was.

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He'd always hire
the black doctor,

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black accountant,
the black plumber,

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and often he'd have something
we'd call "black regret."

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[ Water dripping ]

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♪♪

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[ Horn honks ]

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Gotta go!

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♪♪

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Glasses or not,

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I wasn't the most popular kid
in the neighborhood.

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Thank God I had Cory.

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'Sup, Dean?
Give me some skin.

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My best friend,
Coach Long's son.

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He'd figured out his bag
when we hit puberty

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and he grew
six inches of height

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and six inches of hair
where it count.

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He was macho.

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Hey, you got to tell me
about that party

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at Noddy's last night.

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Was it really
a makeout party?

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Come on now, man.

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You know it's not cool
to kiss and tell.

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Okay, but don't forget,
you were supposed to teach me

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how to French kiss
on a pillow.

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Shh!

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I'll tell you later.

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[ Chuckles ]

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That's our old school.

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Shut down because
of desegregation.

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But we still hung out
there sometimes,

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mainly to girls about girls
and then girls and --

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Wow, I really got distracted.

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You know the girl that you see
for the first time

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and everything slows down?

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That was Lisa Jones.

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Everybody had a crush on her,

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but here comes my crush...

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Keisa Clemmons.

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She was perfect.

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Hi, Dean.

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Thanks for letting me
borrow this.

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You were right.
It was great.

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To this day, I can't smell
Vaseline and Tide

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without being taken
right back tothat feeling.

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Tell her you want to start
going together, man.

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Don't be scared.
I'm not scared.

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I was so scared.

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My plan
is to stay best friends

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until she realizes
she likes me.

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And I was an idiot.

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Hey, stop it!
Stop it!

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Was this my opening?

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My chance to defend her honor
and win her heart?

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My --

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You better
give my propers!

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Say you're sorry!
Stop!

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Say it!

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Man, she's tough.

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I know.

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I dig it.

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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[ Booker T. and the M.G.'s
"Green Onions" plays ]

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♪♪

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[ School bell rings ]

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Hey, fellas!
What's happening?

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Brad, the Pee Wee Reese
to my Jackie Robinson.

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That is if Pee Wee Reese
were Jewish

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and Jackie Robinson
couldn't catch a fly ball.

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Take a guess.

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Dean's still afraid
to tell Keisa he likes her?

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Film at 11:00.

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Shut up, Brad.

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What? I'm telling you,
she already knows.

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How?
Unless you blabbed.

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She can tell by the stupid way
you look at her.

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You look like
a wet dream.

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It's such a wet dream.

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I do not look
like a wet dream.

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Okay, we clearly had no idea
what that meant yet.

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Still, good burn.

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You guys have practice
today, too?
Yeah.

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Who do you think would win if
our teams played each other?

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We would.

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But we only play teams
on our side of town.

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Think about how boss it'd be
to have our teams meet.

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Yeah.
Your dad's the coach.

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He'll go for it, right?

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Uh, maybe.

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I mean,
he watches "I Spy."

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Cool. You ask your dad,
and we'll ask mine.

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[ School bell rings ]

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A scrimmage against some
all-white team from across town?

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Hell, no.

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But our friend Brad's
on that team.

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We go
to the same school.

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We should be able
to play each other.

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Do us both a favor,
put all that energy

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in learning how to catch a fly
ball without [bleep] your pants.

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If a coach said that today,

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he'd have to go
to sensitivity training.

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At least that's what
they made me do

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when I cussed out
my son's team.

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Hey, guys.

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I came to take the measurements
for the team jerseys.

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Dean: Mama!

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Tell Coach we should play
a scrimmage game

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against Brad's team.

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Brad's asking
his dad, too.

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Why would you want to play
with a bunch of white boys?

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Exactly.
Why does that matter?

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Oh, it doesn't to us.
But trust me, it will to them.

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How do you know
if you don't try?

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Isn't that what you're
always telling me?

