Mississippi Burning
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:05:00
Should I put your flowers
in some water while you're here?

:05:02
They want me to say "Let us not forget...
:05:03
Yeah. Actually they're for you.
:05:05
...that two white boys also died
helping Negroes help themselves. "

:05:06
They're beautiful.
:05:09
They are pretty, aren't they?
:05:11
They don't smell so nice
but they're pretty.

:05:12
They want me to say "We mourn with
the mothers of these two white boys. "

:05:14
Can I get you anything? Some tea?
:05:16
Yeah. Thanks.
:05:20
But the state of Mississippi
won't even allow these white boys...

:05:24
...to be buried in the same
cemetery as this Negro boy.

:05:30
I say I have no more love to give,
:05:32
Oh, don't you look at that.
It's a terrible photo.

:05:34
I have only anger in my heart today...
:05:35
Oh, I don't know about that.
:05:37
... and I want you to be angry with me!
:05:38
- Is this recent?
- No. I wish.

:05:40
Now, I am sick and I am tired...
:05:41
Well... this here looks recent to me.
:05:43
... and I want you to be
sick and tired with me!

:05:44
We were married 14 years ago.
:05:46
I... I... I am sick and tired
of going to the funerals...

:05:46
Are you kidding me? No! Come on.
:05:50
... of black men who have been
murdered by white men!

:05:50
- You take sugar?
- Sure do.

:05:53
I... I am sick and tired
of the people of this country...

:05:54
- You know, I grew up in a town like this.
- You were smart enough to leave.

:05:57
... who continue to allow
these things to happen!

:05:58
Why didn't you?
:06:00
"For better or for worse. "
:06:01
What is an "inalienable right"
if you are a Negro?

:06:05
What does it mean,
"equal treatment under the law"?

:06:05
How about you? Are you married?
:06:08
What does it mean,
"liberty and justice for all"?

:06:09
Well, I was, as I remember.
:06:13
It didn't last very long. I was never home.
:06:13
Now I say to these people:
:06:15
I guess she got fed up with... phone calls
from Miami, postcards from Des Moines.

:06:16
Look at the face of this young man
and you will see the face of a black man,

:06:21
But, if you look at the bloodshed, it is red,
It is like yours!

:06:22
There was always a guy around.
:06:25
Any guy that could spare the time
for a movie or a beer...

:06:25
It is just like yours!
:06:28
...or a quarter for the jukebox.
:06:33
She left.
:06:39
- How about you?
- Well, you know the South, Mr. Anderson.

:06:43
You leave high school and marry
the first boy who makes you laugh.

:06:47
Hey, your husband's quite a guy.
:06:51
You know, my boss has this thing
about an hour - 50 minutes, to be exact -

:06:57
...that your husband says
that he was with you.


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