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Man over radio:
IN ORLANDO, BILL HENDRICKS,
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PATRON OF
THE FLORIDA KU KLUX KLAN
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SAID HE AND HIS
AMERICAN CONFEDERATE ARMY
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WILL BEAR ARMS
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IF THE SUPREME COURT OUTLAWS
SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH.
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HENDRICKS SAID THAT HIS REBEL
ARMY HAD MOBILIZED IN AND --
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[ RADIO TURNS OFF ]
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Woman: ANSWER ME THIS.
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HOW DO YOU TELL THE TRUE STORY
OF SOMETHING
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THAT HAPPENED 60 YEARS AGO,
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WHEN NO TWO PEOPLE CAN AGREE ON
EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED?
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WHEN THE PLAYERS, LONG DEAD,
LIVED IN A WORLD
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THAT BARELY RESEMBLES OURS?
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SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.
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SO MANY SECRETS TAKEN
TO THE GRAVE.
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Man: WHAT YOU DOIN' HERE?
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HOW DO I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND
WHY THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED
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IN MY LITTLE HOMETOWN
ON THIS SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING...
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Woman:
I DIDN'T TREAT YOU LIKE THIS!
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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CAME TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS CRIMES...
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF.
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Woman: * WADE IN THE WATER *
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IN 1952, LIVE OAK, FLORIDA,
WAS A SLEEPY LITTLE PLACE
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ON THE BANKS
OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.
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AROUND HERE,
COTTON USED TO BE KING.
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NOW MOST FOLKS
MADE THEIR LIVING
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GROWING TOBACCO
AND PINE TREE.
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* THE WATER *
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* TELL YOU JORDAN RIVER
IS CHILLY AND COLD *
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* NOT GONNA TROUBLE
THE WATER *
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* IT CHILLED MY BODY
BUT NOT MY SOUL *
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BUT MAKING A LIVING
WAS FOR THE WEEK DAYS.
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SUNDAYS WERE FOR CHURCH --
WHETHER YOU WERE BLACK...
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* AMAZING GRACE *
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...OR WHITE.
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Ellis: AND THERE WAS CERTAINLY
A RACIAL DIVIDE.
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WITH TREMENDOUS SEGREGATION
SO THAT BLACKS AND WHITES
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WERE ENTIRELY SEPARATED.
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YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS.
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JIM CROW LAWS WERE SUPPOSED
TO MEAN SEPARATE BUT EQUAL,
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BUT EVEN I COULD'VE TOLD YOU --
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AND I WAS JUST
10 YEARS OLD THEN --
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IN REALITY,
IT WAS SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL.
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1952, LIVE OAK, FLORIDA,
WAS LIKE MOST SOUTHERN TOWNS,
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ON THE SURFACE IT APPEARED THAT
EVERYTHING WAS NICE AND SWEET.
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ON THE SURFACE.
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* BUT NOW I SEE *
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[ SIREN WAILING ]
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AND SO,
ISN'T IT JUST A LITTLE IRONIC
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THAT THE WORST THING
TO EVER HAPPEN IN LIVE OAK
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HAPPENED IN ONE
OF THE ONLY PLACES
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OPEN TO BOTH
BLACKS AND WHITES --
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THE OFFICE OF DR. LEROY ADAMS.
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WITHIN MINUTES,
THE POLICE WERE THERE
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BECAUSE THE POLICE STATION
WAS ONE BLOCK AWAY.
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WHAT THEY SEE
LEAVES THEM AGHAST.
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Woman: THEY SEE DR. ADAMS LAYING
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
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Ellis: AND HE HAD TWO GUNSHOTS
IN HIS BACK.
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THEY DID NOT NOTICE
THE OTHER TWO BULLETS
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THAT HAD BEEN FIRED AT THE TIME.
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AND CLUTCHED IN HIS HAND,
WAS $100 BILL.
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NOW YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND,
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IN ADDITION TO THE FACT
THAT NO ONE, I MEAN, NO ONE,
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HAD EVER SHOT A PERSON
IN COLD BLOOD IN TOWN
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IN RECENT MEMORY,
THIS WAS DOC ADAMS.
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JACK SPURLOCK.
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HE WAS LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
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DR. ADAMS WAS EVERYBODY'S
FAMILY PHYSICIAN IN TOWN --
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BLACK AND WHITE.
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IT WAS KIND OF UNHEARD OF
IN THE 1950s IN THE SOUTH.
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Udell:
HE WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE DOCTORS
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THAT HAD TO COLLECT MONEY.
"PAY ME WHEN YOU CAN."
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HE DOCTORED ON PEOPLE
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
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SEPARATE WAITING ROOM,
SEPARATE TREATMENT ROOM,
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WITHIN IN THE SAME BUILDING.
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KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHO'S THERE?
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BANANA.
BANANA, WHO?
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KNOCK, KNOCK.
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HE WAS KNOWN AS
"THE SHOT DOCTOR."
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HE HAD SOME INTO TOWN
IN 1945 AS A NEW PHYSICIAN.
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HE WAS WIELDING PENICILLIN
WHICH COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.
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ORANGE YOU GLAD
I DIDN'T SAY BANANA?
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[ GIGGLES ]
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TAKE A DEEP BREATH NOW, BIG GUY.
[ INHALES SHARPLY ]
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IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND TODAY
THE KIND OF POWER A MAN HAD
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WHEN HE COULD
PREVENT A CHILD FROM DYING
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BY JUST GIVING THEM A SHOT.
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"ANTIBIOTIC" WASN'T A WORD
WE'D USE MUCH BACK THEN,
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BUT "MIRACLE" WAS.
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HERE YOU GO.
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Udell:
DR. ADAMS WAS A SAVIOR.
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DR. ADAMS WAS BELOVED BY ALL,
BLACK AND WHITE ALIKE.
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AND ON TOP OF THAT,
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DOC ADAMS
WAS PRACTICALLY FAMOUS.
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HE JUST GOT ELECTED
TO THE FLORIDA STATE SENATE
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AND EVERYONE SAID
IF HE PLAYED HIS CARDS RIGHT,
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HE COULD BE GOVERNOR SOMEDAY.
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THE POLICE SPEAK TO THREE WOMEN
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WHO HAD BEEN IN
THE COLORED WAITING ROOM.
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Ellis: ONE OF THEM HAD COME IN
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE GUNSHOTS.
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THE OTHER TWO WOMEN
HAD ACTUALLY SEEN A WOMAN ENTER.
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THIS LADY WAS APPROXIMATELY
5'2" TALL.
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SHE WAS A LITTLE OVER
MEDIUM WEIGHT.
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WELL, SHE'S DARK-SKINNED,
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YELLOW DRESS, TAN HANDBAG,
TAN SHOES.
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Evans:
THE WOMEN HAD HEARD AN ARGUMENT
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CENTERED AROUND A MEDICAL BILL.
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SHE SAID,
"I WANT TO PAY MY BILL.
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HERE'S $100.
I WANT A RECEIPT FOR IT."
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AND THE DOCTOR THEN SAID,
YOU KNOW,
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"GODDAMN YOU, WOMAN,
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU."
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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AT THAT POINT,
SHE HEARD THE FIRST GUNSHOT,
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AS DR. ADAMS TRIED TO
TURN AROUND AND EXIT THE DOOR,
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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THERE WAS A SECOND GUNSHOT.
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AND THEN, ANOTHER SHOT
TOWARDS HIS BACK.
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AND AFTER A PAUSE...
[ GUNSHOT ]
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THE FOURTH SHOT.
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THE THREE WOMEN SAID
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.
