1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:36,993 --> 00:00:39,909 [footsteps] 4 00:00:43,782 --> 00:00:46,611 [soft indistinct chatter] 5 00:00:57,187 --> 00:01:01,104 I feel lucky and blessed 6 00:01:03,541 --> 00:01:05,630 that I'm serving in the Congress... 7 00:01:08,633 --> 00:01:12,072 But there are forces today 8 00:01:12,246 --> 00:01:13,899 trying to take us back 9 00:01:14,944 --> 00:01:16,424 to another time 10 00:01:17,381 --> 00:01:19,122 and another dark period. 11 00:01:21,559 --> 00:01:24,171 We've come so far, we've made so much progress, 12 00:01:26,608 --> 00:01:28,523 but as a nation and as a people, 13 00:01:28,697 --> 00:01:30,220 we're not quite there yet. 14 00:01:32,875 --> 00:01:35,704 We have miles to go. 15 00:01:37,227 --> 00:01:40,143 ♪ [Malverde's "Marcha"] ♪ 16 00:01:42,189 --> 00:01:44,843 We do not want our freedom gradually, 17 00:01:45,017 --> 00:01:46,845 but we want to be free now. 18 00:01:47,194 --> 00:01:50,066 ♪ Marcha, marcha ♪ 19 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,590 We're marching today to dramatize to the world 20 00:01:52,764 --> 00:01:55,158 hundreds and thousands of Negro citizens 21 00:01:55,332 --> 00:01:56,855 denied the right to vote. 22 00:01:58,161 --> 00:02:01,164 For too long, other people been deciding for us. 23 00:02:01,730 --> 00:02:03,384 We must have some control 24 00:02:03,558 --> 00:02:05,386 over our own political destiny. 25 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,388 No police department 26 00:02:07,605 --> 00:02:09,781 will keep us from marching up and down the streets 27 00:02:09,955 --> 00:02:11,522 of the city of Atlanta. 28 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:12,958 ♪ Marcha ♪ 29 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,699 Too many people struggled, 30 00:02:14,873 --> 00:02:17,789 suffered, and died to make it possible 31 00:02:17,963 --> 00:02:21,619 for every American to exercise their right to vote. 32 00:02:24,318 --> 00:02:25,536 John Lewis: I have on my marching shoes. 33 00:02:25,710 --> 00:02:27,538 - Man: That's right! - I'm fired up! 34 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:30,062 - Man: Fired up! - I'm ready to march! 35 00:02:30,237 --> 00:02:31,238 Man: Let's do it! 36 00:02:31,412 --> 00:02:32,543 ♪ Marcha ♪ 37 00:02:32,717 --> 00:02:34,980 Lewis: Speak up, speak out, 38 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,069 and get in what I call good trouble, 39 00:02:37,244 --> 00:02:38,593 necessary trouble. 40 00:02:38,767 --> 00:02:40,116 Do what is right. 41 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:43,250 ♪ Marcha ♪ 42 00:02:43,685 --> 00:02:45,774 ♪ Marcha ♪ 43 00:02:50,257 --> 00:02:51,171 [car horn beeps] 44 00:02:55,784 --> 00:02:58,787 [indistinct chatter] 45 00:02:58,961 --> 00:03:00,310 Elijah Cummings: When I was a young boy, 46 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:03,095 I remember Dr. King, 47 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:05,576 and I remember this young guy 48 00:03:05,794 --> 00:03:07,404 who was marching with him, 49 00:03:07,578 --> 00:03:10,625 and it was this guy that didn't look much older than me. 50 00:03:10,799 --> 00:03:13,671 I said, "How did he get involved?" 51 00:03:13,845 --> 00:03:15,934 Happy New Year to you, brother. 52 00:03:16,108 --> 00:03:17,153 - Congratulations. - How you doing? 53 00:03:17,327 --> 00:03:19,416 [muffled speech] 54 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:20,939 Anthony Johnson: He was always different 55 00:03:21,113 --> 00:03:22,463 than every member of Congress. 56 00:03:23,115 --> 00:03:25,988 Everybody in Congress knew what he had done. 57 00:03:26,249 --> 00:03:27,729 He was John Lewis. 58 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:30,035 - How you doing? - It's good to see you. 59 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:31,559 - Good to see you. - Good to see you. 60 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:33,038 - Good to see you, sir. - How you doing, sir? 61 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,562 - Hey, there, how are you? - Very good. 62 00:03:34,736 --> 00:03:36,477 Hillary Clinton: His voice and his example 63 00:03:36,651 --> 00:03:38,479 are probably needed now 64 00:03:38,653 --> 00:03:41,960 as much as they've ever been since he was a young man. 65 00:03:42,134 --> 00:03:45,442 [indistinct chatter] 66 00:03:45,616 --> 00:03:48,706 When I first came here, I ran across the road. 67 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,404 [chuckles] 68 00:03:50,578 --> 00:03:51,970 Now we're a little older and a little wiser. 69 00:03:52,144 --> 00:03:53,972 A little older and wiser. 70 00:03:54,277 --> 00:03:55,931 We don't need to run for everything. 71 00:03:57,454 --> 00:03:59,456 Ayanna Pressley: We are still in the Civil Rights Movement 72 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:01,676 because we are still in a civil rights struggle, 73 00:04:01,850 --> 00:04:04,548 and so Congressman Lewis gave us the blueprint, 74 00:04:04,722 --> 00:04:06,724 and the blueprint is to organize, 75 00:04:07,159 --> 00:04:09,901 it is to mobilize, and it is to legislate. 76 00:04:10,075 --> 00:04:12,991 Cummings: And the reason why he's effective as a leader 77 00:04:13,731 --> 00:04:15,211 is because he's lived it. 78 00:04:16,081 --> 00:04:18,867 [poignant music] 79 00:04:35,405 --> 00:04:37,407 Lewis: For many, many years 80 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:39,975 in Dallas County, 81 00:04:40,323 --> 00:04:41,672 Selma, Alabama, 82 00:04:42,238 --> 00:04:43,805 black men and women 83 00:04:44,849 --> 00:04:47,287 had tried to become registered voters. 84 00:04:50,159 --> 00:04:52,596 People stood in a unmovable line. 85 00:04:53,641 --> 00:04:56,208 They would fail the so-called literacy tests. 86 00:04:57,732 --> 00:05:00,300 On one occasion, a person was asked 87 00:05:00,778 --> 00:05:03,128 to count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. 88 00:05:04,478 --> 00:05:06,567 And we must make it clear that we know 89 00:05:06,741 --> 00:05:08,612 when we are denied the right to vote. 90 00:05:11,963 --> 00:05:13,138 Martin Luther King Jr.: Today represents 91 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:15,445 a marvelous determination 92 00:05:15,619 --> 00:05:20,537 of this drive to register Negro voters 93 00:05:20,711 --> 00:05:23,453 in massive numbers in the state of Alabama. 94 00:05:23,627 --> 00:05:26,674 You got 85 here... there's more. 86? 95 00:05:27,152 --> 00:05:29,241 That's mighty good, mighty good. 96 00:05:29,416 --> 00:05:31,113 You did not follow my orders. 97 00:05:31,853 --> 00:05:33,420 You disobeyed the parade order. 98 00:05:34,116 --> 00:05:36,118 Each and everyone in this line 99 00:05:36,553 --> 00:05:38,816 is under arrest for parading without a permit. 100 00:05:39,817 --> 00:05:42,080 King: We will continue, definitely, 101 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,561 to get large numbers of people registered 102 00:05:44,735 --> 00:05:47,259 and to point out the injustices 103 00:05:47,608 --> 00:05:50,654 which we continue to face as we seek to register. 104 00:05:50,915 --> 00:05:53,614 [crowd clamoring] 105 00:05:56,530 --> 00:05:59,881 Lewis: People had been beaten, arrested, and jailed. 106 00:06:00,447 --> 00:06:02,710 A young man by the name of Jimmie Lee Jackson 107 00:06:02,884 --> 00:06:04,102 had been murdered. 108 00:06:06,322 --> 00:06:08,846 We made a decision to march 109 00:06:09,804 --> 00:06:12,937 in an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent fashion 110 00:06:13,547 --> 00:06:15,200 from Selma to Montgomery. 111 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:19,422 Lewis: We're marching today to dramatize to the nation 112 00:06:19,683 --> 00:06:21,511 and dramatize to the world 113 00:06:21,903 --> 00:06:25,646 that hundreds and thousands of Negro citizens of Alabama, 114 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:27,561 but particularly here in the Black Belt area, 115 00:06:27,735 --> 00:06:29,563 denied the right to vote, 116 00:06:29,780 --> 00:06:32,087 and we intend to march to Montgomery 117 00:06:32,304 --> 00:06:35,133 to present said grievance to Governor George C. Wallace. 118 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:38,615 Lewis: As we approached a bridge, 119 00:06:39,181 --> 00:06:41,009 we saw a sea of blue, 120 00:06:42,010 --> 00:06:43,664 Alabama state troopers. 121 00:06:44,752 --> 00:06:47,145 [militaristic music] 122 00:06:50,714 --> 00:06:52,890 Man: [on speaker] It'll be detrimental to your safety 123 00:06:53,064 --> 00:06:54,414 to continue this march, 124 00:06:54,588 --> 00:06:57,417 and I'm saying that this is an unlawful assembly. 125 00:06:57,808 --> 00:06:59,331 You are ordered to disperse. 126 00:06:59,767 --> 00:07:02,073 Go home, or go to your church. 127 00:07:02,247 --> 00:07:04,511 This march will not continue. 