:03:13
It was summer 1948.
:03:16
And I needed money.
:03:18
After going door-to-door all day,
I was back again at Joppy's bar...
:03:22
... trying to figure out where
to look for work the next day.
:03:26
The newspapers was going on and on
about the city elections...
:03:29
... Iike they was really
gonna change somebody's life.
:03:32
My life had already changed
when I lost my job 3 weeks before.
:03:36
For example, one of the white guys
pulls a double shift.
:03:41
If he says he's too tired to work
overtime, you don't fire them.
:03:45
That's all you have to say?
:03:56
No, that's not all.
I need....
:04:01
I need to pay my mortgage and eat.
:04:05
I need a house to live in and
clothes on my back. I need the job.
:04:10
I'm sorry, fella,
I gotta get back to work.
:04:16
My name's not "fella."
:04:20
My name's not "fella."
My name is Ezekiel Rawlins.
:04:25
Catch you later, Joppy.
:04:27
Watch the marble, damn it!
What'd I tell you?
:04:35
How much you think they're paying
at Douglas Aircraft?
:04:38
I don't know.