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IT WAS A COLORED WOMAN,
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BUT IT'S A SMALL TOWN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
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THIS WAS THE SEPARATE PART
OF SEPARATE BUT EQUAL.
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Udell: YOU LEARNED TO HAVE
AS LITTLE TO DO
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WITH WHITE FOLKS' BUSINESS
AS YOU COULD.
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YOU DIDN'T PUT YOURSELF IN
A POSITION TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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SO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
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YES, I WAS SITTING RIGHT OVER
THERE IN THE TRUCK.
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Ellis: A FEW MINUTES
BEFORE THE GUNSHOTS,
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HAROLD MUSGROVE, A TEEN
SITTING IN A PICKUP TRUCK,
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SAW A WOMAN WEARING THE SAME
OUTFIT THAT WAS DESCRIBED.
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Evans:
THE WOMAN APPEARS TO BE NERVOUS.
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SHE WALKS BACK AND FORTH,
PEERS INTO DR. ADAMS' OFFICE,
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THEN SHE WOULD WALK
BACK TO HER CAR.
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THE TWO KIDS WERE JUST
SITTING IN THE CAR.
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STOP IT.
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Evans:
IN THE CAR ARE TWO CHILDREN.
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ONE ABOUT 7 AND THE OTHER
WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
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THEN MY MA AND PA CAME OUT.
THAT'S ALL I SAW.
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ASIDE FROM THE FACT
THAT THOSE DEPUTIES
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MUST HAVE WONDERED
WHAT WOMAN IN HER RIGHT MIND
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WOULD BRING HER CHILDREN
ALONG TO A MURDER?
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THE DESCRIPTION
OF THIS MYSTERIOUS PERSON
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WASN'T SO MYSTERIOUS.
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WHEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS HEAR HOW FINELY DRESSED
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THIS LADY IS AND ON TOP OF THIS,
THEY HAVE THE $100 BILL,
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THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON
THAT IT COULD BE.
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AND THAT IS RUBY McCOLLUM.
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[ ENGINE TURNS ON ]
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EVERYBODY KNEW RUBY McCOLLUM.
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SHE WAS JUST ABOUT
THE LAST PERSON
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YOU WOULD EXPECT TO BE
INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF MESS.
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SHE'S THE RICHEST BLACK WOMAN
IN LIVE OAK.
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HOW YOU DOIN', RUBY?
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I'M FINE, OFFICER.
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
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RUBY IS PREPARING A BOTTLE
FOR THE BABY.
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AND HER OUTFIT DOESN'T MATCH
THE DESCRIPTION
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OF THE WOMAN AT THE CRIME SCENE.
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THEY ARE STRUCK BY
THE NORMALCY OF THE SCENE.
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SO THEY ARE CONFUSED
AT THIS POINT.
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NOW, HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
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SO,
ON THIS SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING,
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NOTHING WAS AS IT SEEMED.
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BUT THAT WAS THE WAY
THINGS WERE IN LIVE OAK.
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APPEARANCES WERE DECEIVING,
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AND THE TRUTH WAS OFTEN TRAPPED
UNDER LAYERS OF SECRETS.
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Woman: ON A SUNNY
SUNDAY MORNING IN 1952,
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SOMEONE SHOT
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA'S
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BELOVED DR. LEROY ADAMS DEAD
RIGHT IN HIS OFFICE.
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FOLKS IN THE WAITING ROOM
SAID THEY HEARD HIM ARGUING
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WITH A WOMAN
OVER SETTLING A BILL.
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AND THE POLICE BELIEVE
THAT THAT WOMAN
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WAS NONE OTHER
THAN RUBY McCOLLUM,
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THE RICHEST BLACK WOMAN
IN TOWN.
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WHAT IS IT, SONIA?
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HERE'S THIS WOMAN
APPEARING TO NOT KNOW ANYTHING
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ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO DR. ADAMS.
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SO THE POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR EVIDENCE.
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Ellis: SEARCHING HER PURSE,
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ONE OF THEM FINDS A ROLL
OF 18 $100 BILLS.
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BACK IN THOSE DAYS,
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THE AVERAGE WORKER MADE
$2,000 A YEAR.
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SO THE $1,800 THAT RUBY
CARRIED IN HER PURSE
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WAS AN ANNUAL SALARY.
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THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO COULD
PAY A DOCTOR BILL.
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SO WHAT THE HECK
WAS GOING ON HERE?
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[ OBJECTS CLATTER ]
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WHO KNOWS WHY RUBY DID
WHAT SHE DID NEXT?
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COME ON.
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MAYBE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS
PROTECTING HER FAMILY.
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MAYBE SHE THOUGHT SHE'D FIND
A SYMPATHETIC EAR.
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RUBY, DID YOU KILL
DR. ADAMS?
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I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
I DID RIGHT
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OR WHETHER I DID WRONG.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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AND NONE OF US WOULD EVER
HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND OUT.
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ALTHOUGH THE ANSWER IS CRYPTIC,
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THEY HAVE,
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,
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AN ADMISSION OF GUILT.
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IT WAS INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
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BLACK PEOPLE DIDN'T DARE
LOOK TOO LONG AT A WHITE PERSON
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LET ALONE HURT THEM.
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WE WERE ALL TOO FAMILIAR
WITH HOW THAT WOULD END.
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EIGHT OR NINE YEARS BEFORE,
THIS BOY, WILLY HOWARD,
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ALL HE DID WAS SEND
A CHRISTMAS CARD
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TO A WHITE GIRL,
AND HE WAS BROUGHT TO
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THE EDGE OF A RIVER BANK
BY THREE WHITE MEN
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IN FRONT OF HIS FATHER.
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BOUNDED, GAGGED,
AND THROWN INTO THE RIVER.
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MAMA.
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MAMA!
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THE RIVER WHERE
THEY THREW THAT BOY?
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THAT WAS THE SUWANNEE RIVER,
AND LIKE I SAID,
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THAT RIVER RAN RIGHT THROUGH
LIVE OAK.
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[ SIREN WAILING ]
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SO, OBVIOUSLY,
THIS WAS A BIG FUSE
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LEADING TO A HUGE BOMB.
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AND THEY HAD TO SOMEHOW
DEFUSE IT.
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Thompson-Miller: NORMALLY, IF
SOMEONE HAS COMMITTED A CRIME,
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THEY WOULD TAKE THEM
TO THE SUWANNEE COUNTY JAIL.
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BUT IF YOU CARRIED HER
TO SUWANNEE COUNTY JAIL,
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SHE WAS GONNA BE DEAD,
DEAD, DEAD SHORTLY.
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AND A LYNCHING WAS NOT
SOMETHING THE LAW
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IN LIVE OAK WANTED.
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I'D LIKE TO SAY IT WAS
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
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LYNCHING WAS AN AFFRONT
TO OUR HUMANITY,
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00:13:09,367 --> 00:13:11,133
BUT KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW,
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I SUSPECT THAT THERE WAS
MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
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IT WOULD'VE MADE NATIONAL NEWS.
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AND LIVE OAK WOULD'VE BEEN
PUT UNDER THIS MICROSCOPE.
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NORTHERNERS COULD COME DOWN
DIGGING DEEP
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INTO THE SOUTHERN SOIL
TO FIND OUT
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THE SUBTERRANEAN AFFAIRS,
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AND THAT'S SOMETHING
THEY DID NOT WANT --
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OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE.
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SO THEY WHISK HER
ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY
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TO THE STATE PENITENTIARY
IN RAIFORD, FLORIDA.