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For what it's worth,
I met Brad's dad,

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and he's
our kind of people.

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That still don't mean
I want some whitey pitcher

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throwing
at our boys' heads.

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Well, let's not get to
calling names.

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Never mind that there were
teams called the Redskins,

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Chiefs, and Savages
and no one batted an eye.

255
00:09:32,241 --> 00:09:33,724
Look at it this way.

256
00:09:33,724 --> 00:09:36,379
We want our sons to learn
to compete with them now,

257
00:09:36,379 --> 00:09:38,103
or never learn
and then go out into the world

258
00:09:38,103 --> 00:09:39,482
feeling like
they're lacking --

259
00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:41,103
like we did?

260
00:09:44,275 --> 00:09:46,310
Okay, I'll talk to your friend's
dad and see what he says.

261
00:09:46,310 --> 00:09:47,655
Yes!
Alright!

262
00:09:47,655 --> 00:09:49,896
Alright, now --
now give me three laps.

263
00:09:49,896 --> 00:09:51,724
For -- For coming to practice
too early!

264
00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:55,206
Come on,
get -- get some laps in.

265
00:09:55,206 --> 00:09:57,241
Y'all walking?
Come on, hustle up!

266
00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:01,862
Now that I'd figured out

267
00:10:01,862 --> 00:10:04,206
that my bag was being
"The Great Uniter,"

268
00:10:04,206 --> 00:10:05,862
I couldn't wait
to get started.

269
00:10:05,862 --> 00:10:08,551
Hey, Mark.
Uh, what's happening, Chad?

270
00:10:08,551 --> 00:10:09,965
How's it going, Quentin?

271
00:10:09,965 --> 00:10:12,758
Hey, Black Jesus,
mellow out, man.

272
00:10:12,758 --> 00:10:14,379
You're trying too hard.

273
00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:21,551
It's okay.

274
00:10:21,551 --> 00:10:24,241
My mom's
making me wear these.

275
00:10:24,241 --> 00:10:26,379
Pantyhose.

276
00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:28,448
[ Sighs ] Yuck.

277
00:10:28,448 --> 00:10:30,068
Yeah.

278
00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:31,344
Yuck.

279
00:10:31,344 --> 00:10:33,965
Anyway,
your glasses are cute.

280
00:10:33,965 --> 00:10:36,275
She'd just basically said I
looked like Billy Dee Williams

281
00:10:36,275 --> 00:10:37,793
in my glasses.

282
00:10:37,793 --> 00:10:40,379
This was the perfect time
to tell her that I've loved her

283
00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:43,931
since I sat next to her on
the first day of first grade.

284
00:10:43,931 --> 00:10:45,172
Keisa --

285
00:10:45,172 --> 00:10:47,379
Hey, Four Eyes!

286
00:10:47,379 --> 00:10:50,000
Can you look to my house
and tell me what's on the TV?

287
00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,724
[ Laughter ]

288
00:10:51,724 --> 00:10:54,620
Now, no one in school knew
how old Michael Simms was.

289
00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:57,034
Some people said he had a son
at another school.

290
00:10:57,034 --> 00:10:59,379
Others said he'd already
done a tour in 'Nam.

291
00:10:59,379 --> 00:11:01,000
Bullies back then
benefited from us

292
00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,758
not having Google
to fact-check.

293
00:11:02,758 --> 00:11:04,206
Shut up, Free Lunch!

294
00:11:04,206 --> 00:11:05,724
Yo mama on free lunch.

295
00:11:05,724 --> 00:11:07,344
Students: Ooh.

296
00:11:07,344 --> 00:11:09,482
What's all the fuss
back there?

297
00:11:09,482 --> 00:11:11,931
Somebody said "yo mama."

298
00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:15,793
Now, that's something
that the black students do

299
00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:17,965
that the white students don't.

300
00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:21,172
You ought to be
like these three.

301
00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,310
Their parents send them here
to learn.

302
00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,655
Hey,
she's not prejudiced.