128 00:07:04,685 --> 00:07:08,384 [dramatic music] 129 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:11,213 We said, "Major, may I have a word?" 130 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:13,607 He said there would be no word. 131 00:07:16,044 --> 00:07:20,178 Man: Troopers here, advance toward the group. 132 00:07:21,745 --> 00:07:24,748 See that they turn around and disperse. 133 00:07:25,575 --> 00:07:28,970 [music continues] 134 00:07:35,063 --> 00:07:38,327 [people screaming] 135 00:07:41,983 --> 00:07:44,812 [screaming continues] 136 00:08:09,097 --> 00:08:10,925 Lewis: I was hit in the head. 137 00:08:12,361 --> 00:08:13,841 My knees went from under me. 138 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:17,540 I thought I was going to die on the bridge. 139 00:08:22,589 --> 00:08:25,374 [somber music] 140 00:08:32,381 --> 00:08:34,470 Female anchor 1: Amid record-breaking early voting 141 00:08:34,644 --> 00:08:36,254 this midterm season, 142 00:08:36,428 --> 00:08:39,127 concerns of voter suppression are at the center 143 00:08:39,301 --> 00:08:41,651 of some of the country's most contested races. 144 00:08:41,825 --> 00:08:43,914 Male anchor: Things like strict voter ID laws, 145 00:08:44,088 --> 00:08:46,177 getting rid of same-day registration, 146 00:08:46,351 --> 00:08:48,919 cutting back on early voting, purging the voting rolls, 147 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:51,356 eliminating the number of polling places. 148 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:52,749 Female anchor 2: When we begin to look 149 00:08:52,923 --> 00:08:54,359 at these voter suppression laws, 150 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:57,188 overwhelmingly African-American, Latino, 151 00:08:57,362 --> 00:08:59,887 Asian-American, young, and poor, 152 00:09:00,061 --> 00:09:02,019 that's the group that is targeted. 153 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:19,384 [dog barking in distance] 154 00:09:25,347 --> 00:09:27,610 [paper rustling] 155 00:09:36,532 --> 00:09:39,100 Well, it's a very difficult time 156 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:42,146 that we're going through in America. 157 00:09:43,321 --> 00:09:47,543 My greatest fear is that one day we may wake up 158 00:09:49,371 --> 00:09:51,503 and our democracy is gone. 159 00:09:54,028 --> 00:09:55,769 We cannot afford to let that happen. 160 00:09:58,380 --> 00:10:00,600 As long as I have breath in my body, 161 00:10:00,948 --> 00:10:02,297 I will do what I can. 162 00:10:03,733 --> 00:10:06,606 [people cheering] 163 00:10:13,003 --> 00:10:15,832 [cheering continues] 164 00:10:21,795 --> 00:10:23,100 - Can I touch him? - Yes, yes. 165 00:10:23,274 --> 00:10:24,449 - Congressman, this... - Can I touch him? 166 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,234 Yes, yes, you can touch me. 167 00:10:26,495 --> 00:10:28,192 Oh, please, someone take my picture. 168 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:29,846 Lewis: How are you doing? Good to see you today. 169 00:10:30,020 --> 00:10:31,282 My name is Wanda [indistinct]. 170 00:10:31,456 --> 00:10:33,067 You are... you are one of my biggest, 171 00:10:33,241 --> 00:10:34,851 biggest, biggest heroes. 172 00:10:35,025 --> 00:10:36,636 - Oh, thank you. - You have done so much. 173 00:10:36,810 --> 00:10:39,726 - Well, I just try to help out. - Well, we need you now. 174 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:41,205 - Yes, ma'am. - We need you now. 175 00:10:43,512 --> 00:10:45,209 Woman: Thank you, Mr. Lewis, for everything. 176 00:10:45,383 --> 00:10:46,776 Lewis: Thank you. 177 00:10:46,950 --> 00:10:48,604 - Wonderful. - Thank you. Great to see you. 178 00:10:49,083 --> 00:10:50,171 Hi, Congressman. 179 00:10:50,345 --> 00:10:51,738 Hi, handsome. 180 00:10:51,912 --> 00:10:53,174 Colin Allred: I became a voting rights attorney 181 00:10:53,348 --> 00:10:54,349 because of John Lewis. 182 00:10:54,523 --> 00:10:55,655 - Woman 1: Yeah. - Woman 2: Yes. 183 00:10:55,829 --> 00:10:57,004 He walked across a bridge 184 00:10:57,178 --> 00:10:58,658 so that someday I could run for office. 185 00:10:58,832 --> 00:10:59,876 - Woman 1: Yeah. - Woman 2: Yes. 186 00:11:00,050 --> 00:11:01,922 This man was beaten, 187 00:11:02,487 --> 00:11:03,532 was bloodied, 188 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,708 so people in this country 189 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,232 would have the right to vote. 190 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:10,800 We've got to make sure that we honor the sacrifice 191 00:11:10,974 --> 00:11:13,194 of everyone who has preceded us here. 192 00:11:13,368 --> 00:11:15,413 [cheers and applause] 193 00:11:15,631 --> 00:11:17,589 Those civil rights marchers... 194 00:11:17,764 --> 00:11:22,246 [cheers and applause] 195 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:24,814 Willing to risk their lives, 196 00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,208 and could we be any more blessed 197 00:11:27,382 --> 00:11:29,819 than to have John Lewis here with us, 198 00:11:30,646 --> 00:11:32,300 in Dallas, Texas? 199 00:11:32,474 --> 00:11:35,869 [cheers and applause] 200 00:11:36,173 --> 00:11:38,872 I would see those signs that said white men, 201 00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:41,613 colored men, white women, colored women, 202 00:11:41,788 --> 00:11:43,485 white waiting, colored waiting, 203 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:45,748 and I would ask my mother, my father, 204 00:11:45,922 --> 00:11:48,011 my grandparents, and my great-grandparents why. 205 00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:49,839 They would say, "Boy, that's the way it is. 206 00:11:50,013 --> 00:11:51,667 Don't get in the way. 207 00:11:51,841 --> 00:11:53,451 Don't get in trouble." 208 00:11:54,975 --> 00:11:57,717 But in 1955, 15 years old, 209 00:11:58,021 --> 00:11:59,849 the action of Rosa Parks, 210 00:12:00,023 --> 00:12:01,982 the words and leadership of Dr. King, 211 00:12:02,243 --> 00:12:04,288 inspired me to get in trouble, 212 00:12:04,462 --> 00:12:06,987 what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. 213 00:12:07,161 --> 00:12:10,033 [cheers and applause] 214 00:12:10,207 --> 00:12:13,733 It's... it's time for all good people in this state, 215 00:12:14,255 --> 00:12:16,387 here in Dallas, to get in trouble. 216 00:12:16,561 --> 00:12:19,347 [cheers and applause] 217 00:12:19,521 --> 00:12:22,045 You know, I got arrested a few times during the '60s. 218 00:12:22,219 --> 00:12:23,960 [laughter, cheers] 219 00:12:24,221 --> 00:12:25,309 Forty times. 220 00:12:25,483 --> 00:12:26,528 - Woman 1: Oh. - Woman 2: Oh. 221 00:12:26,702 --> 00:12:27,834 - Woman 3: Yeah! - Woman 4: Whoo! 222 00:12:28,008 --> 00:12:29,357 And since I've been in Congress, 223 00:12:29,531 --> 00:12:30,880 another five times. 224 00:12:31,054 --> 00:12:33,883 [cheers and applause] 225 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,410 And I'm probably gonna get arrested again for something. 226 00:12:39,584 --> 00:12:40,760 [laughter, cheers] 227 00:12:40,934 --> 00:12:43,197 But my philosophy is very simple. 228 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:45,634 When you see something that is not right, 229 00:12:46,113 --> 00:12:47,201 not fair, 230 00:12:47,375 --> 00:12:49,377 not just, say something! 231 00:12:49,551 --> 00:12:51,074 Do something! 232 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:53,729 Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. 233 00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:56,210 [cheers and applause] 234 00:12:56,384 --> 00:12:58,255 We have to save our country, 235 00:12:58,603 --> 00:12:59,909 save our democracy. 236 00:13:00,083 --> 00:13:01,955 I wish you well. Thank you very much. 237 00:13:02,129 --> 00:13:04,740 [cheers and applause] 238 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:06,655 Thank you for everything you do for our country. 239 00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:08,570 - We love you. We love you. - Thank you. Thank you. 240 00:13:08,744 --> 00:13:10,572 [brassy music] 241 00:13:10,746 --> 00:13:11,791 You're such a model for us. 242 00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:13,227 Oh, my God. 243 00:13:13,401 --> 00:13:14,663 Keep moving forward, please, sir. 244 00:13:14,837 --> 00:13:15,751 Keep moving forward, please. 245 00:13:15,925 --> 00:13:17,405 Woman: Thank you. 246 00:13:17,579 --> 00:13:18,841 Man: Thank you for giving us the right to vote. 247 00:13:19,015 --> 00:13:20,538 [people cheering] 248 00:13:20,712 --> 00:13:22,018 Lewis: We must go to the polls 249 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:25,239 and vote like we never, ever voted before. 250 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:26,718 [cheers and applause] 251 00:13:26,893 --> 00:13:27,981 How you been, my dear? 252 00:13:28,155 --> 00:13:29,983 Lizzie Fletcher, 253 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,029 we need her now more than ever before. 