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THOSE FOLKS HAD TO BE
VERY CAREFUL,
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BECAUSE SITTING
IN THAT BACKSEAT
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WAS THE RICHEST BLACK WOMAN
IN THE COUNTY,
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THE ONE PERSON IN LIVE OAK
WHO KNEW ALL THE SECRETS.
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[ BLUES MUSIC PLAYING ]
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WHAT YOU GONNA DO
WITH THAT?
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NOW, NOW, NOW, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
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I KNOW I GOT THREE...
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RUBY, WHERE MY LIGHTER?
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RUBY McCOLLUM GREW UP
IN ZUBER, FLORIDA,
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AND HER PARENTS WERE FARMERS
AND THEY WERE REALLY
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INTERESTED
IN HER GETTING EDUCATED.
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Ellis: SHE WAS SMART.
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SHE EXCELLED IN MATH.
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00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,900
Thompson-Miller:
SHE HAS A LOT OF AMBITION.
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00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:25,967
Ellis: RUBY KNEW SHE WANTED
TO HAVE ONLY
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THE FINEST THINGS IN LIFE.
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WHEN SHE WAS JUST
19 YEARS OLD,
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RUBY JOHNSON WAS SINGING
IN CHURCH AND CAUGHT THE EYE
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OF SAM McCOLLUM.
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HE FELL FOR HER RIGHT AWAY
AND PROPOSED THEN AND THERE.
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SHE SAID, "I'M GOING TO MARRY
SAM BECAUSE I SEE A WAY
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TO HAVE A BETTER FUTURE
WITH SAM."
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SAM McCOLLUM
HAD A THRIVING BUSINESS.
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HE WAS A FARMER.
268
00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:56,433
HE HAD THE LARGEST TOBACCO
ALLOTMENT IN SUWANNEE COUNTY.
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***
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Ellis: AND THEY ALSO HAVE
A NUMBER OF JUKE JOINTS,
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WHAT THE COMMUNITY CANNOT SEE
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00:15:07,433 --> 00:15:09,767
IS THE INVISIBLE SOURCE
OF INCOME.
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ALL RIGHT, NOW.
274
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LET'S GET
THESE BOLITA NUMBERS CALLED
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TO FIND OURSELVES A WINNER.
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74.
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SAM McCOLLUM WAS
IN THE BOLITA BUSINESS
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MAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
A WEEK.
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BOLITA IS NUMBERS.
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87.
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00:15:25,267 --> 00:15:30,833
Evans: PLAYERS WOULD PAY MONEY
FOR A CHANCE TO HIT
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A SERIES OF NUMBERS DRAWN
FROM A BAG.
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47.
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00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,867
Evans:
HOWEVER, IT WAS AN ILLEGAL GAME.
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33.
HEY, IT'S ME! I WON! I WON!
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ALL RIGHT, NOW, MISS LADY.
287
00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:51,067
RUBY McCOLLUM IS A SMART WOMAN
AND AN EXCELLENT BOOKKEEPER.
288
00:15:51,067 --> 00:15:55,400
SO, SAM AND RUBY
ARE IN BUSINESS TOGETHER.
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00:15:55,400 --> 00:16:00,067
IN RUBY, SAM HAD FOUND A WIFE
WHO WOULD HELP HIM
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RUN HIS NUMBERS GAME LIKE
A REAL HONEST-TO-GOD BUSINESS.
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00:16:03,433 --> 00:16:04,733
HOW WE LOOKIN'?
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00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:06,867
OH, WE LOOKIN' REAL GOOD,
BABY.
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00:16:06,867 --> 00:16:09,067
DOUBLE WHAT WE BROUGHT IN
LAST YEAR.
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00:16:09,067 --> 00:16:10,967
YOU KNOW I LIKE THAT.
295
00:16:10,967 --> 00:16:15,767
AND IN SAM, RUBY HAD A HUSBAND
WHO FED HER AMBITION.
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00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:20,733
Evans: AND VERY SOON, THEY HAD
AMASSED A SMALL FORTUNE.
297
00:16:20,733 --> 00:16:26,433
BUT THEY COULDN'T DO THIS
ON THEIR OWN.
298
00:16:26,433 --> 00:16:29,300
Evans: DURING THIS TIME,
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FOR A BLACK MAN TO RUN
AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATION
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00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,833
WOULD'VE REQUIRED HELP.
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00:16:35,833 --> 00:16:37,900
Ellis: HOW COULD SAM McCOLLUM
POSSIBLY OPERATE?
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00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:44,633
THE ANSWER'S VERY SIMPLE,
HE PAID LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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00:16:47,067 --> 00:16:49,600
[ GLASSES CLINK ]
304
00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,067
NOW IF WILLY HOWARD
WAS DROWNED
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00:16:52,067 --> 00:16:55,067
FOR NOTHING BUT SENDING
A NOTE TO A LITTLE GIRL?
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00:16:55,067 --> 00:17:00,833
YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY WAS RUBY,
SAM'S BOOKKEEPER,
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00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:03,833
AND AN ACTUAL THREAT
TO SOME POWERFUL PEOPLE,
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00:17:03,833 --> 00:17:05,733
STILL ALIVE?
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00:17:05,733 --> 00:17:09,067
THERE WERE RUMORS
THAT RUBY McCOLLUM
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KEPT A LITTLE BLACK BOOK,
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00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,533
WHICH RECORDED ALL OF
THE PAYOUTS
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00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,467
TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:17,833
THEY COULDN'T FIND IT.
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00:17:17,833 --> 00:17:20,467
THEY DO NOT WANT HER LYNCHED,
315
00:17:20,467 --> 00:17:23,300
NOT LONG AS THAT BOOK
WAS OUT THERE.
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00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:25,333
WHO CAN SAY?
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00:17:25,333 --> 00:17:27,233
YOU'LL COME TO SEE
THAT THE SO-CALLED FACTS
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00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:30,500
IN THIS STORY OFTEN SEEM
MORE LIKE FABLES.
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00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:35,833
Ellis: SAM WAS IN CHURCH
WITH HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER, KAY.
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00:17:35,833 --> 00:17:42,633
A DEACON CAME, TOLD HIM THAT
HIS WIFE HAD SHOT DR. ADAMS.
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00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:45,133
[ MUFFLED SINGING ]
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Southerland: AND HE KNOWS
RIGHT THEN AND THERE
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THAT THEIR LIFE IS OVER.
324
00:17:49,433 --> 00:17:52,200
EVERYTHING IS GONNA COME
CRUMBLING DOWN.
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00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:56,600
Udell: YOUR WIFE DONE KILLED
THE MOST LOVED, RESPECTED
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WHITE MAN IN THIS COUNTY,
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00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:02,900
YOU GONNA GET YOUR NECK
STRETCHED, TOO.
328
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,500
ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS FOR HIM
TO PACK UP AND GET GONE
329
00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:06,767
BEFORE EVERYONE FIGURED OUT
330
00:18:06,767 --> 00:18:09,267
WHY RUBY'D DONE
WHAT SHE'D DONE.
331
00:18:09,267 --> 00:18:12,900
AND THAT IT ALL LED BACK TO
THEIR SILENT PARTNER
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00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:15,467
WHO STAYED IN THE SHADOWS.
333
00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:26,600
KAY, BABY, I NEED YOU TO HELP
YOUR SISTER GET HER THINGS.
334
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,233
OKAY?
I NEED YOU TO HURRY UP NOW.
335
00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:29,833
OKAY, WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.
336
00:18:29,833 --> 00:18:32,367
Woman: RUBY McCOLLUM WAS ON
HER WAY TO JAIL FOR KILLING
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00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:33,933
DR. LEROY ADAMS.
