1:17:01
- I don't need no more school.
- Why? Why, Miller?
1:17:05
So, what's wrong with being a mechanic?
1:17:07
- You don't want to be, do you?
- Well, there ain't much choice, is there?
1:17:12
The same reason I live
in this neighborhood.
1:17:14
Colored neighborhood, Mr. Dadier.
And folks don't care...
1:17:17
...who fix up their car, black or white.
Just so long as it's fixed good.
1:17:23
- You're late, boy.
- Yeah. I'll be early tomorrow night.
1:17:26
This one needs a new set of spark plugs.
They'll pick it up at 9.
1:17:30
Okay.
1:17:32
You think we got a good school,
Mr. Dadier?
1:17:35
- Yes.
- Do you really think that?
1:17:37
The important thing is,
do you want to learn?
1:17:40
In the beginning I tried, real hard.
1:17:44
But what's the use?
1:17:45
Nobody gives a hoot.
1:17:48
Not the other fellas. Not the teachers.
And not my folks even.
1:17:53
So you quit trying, huh?
1:17:56
- Well, that's the easy way out, Miller.
- That's the only way.
1:17:59
Sometimes we gotta do what's best...
1:18:01
...even though that might be
the more difficult way.
1:18:04
We talking from different sides
of the fence, Mr. Dadier.
1:18:07
- You're not black.
- That's not a good enough excuse.
1:18:10
Not nowadays.
Dr. Ralph Bunche proved that.
1:18:12
George Washington Carver,
Marian Anderson, Joe Louis.
1:18:15
- So?
- So I don't want you to quit, that's all.
1:18:19
Now, you'll be of age
the end of this term.
1:18:22
- Don't give up trying. Don't quit.
- Mr. Dadier, you pretty new at this.
1:18:26
- You gonna be quitting yourself.
- I'll make a deal with you.
1:18:30
We'll have a pact, you and I.
Neither of us quit. How about it?
1:18:36
Say, you know, that wasn't true
what you said about teachers.
1:18:40
Some of us do care, you know.
1:18:44
- Good night.
- Good night.
1:18:53
They took her to the hospital.
Emergency. I just dropped in.
1:18:57
- What happened?
- Your missus, I mean.
1:18:59
She started to have terrible pains.
Just terrible.