303
00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:32,241
But was she?
In my memory, she was.

304
00:11:32,241 --> 00:11:35,172
But she also gave some of us
black students extra attention

305
00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:37,068
if she thought
we had potential,

306
00:11:37,068 --> 00:11:39,241
which may still
have been racist.

307
00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:40,931
I don't know.

308
00:11:40,931 --> 00:11:42,172
But bringing people together

309
00:11:42,172 --> 00:11:44,000
wasn't just
about the white people.

310
00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,034
It was also about black people
like Michael Simms.

311
00:11:47,034 --> 00:11:48,965
I knew I could reach him, too.

312
00:11:48,965 --> 00:11:50,551
Ah!
Think you're white,
don't you?

313
00:11:50,551 --> 00:11:52,724
I could not.
You talk white!

314
00:11:52,724 --> 00:11:54,344
You act white!
Ah!

315
00:11:54,344 --> 00:11:56,586
You even brought a lunch box
to school like you white!

316
00:11:56,586 --> 00:11:57,862
[ Grunts ]

317
00:11:57,862 --> 00:11:59,517
That last one confuses me
to this day.

318
00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:01,137
Come on, man.

319
00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:03,551
Told you it was a dumb idea
to try to talk to him, Dean.

320
00:12:05,310 --> 00:12:07,482
Ah!
So dumb.

321
00:12:07,482 --> 00:12:09,448
Who was I kidding?

322
00:12:09,448 --> 00:12:11,896
The world was always gonna be
full of Michael Simmses

323
00:12:11,896 --> 00:12:14,034
and white people
with lunch boxes.

324
00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:16,517
Nobody was gonna listen
to Sheep

325
00:12:16,517 --> 00:12:18,310
What kind of present?

326
00:12:18,310 --> 00:12:19,862
Bill: I don't know.

327
00:12:19,862 --> 00:12:21,586
Maybe that pearl necklace

328
00:12:21,586 --> 00:12:23,413
I caught you staring at
at Parisians.

329
00:12:23,413 --> 00:12:24,827
[ Both laugh ]

330
00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,241
Well, it's just one
royalty check, Bill.

331
00:12:27,241 --> 00:12:28,413
Be cool.

332
00:12:28,413 --> 00:12:30,448
There's gonna be more
where that came from, baby.

333
00:12:30,448 --> 00:12:31,310
[ Laughs ]

334
00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,103
[ Both laugh ]

335
00:12:34,103 --> 00:12:36,275
[ Clears throat ]

336
00:12:36,275 --> 00:12:37,862
What do you need, son?

337
00:12:37,862 --> 00:12:40,241
Just wondering if Mama told you
we're playing Brad's team

338
00:12:40,241 --> 00:12:42,586
from East Montgomery
for the first time.

339
00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:44,620
Why our boys gotta
play their team?

340
00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:47,379
It's the Barnstorming
Negro Leagues all over again.

341
00:12:47,379 --> 00:12:49,586
Figures Long
would be okay with this.

342
00:12:49,586 --> 00:12:51,310
Coach Long
was against it, too,

343
00:12:51,310 --> 00:12:53,068
but then Mama
talked him into it.

344
00:12:53,068 --> 00:12:56,793
I think it's a good idea, and
I'm proud of Dean for trying.

345
00:12:56,793 --> 00:12:58,137
Hmm.

346
00:12:58,137 --> 00:13:00,379
It doesn't matter.
He's not playing.

347
00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:01,724
But, Dad!
Nope.

348
00:13:01,724 --> 00:13:03,413
Too many good teams
to play over here

349
00:13:03,413 --> 00:13:04,620
and good parks, too.

350
00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:06,896
What's so bad --
Are you talking back?

351
00:13:06,896 --> 00:13:07,896
No, sir.

352
00:13:07,896 --> 00:13:09,275
Then you better
fix your face.

353
00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:11,482
Well, whether or not he plays,
I still have to go to the game.

