Selma (2014) Soundboard Edit

A march from Selma to Montgomery to protest and amplify.

ABERNATHY: Johnson'll flinch.

ABERNATHY: Oh, Lord, it's good to see this!

Acting under the orders of George Wallace

Ahhh!

All because of how it would look.

All right.

ALL: Give us the vote!

Along the highway in a peaceful manner

And a gray cloud spewed over the troopers and the n****es

And day to day life for our people.

And go to school where we please.

And goodwill everywhere,

And I apologize that our efforts

And I needed to hear you.

And if he does not act, we will act

And if they want to march, then I'm marching with them.

And it was wasted as soon as I hit the water

And it's your responsibility to stop them.

And putting me on the spot with this visit, that's okay

And the people of Selma chose him,

And they expected to pay for every year they weren't legally registered

And what happens to the people he led?

And with no disrespect, but when the Assistant Attorney General

And you know the astounding fact that not one of these criminals

And you shouldn't neither.

And you're just flying

Answer me one question.

At times, history and fate

Awards our 1964 Peace Prize.

BAYARD: Turn on CBS right now, Andy.

Because Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

Because of his race or color

Because they're not gonna be around here for long. They never are!

Because you shall reap what you sow.

Become victims of one of the most vicious crimes

BEVEL: Calm down, brother.

Big speech lined up for these folks tonight, Doc?

Bugging our homes and our hotel rooms.

But I don't get to do it enough to feel entirely comfortable.

But I have to tell you the organization looks good.

But it gets better

But today, we stand as Americans.

But what has he changed?

But, today, the sun is shining,

Can you swim?

Chicago, Detroit, Boston, I don't care.

CLARK: There's too many of you.

Clark's the County Sheriff,

Day in, day out.

Demonstrate,

Does an issue lay bare the secret heart

Don't you lay your guilt at my door.

Dr. King.

Ends here in the Capitol of Alabama

Every white lawman who abuses the law to terrorize.

Exacted by officials of the city of Selma

For people of all colors.

For this issue,

For we shall be victorious in our quest.

For we shall overcome

FORMAN: This time next month, you won't be!

From the hospital came reports of victims

Get off of him! No!

GIRL 1: I promise you. It ain't nothing to be scared of

Go back to your homes now.

Good news is Richie Jean is in there.

He's a big ignorant bully like Bull Connor in Birmingham

He's a non violent degenerate.

Help!

Hey, Richie Jean!

Hoover picked up some intel about a night march.

How in Christ's sake does Malcolm X slip into my state,

How many county judges in Alabama?

I ain't stirring no fuss.

I can't hide.

I can't take him back to Washington

I cannot stop people from expressing..

I come with great respect for your husband.

I couldn't.

I didn't realize you were leaving so early.

I don't need any of your preaching and prancing in here,

I don't want to see any more of this horseshit.

I got enough to kill a couple of them crackers, that's what I got!

I know that we are descendants of a mighty people,

I need some quid pro quo from you.

I think of these efforts as one effort.

I wanted to speak privately.

I wish you wouldn't talk like that.

I'll be damned if I'm gonna let history

I'm focused on what God wants

I'm tired.

I've been told the sheriff in this town isn't like Laurie Pritchett in Albany.

In this town now for two years.

Is SNCC standing with us on this or not, gentlemen?

Is supposed to be bad business

It was Doc's decision and we have to support him.

It's okay. It's okay. I'm okay.

James

Jimmie gone.

JUDGE: There's no further business with this court.

Just for a while, you understand.

Just for a while.

Just in time.

King is a political and moral degenerate

KING: I accept this honor for our lost ones,

KING: I feel good about where we are.

KING: My dearest Corrie,

King's out of town.

Let my being here, Mrs. King, represent the factions

LEWIS: He's not even here

Look here.

Look, George, I'm telling you,

Major Cloud, may we speak with you?

Many of them were brutally assaulted.

Meanwhile, there will be no march tomorrow.

Mr. President, Dr. King

n****, that's all you had to say.

No malaise will stop this movement.

No, no. This is serious. Credible threats with detail.

No, she... She couldn't make it.

Not a bad thing.

Not one of these militant Malcolm X types.

Not that you need his help.

Now this is an exceptional circumstance.