254 00:13:34,422 --> 00:13:36,990 See that this young man is elected 255 00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:38,818 to the House of Representatives. 256 00:13:38,992 --> 00:13:39,993 [cheers and applause] 257 00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:43,387 Thank you. 258 00:13:44,911 --> 00:13:49,132 Lewis: It is in our hand to make Stacey Abrams 259 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,005 the next governor of the state of Georgia. 260 00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:54,703 [cheers and applause] 261 00:13:54,964 --> 00:13:56,400 Go to the polls. 262 00:13:56,574 --> 00:13:59,882 Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's vote. 263 00:14:00,056 --> 00:14:02,406 Run to the polls. Let's vote. 264 00:14:05,322 --> 00:14:07,237 I grew up in rural Alabama, 265 00:14:07,411 --> 00:14:11,024 outside of a little place called Troy. 266 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:15,855 My father was a sharecropper, a tenant farmer, 267 00:14:16,551 --> 00:14:18,118 but in 1944, 268 00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:21,861 when I was four years old, my father had saved $300, 269 00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:27,170 and a man sold him 110 acres of land. 270 00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:30,565 We still own this land today. 271 00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:32,697 [cheers and applause] 272 00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:34,308 We used to raise a lot of chickens 273 00:14:34,482 --> 00:14:36,092 where I grew up on this farm. 274 00:14:37,311 --> 00:14:38,660 I wanted to preach so much 275 00:14:39,356 --> 00:14:41,010 that we would gather all of our chickens 276 00:14:41,228 --> 00:14:42,577 together in the chicken yard, 277 00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:45,232 and my brothers and sisters and cousins 278 00:14:45,406 --> 00:14:46,886 would line up outside of the chicken yard, 279 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:48,365 and I would start preaching to those chickens. 280 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:49,453 [laughter] 281 00:14:49,627 --> 00:14:50,977 They would bow their heads. 282 00:14:51,455 --> 00:14:52,848 They would shake their heads. 283 00:14:53,588 --> 00:14:55,155 They never quite said amen, 284 00:14:56,112 --> 00:14:59,072 but they tended to listen to me much better 285 00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:01,117 than some of my colleagues on the other side 286 00:15:01,291 --> 00:15:02,945 listen to me today in the Congress. 287 00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:04,642 [cheers and applause] 288 00:15:04,816 --> 00:15:07,123 Sometimes I'd be out there working in the field, 289 00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:08,820 picking cotton. 290 00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:11,649 My mother would say, "Boy, you need to catch up," 291 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,695 and I would say, "This is hard work," 292 00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:16,524 and she would say, "Hard work never killed anybody." 293 00:15:16,698 --> 00:15:18,482 I said, "Well, it's about to kill me." 294 00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:20,441 [laughter] 295 00:15:20,615 --> 00:15:23,400 And I was determined as a little child 296 00:15:23,574 --> 00:15:25,402 to get out of that field, 297 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:27,187 out of the hot sun. 298 00:15:27,361 --> 00:15:28,536 Woman: Yes! 299 00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:30,233 - I can identify with you. - Yes. 300 00:15:30,407 --> 00:15:31,756 - Picking cotton. - Yes. 301 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,671 - I was born in '49. - Really? 302 00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:35,195 Where did you grow up? 303 00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,458 I grew up here in Fulshear picking cotton. 304 00:15:37,632 --> 00:15:38,763 Okay. Okay. 305 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,330 But I had the experience. 306 00:15:40,504 --> 00:15:42,071 I know what you talking about. 307 00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:43,986 We would pick on our own place, 308 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,640 - then go someplace else. - Yup. 309 00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:48,208 But we would get up early in the morning 310 00:15:48,382 --> 00:15:50,036 while the dew was still on it, 311 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:51,602 so it would be heavy, would weigh more. 312 00:15:51,776 --> 00:15:53,126 - Exactly, exactly. - Right, right. 313 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:54,866 And I hate picking up cotton. 314 00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:57,173 Yeah, I did... I did too. I hated it. 315 00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:58,696 But thank God I was the baby. 316 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:00,176 - I didn't... - She didn't do it. 317 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:01,569 No. Oh? 318 00:16:01,873 --> 00:16:03,179 But she rode... she rode on the back of my sack. 319 00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:05,355 - [laughter] - Exactly. 320 00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:07,401 So, you just pulled her through the field. 321 00:16:07,575 --> 00:16:10,056 - Yes, you right, you right. - God bless you. 322 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:11,318 God bless you. 323 00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:13,668 Those three ladies are sisters. 324 00:16:13,842 --> 00:16:15,191 Oh, wow. 325 00:16:15,409 --> 00:16:16,976 And they picked cotton. The youngest one didn't. 326 00:16:17,150 --> 00:16:19,674 The older one said she rode on the back of her sack. 327 00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:22,590 They had these long sacks, and she was a little baby. 328 00:16:22,764 --> 00:16:24,070 She pulled her through the cotton field. 329 00:16:24,244 --> 00:16:25,985 - [laughing] - Where they from? 330 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:27,421 - They're from Texas. - Oh, Texas. 331 00:16:27,595 --> 00:16:28,813 - Uh- huh. - They pick cotton in Texas? 332 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,598 - They have cotton in Texas. - Oh. 333 00:16:30,772 --> 00:16:31,991 Texas produced a lot of cotton. 334 00:16:32,165 --> 00:16:33,601 - Well, I didn't know. - Well, I know. 335 00:16:33,775 --> 00:16:35,037 He's from Boston. 336 00:16:35,298 --> 00:16:37,039 He wouldn't know. He doesn't understand. 337 00:16:37,213 --> 00:16:39,302 - Exactly, he wouldn't know. - I'm from Boston. 338 00:16:39,476 --> 00:16:41,000 He wouldn't know anything. 339 00:16:41,174 --> 00:16:42,740 He probably wouldn't recognize a boll of cotton. 340 00:16:42,914 --> 00:16:45,178 - [laughter] - A what? 341 00:16:45,352 --> 00:16:47,919 You wouldn't recognize a boll of cotton. 342 00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:49,791 No. 343 00:16:50,966 --> 00:16:52,707 Michael Collins: I've worked for him 20 years. 344 00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:55,231 He's been a father, a grandfather. 345 00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:59,975 There was a moment where I lost both of my parents 346 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:02,456 during the time working for the Congressman, 347 00:17:03,196 --> 00:17:05,198 and um... 348 00:17:05,589 --> 00:17:11,465 it was a signing of the Voting Rights Act, 349 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:13,206 a reauthorization, 350 00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,557 and it happened on the same day as my father's funeral. 351 00:17:19,168 --> 00:17:22,345 And... Congressman Lewis 352 00:17:23,651 --> 00:17:25,174 was at my father's funeral. 353 00:17:26,262 --> 00:17:29,048 [upbeat music] 354 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:41,408 [choir vocalizing] 355 00:17:54,290 --> 00:17:56,031 Watch your step right here. 356 00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:05,388 Lewis: My father 357 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:07,608 and mother, 358 00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:09,914 my oldest brother. 359 00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:17,139 This is my mother's mother. 360 00:18:18,227 --> 00:18:20,534 - Henry Lewis: And father. - And... and father. 361 00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:21,926 Right. 362 00:18:25,495 --> 00:18:26,975 You going to see the girls. 363 00:18:27,976 --> 00:18:30,761 So, the horse and the cow is good friends, huh? 364 00:18:30,935 --> 00:18:31,936 Yup. 365 00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:34,156 Lewis: How many cows in there? 