354
00:13:11,482 --> 00:13:14,103
Right, because your office buddy
made you Team Mom.

355
00:13:14,103 --> 00:13:16,310
I never say anything
about your work friends.

356
00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:17,620
That's not fair,
and you know it.

357
00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:18,724
What's not fair?

358
00:13:18,724 --> 00:13:20,241
Both: Stay out of
grown folks' business.

359
00:13:22,206 --> 00:13:23,827
No.

360
00:13:23,827 --> 00:13:25,137
Did you
just tell us no?

361
00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,517
Have you lost
your natural mind?

362
00:13:26,517 --> 00:13:27,931
Boy, what has
gotten into you?

363
00:13:27,931 --> 00:13:30,310
I wanted to tell them
about the kids on the bus

364
00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,620
and the white kids at school

365
00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,655
and Michael Simms
and Mrs. Hodges

366
00:13:33,655 --> 00:13:36,379
and that Kim went in Mama's
purse and snuck out last night.

367
00:13:36,379 --> 00:13:39,068
But I realized it was
actually more than that.

368
00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:42,034
What came out surprised me
as much as it did them.

369
00:13:42,034 --> 00:13:47,827
I feel different everywhere
I go, no matter who I'm around.

370
00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,310
And I know
I'll always be different.

371
00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:54,965
But when I'm with Cory and Brad
and we all feel different,

372
00:13:54,965 --> 00:13:59,482
I finally get to feel
the same as everybody else.

373
00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:01,034
That's why I want to play.

374
00:14:01,034 --> 00:14:02,275
Brad would later tell me

375
00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:04,000
that trying to make
myself feel better

376
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,551
by making everybody feel
as uncomfortable as me

377
00:14:06,551 --> 00:14:09,241
was the most Jewish thing
I'd ever done.

378
00:14:09,241 --> 00:14:10,379
Fine.

379
00:14:10,379 --> 00:14:12,137
You two do
whatever you want.

380
00:14:15,379 --> 00:14:18,241
That was the first time
I'd stood up to my dad

381
00:14:18,241 --> 00:14:21,103
and the first time I realized
just how scary it can be

382
00:14:21,103 --> 00:14:22,586
to get what you want.

383
00:14:22,586 --> 00:14:26,482
♪♪

384
00:14:26,482 --> 00:14:28,931
[ Indistinct talking ]

385
00:14:28,931 --> 00:14:34,344
♪♪

386
00:14:34,344 --> 00:14:36,482
Man: Let's go!
Team captains!

387
00:14:36,482 --> 00:14:43,896
♪♪

388
00:14:43,896 --> 00:14:45,413
Come on.
Let's go.

389
00:14:45,413 --> 00:14:47,517
When I saw me, Brad,
and Cory on that field,

390
00:14:47,517 --> 00:14:48,793
with kids from my neighborhood

391
00:14:48,793 --> 00:14:51,620
mingling with kids from
a world way across town,

392
00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:54,206
united by something
we all had in common,

393
00:14:54,206 --> 00:14:56,172
I was proud of what I'd done.

394
00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:58,137
It didn't even matter
who won the game.

395
00:14:58,137 --> 00:15:03,655
♪♪

396
00:15:03,655 --> 00:15:06,000
Now, I'd find out much later
that Michael was only there

397
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,206
to steal Brad's bike,

398
00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:09,965
but at the moment,
it was validation.

399
00:15:09,965 --> 00:15:12,172
[ Indistinct conversations ]

400
00:15:14,862 --> 00:15:16,413
It's a trip,

401
00:15:16,413 --> 00:15:19,137
the little things that
you remember all your life.

402
00:15:19,137 --> 00:15:21,896
Your first hit,
your first kiss,

403
00:15:21,896 --> 00:15:25,413
the first time your dad
lets you know that he sees you.

404
00:15:25,413 --> 00:15:26,931
Well, I still hadn't had
the other two,

405
00:15:26,931 --> 00:15:29,275
but, boy, did that
third one feel good.