338
00:18:33,933 --> 00:18:36,867
RUBY'S HUSBAND SAM KNEW
HE HAD JUST A VERY SHORT TIME
339
00:18:36,867 --> 00:18:41,867
TO GET THEIR CHILDREN
OUT OF TOWN AND SOMEWHERE SAFE.
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00:18:41,867 --> 00:18:45,300
Ellis: SAM McCOLLUM SECURED
ALL THREE CHILDREN.
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00:18:50,167 --> 00:18:54,267
LOADED UP SUITCASES FULL
OF HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
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00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:56,500
Southerland:
AND DRIVES AS FAST AS HE CAN
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TO HIS IN-LAWS' HOUSE
IN ZUBER, FLORIDA.
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Ellis: OF COURSE LAW ENFORCEMENT
WANTED TO TALK TO SAM McCOLLUM
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00:19:01,667 --> 00:19:03,567
TO FIND OUT WHAT HE KNEW.
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00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:06,933
HE AGREED TO MEET THEM
IN LAKE CITY THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,733
Southerland:
BUT BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT,
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00:19:14,733 --> 00:19:16,767
HE HAS A HEART ATTACK AND DIES.
349
00:19:16,767 --> 00:19:21,067
NOW, SAM DID HAVE A BAD HEART,
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00:19:21,067 --> 00:19:22,433
BUT WHEN ONE DAY A MAN
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IS RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE
FROM THE LAW
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AND THE NEXT DAY
HE DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES,
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00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,633
LIKE WITH SO MANY OTHER
PARTS OF THIS STORY,
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00:19:29,633 --> 00:19:31,800
PEOPLE START TO WONDER.
355
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,867
THEY SAY HE HAD
A "HEART ATTACK,"
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00:19:33,867 --> 00:19:36,433
OR HE OVERDOSED ON
HIS HEART PILLS.
357
00:19:36,433 --> 00:19:39,300
I DON'T THINK SO.
I DON'T BUY IT.
358
00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:40,533
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF.
359
00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:42,267
I'M SPECULATING JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE,
360
00:19:42,267 --> 00:19:43,933
BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
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00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:48,100
I THINK THAT SOMEBODY
GOT TO HIM.
362
00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:51,300
AND THEY KILLED HIM.
363
00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:59,233
WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?
364
00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:01,533
THEY'RE WITH YOUR PEOPLE
IN ZUBER.
365
00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:09,133
THE CHILDREN WILL BE
JUST FINE, MISS McCOLLUM.
366
00:20:09,133 --> 00:20:11,333
I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT.
367
00:20:11,333 --> 00:20:14,000
RUBY TALKS TO RELEFORD McGRIFF,
A FAMILY FRIEND
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00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,633
WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A LAWYER
AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
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00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:18,700
THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY
ABLE TO SPEAK TO, UM,
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00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:20,100
THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL.
371
00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:23,167
AND IT WAS TO RELEFORD McGRIFF
THAT RUBY TOLD
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00:20:23,167 --> 00:20:24,867
THE ENTIRE STORY --
373
00:20:24,867 --> 00:20:28,833
HOW SAM AND RUBY HADN'T BEEN
ALONE IN THE BOLITA BUSINESS.
374
00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:31,500
THEY HAD A PARTNER.
375
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,067
AND THAT PARTNER WAS
NONE OTHER THAN DOC ADAMS.
376
00:20:47,667 --> 00:20:49,800
[ COUGHING ]
377
00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,567
SIX YEARS EARLIER,
RUBY HAD FALLEN ILL.
378
00:20:53,567 --> 00:20:54,900
RUBY?
379
00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:56,900
AND SAM HAD CALLED
THE NEW DOCTOR IN TOWN,
380
00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:59,667
THE ONE WHO MADE HOUSE CALLS
IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.
381
00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:03,233
THIS HERE DR. ADAMS.
382
00:21:03,233 --> 00:21:07,200
THE ONE I TOLD YOU ABOUT.
383
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,067
SOON, DOC ADAMS TOOK CARE
OF ALL THE McCOLLUMS.
384
00:21:11,067 --> 00:21:13,100
HE WOULD EVEN DELIVER
RUBY AND SAM'S
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00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,633
SECOND DAUGHTER, SONIA.
386
00:21:15,633 --> 00:21:19,733
BUT THAT WAS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
387
00:21:19,733 --> 00:21:22,667
MMM, MMM, MMM-MMM.
388
00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:29,167
DR. ADAMS FAMILY IS AN OLD
SOUTHERN FAMILY FROM BACK
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00:21:29,167 --> 00:21:30,500
SLAVERY TIME.
390
00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:34,067
BIG LAND OWNERS
IN HAMILTON COUNTY.
391
00:21:34,067 --> 00:21:35,833
MMM, MMM, RUBY.
392
00:21:35,833 --> 00:21:37,167
BETTER THAN MY MAMA'S.
393
00:21:37,167 --> 00:21:39,067
WELL, THANK YOU.
394
00:21:39,067 --> 00:21:42,733
AS TIME WORE ON, THOUGH,
HIS FAMILY HAD NOT BEEN
395
00:21:42,733 --> 00:21:44,367
AS PROMINENT.
396
00:21:44,367 --> 00:21:46,967
AND THEY WENT BROKE.
397
00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:49,633
SAM, LET'S TALK US
SOME BUSINESS.
398
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,467
DR. ADAMS WAS A SHREWD MAN.
399
00:21:55,467 --> 00:22:01,100
AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED,
AND WHAT HE WANTED WAS POWER
400
00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:02,433
AND MONEY.
401
00:22:02,433 --> 00:22:05,700
RUBY AND SAM McCOLLUM
HAD SOME TREMENDOUS WEALTH,
402
00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,100
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
403
00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,267
THAT WEALTH COULD BE TAKEN AWAY
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
404
00:22:09,267 --> 00:22:11,933
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING
MIGHTY GOOD HERE.
405
00:22:11,933 --> 00:22:13,900
MIGHTY GOOD.
406
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,367
I THINK YOU AND ME
CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
407
00:22:19,567 --> 00:22:21,700
[ CRUNCHING ]
408
00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:25,800
HE BECAME THE GO-BETWEEN
THE McCOLLUMS
409
00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,067
AND ALL THE WHITES.
410
00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:30,867
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE
NO PERMISSION.
411
00:22:30,867 --> 00:22:33,967
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK
BECAUSE HE WAS DR. ADAMS
412
00:22:33,967 --> 00:22:35,533
AND HE WAS WHITE.
413
00:22:35,533 --> 00:22:36,800
"I'M YOUR BOSS NOW."
414
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,633
Southerland:
AND BECAUSE OF THIS,
415
00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:40,133
DR. ADAMS IS ABLE TO FINANCE
416
00:22:40,133 --> 00:22:41,900
HIS INDEPENDENT
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
417
00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:44,333
MMM. [ CHUCKLES ]
418
00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:51,133
IT WAS A DANGEROUS GAME
HE WAS PLAYING.
419
00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:53,533
SURE, THE MONEY HE WAS TAKING
IN FROM THE BOLITA RACKET
420
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:55,467
WOULD HELP HIM
START POLITICKING,
421
00:22:55,467 --> 00:22:58,200
BUT THE SOURCE OF THAT MONEY
CAN NEVER BE KNOWN
422
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,633
TO THE GOOD WHITE CHRISTIAN
VOTERS OF FLORIDA
423
00:23:00,633 --> 00:23:03,767
WHO HATED GAMBLING.
424
00:23:03,767 --> 00:23:07,700
DID SOMETHING GO WRONG
WITH THE NUMBERS, RUBY?