366 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:35,418 I think about 14. 367 00:18:35,636 --> 00:18:37,464 - Oh, my lord. - Mm-hmm. 368 00:18:37,638 --> 00:18:39,335 [rooster crows] 369 00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:41,598 If I say, "Chick, chick," they will come. 370 00:18:41,859 --> 00:18:42,773 Rosa Lewis-Tyner: They might. 371 00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:43,818 Hi, girls. 372 00:18:43,992 --> 00:18:45,254 [chickens clucking] 373 00:18:45,428 --> 00:18:47,474 Come, chick. Come. 374 00:18:47,648 --> 00:18:48,823 Come on. 375 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,433 Chick, chick, chick. 376 00:18:50,738 --> 00:18:52,000 Come on, biddy, biddy. 377 00:18:52,696 --> 00:18:54,568 - They're beautiful hens. - Rosa: Mm-hmm. 378 00:18:56,265 --> 00:18:57,701 See, when I was growing up, 379 00:18:57,875 --> 00:18:59,877 they would let me pet them and do everything. 380 00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:01,096 See? 381 00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:02,750 Come here, chick, chick. 382 00:19:03,229 --> 00:19:06,101 Samuel Lewis: John was always... I guess I would say different, 383 00:19:06,841 --> 00:19:11,498 because he was always determined to be good, 384 00:19:11,672 --> 00:19:13,282 try to do something good. 385 00:19:13,630 --> 00:19:17,939 ♪ Said O Lord, sure is tired ♪ 386 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,203 ♪ Gotta work so hard ♪ 387 00:19:21,464 --> 00:19:24,685 ♪ Never satisfied, y'all ♪ 388 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:28,341 ♪ Sunrise till sun goes down ♪ 389 00:19:28,515 --> 00:19:30,386 Samuel: I remember back when we had to break the land 390 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,909 before we plant the cotton. 391 00:19:32,997 --> 00:19:34,651 We would enroll in school 392 00:19:34,956 --> 00:19:36,610 that first day, 393 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:38,829 and it might be three weeks before we'd go back to school 394 00:19:39,003 --> 00:19:40,353 'cause we gotta get the ground ready. 395 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:45,009 ♪ And die here in these rows, y'all ♪ 396 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:49,100 ♪ O Lord, pick a bale a day ♪ 397 00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:55,150 ♪ Gonna leave this here if I have my say ♪ 398 00:19:55,324 --> 00:19:57,892 Rosa: It was back-bending. Let me put it that way. 399 00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:01,417 Everybody knew John wasn't gonna work. 400 00:20:01,852 --> 00:20:04,942 Lewis: My oldest brother, Adolph, would tell Mama, 401 00:20:05,987 --> 00:20:07,118 "I'll do his share." 402 00:20:07,684 --> 00:20:09,556 Rosa: So, if he went on to school, 403 00:20:09,904 --> 00:20:13,124 Adolph was gonna work for two or three men anyway, 404 00:20:13,299 --> 00:20:16,215 so he told Dad, "Let him go. Let him go." 405 00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:19,435 Ethel Lewis-Tyner: He was always preaching, 406 00:20:19,609 --> 00:20:21,002 not only to the chickens. 407 00:20:21,176 --> 00:20:22,656 He would preach to us. 408 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:25,572 In high school, 409 00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,617 he wore a tie, 410 00:20:28,531 --> 00:20:29,619 dressed up. 411 00:20:30,141 --> 00:20:31,186 And carried his Bible. 412 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,362 And carried his Bible, uh-huh. 413 00:20:33,536 --> 00:20:35,364 - To school every day. - Mm-hmm. 414 00:20:39,020 --> 00:20:41,065 Lewis: I wanted to get an education, 415 00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:44,852 and some days I would get up early in the morning 416 00:20:45,983 --> 00:20:48,290 and get dressed for school, 417 00:20:48,725 --> 00:20:50,161 get my book bag, 418 00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:53,556 and I would hide under the front porch 419 00:20:55,036 --> 00:20:58,213 and wait for the school bus to come up the hill. 420 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,263 And the moment the bus came up the hill, 421 00:21:05,525 --> 00:21:06,700 I would run out 422 00:21:07,483 --> 00:21:08,832 and get on that bus 423 00:21:10,138 --> 00:21:11,835 and slip off to school. 424 00:21:12,358 --> 00:21:13,837 I had wonderful teachers, 425 00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:15,839 wonderful teachers. 426 00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:18,886 One teacher would tell me over and over again, 427 00:21:19,103 --> 00:21:20,627 "Read, my child, read." 428 00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:23,673 And I tried to read everything. 429 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:27,068 Henry: You know, I could tell that he felt 430 00:21:27,242 --> 00:21:29,244 that the world was bigger 431 00:21:29,679 --> 00:21:31,377 than what we were doing. 432 00:21:31,681 --> 00:21:32,769 He had... 433 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,119 bigger things in mind. 434 00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:38,645 [melancholy music] 435 00:21:38,819 --> 00:21:40,777 Lewis: You know, I wrote Dr. King a letter 436 00:21:40,951 --> 00:21:42,997 when I was 17 years old. 437 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,826 I wanted to attend Troy University. 438 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,350 Submitted my application, my high school transcript. 439 00:21:48,524 --> 00:21:49,960 I never heard a word from the school, 440 00:21:50,134 --> 00:21:52,049 so I wrote a letter to Dr. King. 441 00:21:52,267 --> 00:21:54,356 I didn't tell my mother or my father. 442 00:21:54,922 --> 00:21:56,315 I told one of my teachers. 443 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,535 Dr. King wrote me back 444 00:21:59,709 --> 00:22:02,103 and sent me a round-trip Greyhound bus ticket 445 00:22:02,277 --> 00:22:04,061 and invited me to come to Montgomery. 446 00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:06,716 And I saw Martin Luther King, Jr. 447 00:22:06,890 --> 00:22:09,415 and Ralph Abernathy standing behind a desk. 448 00:22:09,676 --> 00:22:11,286 I was so scared. 449 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:14,681 My heart started beating so fast, and Dr. King said, 450 00:22:15,159 --> 00:22:16,683 - "Are you the boy from Troy?" - [woman laughs] 451 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:18,815 "Are you John Lewis?" 452 00:22:18,989 --> 00:22:21,862 and I said, "Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis." 453 00:22:22,036 --> 00:22:24,343 I gave my whole name, but he still called me 454 00:22:24,517 --> 00:22:26,736 "the boy from Troy" each time he would see me. 455 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:27,998 - Woman: Wow. - He would say, 456 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:29,348 "How's the boy from Troy doing?" 457 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:36,355 Lewis: We thought about suing 458 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:39,053 the university system of Alabama. 459 00:22:39,923 --> 00:22:41,664 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 460 00:22:41,838 --> 00:22:44,363 and his organization were prepared to support it. 461 00:22:44,885 --> 00:22:47,670 I had a discussion with my mother and my father. 462 00:22:48,845 --> 00:22:51,979 My father was very, very supportive of the idea. 463 00:22:54,242 --> 00:22:55,722 My mother was so afraid 464 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:59,116 that we could lose the land, 465 00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:02,903 our home could be bombed or burned, 466 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:07,386 so I continued to study in Nashville. 467 00:23:09,562 --> 00:23:11,390 It was there in Nashville 468 00:23:12,129 --> 00:23:13,696 that I met Jim Lawson 469 00:23:15,263 --> 00:23:18,353 and got involved in studying the philosophy 470 00:23:18,527 --> 00:23:20,442 and the discipline of nonviolence. 471 00:23:21,704 --> 00:23:24,446 [choir vocalizing] 472 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:33,673 Lewis: I started attending these nonviolent workshops. 473 00:23:33,847 --> 00:23:35,979 Bernard Lafayette was my roommate, 474 00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:38,242 and I kept saying to Bernard, "You have to come. 475 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,983 You have to get involved." 476 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,203 Bernard Lafayette, Jr: I was so busy with my courses. 477 00:23:42,377 --> 00:23:44,423 I said, "Listen, I don't have time for that." 478 00:23:44,597 --> 00:23:47,338 But he kept badgering me, 479 00:23:47,513 --> 00:23:48,992 and lo and behold, 480 00:23:49,819 --> 00:23:51,168 I got hooked. 