406
00:15:29,275 --> 00:15:31,344
[ Crowd cheering ]

407
00:15:37,448 --> 00:15:40,310
[ Crowd groans ]

408
00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:42,827
Hey,
he's not prejudiced.

409
00:15:42,827 --> 00:15:46,241
Well, if he wasn't,
then the ball was.

410
00:15:46,241 --> 00:15:47,965
Come on. Front of the box.
Watch the fastball!

411
00:15:47,965 --> 00:15:49,724
Back of the box!
Watch the curve!

412
00:15:49,724 --> 00:15:51,413
♪♪

413
00:15:51,413 --> 00:15:53,551
Front of the box!
Look fastball!

414
00:15:53,551 --> 00:15:55,758
Dean, back of the box.
Watch the curve.

415
00:15:55,758 --> 00:15:57,310
Front of the box.
Back of the box, Dean!

416
00:15:57,310 --> 00:15:58,517
Back of the box!
Scoot to the front, Dean!

417
00:15:58,517 --> 00:15:59,413
Dean!
Dean!

418
00:15:59,413 --> 00:16:00,896
Dean Jeremiah Williams!

419
00:16:00,896 --> 00:16:02,275
I don't know his whole --
Dean!

420
00:16:02,275 --> 00:16:03,758
Dean!
Dean!

421
00:16:03,758 --> 00:16:05,689
Strike!

422
00:16:05,689 --> 00:16:07,206
You'll get it
next time, son.

423
00:16:07,206 --> 00:16:08,965
♪ Take a look at yourself now

424
00:16:08,965 --> 00:16:11,103
Come in, Dean.
Stay deep.

425
00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,482
No, no, no, no.
C-Come in some.

426
00:16:12,482 --> 00:16:13,655
Stay deep, Dean.

427
00:16:13,655 --> 00:16:14,965
Come towards me.
Deep.

428
00:16:14,965 --> 00:16:16,103
This way.
Away from me.

429
00:16:16,103 --> 00:16:17,310
This way.
That way.
[ Bat cracks ]

430
00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,344
Dean!

431
00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:20,655
♪ I know you'll find

432
00:16:20,655 --> 00:16:23,620
♪ I can make you love me

433
00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:25,724
Alright, now, hands up!
Weight back.

434
00:16:25,724 --> 00:16:26,793
Weight back,
hands up, Dean.

435
00:16:26,793 --> 00:16:28,172
You saying the same thing
I'm saying.

436
00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:29,482
Listen to your coach.
Weight back, hands up.

437
00:16:29,482 --> 00:16:31,241
No, no, no, hands up first.
That's not the same thing.

438
00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:33,620
Hands up first,
then weight back.
Weight back, hands up, Dean.

439
00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:35,551
Strike three!

440
00:16:36,793 --> 00:16:39,379
Bill, if you got a problem
with the way I coach, say so.

441
00:16:40,551 --> 00:16:42,137
Be cool.

442
00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:43,413
Be cool.

443
00:16:43,413 --> 00:16:44,586
I thought instead
of a new glove,

444
00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:45,965
maybe Dean just needed
better instruction.

445
00:16:45,965 --> 00:16:47,793
No. Well, listen, man.
This ain't no piano recital.

446
00:16:47,793 --> 00:16:49,379
So you stick
to the do-re-mi's

447
00:16:49,379 --> 00:16:50,655
and I'll stick
to the one-two-threes.

448
00:16:50,655 --> 00:16:52,241
That doesn't even make sense.
It just rhymes.

449
00:16:52,241 --> 00:16:54,103
Well, I could say the same thing
about your songs.

450
00:16:54,103 --> 00:16:55,965
Oh, so you raggin'
on my music now?

451
00:16:55,965 --> 00:16:57,827
Well, I may be a musician,
but I still struck you out,

452
00:16:57,827 --> 00:16:59,241
let's not forget.
You know what?

453
00:16:59,241 --> 00:17:01,103
That was in sixth grade, and I
didn't hit my growth spurt yet.