Now we are asking for some kind of commitment here.

Now, this here's Reverend C.T. Vivian

Now, why don't we do that, George?

Now, you demanding more

Of America itself

Of racially motivated murders in the South,

Of supremacy has destroyed,

Of whichever white man happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.

One which we

Or to public safety.

Ought to be commensurate

Particularly troubling.

PEOPLE: Yeah!

Pleasure, sir.

Poverty is going to be my focus at home and I want you to help me with this.

Proudest moment of my life when I signed that '64 Act.

Renting here.

Resist.

Right on Wallace's doorstep.

See, in Albany, there were no clearly defined battle zones.

See, she parts in the middle and then...

Segregation is now illegal in this country, sir

Sir?

So, let's paint it for him.

Soon, and very soon.

Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming out.

That means protest, that means march,

That murders the best in us and the best of us.

That the extent of the right to assemble,

That wasn't me.

That's what they said on the other end of that phone line.

The bill will strike down voting restrictions in all elections,

The Constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting

The issue was segregation,

The more than 20 million American n****es

The President doesn't want us to march today

The right to vote.

The Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee.

The truth of equality can nourish.

Then propose new legislation, sir.

There she is! There's our girl!

There were several seconds of unobstructed view.

There, long suffering men and women

These pictures are going around the world, Lee.

These proceedings are concluded, with our thanks to the litigants.

They are in our bloodstream.

They say to us that the local white leadership

They've prepared you.

This way, this way.

To coming around on this issue.

To remind its people of our Founding Fathers' goals of duty.

Try harder, counselor.

Uh, how many we expecting today?

Using both the force of their bodies and the prodding of their nightsticks

Wail with a hunger that cannot be satisfied,

Wait, or I can't, or, uh... It's too hard?

WALLACE: We will not tolerate a bunch of nigra agitators

We do not only strive here today to vote as we please.

We give birth each day to a new energy

We heard them say they'd stop us, if it was the last thing they did.

We must make a massive demonstration of our moral certainty.

We negotiate. We demonstrate. We resist.

We shall cross the finish line hand in hand

We the people of the United States,

We were here first. And they called him in.

We will finish what you were after!

We will march until the viciousness and the darkness

We will not let it go!

We will take their power!

We've come too far to turn back now.

We've got 128 miles

We've got 128 miles

Well, Dr. King, you've certainly given me something to think about.

Well, I know that...

Well, I'll tell you. I'm a tall son of a bitch,

Well, it's not a necktie, dear.

Well, thank you, Mr. President.

Well, why not?

Well, you tell me. You know Selma.

Well...

What are we doing, Ralphy?

What do you intend to say to these people then, sir?

What he's asking for and soon.

When I was working with SNCC on the Freedom Rides,

While her daddy... Her daddy beat him with an ax handle.

While you wait another year or two to send this bill up at your leisure.

White ******s.

Who are motivated by dignity.

Who feeds on prejudice and hatred

Who murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?

WOMAN: Leave him alone

Wonder what old Dunn'll say when I tell him

Yeah

Yeah, of course.

You and your friends can joke about that.

You are not alone, my friend.

You give what?

You may ask, when will we be free of this darkness?

You said,

You the one told them to organize.

You're an activist. I'm a politician.

You're asking me to overturn the Governor's mandate

YOUNG: Mmm. I hear what you're saying, but...

YOUNG: Understood.

Your lives could be in danger,

(COCKING GUN) Stop it!

(GROANS) MAN 2: Hey!

ABERNATHY: Bingo! Good.

ABERNATHY: How you doing? RICHIE JEAN: Hey!

Are you all right? (EXHALES)

Hey! Hey, Ralphy

How you doing, ma'am? I'm well. Thank you.

of this administration as you know. Thank you.

Stop! Leave him be! Mama, come on!

'Cause everybody'll forget about this part.

(ALL AGREEING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

(APPLAUSE)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(CAMERAS CLICKING)

(CAR DOORS CLOSING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

(CLEARS THROAT) Now, you asked how you can help.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)

(GROANS)

(GUNSHOT)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(INDISTINCT)

(JOHNSON CHUCKLING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(POLITICIANS APPLAUDING)

(SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT)

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(TROOPERS YELLING)