481 00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:55,999 Lewis: Jim Lawson taught us to never engage in violence, 482 00:23:56,565 --> 00:24:00,090 but we had a right to protest for what was right. 483 00:24:01,178 --> 00:24:03,398 It inspired me. It changed my life. 484 00:24:05,531 --> 00:24:07,794 Nonviolence as conceived by... 485 00:24:08,882 --> 00:24:10,753 the Montgomery bus boycott 486 00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:13,495 is not a self-defense position. 487 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:16,759 It is a militant position. 488 00:24:17,673 --> 00:24:20,459 How is it that I can transform 489 00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:22,635 the environment in which I live? 490 00:24:23,331 --> 00:24:25,202 The Montgomery bus boycott 491 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:28,423 did a radical analysis of the racism 492 00:24:28,684 --> 00:24:31,121 as a tool of helping people to wake up. 493 00:24:31,644 --> 00:24:33,254 King: When you sit down on the bus 494 00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:34,821 and you sit down in the front 495 00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:36,649 or you sit down by a white person, 496 00:24:36,997 --> 00:24:38,346 you have a duty to sit there 497 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,479 because as long as you sit in the back, 498 00:24:40,653 --> 00:24:43,046 you have a false sense of inferiority, 499 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,440 and so long as you let the white man sit in the front 500 00:24:45,614 --> 00:24:47,094 and push you back there, 501 00:24:47,268 --> 00:24:49,923 he has a false sense of superiority. 502 00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:52,186 [crowd murmuring agreement] 503 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,231 James M. Lawson, Jr.: We had robust discussion 504 00:24:54,405 --> 00:24:56,277 about these ideas. 505 00:24:56,669 --> 00:24:58,235 Six months of gatherings 506 00:24:58,453 --> 00:25:00,194 produced the consensus 507 00:25:00,368 --> 00:25:03,589 we're going to desegregate downtown Nashville. 508 00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:06,940 I hated the system telling people 509 00:25:07,201 --> 00:25:09,856 that you cannot be seated at a lunch counter, 510 00:25:11,248 --> 00:25:13,990 you cannot go into a restaurant 511 00:25:14,251 --> 00:25:16,689 simply because of the color of your skin, 512 00:25:17,472 --> 00:25:19,561 and I wanted to be part of an effort 513 00:25:19,735 --> 00:25:21,171 to help change it, 514 00:25:21,650 --> 00:25:22,869 and I was prepared 515 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:24,697 to put my body on the line. 516 00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:28,178 There was something deep down within me, 517 00:25:28,352 --> 00:25:29,789 moving me, 518 00:25:29,963 --> 00:25:31,791 that I could no longer be satisfied 519 00:25:31,965 --> 00:25:34,141 or go along with an evil system. 520 00:25:35,969 --> 00:25:37,753 Lafeyette: Look at this letter I got from my mother. 521 00:25:38,145 --> 00:25:39,625 "What are you fighting for? 522 00:25:39,929 --> 00:25:42,497 Remember who are helping you in school. 523 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,847 It is the white people. 524 00:25:45,065 --> 00:25:47,067 What about the people of your race? 525 00:25:47,241 --> 00:25:48,982 What are they giving you?" 526 00:25:49,156 --> 00:25:51,637 I mean, I know she... she cares for me, you know? 527 00:25:51,811 --> 00:25:53,813 I mean, I know she loves me, but... 528 00:25:56,293 --> 00:25:57,860 I mean, she just don't understand. 529 00:25:58,034 --> 00:25:59,340 My mom... You could hear my mother 530 00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:00,733 while she washing dishes. 531 00:26:00,907 --> 00:26:02,996 She's praying, praying out loud. 532 00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:05,825 Well, the whole time he was in the movement, you know, 533 00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:08,741 it was... it was frightening, 534 00:26:08,915 --> 00:26:10,090 especially for... 535 00:26:10,699 --> 00:26:12,396 you know, a younger brother that's... 536 00:26:13,484 --> 00:26:16,096 you know, 12 years younger, and knowing the danger 537 00:26:16,270 --> 00:26:17,532 and... 538 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:21,231 knowing what could happen at any time. 539 00:26:22,668 --> 00:26:25,801 Now, tonight we have a most important business 540 00:26:25,975 --> 00:26:27,237 to try to accomplish, 541 00:26:28,151 --> 00:26:29,936 and that is to try to have 542 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:33,113 one major role-playing experience 543 00:26:33,287 --> 00:26:34,505 to set the stage 544 00:26:35,289 --> 00:26:36,682 for an actual demonstration, 545 00:26:36,856 --> 00:26:38,205 for an actual sit-in. 546 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,555 A bunch of niggers. 547 00:26:40,773 --> 00:26:42,644 Well, look at the eight-balls 548 00:26:42,818 --> 00:26:47,040 all lined up with a white ball in the side pocket. 549 00:26:47,214 --> 00:26:48,302 Man: Hey, nigger lover, 550 00:26:48,476 --> 00:26:50,043 what are you doing here? 551 00:26:50,217 --> 00:26:51,653 Why don't you go around in the alley where you belong? 552 00:26:51,827 --> 00:26:53,002 I've got some licorice candy here. 553 00:26:53,176 --> 00:26:54,395 You like to have some of that? 554 00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:56,179 Let's get these niggers out of here. 555 00:26:56,353 --> 00:26:59,226 [people shouting] 556 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:03,056 Okay. 557 00:27:03,230 --> 00:27:04,753 [laughter] 558 00:27:04,927 --> 00:27:06,146 That was pretty good. 559 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,538 How about that? 560 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:09,584 Thank you. 561 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:11,804 [scattered laughter] 562 00:27:12,108 --> 00:27:14,197 So, what questions does this raise to us 563 00:27:14,371 --> 00:27:17,984 as to how we might act nonviolently? 564 00:27:18,158 --> 00:27:19,986 What are the basic problems here 565 00:27:20,203 --> 00:27:22,423 so far as this whole idea that we're working on? 566 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,296 What is it that I be would able to do 567 00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:30,561 in the framework of passive resistance to protect myself? 568 00:27:30,736 --> 00:27:33,434 As creatively as possible, seek to be loving 569 00:27:33,608 --> 00:27:35,479 and forgiving in any situation. 570 00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:39,048 It may have much more meaning to the attacker if, 571 00:27:39,527 --> 00:27:42,617 as he strikes you on the cheek, you're looking him in the eyes. 572 00:27:48,449 --> 00:27:51,365 [rustling] 573 00:27:56,631 --> 00:27:59,678 Dawn, I'm seeing footage I've never seen before. 574 00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:12,473 Man: We organized in Nashville 575 00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:15,432 with John Lewis, Diane Nash, and the others. 576 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:22,222 Lewis: It was on February the 13th, and... 577 00:28:22,657 --> 00:28:25,442 we had the very first sit-in here in Nashville, 578 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,968 and I took my seat at the counter. 579 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,928 I asked a waitress for a hamburger and a Coke. 580 00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:34,887 I said, "I'm sorry, our management 581 00:28:35,061 --> 00:28:37,150 does not allow us to serve niggers in here." 582 00:28:38,629 --> 00:28:41,981 Lewis: Altogether, it was a moving feeling within me 583 00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:46,942 that I was sitting there demanding a God-given right, 584 00:28:47,377 --> 00:28:48,901 and in spite of all of this, 585 00:28:49,075 --> 00:28:53,470 I had to keep loving the people who denied me service. 586 00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:55,646 They come in, and they sit down, 587 00:28:55,821 --> 00:28:57,779 and we're not used to them sitting down beside us 588 00:28:57,953 --> 00:28:59,781 'cause I wasn't raised with 'em, 589 00:28:59,955 --> 00:29:02,262 I never have lived with 'em, and I'm not gonna start now. 590 00:29:05,265 --> 00:29:07,702 Lafayette: First, we had to change, 591 00:29:08,703 --> 00:29:12,838 and since we were no longer going to accept 592 00:29:13,839 --> 00:29:15,710 segregated lunch counters, 593 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,191 it was over with. 594 00:29:19,670 --> 00:29:22,804 We protested because we had changed. 