454
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:02,655
"Yet."
Get the ball, Bill.

455
00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:03,758
You get the ball.
Get the ball, Bill.

456
00:17:03,758 --> 00:17:04,965
You get the ball, Long!
You get the ball!

457
00:17:04,965 --> 00:17:06,896
If I get the ball,
you ain't gonna touch it!

458
00:17:06,896 --> 00:17:08,310
This may not be
the right time,

459
00:17:08,310 --> 00:17:11,379
but, dude,
your sister is choice.

460
00:17:11,379 --> 00:17:12,793
Shut up, Brad.

461
00:17:12,793 --> 00:17:14,827
Long: You know what?
I ain't scared of you no more.
Bill.

462
00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:16,000
What is wrong
with you two?

463
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,344
You both know better
than to be out here

464
00:17:17,344 --> 00:17:20,000
showing your ass in front
of these white folks.

465
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,551
That was a universal rule

466
00:17:21,551 --> 00:17:23,965
that cut across all classes
of black people,

467
00:17:23,965 --> 00:17:26,068
but it was too late now.

468
00:17:26,068 --> 00:17:27,620
We're so sorry.

469
00:17:27,620 --> 00:17:28,896
We just heard
what happened.

470
00:17:28,896 --> 00:17:30,379
Heard about what?

471
00:17:30,379 --> 00:17:33,000
Dr. King.
He...

472
00:17:34,896 --> 00:17:36,551
He was s-shot.

473
00:17:36,551 --> 00:17:38,896
What?
Where?

474
00:17:38,896 --> 00:17:42,000
In Memphis.
It -- It's all in the news.

475
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,206
Is he --
They rushed him
to a hospital.

476
00:17:45,206 --> 00:17:49,172
We saw you all were upset,
and we --

477
00:17:49,172 --> 00:17:58,413
♪♪

478
00:17:58,413 --> 00:18:07,724
♪♪

479
00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:12,310
Man: The incident happened at
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,

480
00:18:12,310 --> 00:18:14,034
where the reverend was staying,

481
00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,379
as he planned to march
later in the week.

482
00:18:16,379 --> 00:18:18,827
Now the entire country
awaits the update

483
00:18:18,827 --> 00:18:20,827
on Dr. King's status.

484
00:18:20,827 --> 00:18:22,448
We know he was admitted

485
00:18:22,448 --> 00:18:25,241
shortly after 6:00 p.m.
Central Standard --

486
00:18:25,241 --> 00:18:27,517
Wait, this just in.

487
00:18:27,517 --> 00:18:28,896
Cronkite: Good evening.

488
00:18:28,896 --> 00:18:30,758
Dr. Martin Luther King,

489
00:18:30,758 --> 00:18:33,793
the apostle of non-violence
in the Civil Rights Movement,

490
00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:36,551
has been shot to death
in Memphis, Tennessee.

491
00:18:36,551 --> 00:18:38,482
Police have issued
an all-points bulletin

492
00:18:38,482 --> 00:18:40,275
for a well-dressed
young white man

493
00:18:40,275 --> 00:18:41,896
seen running from the scene.

494
00:18:41,896 --> 00:18:44,413
Officers also
reportedly chased...

495
00:18:44,413 --> 00:18:46,482
[ Men vocalizing ]

496
00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:52,689
Mama?

497
00:18:52,689 --> 00:18:54,310
Dr. King is dead.

498
00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:56,931
[ Vocalizing continues ]

499
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,551
Adult Dean:
I just couldn't understand

500
00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:04,551
what was so important
about folding those clothes.

501
00:19:04,551 --> 00:19:06,655
[ Vocalizing continues ]

502
00:19:13,482 --> 00:19:15,586
Man: He's gone, man!

503
00:19:15,586 --> 00:19:19,551
[ Woman sobbing,
screaming in distance ]

504
00:19:19,551 --> 00:19:22,275
We should go
check on Ms. Handy.