425
00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:11,433
ONE HAS TO WONDER,
426
00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:14,533
COULD THERE HAVE BEEN
AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THE TAKE?
427
00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:16,233
HOW MUCH ADAMS WOULD GET,
428
00:23:16,233 --> 00:23:18,167
HOW MUCH THE McCOLLUMS
COULD GET.
429
00:23:18,167 --> 00:23:21,133
IT WASN'T THE NUMBERS.
430
00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:23,833
AND IF IT WASN'T
ABOUT BUSINESS,
431
00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:28,267
IT MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT
SOMETHING PERSONAL.
432
00:23:28,267 --> 00:23:31,300
[ WAILING ]
433
00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:38,900
OH, GOD! OH, GOD! OH, GOD!
434
00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:44,933
HELP, SOMEBODY!
SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!
435
00:23:44,933 --> 00:23:47,967
RUBY WAS KEPT AWAY
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
436
00:23:47,967 --> 00:23:50,067
SUPPOSEDLY FOR HER OWN SAFETY.
437
00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:53,833
GUARD!
438
00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:55,633
GUARD!
439
00:23:55,633 --> 00:23:58,767
ONE DAY, HER ATTORNEY CAME IN
AND FOUND HER LYING
440
00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:00,433
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
441
00:24:00,433 --> 00:24:03,200
SHE HAD A MISCARRIAGE.
442
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,833
GUARD!
443
00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:06,400
SHE WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT.
444
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,400
I NEED A DOCTOR OVER HERE!
445
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,100
AND AS SHE LAY IN THE BLOOD
THAT JUST HOURS AGO
446
00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:12,333
FILLED HER WOMB...
447
00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:13,533
RUBY?
448
00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:17,233
...RUBY REVEALED
HER DARKEST SECRET.
449
00:24:17,233 --> 00:24:19,600
IT'S DR. ADAMS' BABY.
450
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:25,900
SHE'D BEEN CARRYING
DOC ADAMS' CHILD.
451
00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:27,067
GUARD!
452
00:24:27,067 --> 00:24:29,833
AND NOT ONLY THAT,
453
00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:34,600
THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME
SHE'D BEEN PREGNANT BY HIM.
454
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,200
DOC ADAMS WAS DEAD.
455
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,367
SHOT BY RUBY McCOLLUM,
THAT MUCH WAS CLEAR.
456
00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:51,433
BUT THAT'S RIGHT ABOUT
WHERE CLARITY ENDED.
457
00:24:51,433 --> 00:24:54,200
BECAUSE, YOU SEE,
BACK THEN IN LIVE OAK,
458
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,800
KEEPING SECRETS
WAS OFTEN CONSIDERED
459
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,733
THE POLITE THING TO DO.
460
00:24:57,733 --> 00:24:59,200
IN THE SOUTH,
461
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,167
THERE ARE TWO THINGS --
ONE, WHAT IS NON,
462
00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,233
AND ONE IS WHAT IS TALKED ABOUT.
463
00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,167
[ HUMMING ]
464
00:25:06,167 --> 00:25:08,967
AND WHAT EVERYONE KNEW
AND NO ONE TALKED ABOUT
465
00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:15,367
WAS THAT RUBY HAD ALREADY HAD
ONE CHILD BY DOC ADAMS.
466
00:25:15,367 --> 00:25:19,833
NOW RELEFORD McGRIFF COULD
HAVE DEFENDED RUBY IN COURT,
467
00:25:19,833 --> 00:25:23,067
BUT AS A BLACK MAN IN 1952,
HE WAS ALL TOO AWARE
468
00:25:23,067 --> 00:25:25,400
OF HOW A JURY MIGHT REACT
TO THAT.
469
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,500
SO, HE BROUGHT IN A WHITE
LAWYER TO HEAR RUBY'S STORY.
470
00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:33,300
HOW DID THIS ALL HAPPEN?
471
00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:37,167
IT STARTED FIVE,
SIX YEARS AGO NOW.
472
00:25:37,167 --> 00:25:40,200
[ PLAYING JAZZ ]
473
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:49,600
SAM McCOLLUM WAS ALLEGED
TO BE HAVING AN AFFAIR
474
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,767
WITH A SCHOOLTEACHER IN
SUWANNEE COUNTY BLACK SCHOOLS.
475
00:25:54,767 --> 00:26:00,467
Ellis: RUBY WAS AWARE OF THIS,
BUT SHE IGNORED IT.
476
00:26:00,467 --> 00:26:06,600
YOU KNOW, I MARRIED SAM BECAUSE
I THOUGHT HE'D BE A STEP UP.
477
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,867
IN THE END, HE TURNED OUT
TO BE LIKE ALL THE REST.
478
00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,300
[ MAN VOMITS ]
479
00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:13,067
OH, MY -- WHOA, HE DONE VOMIT
ALL OVER, MISS RUBY,
480
00:26:13,067 --> 00:26:15,567
RIGHT THERE NOW, BOY, YOU AIN'T
GONNA LIVE THIS ONE DOWN.
481
00:26:15,567 --> 00:26:17,933
NO MORE WHISKEY FOR HIM.
HEY, RUBY!
482
00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:23,067
RUBY, COME IN HERE
FOR A SECOND!
483
00:26:23,067 --> 00:26:24,767
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
484
00:26:24,767 --> 00:26:26,833
NOT ON MY FLOOR!
485
00:26:26,833 --> 00:26:28,333
GO ON GET SOMETHING
TO CLEAN IT UP NOW.
486
00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:29,767
NO!
487
00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:35,267
WOMAN, I SAID CLEAN IT UP.
488
00:26:35,267 --> 00:26:38,067
[ SCOFFS ] NO.
YOU CLEAN IT UP.
489
00:26:43,233 --> 00:26:44,733
[ TABLE THUDS ]
490
00:26:44,733 --> 00:26:46,900
COME OVER HERE.
491
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:50,300
RUBY, GET YOURSELF OVER THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP IT!
492
00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:55,100
Leslie: YEARS EARLIER,
SAM AND RUBY HAVE A FIGHT.
493
00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:57,733
RUBY WILL NOT BE
SUBSERVIENT TO SAM.
494
00:26:57,733 --> 00:27:01,333
[ ARGUING
CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY ]
495
00:27:01,333 --> 00:27:04,800
AND BECAUSE OF THAT
HE BEATS HER UP PRETTY BADLY.
496
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,167
RUBY DIDN'T MARRY SAM
SO SHE COULD BE LIKE
497
00:27:08,167 --> 00:27:10,267
ALL THE OTHER GIRLS SHE KNEW.
498
00:27:10,267 --> 00:27:12,100
SHE WANTED A PARTNER.
499
00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:14,633
[ LIGHTER CLICKS ]
500
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,967
AND NOBODY EVER ACCUSED
RUBY McCOLLUM
501
00:27:16,967 --> 00:27:19,067
OF NOT KNOWING HER OWN WORTH.
502
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:27,467
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
503
00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:40,067
Ruby: DR. ADAMS CAME BY
THE HOUSE WHEN SAM WAS AWAY.
504
00:27:40,067 --> 00:27:41,933
WELL, GOOD DAY, RUBY.
505
00:27:41,933 --> 00:27:44,300
GOOD DAY, DR. ADAMS.
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
506
00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:47,067
THOUGHT I'D STOP IN,
CHECK ON YOU IS ALL.
507
00:27:47,067 --> 00:27:50,133
OH, WELL, I'M FINE.
THANK YOU.
508
00:27:50,133 --> 00:27:53,433
OH, SAM'S NOT IN RIGHT NOW.