595 00:29:22,978 --> 00:29:24,806 [crowd clamoring] 596 00:29:24,980 --> 00:29:30,159 We continued to give them the opportunity to also change 597 00:29:30,638 --> 00:29:32,553 'cause we believed that it was possible. 598 00:29:47,568 --> 00:29:49,613 News anchor: On February 27th, 599 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:53,008 80 Nashville students were arrested out of over 300 600 00:29:53,226 --> 00:29:55,489 who were participating in the sit-ins that day. 601 00:29:55,663 --> 00:29:57,360 As the students were confronted with the choice 602 00:29:57,534 --> 00:29:59,101 of paying a $50 fine 603 00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:01,234 or spending over a month in jail, 604 00:30:01,408 --> 00:30:02,888 each of them chose jail. 605 00:30:03,845 --> 00:30:05,412 Their attitude reflected 606 00:30:05,586 --> 00:30:07,588 the words of Reverend Martin Luther King, 607 00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:10,417 "We will meet the capacity to inflict suffering 608 00:30:10,983 --> 00:30:12,985 with the capacity to endure suffering. 609 00:30:13,550 --> 00:30:15,552 Do what you will to us, 610 00:30:15,988 --> 00:30:17,903 but we will wear you down." 611 00:30:19,426 --> 00:30:20,557 Diane Nash: We felt unity. 612 00:30:20,731 --> 00:30:22,255 We felt power. 613 00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:23,822 We felt strength. 614 00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:26,172 I don't think any of us will ever forget it. 615 00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:28,652 News anchor: Nashville became the first major city 616 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,220 in the South to permit whites and Negros 617 00:30:31,394 --> 00:30:33,353 to eat together in public places. 618 00:30:34,876 --> 00:30:36,356 Lewis: You come to that point, 619 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,750 this feeling that if you don't do it, if you don't... 620 00:30:39,968 --> 00:30:42,275 do everything you can to change things, 621 00:30:43,363 --> 00:30:44,755 they will remain the same, 622 00:30:46,801 --> 00:30:48,672 and you only pass this way once, 623 00:30:49,325 --> 00:30:51,153 and you have to give it all you have. 624 00:30:53,677 --> 00:30:56,593 The radicalism of the Civil Rights Movement, 625 00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:59,118 the social radicalism, 626 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,120 the civic radicalism, 627 00:31:01,381 --> 00:31:04,601 all of that inspires a lot of the conclusions 628 00:31:04,775 --> 00:31:06,429 and the beliefs that I have today, 629 00:31:06,603 --> 00:31:11,043 and I know that if John Lewis as a 19, 20-year-old, 630 00:31:11,217 --> 00:31:13,828 wasn't doing what he did, I would not be here today. 631 00:31:14,089 --> 00:31:16,875 [militaristic music] 632 00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:18,354 Female reporter 1: Growing allegations 633 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:20,139 of voter suppression are emerging 634 00:31:20,313 --> 00:31:22,445 in the hard-fought race for governor in Georgia. 635 00:31:22,663 --> 00:31:24,317 Female reporter 2: Republican candidate 636 00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:26,841 and current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp 637 00:31:27,015 --> 00:31:30,889 is accused of blocking about 53,000 voter applications, 638 00:31:31,063 --> 00:31:32,847 most of which are from minorities. 639 00:31:33,108 --> 00:31:34,544 Female reporter 3: Democrats say 640 00:31:34,718 --> 00:31:36,329 he has dropped more than a million voters 641 00:31:36,503 --> 00:31:38,244 from the rolls since 2012, 642 00:31:38,548 --> 00:31:41,812 shuttered polling places in African-American communities. 643 00:31:42,074 --> 00:31:44,380 Male reporter: Up until now, they only had three machines, 644 00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:45,816 and that forced some folks here 645 00:31:45,991 --> 00:31:47,949 to wait in line for hours. 646 00:31:48,123 --> 00:31:49,908 Female reporter 4: Those votes could be crucial 647 00:31:50,082 --> 00:31:52,258 for Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams, 648 00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:54,825 who's looking to be the first female black governor 649 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,262 in U.S. history. 650 00:31:57,045 --> 00:31:58,873 There are forces in America today 651 00:31:59,047 --> 00:32:01,920 want to take us back, but we're not going back. 652 00:32:02,094 --> 00:32:04,574 We've come too far. We are going forward! 653 00:32:04,748 --> 00:32:06,750 [cheers and applause] 654 00:32:07,012 --> 00:32:08,578 These are our votes, 655 00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:10,232 this is our choice, 656 00:32:10,624 --> 00:32:12,713 and everyone who is legally eligible to vote 657 00:32:12,887 --> 00:32:14,454 in the state of Georgia 658 00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:15,934 should take advantage of that opportunity. 659 00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:18,937 Go to the polls on Tuesday and cast your ballot, 660 00:32:19,111 --> 00:32:21,417 because your voice matters; if it didn't matter, 661 00:32:21,591 --> 00:32:23,071 they wouldn't be trying to shut you up. 662 00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:25,117 - Woman 1: Yup. - Woman 2: Yeah. 663 00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:26,596 Woman 3: That's right, that's right. 664 00:32:28,772 --> 00:32:32,907 We're going to meet rabid voter suppression 665 00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:36,389 with massive voter mobilization. 666 00:32:36,563 --> 00:32:39,827 [cheers and applause] 667 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:41,785 The three civil rights workers 668 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,179 that were murdered in Mississippi 669 00:32:44,353 --> 00:32:46,486 for trying to help people get registered to vote 670 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:48,096 are looking down on us. 671 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:51,099 [cheers and applause] 672 00:32:58,106 --> 00:33:00,413 One of the great moments in my life 673 00:33:00,587 --> 00:33:05,287 was sharing with John Lewis the voter registration card 674 00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:10,553 of his great-great-grandfather from the summer of 1867. 675 00:33:10,727 --> 00:33:15,080 "As soon as he was freed, as soon as the law allowed 676 00:33:15,254 --> 00:33:16,690 because of the Reconstruction Act, 677 00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:20,085 your great-great-grandfather defied the odds 678 00:33:20,259 --> 00:33:24,567 and went down to the courthouse to register to vote," 679 00:33:25,177 --> 00:33:26,178 and I said, 680 00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:28,658 "And by my calculation, 681 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:31,879 no one in your family between him, 682 00:33:32,227 --> 00:33:34,403 your great-great-grandfather, and you, 683 00:33:35,187 --> 00:33:36,666 because of what you did at Pettus Bridge 684 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,233 and the Voting Rights Act, 685 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:42,063 no one in your family line voted 686 00:33:42,411 --> 00:33:44,109 between him and you," 687 00:33:45,284 --> 00:33:46,633 and he looked at me, 688 00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:49,375 and Dawn, his head... 689 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:52,465 hit the scrapbook. 690 00:33:54,293 --> 00:33:56,034 He just cried 691 00:33:56,469 --> 00:33:58,819 and cried and cried, 692 00:33:58,993 --> 00:34:00,386 and then he looked up and said, 693 00:34:00,821 --> 00:34:02,344 "I guess it's in my DNA." 694 00:34:09,221 --> 00:34:11,658 Good morning. Good morning. How you doing? 695 00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:12,746 Woman: Good morning. 696 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:13,964 Good to see you. 697 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:14,965 - Nice to see you. - Ay! 698 00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:16,706 Yes. Yes. 699 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,099 - [laughter] - Aww. 700 00:34:18,317 --> 00:34:21,146 [cheers and applause] 701 00:34:25,367 --> 00:34:27,978 [solemn music] 702 00:34:29,328 --> 00:34:30,981 Lewis: Hi. How you doing, my dear? 703 00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:33,332 - Woman: Are you voting today? - Lewis: I'm voting today. 704 00:34:33,506 --> 00:34:34,985 Put your date of birth on that line. 705 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,378 Lewis: Okay. 706 00:34:38,293 --> 00:34:39,990 It's a good sign, all these folks here. 707 00:34:40,165 --> 00:34:41,209 Man: Mm-hmm. 708 00:34:41,383 --> 00:34:42,732 You are all set to vote. 709 00:34:42,906 --> 00:34:43,951 Lewis: Thank you. 710 00:34:46,954 --> 00:34:49,696 I'm happy to see so many people participating, 711 00:34:49,957 --> 00:34:52,046 and I truly believe we gonna take back 712 00:34:52,220 --> 00:34:53,874 the House of Representatives. 