505
00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:23,965
[ Sighs ] Yeah.

506
00:19:23,965 --> 00:19:26,068
[ Vocalizing continues ]

507
00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:30,448
♪♪

508
00:19:30,448 --> 00:19:31,965
[ Door opens ]

509
00:19:33,655 --> 00:19:35,034
[ Door closes ]

510
00:19:35,034 --> 00:19:42,241
♪♪

511
00:19:42,241 --> 00:19:43,965
Cronkite:
Police report that the murder

512
00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:46,620
has touched off
sporadic acts of violence

513
00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:49,206
in the Negro section
of the city.

514
00:19:49,206 --> 00:19:51,379
[ Dog barking in distance ]

515
00:19:51,379 --> 00:19:54,068
Adult Dean: I didn't understand
a lot of what was going on,

516
00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:56,275
especially why when people
get really upset

517
00:19:56,275 --> 00:19:57,758
about something bad,

518
00:19:57,758 --> 00:20:00,413
they resort to destroying
their own things.

519
00:20:00,413 --> 00:20:01,965
Man: Sick and tired of this!

520
00:20:01,965 --> 00:20:03,620
But something told me
that my friends

521
00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,827
were probably
just as confused as I was.

522
00:20:05,827 --> 00:20:07,517
Man: Why do they keep doing this
to us?!

523
00:20:08,551 --> 00:20:10,931
Woman: Nothing but
them ol' white folks.

524
00:20:10,931 --> 00:20:17,137
♪♪

525
00:20:17,137 --> 00:20:23,379
♪♪

526
00:20:25,310 --> 00:20:30,344
♪ I was born

527
00:20:30,344 --> 00:20:33,137
♪ By a river, oh, man

528
00:20:34,724 --> 00:20:38,862
♪ In this little, old tent, oh

529
00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:40,827
♪ Just like this river

530
00:20:40,827 --> 00:20:43,103
Suddenly, the anger
I was seeing on the news

531
00:20:43,103 --> 00:20:45,551
made a little more sense,

532
00:20:45,551 --> 00:20:50,448
especially because it felt like
some things would never change.

533
00:20:50,448 --> 00:20:51,448
[ Glass shatters ]

534
00:20:51,448 --> 00:20:53,103
♪ Long time coming

535
00:20:53,103 --> 00:20:55,724
♪ But I know, but I know

536
00:20:55,724 --> 00:20:58,517
♪ A change is gotta come

537
00:20:58,517 --> 00:21:00,758
♪ Ooh, yes, it is

538
00:21:00,758 --> 00:21:03,517
♪ Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my

539
00:21:03,517 --> 00:21:07,000
♪ It's been too hard living

540
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,655
♪ Oh, my

541
00:21:09,655 --> 00:21:14,137
♪ And I'm afraid to die

542
00:21:14,137 --> 00:21:17,413
♪ I don't know what's up there

543
00:21:17,413 --> 00:21:18,896
Everybody in my family

544
00:21:18,896 --> 00:21:21,448
plays that day over and over
in their minds.

545
00:21:21,448 --> 00:21:25,000
But for different reasons.

546
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,241
For each of us, it felt
like the world around us

547
00:21:27,241 --> 00:21:28,413
had changed forever.

548
00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:30,482
♪ I know, but I know

549
00:21:30,482 --> 00:21:33,862
♪ A change is gotta come

550
00:21:33,862 --> 00:21:35,482
♪ Oh, yes, it is

551
00:21:35,482 --> 00:21:36,896
♪ Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my

552
00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:39,413
But thankfully, for each of us,

553
00:21:39,413 --> 00:21:42,206
the world on the inside hadn't.

554
00:21:42,206 --> 00:21:45,206
♪ I would go to my brother

555
00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:46,724
♪ Oh, my

556
00:21:49,103 --> 00:21:53,896
♪ I asked my brother,
"Will you help me, please?" ♪

557
00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:55,068
♪ Oh, my, oh, my