509
00:27:57,633 --> 00:28:02,567
WHAT WAS THE TRUE NATURE
OF THEIR COMING TOGETHER?
510
00:28:02,567 --> 00:28:08,100
RUBY WAS A VERY PROUD WOMAN
IN HER OWN RIGHT.
511
00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:10,567
SHE WAS NOT STUPID.
512
00:28:10,567 --> 00:28:13,733
AND SHE WAS NO SHRINKING VIOLET.
513
00:28:13,733 --> 00:28:17,500
Ellis: I BELIEVE AS FAR AS
SHE WAS CONCERNED,
514
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:20,767
SHE WAS ENTITLED TO BE WITH
THE HIGHEST RANKING PERSON
515
00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:23,900
SHE COULD POSSIBLY BE WITH.
516
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:30,400
I BELIEVE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO WAY THAT THIS INTELLIGENT,
517
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,833
SUCCESSFUL, BLACK WOMAN
WHO WAS MARRIED
518
00:28:35,833 --> 00:28:40,933
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO BE
WITH DR. ADAMS.
519
00:28:40,933 --> 00:28:44,767
AND TO IMPLY THAT
IT WAS AN AFFAIR,
520
00:28:44,767 --> 00:28:47,867
IT'S LIKE THIS NOTION THAT,
YOU KNOW,
521
00:28:47,867 --> 00:28:51,700
SHE HAD AS MANY RIGHTS
AS, UH, HE DID.
522
00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:56,233
FROM THE BEGINNING OF SLAVERY
IN NORTH AMERICA,
523
00:28:56,233 --> 00:28:58,267
BLACK PEOPLE WERE PROPERTY.
524
00:29:02,767 --> 00:29:04,867
THOSE SAME NOTIONS
WERE PERPETUATED
525
00:29:04,867 --> 00:29:07,767
ALL THROUGH THE JIM CROW ERA.
526
00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:11,133
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
527
00:29:11,133 --> 00:29:17,067
THERE WAS AN IMPLICIT
UNDERSTANDING THAT
528
00:29:17,067 --> 00:29:21,600
WHITE MEN HAD THE RIGHT TO DO
WHATEVER THEY WANTED
529
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,300
WITH BLACK WOMEN.
530
00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:25,667
WHO STARTED WHAT?
531
00:29:25,667 --> 00:29:28,433
WHO MADE THE FIRST OVERTURE?
532
00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:29,933
WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
533
00:29:29,933 --> 00:29:33,100
BUT, FOR ME, I HAVE TO WONDER
DOES IT MATTER?
534
00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:37,067
IN A WORLD WHERE A WOMAN
CAN'T SAY "NO,"
535
00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:39,600
WHAT COULD A "YES"
POSSIBLY MEAN?
536
00:29:44,967 --> 00:29:49,067
IT WAS LIKE IT WAS
HIS RIGHTS TO DO IT.
537
00:29:49,067 --> 00:29:51,067
NOTHING SHE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
538
00:29:51,067 --> 00:29:54,133
NOTHING HER FAMILY
COULD DO ABOUT IT.
539
00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:05,600
HOWEVER IT MAY HAVE STARTED,
RUBY TOLD RELEFORD McGRIFF
540
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,900
AND HER WHITE LAWYER THAT
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
541
00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:10,500
FOR THINGS TO TURN UGLY.
542
00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:15,267
DR. ADAMS WASN'T THE MAN
EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WAS.
543
00:30:15,267 --> 00:30:19,000
HE SURE HAD A TEMPER ON HIM.
544
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,800
I'D SAY, "NO."
AND HE'D JUST TAKE IT.
545
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,500
WE KNOW FROM NOTES THAT
SHE WROTE TO HER ATTORNEYS
546
00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:36,767
THAT HE HAD BEAT HER
AND RAPED HER FOR YEARS.
547
00:30:36,767 --> 00:30:40,100
FOR HIM,
SEX WITH RUBY WAS A WAY OF
548
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:41,467
CEMENTING THE RELATIONSHIP.
549
00:30:41,467 --> 00:30:44,233
IT WAS A WAY OF
GETTING CONTROL OF HER.
550
00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:47,167
IT WAS A WAY OF
GETTING CONTROL OVER HER MONEY.
551
00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:51,800
Southerland:
DR. ADAMS IS A SHOT DOCTOR.
552
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,300
AND SO HE TOOK
FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
553
00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:58,367
SHE STATED THAT HE WOULD
GIVE HER ONE SHOT
554
00:30:58,367 --> 00:31:03,167
TO MAKE HER SICK
AND ONE SHOT TO MAKE HER WELL.
555
00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:06,433
Leslie: PROBABLY THE SHOTS
THAT HE GAVE HER
556
00:31:06,433 --> 00:31:08,233
WERE EITHER COCAINE OR HEROIN.
557
00:31:08,233 --> 00:31:13,333
Evans:
ADAMS WAS ALL ABOUT CONTROL.
558
00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:18,200
AND WHEN SHE ASKED HIM,
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?"
559
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,967
HIS ANSWER WAS,
"IT TAKES A LITTLE OF THAT
560
00:31:20,967 --> 00:31:23,067
FOR YOU SOMETIMES."
561
00:31:26,833 --> 00:31:29,800
A FEW YEARS LATER,
562
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:34,567
RUBY GAVE BIRTH TO LITTLE
LORETTA, DOC ADAMS' CHILD.
563
00:31:39,267 --> 00:31:45,433
Evans: IT MUST'VE BEEN
A SLAP IN THE FACE TO SAM.
564
00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:48,967
Ellis: CERTAINLY WAS KNOWN THAT
LORETTA WAS LIGHT-SKINNED.
565
00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:50,867
DADDY, DADDY.
HEY.
566
00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:53,500
BUT LIVE OAK
WAS A WHISPERING TOWN.
567
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:55,333
IT DID NOT SPEAK THESE TRUTHS.
568
00:31:55,333 --> 00:31:58,700
I LEARNED LONG AGO
THAT IT IS FUTILE TO TRY
569
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:01,100
TO MAKE SENSE OF
SOMEONE ELSE'S MARRIAGE.
570
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:04,133
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS
RUBY AND SAM STAYED MARRIED
571
00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:06,333
AND STAYED IN BUSINESS.
572
00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:09,767
I ASKED HIM TO FIX ME
573
00:32:09,767 --> 00:32:13,500
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE NO MORE
BABIES BY HIM.
574
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,100
AND HE SAID NO.
575
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:20,333
HE HAD ME COMMITTED TO
BRUCE'S NEGRO MENTAL HOSPITAL.
576
00:32:20,333 --> 00:32:25,233
IF SHE DIDN'T CONTAIN HERSELF
AND BEHAVE AND DO
577
00:32:25,233 --> 00:32:27,767
AS HE TOLD HER TO DO,
578
00:32:27,767 --> 00:32:32,400
THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE HER
SENT TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION.
579
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,800
SO, SHE WOULD GO AWAY,
SHE WOULD REST,
580
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,733
AND THEN SHE WOULD COME HOME.
581
00:32:37,733 --> 00:32:40,600
AND THEN IT WOULD NOT BE LONG
BEFORE SHE WOULD BE
582
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,767
ON THE DOORSTEP OF HIS OFFICE
ASKING TO SEE HIM
583
00:32:43,767 --> 00:32:46,800
OR ASKING FOR A FIX.
584
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:52,133
AND IT JUST CONTINUED
TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL.