713 00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:55,702 Woman: Are you concerned about voter suppression? 714 00:34:55,876 --> 00:34:57,182 Well, I am concerned, 715 00:34:57,356 --> 00:34:59,184 because there's been a deliberate, 716 00:34:59,358 --> 00:35:00,663 systematic effort 717 00:35:00,881 --> 00:35:03,579 in this state to suppress the vote. 718 00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:05,625 Male reporter: Control of Congress 719 00:35:05,799 --> 00:35:07,366 is at stake as voters 720 00:35:07,540 --> 00:35:09,194 make a critical decision on what sort of Senate 721 00:35:09,368 --> 00:35:11,283 and House the president will deal with 722 00:35:11,457 --> 00:35:13,285 for the second half of his first term. 723 00:35:13,459 --> 00:35:14,808 [man on TV speaking indistinctly] 724 00:35:14,982 --> 00:35:16,462 Male reporter: This early in the evening, 725 00:35:16,766 --> 00:35:19,247 too early to call. 726 00:35:22,685 --> 00:35:24,122 - You good? - Okay. 727 00:35:24,296 --> 00:35:25,514 Michael, you know where we going? 728 00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:27,168 We're gonna make it work. 729 00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:29,214 Lewis: It's not good to go through the kitchen. 730 00:35:30,258 --> 00:35:31,433 - Hey. - Man: Hey. 731 00:35:31,607 --> 00:35:33,087 Fine. How you doing? Good to see you. 732 00:35:33,261 --> 00:35:34,741 How do you like that? Boom. 733 00:35:34,915 --> 00:35:36,264 - Thank you. - [laughing] 734 00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:41,051 And so tonight is going to continue to be a long night. 735 00:35:41,226 --> 00:35:42,531 Yeah. 736 00:35:42,792 --> 00:35:44,142 Collins: We're basically just keeping the crowd 737 00:35:44,316 --> 00:35:45,534 energized through the night, that's all. 738 00:35:46,187 --> 00:35:47,667 Anything else on Texas? 739 00:35:48,407 --> 00:35:49,451 Man: Yeah. 740 00:35:50,017 --> 00:35:52,411 Seventy-six percent, they're neck and neck. 741 00:35:53,063 --> 00:35:55,936 [cheers and applause] 742 00:35:57,633 --> 00:35:58,808 Lewis: Hello, everybody. 743 00:35:58,982 --> 00:36:01,028 [cheers and applause] 744 00:36:01,202 --> 00:36:02,899 I say to you tonight, 745 00:36:03,073 --> 00:36:06,990 the vote is still the most powerful nonviolent instrument 746 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,384 or tool we have in a democratic society, 747 00:36:09,558 --> 00:36:10,777 and we must use it. 748 00:36:10,951 --> 00:36:12,082 - Woman: Yes! - [people cheering] 749 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:13,432 - Are you with me? - All: Yes! 750 00:36:13,606 --> 00:36:15,216 Are you with Stacey? 751 00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:16,913 - All: Yes! - Let me hear you. 752 00:36:17,087 --> 00:36:18,872 All: Yes! 753 00:36:19,046 --> 00:36:20,569 Good. Thank you so much. 754 00:36:21,222 --> 00:36:22,658 I think it'll be a long evening. 755 00:36:22,832 --> 00:36:24,138 Yeah, yeah. 756 00:36:24,965 --> 00:36:28,577 Joss, do we have anything out of Texas in the House? 757 00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:29,970 Joss: Nothing out of Texas. 758 00:36:30,144 --> 00:36:31,624 So, we picked up 15 already? 759 00:36:31,798 --> 00:36:32,973 Uh-huh. 760 00:36:33,147 --> 00:36:36,281 [indistinct chatter] 761 00:36:37,107 --> 00:36:37,978 Come on, Beto. 762 00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:39,675 Lewis: Come on, Beto. 763 00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:41,242 Come on, baby. 764 00:36:41,503 --> 00:36:44,289 Oh, God, I hope we can get rid of this guy here. 765 00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:46,595 This is the guy... no, King. 766 00:36:46,769 --> 00:36:48,206 - Oh, King. - King, King. 767 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:49,903 A total racist. 768 00:36:50,077 --> 00:36:52,122 He is so bad. 769 00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:53,689 Man on TV: Just coming across the wire... 770 00:36:53,863 --> 00:36:54,734 Oh, yeah! 771 00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:56,649 Yes, Lizzie! 772 00:36:56,823 --> 00:36:57,824 Yes, Lizzie! 773 00:36:58,085 --> 00:36:59,739 Oh, this is a good win. 774 00:37:00,566 --> 00:37:01,784 Hi, Lizzie? 775 00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:03,308 Congratulations. 776 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:08,226 I'm... I'm so proud of you. 777 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:11,054 Man on TV 1: Senator Ted Cruz, the incumbent Republican, 778 00:37:11,316 --> 00:37:13,753 will beat the Democrat, Beto O'Rourke. 779 00:37:13,970 --> 00:37:15,885 Man on TV 2: Brian Kemp's campaign declaring victory 780 00:37:16,059 --> 00:37:17,539 in Georgia's gubernatorial race. 781 00:37:17,713 --> 00:37:19,237 Woman on TV: But Stacey Abrams' team 782 00:37:19,411 --> 00:37:21,630 is insisting this is not over yet. 783 00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:23,763 I'm so sorry about... 784 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:26,461 about... 785 00:37:26,635 --> 00:37:29,769 well, Stacey and this kid... 786 00:37:30,117 --> 00:37:31,336 this kid. 787 00:37:34,121 --> 00:37:35,253 They called it? 788 00:37:35,427 --> 00:37:36,384 That look good. 789 00:37:36,558 --> 00:37:38,168 [upbeat music] 790 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:40,997 House Democratic control, yeah! 791 00:37:41,171 --> 00:37:44,044 [people cheering] 792 00:37:49,789 --> 00:37:51,138 [indistinct] John Lewis! 793 00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:53,053 Whoo! Here with John Lewis! 794 00:37:53,227 --> 00:37:56,099 [cheering continues] 795 00:38:04,934 --> 00:38:07,372 Oh, what'll it be like to get majority again? 796 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:09,287 Yes! Whoo! 797 00:38:09,461 --> 00:38:11,811 - That's the best news. - In the majority again. 798 00:38:11,985 --> 00:38:14,683 - Whoo! - Once again. 799 00:38:14,857 --> 00:38:16,206 Back, back, back, back. 800 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,252 We can't mess it up this time. 801 00:38:21,603 --> 00:38:23,213 Male reporter 1: Americans and President Trump 802 00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:26,042 are waking up to a new reality here in Washington. 803 00:38:26,216 --> 00:38:27,957 One party rule is over. 804 00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:29,611 Male reporter 2: The first Muslim women, 805 00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:31,265 first Native American women, 806 00:38:31,526 --> 00:38:33,267 the first black woman from Massachusetts, 807 00:38:33,441 --> 00:38:34,790 first Latina from Texas... it may not be a blue wave. 808 00:38:34,964 --> 00:38:36,488 It's a rainbow wave. 809 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:37,663 Female reporter: Democrats picked up 810 00:38:37,837 --> 00:38:39,317 more than two dozen House seats 811 00:38:39,621 --> 00:38:41,014 to take control 812 00:38:41,188 --> 00:38:42,145 for the first time in eight years. 813 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,756 It is a happy moment. 814 00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:45,192 I just feel grateful, 815 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:46,628 and I'm ready to take that oath. 816 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,238 - Good to see you. - Tremendous day. 817 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:49,849 - Good to see you. - Good to see you, always. 818 00:38:50,023 --> 00:38:51,198 Good to see you. You're looking good, brother. 819 00:38:51,372 --> 00:38:52,068 - Thank you, as you. - Thank you. 820 00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:54,680 [indistinct chatter] 821 00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:07,432 It is my honor to introduce to you all 822 00:39:07,606 --> 00:39:11,349 the history-making 55 members 823 00:39:11,653 --> 00:39:13,307 of the Congressional Black Caucus 824 00:39:13,481 --> 00:39:16,310 of the 116th Congress. 825 00:39:16,615 --> 00:39:18,268 Under leadership of Marcia Fudge, 826 00:39:18,443 --> 00:39:21,446 of Terri Sewell, John Lewis, 827 00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,752 we will be introducing 828 00:39:23,926 --> 00:39:27,060 and passing the Voting Rights Act in this Congress. 