Boycott Page #5

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just waiting 'em out. - Well, boycott'll

be over today. Negroes will never

keep on walking. They do not have

the stomach for it. - You can smell that rain. - Ain't a cloud in the sky. all: If it's gonna rain Let it rain [relaxed gospel music] Martin: Good evening. In the year 1619,

the first Negro slaves landed in ships on the shores

of this nation. Nearly 400 years later,

the Negro in America still is not free. woman: Yeah, that's right. Robinson: No, Miss Stone

and her daughters have been waiting

for 45 minutes. You need to send

a car over there to Jackson Street right now. - I can't guarantee your car

won't get a little bit muddy. [unintelligible] - All right.

- Well, it is raining. Well, we will clean

your car for you. But we need it right now. Martin: Yet the substance

of America is expressed

in the sublime words, "We hold these truths to be

self-evident, that all men..." - Everybody.

We need everyone we can get. So we can count on you, then? Thank you.

Thank you so much. - Hey, baby. [phone ringing] Yes? No, the boycott's

not suspended. Just a little rain. - A little rain?

It's a typhoon. - Yeah.

All right. Where you going? - Well,

we need drivers. [thunder rumbling faintly] [light instrumental music] [engine revving] [man scatting] man: Yo, come on

men:
Ah man: Yo, come on

men:
Ah [phone ringing] - It held, in spite of the rain. - Jesus. Lewis: Numbers about the same

as yesterday. Nobody's riding the buses. The boycott held. [phone ringing] [crickets chirping] - Hello? Martin? Hello? Who is this? [tense music] [panting] man: It is time

for the white community to stop providing taxi service

to their Negro maids and cooks. They're only prolonging

the boycott. - The only reason they're

helping is so they don't have to do they own laundry. - If you really want to hit 'em

where they live, make the cooks and the maids

go on strike. - Martin, phone call. man: Think that they can force

the white people in this community

to submit to their... - Thank you, Rufus.

- Mm-hmm. - Hello? Hello,

hello, Mr. Rowan. Oh, of course.

I admire your work. - They think that it's funny

that whites who oppose the boycott

will act as chauffeurs to the very Negroes

that are boycotting. Martin: Uh-huh. Well, uh, no, that's, uh-- that's a false rumor. No, I'm quite sure. That's definitely a lie. No member of the MIA

met with the city. Thank you. That was Carl Rowan. Lead story in tomorrow's paper

says the boycott's over. - Wait, wait,

who said that? man: No, no, no! - Well, according to the story,

uh, some ministers from the Montgomery

Improvement Association came to terms

with the city council. - People read something

like that, it could break the boycott. - Well, they can't just say

it's over. - Well, they called it

a negotiated settlement. - Negotiated by who? We got us a Judas

in our midst. [all talking at once] - We got 30-some-odd hours

to get the word out before the first bus

Monday morning. - Everybody don't go

to church on Sunday. [bluesy music] All right,

watch yourself. - Now, how do you know

about these places? - You hear things,

word gets out, you know? - Hey, Rev,

where you at, man? - Hey, Bubba. [laughter,

unintelligible chatter] woman: Oh, oh, ooh You're gonna cry and cry [cheers and applause]

Yeah, yeah - Everybody, please remember

to stay off the buses, okay? - Hey, Rev, you want to shoot

some stick? - [chuckles] - So I'll see you in church

tomorrow, right, boy? - Damn,

you some shooter, Rev. - Y'all gonna play again? - Nah, that's all right. I think my best pool shooting

days' behind me, but I appreciate you

taking it easy on me. - Wasn't going easy on you. Guess maybe you had

some divine help. - Maybe so. [bluesy music] I think by the time

some of these folks leave out of here tonight,

the boycott may be over. - On a blind man - And Lord have mercy

on me Oh woman:
Lord, have mercy

on a blind man man: Jesus,

you're the only one That can make me See [music fading] - It's time for church. - That King fella,

he's a--he's a troublemaker, if you want my opinion. - Don't believe what you read and only half of what you hear. - Who you think it was? - Well, I'm afraid

somebody from our board is talking to the city

behind our back. - You're kidding me. We got our Judas. - We didn't know. We were summoned

by the mayor. They said it was

an insurance matter. - Well, so then you never

volunteered a settlement on behalf of the MIA? - No, sir. They made like it was something

that already been settled, asked us to sign it. - Well, Reverend,

it's vital you make the truth public. - I think it would be

to your best interest to do so. - Yes, sir. I could see

how that would be. - Well, all right.

Good evening, now. - Good evening. - You take care.

God bless. - Yes, sir. - Now, if we expose this story,

we're calling the most powerful men

in Montgomery liars. - If the shoe fits,

wear it. - But you know these white folks

won't see it that way. Bad enough they cut a deal

with a bunch of Negroes, then the whole thing

falls through anyway. - That's not our problem. - No, it is our problem. Makes them look weak. In order to look strong now,

they got to strike back. [slow piano music] - Negroes can get where they're

going from the back of the bus. - Sam here sits up front

with me all the time. Am I lying, Sam? - The White Citizens' Council just got three

brand-new members. Imagine that. - Imagine that. - We believed

we had an agreement, but the Negro leaders

have betrayed us. man: The Negro radicals

think that they can force the white people

in this community to submit to their demands. - E.D., ain't no preachers

in here. man:
They don't really care

about a better bus service for their people. What they are after

is the destruction of our social fabric,

our way of life. - And we will. - We'll show them crackers. [man speaking unintelligibly] - You are not gonna

believe this. Ten traffic tickets, seven of them for speeding. man: Let 'em walk

till the end of time. - Miss Robinson likes

to get where she going. - These three here

are for going too slow, and that's just

in the last two days. They are ticketing everybody

who's riding the boycotts. And believe me,

they're not cheap. - Mm-mm.

[phone ringing] man: And let them know

in Washington, D.C., that we got something

going on down here. man: Now, this can only

end badly for all of us. This goes to the heart

of our... - MIA? Yes.

[phone ringing] Oh, yes,

you can sign up for a ride. man: Women, our children...

[ringing continues] - Well, just leave us your name,

and I'll let you know about it. Just--will somebody please

pick up the other phone? - Hello? - We're asking you

to pay the fine yourself. - Not at this time. We can't. Well, we're figuring out

a system to reimburse people. - These tickets are gonna send

their insurance premiums through the roof as a provision in the law

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