585
00:32:52,133 --> 00:32:55,267
NOW, I'M NOT CERTAIN,
BUT NEAR AS I CAN FIGURE,
586
00:32:55,267 --> 00:32:58,133
BY THIS TIME, SENATOR ADAMS
ALREADY HAD HIS EYES
587
00:32:58,133 --> 00:32:59,733
ON THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
588
00:32:59,733 --> 00:33:02,733
RUBY AND THE BOLITA MONEY
HAD SERVED THEIR PURPOSE.
589
00:33:02,733 --> 00:33:04,400
IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO START
PUTTING DISTANCE
590
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,300
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THIS
UGLY CHAPTER IN HIS PAST.
591
00:33:11,067 --> 00:33:14,833
RUBY, WHY DID YOU KILL
DR. ADAMS?
592
00:33:14,833 --> 00:33:18,100
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
593
00:33:24,967 --> 00:33:27,767
I WAS CAUGHT
BETWEEN TWO GUNS.
594
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:36,133
[ GUNSHOT ]
595
00:33:42,067 --> 00:33:45,433
RUBY, WHY DID YOU KILL
DR. ADAMS?
596
00:33:45,433 --> 00:33:48,633
I WAS CAUGHT
BETWEEN TWO GUNS.
597
00:33:50,233 --> 00:33:54,333
SAM AND DR. ADAMS.
598
00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,333
RUBY FOUND OUT
THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT
599
00:33:57,333 --> 00:34:01,333
WITH DOC ADAMS' SECOND CHILD.
600
00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:02,667
I WANNA GET RID OF IT.
601
00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:05,433
YOU TAKE CARE OF IT,
OR I'LL FIND A DOCTOR WHO WILL.
602
00:34:05,433 --> 00:34:07,933
YOU AIN'T KILLING
NO CHILD OF MINE.
603
00:34:07,933 --> 00:34:10,067
YOU KILL MY BABY,
604
00:34:10,067 --> 00:34:12,667
AND I'LL KILL YOU.
605
00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:21,200
THEN ONE DAY, IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO THE MURDER,
606
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,867
SHE OPENED HER BILL
FROM DR. ADAMS' OFFICE.
607
00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:30,067
THERE WERE RUMORS
THAT ON THE BILL WAS $116
608
00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:33,433
FOR A D.N.C. WHERE THE UTERUS
WAS SCRAPED CLEAN
609
00:34:33,433 --> 00:34:35,533
PERFORMING, EFFECTIVELY,
AN ABORTION.
610
00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:38,900
BUT IF INDEED
THAT'S WHAT THE BILL WAS FOR
611
00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:41,367
AND RUBY NEVER DID SAY EXACTLY
WHAT WAS ON IT,
612
00:34:41,367 --> 00:34:44,533
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN RUBY
WHO WAS THE PATIENT.
613
00:34:44,533 --> 00:34:46,233
DOC ADAMS HAD REFUSED
TO INTERFERE
614
00:34:46,233 --> 00:34:48,233
WITH RUBY'S CONDITION.
615
00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:52,267
SO THEN WHO MIGHT HAVE
UNDERGONE THIS PROCEDURE?
616
00:34:52,267 --> 00:34:54,100
WHAT IS THIS?!
HMM?! WHAT IS THIS?!
617
00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:56,367
YOU AND YOUR TWO-BIT WHORE
ARE HAVING A BABY?!
618
00:34:56,367 --> 00:34:57,867
YOU THINK I DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE OTHER WOMAN?!
619
00:34:57,867 --> 00:34:59,067
CALM DOWN, HUH?
620
00:34:59,067 --> 00:35:01,100
CALM DOWN?
GET OFF OF ME!
621
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:05,100
YOU GOT NO REASON.
YOU AND YOUR WHITE MAN!
622
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,167
YOU GOT NOTHING TO SAY NOW.
623
00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:11,600
I'LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH.
624
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,567
YOU AIN'T' GONNA HAVE ANOTHER
BABY BY THAT MAN.
625
00:35:15,567 --> 00:35:17,467
IF YOU DO, I SWEAR,
I'LL KILL YOU.
626
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:27,600
SO RUBY WAS CORNERED.
627
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,600
EVERY DAY THAT BABY GREW
INSIDE OF HER,
628
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,400
SHE GOT CLOSER
TO BEING KILLED...
629
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,533
BY ONE MAN OR THE OTHER.
630
00:35:38,233 --> 00:35:39,833
AND THEN THERE WAS
THE NOTE SCRAWLED
631
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,767
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BILL.
632
00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:44,500
WAS IT THE THING THAT PUSHED
A DESPERATE WOMAN
633
00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:47,233
OVER THE EDGE?
634
00:35:47,233 --> 00:35:49,800
DID YOU WRITE THIS?
635
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:55,167
"SAM, YOU KEEP THIS
GODDAMN WOMAN OUT OF MY OFFICE.
636
00:35:55,167 --> 00:35:57,567
SHE'S GONE CRAZY AS A BAT."
637
00:35:57,567 --> 00:36:00,833
GET OUT OF MY OFFICE.
638
00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:04,700
DOC ADAMS HAD RAPED HER,
ADDICTED HER TO DRUGS,
639
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:07,467
FORCED HER TO BEAR
HIS CHILDREN,
640
00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:10,067
AND WHEN SHE BECAME
A POLITICAL LIABILITY,
641
00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,333
HE WAS CASTING HER ASIDE,
642
00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:15,600
AS THOUGH SHE WAS NOTHING.
643
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,167
WORTHLESS.
644
00:36:17,167 --> 00:36:19,933
[ CLICK, GUNSHOT ]
645
00:36:26,133 --> 00:36:28,133
[ GUNSHOTS ]
646
00:36:28,133 --> 00:36:29,600
[ THUD ]
647
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,767
[ GALLERY MURMURING ]
648
00:36:47,733 --> 00:36:49,700
THE JURY FOR RUBY McCOLLUM
649
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:54,200
CONSISTED
OF 12 ALL WHITE MALE JURORS,
650
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,333
MOST OF HIM HAD BEEN PATIENTS
OF DR. ADAMS.
651
00:36:57,333 --> 00:37:00,700
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
652
00:37:02,267 --> 00:37:05,500
[ DOOR OPENS ]
653
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:20,367
THIS TRIAL SHOOK THE FOUNDATIONS
OF THE SEGREGATIONIST SOUTH.
654
00:37:20,367 --> 00:37:22,267
HERE WAS A BLACK WOMAN
655
00:37:22,267 --> 00:37:25,300
TAKING THE STAND
IN HER OWN DEFENSE
656
00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:27,567
AGAINST BEING RAPED
BY A WHITE MAN
657
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:31,233
AND BEING FORCED
TO HAVE HIS CHILD.
658
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:38,967
DID MRS. McCOLLUM
HAVE RELATIONS WITH LEROY ADAMS?
659
00:37:38,967 --> 00:37:40,067
OBJECTION! YOUR HONOR,
660
00:37:40,067 --> 00:37:42,733
WE ARE NOT HERE
TO DISGRACE THE LEGACY
661
00:37:42,733 --> 00:37:44,100
OF THE LATE DR. ADAMS.
662
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:45,300
YOUR HONOR, THIS GOES
TO THE HEART OF OUR CASE.
663
00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:46,500
Judge: SUSTAINED.
664
00:37:49,633 --> 00:37:55,133
"IS DR. ADAMS THE FATHER
OF YOUR CHILD?"
665
00:37:55,133 --> 00:37:57,533
"OBJECTION." "SUSTAINED."
666
00:37:57,533 --> 00:38:01,700
"DID DR. ADAMS EVER BEAT YOU?"
667
00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:04,067
"OBJECTION." "SUSTAINED."
