Blood Done Sign My Name Page #6

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(man)

That's right.

We were born here...

grew up here...

work here...

raise our

children here...

Yes, Lord.

and we ain't gonna

be silent no more!

(many)

No more!

And then we're

going to tell him

that this young man here, Dickie Marrow,

didn't die for nothing.

Yes, sir.

He died for us.

(several)

Yes, he did.

And we're never

gonna forget it.

Never!

Yes!

a Ain't gonna let

Nobody know a

a Turn me around a

a Turn me around, I ain't

Gonna let nobody know a

a Turn me around, We

gotta keep On walking a

a Keep on talking a

a Walking up

The freedom way a

a Don't you let nobody know a

a Turn it around,

Turn it around a

a Turn it around

And let segregation know a

a Turn you around, We

gotta keep On walking a

a Keep on talking a

You're Elizabeth

Chavis' boy, aren't you?

How you doing, Mr. Frinks? I'm Ben.

Call me Goldie.

Come on, everybody.

Unh. Ungawa.

(all)

Unh, unh, black power.

Say it again.

Unh. Ungawa.

Mean it.

Unh, unh, black power.

Unh. Ungawa.

Unh, unh, black power.

[repeating]

Vernon, I believe

your damn has burst.

Ungawa. Black power.

[soul music]

So what's your

plan, Goldie?

My plan?

Ben, look all

around you.

See these young people?

They are alive and energized

because they had a taste of

some of that freedom wine.

[chuckling]

And they liked it.

Their spirits are

flying right now

with the possibilities

of all that that wonderful

drink can bring them.

My plan, as you call it,

is to keep that

wine flowing.

And how are you

going to do that?

We. How are we gonna

keep it flowing?

We start off by getting hold of a mule.

A mule?

[female voice sings]

a Hold on, I'm coming a

a I'm on my way a

a Your lover a

a If you get cold, yeah,

I will be your cover a

a Don't have to worry a

a'Cause I'm here a

a Don't need to suffer, baby a

a'Cause I'm here a

a Just hold on a

a I'm coming a

a Hold on a

All right.

Come here, baby.

[laughs]

Here we go.

All right.

You okay?

Well, y'all

be good now.

(boy's voice)

All right, momma.

lf you get thirsty, you go

and help yourself, all right?

All right?

Don't worry. Ain't nothing gonna happen.

Seventy people.

A man is murdered, and we got

70 people to march to Raleigh.

It's not

where you start.

It's where you end

that counts.

Let's go.

Come on.

That's what I'm

worrying about.

M ight not be anybody left

by the time we get to Raleigh.

[no audible dialogue]

Get back on. Keep

on keeping on, sister.

All right.

How long they been

back there?

About a half hour.

They just been watching?

They ain't offered

me a ride yet.

[tires screeching]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

(man) Yee-ha! [gunshots]

[women, children scream]

[gunshots]

[unintelligible shouting]

[shooting continues]

Come on, let's get

back on the road.

It's gonna take a lot

more than that to stop us.

Is everybody okay?

You all right?

Check everybody out. Check

everybody out. Help them out.

It's gonna take

a lot more than that.

Let's get back in line

and let's keep on marching.

Come on.

It's all locked up.

Thought someone was supposed to be here.

Maybe they got the message

that it might not be healthy.

Come on, come on.

You think this is bad? This ain't bad.

You'll know bad

when you see it.

What exactly

does bad look like?

Fellas, fellas.

Sorry we're late.

Better late than never.

All right then,

my brother.

Let's get in here, man.

Hey, guys,

bring some food.

Everybody's

probably hungry.

So I heard the Klan had meetings

all around us last night.

Well, at least somebody

knows we're out here.

Come on.

All right. You okay?

All right.

Hi!

(little girl's voice)

Hi!

Hi!

Who's this?

I made some

calls down east.

Thought it was time to

prime the pumps a little bit,

get our numbers right.

Hey, y'all.

Right on time.

Welcome, welcome.

Glad y'all here.

Welcome now.

Welcome.

I know, baby. I know you don't

want to get back on that wagon.

But we just got

one more day, okay?

And then

we'll be all right.

I love you.

[female voice

sings slow song]

a Wandering road lead me a

a To finding my own a

I got here as soon as I could.

a Place that Was meant For me a

So glad you came.

a I'm not alone a

You okay?

Yeah.

a A darkness is parting a

a How far we've come a

a A new hope's arising a

a Leading us on a

[no audible dialogue]

a Wandering road behind me a

a Finding my stride a

a Struggle and pain, sorrow a

a Till arms open wide a

a The darkness has parted a

a No turning back a

a A new hope's arising a

a Leading us on a

[cheering continues]

Now this is what

I'm talking about.

[drumming]

[cheering continues]

Power.

This is a great day

in the history of

black people in Raleigh.

[cheering,

drumming]

ln North Carolina.

(crowd)

Yeah!

Everywhere.

Right now,

Ben Chavis and Henry

Marrow's widow, Willie Mae,

they're going to go have

a meeting with the Governor.

[crowd cheers]

Yeah!

This is a day for us to

come together for justice.

(crowd)

Yeah!

[knocking]

Jesus rode

into Jerusalem

on the back

of a donkey.

Ain't nobody

in there.

Willie Mae and her two

beautiful daughters...

I thought you said Mr.

Frinks contacted the Governor.

That's what he said.

That's what he told me.

So many long, hot miles.

50 long, hot miles to

bring us right here today.

(crowd)

Yes!

All those

people who walked

thought we were talking to the Governor.

My girls rode

all the way here.

For what?

What?

Please, just get

me out of here.

Come on.

Okay.

(Frinks) We will not stop

till we have justice! No!

And because blood

done signed our names.

Come on!

[cheering]

The blood

of Martin Luther King.

Blood of Malcolm X.

(many)

Yes!

The blood of Medgar Evers.

The blood of Dickie Marrow

brought us here today.

Wait, they're back. Let's

hear what they got to say.

Tell us what

the Governor said.

Ben Chavis is going to tell us

what Governor Scott has said.

(man)

Brother, speak!

[clears throat]

Governor Scott has chosen

not to meet with us today.

(many)

What?

Come on, man.

Neither he nor the

Lieutenant Governor

nor any of their staff, though

they were told we were coming,

chose to make

themselves available!

What the Governor just

told us by his absence

is that to the

white power structure,

Dickie Marrow's just

another n*gger dead!

(crowd)

No!

Well, Governor, you mark

this day on your calendar.

Because the day for

begging for black people

in North Carolina is over!

And you will never

forget this day again!

[cheering

and drumming]

[female voice

sings slow song]

a Let us praise

God together a

a On our knees a

a Let us praise

God together a

a On our knees a

a When I fall on my knees a

a With my face

To the rising sun a

a O Lord a

a Have mercy on me a

(Frinks) So you see what

we accomplished today?

If we stick together and stand together,

there's nothing

we can't do.

See you on the bus.

You told Willie Mae that we was

going to meet with the Governor

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