668
00:38:04,067 --> 00:38:12,200
SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER
37 TIMES.
669
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,500
THE JUDGE SAID,
"THIS TRIAL WILL BE DONE FAIR
670
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:19,433
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW."
671
00:38:19,433 --> 00:38:25,733
WELL, IT APPEARS THAT IT DEPENDS
ON THE DEFINITION OF FAIRNESS
672
00:38:25,733 --> 00:38:27,833
AND WHOSE LAW.
673
00:38:27,833 --> 00:38:29,800
AND THIS SILENCING OF RUBY,
674
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,200
KEEPING HER FROM TELLING
HER SIDE OF THE STORY,
675
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,333
HAS LED TO SPECULATION
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
676
00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:38,833
EVEN MORE DUPLICITOUS
GOING ON,
677
00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:42,967
LIKE MAYBE RUBY DIDN'T SHOOT
DOC ADAMS AT ALL.
678
00:38:42,967 --> 00:38:47,667
I HAVEN'T FOUND ONE BLACK PERSON
IN SUWANNEE COUNTY
679
00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:49,933
WHO BELIEVES SHE DID IT,
680
00:38:49,933 --> 00:38:52,833
AND NEVER DID BELIEVE IT.
681
00:38:52,833 --> 00:38:55,467
Ellis: THERE WERE RUMORS
IN SUWANNEE COUNTY,
682
00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:57,900
ESPECIALLY
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
683
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:01,667
THERE WAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
MEMBER HIMSELF.
684
00:39:01,667 --> 00:39:07,933
WHO SHOT DR. ADAMS
OVER THE BOLITA OPERATION.
685
00:39:07,933 --> 00:39:12,233
Udell: THEM BLACK LADIES SAID
WHAT THEY WAS TOLD TO SAY.
686
00:39:12,233 --> 00:39:15,333
THESE PEOPLE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY.
687
00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:19,667
MS. RUBY WAS A WEALTHY WOMAN,
WEALTHY HUSBAND.
688
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:24,433
"WE'LL TAKE EVERYTHING
THEY GOT."
689
00:39:24,433 --> 00:39:26,900
EVERYTHING BASED ON MONEY.
690
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:30,067
BUT IN THE END,
IT'S ALL JUST TALK.
691
00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:31,900
IN THE KILLING OF DR. ADAMS,
692
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:35,200
THE TRUTH IS AS MURKY
AS THE WATERS OF THE SUWANNEE.
693
00:39:37,533 --> 00:39:41,067
SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY
AND SENTENCED
694
00:39:41,067 --> 00:39:42,533
TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
695
00:39:42,533 --> 00:39:48,067
[ GROANING
AND SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
696
00:39:48,067 --> 00:39:50,567
[ CHEERING ]
697
00:39:59,567 --> 00:40:02,300
RUBY McCOLLUM SPENT 18 MONTHS
SITTING IN JAIL
698
00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:03,933
WAITING TO BE EXECUTED.
699
00:40:03,933 --> 00:40:07,667
HER LAWYERS FOUGHT TO GET
A NEW TRIAL AND WON.
700
00:40:07,667 --> 00:40:10,600
BUT WHEN THAT SECOND TRIAL
WAS GETTING READY TO START,
701
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,067
THE STATE OF FLORIDA RULED
702
00:40:12,067 --> 00:40:14,533
THAT RUBY HAD DETERIORATED
MENTALLY.
703
00:40:16,267 --> 00:40:18,200
SENDING RUBY
TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
704
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,100
WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE
SENSATIONAL.
705
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:23,133
IT WOULD HAVE ATTRACTED
MORE NORTHERN PRESS.
706
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:26,400
SO THEY FOUND A QUIETER WAY
TO DEAL WITH RUBY.
707
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,200
NO, NO, PLEASE! [ CRYING ]
708
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,500
NO, PLEASE! [ SOBBING ]
709
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:38,067
SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE
IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.
710
00:40:38,067 --> 00:40:43,267
SHE WAS GIVEN A CONSTANT
INJECTION OF THORAZINE
711
00:40:43,267 --> 00:40:46,300
AND OCCASIONAL
ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY.
712
00:40:55,833 --> 00:40:58,867
[ GAGGING ]
713
00:41:00,633 --> 00:41:03,467
YOU DON'T NEED A TREE
TO LYNCH A PERSON.
714
00:41:03,467 --> 00:41:04,667
[ GASPING ]
715
00:41:04,667 --> 00:41:06,167
YOU'LL BE FINE.
716
00:41:06,167 --> 00:41:09,800
YOU CAN JUST RUN THEM
INTO THE GROUND.
717
00:41:15,433 --> 00:41:19,333
[ THUD, HIGH-PITCHED WHIR ]
718
00:41:19,333 --> 00:41:22,967
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
719
00:41:22,967 --> 00:41:25,367
[ GAGGING ]
720
00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:33,067
Woman: * WADE IN THE WATER *
721
00:41:33,067 --> 00:41:41,533
* WADE IN THE WATER,
CHILDREN, WADE *
722
00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:44,733
Udell: LIVE OAK IS
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE NOW.
723
00:41:44,733 --> 00:41:48,800
BLACK PEOPLE NOW HAVE NO REASON
TO BELIEVE
724
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,867
THAT THEY'RE
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS,
725
00:41:50,867 --> 00:41:53,733
BUT MY DADDY TAUGHT ME
726
00:41:53,733 --> 00:41:55,933
"DON'T GET TOO CLOSE
TO WHITE FOLKS."
727
00:41:55,933 --> 00:41:58,300
AND I'M NOT FULL OF HATE.
728
00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:00,400
I JUST FEEL I'M WISE.
729
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,367
SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
730
00:42:05,367 --> 00:42:08,167
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
THE RICHEST BLACK WOMAN IN TOWN
731
00:42:08,167 --> 00:42:11,500
IN A TIME WHEN BLACK PEOPLE
WERE BARELY CITIZENS?
732
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:13,533
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE POWER
733
00:42:13,533 --> 00:42:15,900
WHEN THAT POWER CAN BE
TAKEN AWAY
734
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,467
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE?
735
00:42:17,467 --> 00:42:21,733
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DEFEND
YOURSELF IN A COURT OF LAW
736
00:42:21,733 --> 00:42:25,200
WHEN YOU AREN'T ALLOWED
TO SPEAK?
737
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,067
IT AIN'T JUST
ABOUT RUBY McCOLLUM.
738
00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:32,867
IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE
OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS
739
00:42:32,867 --> 00:42:35,367
THAT BLACK WOMEN HAVE
GONE THROUGH IN THIS COUNTRY,
740
00:42:35,367 --> 00:42:40,467
EXCEPT SHE MADE A CHOICE
THAT SHE WAS GONNA END IT
741
00:42:40,467 --> 00:42:48,567
ON THAT SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING
IN LIVE OAK, FLORIDA, IN 1952.
742
00:42:48,567 --> 00:42:53,700
Women: * GOD'S GON' TROUBLE
THE WATER *
743
00:42:53,700 --> 00:43:00,367
* JUST FOLLOW ME DOWN
TO JORDAN'S STREAM *
744
00:43:00,367 --> 00:43:06,667
* GOD'S GON' TROUBLE THE WATER *
745
00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:12,667
* WADE IN THE WATER *
746
00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:18,367
* WADE IN THE WATER, CHILDREN *
747
00:43:18,367 --> 00:43:20,833
* WADE *
748
00:43:20,833 --> 00:43:24,633
* IN THE WATER *
749
00:43:24,633 --> 00:43:30,367
* GOD'S GONNA TROUBLE
THE WATER *
750
00:43:30,417 --> 00:43:34,967
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