829 00:39:27,234 --> 00:39:31,456 [cheers and applause] 830 00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:34,415 Ilhan Omar: I remember him saying, 831 00:39:34,633 --> 00:39:37,462 "Love your country like you love yourself," 832 00:39:38,419 --> 00:39:40,595 and that spoke to me 833 00:39:40,769 --> 00:39:44,251 because my grandfather always talked about the love 834 00:39:44,425 --> 00:39:48,603 that he had for this democracy that was unlike anyone else 835 00:39:48,777 --> 00:39:51,998 because it was the kind of love that only a person 836 00:39:52,172 --> 00:39:55,088 who experienced the absence of it could have, 837 00:39:56,089 --> 00:39:58,265 and this was a country 838 00:39:58,439 --> 00:40:00,180 that had a hard time loving 839 00:40:00,746 --> 00:40:02,312 people like John Lewis. 840 00:40:03,313 --> 00:40:06,012 But he loved it and was willing to, 841 00:40:06,186 --> 00:40:08,449 as he said, get a concussion 842 00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:11,147 so that the conscience of the country was awakened. 843 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:14,368 There are great bruises 844 00:40:15,978 --> 00:40:18,764 that we take as catalysts for change, 845 00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:20,679 and... 846 00:40:21,636 --> 00:40:25,031 the fight we embark on on behalf of the people 847 00:40:25,335 --> 00:40:27,381 isn't often only a fight that is brought to us. 848 00:40:27,555 --> 00:40:29,905 It's a fight that we willingly engage in. 849 00:40:30,123 --> 00:40:32,691 - Woman: I... - John Lewis. 850 00:40:32,865 --> 00:40:34,127 Woman: Do solemnly swear... 851 00:40:34,301 --> 00:40:35,868 All: Do solemnly swear... 852 00:40:36,042 --> 00:40:37,913 Woman: That I will support and defend... 853 00:40:38,087 --> 00:40:40,133 All: That I will support and defend... 854 00:40:40,307 --> 00:40:42,875 The Constitution of the United States... 855 00:40:43,049 --> 00:40:44,703 All: The Constitution of the United States... 856 00:40:44,877 --> 00:40:46,705 Against all enemies... 857 00:40:46,879 --> 00:40:48,184 All: Against all enemies... 858 00:40:48,358 --> 00:40:49,795 Foreign and domestic. 859 00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:51,449 All: Foreign and domestic. 860 00:40:51,623 --> 00:40:53,320 Thank you for all that you have done 861 00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:55,148 to lay the pathway for 55 members. 862 00:40:55,322 --> 00:40:56,323 You need to know that. 863 00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:57,672 - Thank you. - All right? 864 00:40:57,846 --> 00:40:59,195 - Thank you. - That goes with Selma. 865 00:40:59,369 --> 00:41:00,936 That doesn't go when you first got elected. 866 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,547 - Thank you. - All right. 867 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:04,810 James E. Clyburn: John and I 868 00:41:05,071 --> 00:41:07,247 took different paths after college. 869 00:41:07,813 --> 00:41:08,814 I got married. 870 00:41:09,205 --> 00:41:11,294 John went out, 871 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:14,689 and they were organizing the Freedom Rides at that time. 872 00:41:15,081 --> 00:41:17,910 He's probably the most courageous person I ever met. 873 00:41:22,654 --> 00:41:26,179 Lewis: I heard that the Congress of Racial Equality 874 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,138 would be sponsoring the Freedom Rides, 875 00:41:30,966 --> 00:41:34,579 and I applied to be accepted as a Freedom Rider. 876 00:41:34,753 --> 00:41:36,668 [foreboding music] 877 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:39,018 Man: Even though the law of the land says 878 00:41:39,235 --> 00:41:41,324 that a passenger can ride interstate 879 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,065 and participate in a lunchroom 880 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:44,937 or waiting rooms and bathrooms, 881 00:41:45,111 --> 00:41:46,242 everyone cannot, 882 00:41:46,416 --> 00:41:48,070 particularly the Negro. 883 00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,378 Lafeyette: Even though you had a Supreme Court decision made, 884 00:41:51,552 --> 00:41:54,337 the Freedom Rides was an effort 885 00:41:54,555 --> 00:41:56,165 to test the facilities. 886 00:41:57,123 --> 00:41:59,125 Man: Within a matter of weeks, Freedom Riders 887 00:41:59,299 --> 00:42:00,996 are boarding buses all over the South. 888 00:42:01,214 --> 00:42:03,651 The riders are harassed and jailed. 889 00:42:04,086 --> 00:42:05,784 Sometimes they're beaten by angry crowds of whites 890 00:42:05,958 --> 00:42:08,264 while Southern sheriffs look the other way. 891 00:42:09,744 --> 00:42:11,311 Lewis: The night of May 3rd, 892 00:42:12,486 --> 00:42:15,054 we went to a Chinese restaurant 893 00:42:15,881 --> 00:42:19,188 in Downtown Washington to get something to eat. 894 00:42:19,841 --> 00:42:21,408 Growing up in rural Alabama, 895 00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:23,584 I never had Chinese food before, 896 00:42:24,759 --> 00:42:28,067 but someone that evening said, "You should eat well 897 00:42:28,981 --> 00:42:32,027 because this may be like the Last Supper." 898 00:42:33,333 --> 00:42:35,117 Clyburn: They were coming through South Carolina, 899 00:42:35,291 --> 00:42:37,119 so I said to my wife 900 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:40,427 that I thought that I would meet the bus in Rock Hill. 901 00:42:41,471 --> 00:42:42,777 She reminded me 902 00:42:43,125 --> 00:42:45,171 that I was no longer a college student. 903 00:42:46,172 --> 00:42:49,523 At that time, we were expecting our first child, 904 00:42:49,784 --> 00:42:53,048 so I did not meet the bus. 905 00:42:55,268 --> 00:42:58,532 The tall gentleman with the suit on, 906 00:42:59,751 --> 00:43:01,361 that's Albert Bigelow. 907 00:43:02,101 --> 00:43:03,581 He was my seatmate 908 00:43:04,799 --> 00:43:06,496 from Washington, D.C. 909 00:43:07,497 --> 00:43:09,021 to Rock Hill, South Carolina. 910 00:43:11,153 --> 00:43:13,460 We arrived in Rock Hill. 911 00:43:15,070 --> 00:43:17,333 We were attacked by members of the Klan, 912 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:19,422 and we were beaten 913 00:43:20,336 --> 00:43:22,251 and left lying in a pool of blood. 914 00:43:23,862 --> 00:43:25,428 Clyburn: I often wondered 915 00:43:25,690 --> 00:43:27,996 what might have happened if I was there, 916 00:43:28,214 --> 00:43:29,563 because I was never 917 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:32,610 as nonviolent as John is. 918 00:43:33,262 --> 00:43:34,568 I don't think I could have taken 919 00:43:35,308 --> 00:43:36,396 what he took. 920 00:43:38,659 --> 00:43:41,706 Lewis: I lost all sense of fear, really. 921 00:43:43,838 --> 00:43:46,275 When you lose the sense of fear, you're free. 922 00:43:49,061 --> 00:43:52,020 Too many people lived in fear during those days. 923 00:43:55,545 --> 00:43:59,941 We cannot continue to accept these conditions of oppression, 924 00:44:00,115 --> 00:44:03,031 for this is not a struggle for ourselves alone. 925 00:44:03,205 --> 00:44:05,860 It is a struggle to save the soul of America. 926 00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:08,471 Man: The best thing for King 927 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,604 and all of the so-called Freedom Riders 928 00:44:10,778 --> 00:44:12,301 is to return to their homes 929 00:44:12,475 --> 00:44:13,955 and mind their own business. 930 00:44:14,956 --> 00:44:17,829 Lewis: We decided to have a mass meeting, 931 00:44:18,003 --> 00:44:20,222 and thousands of people showed up. 932 00:44:21,049 --> 00:44:23,138 Now, we've had an ugly mob outside. 933 00:44:23,530 --> 00:44:25,924 They burned some automobiles. 934 00:44:26,228 --> 00:44:27,882 Let us be calm. 935 00:44:28,100 --> 00:44:29,449 We are together. 936 00:44:30,015 --> 00:44:31,538 We are not afraid. 937 00:44:32,278 --> 00:44:34,236 Lewis: Dr. King and the Reverend Ralph Abernathy 938 00:44:34,410 --> 00:44:36,674 went down into the basement of the church. 939 00:44:37,196 --> 00:44:38,632 They spoke to the attorney general, 940 00:44:38,806 --> 00:44:40,590 and he told President Kennedy 941 00:44:40,765 --> 00:44:43,724 there was a serious problem here at this church. 942 00:44:44,769 --> 00:44:46,640 Woman: They brought in National Guards 943 00:44:46,858 --> 00:44:48,555 to quell the riots. 944 00:44:48,860 --> 00:44:51,601 The city is now under martial law, 945 00:44:51,776 --> 00:44:54,474 and troops are on their way into Montgomery. 946 00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:57,259 [cheers and applause] 947 00:45:02,351 --> 00:45:04,353 Lewis: But it led to the desegregation 948 00:45:04,658 --> 00:45:07,356 of public transportation all across the South. 949 00:45:09,010 --> 00:45:11,534 [choir vocalizing] 950 00:45:15,234 --> 00:45:17,889 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: So much of John Lewis's activism 951 00:45:18,063 --> 00:45:23,024 was to highlight the inaction of the federal government. 952 00:45:23,198 --> 00:45:25,853 Despite all of this violence hap... targeted violence 953 00:45:26,027 --> 00:45:27,420 happening in the South, 954 00:45:27,594 --> 00:45:29,683 the federal government had its hands tied. 955 00:45:29,857 --> 00:45:31,032 They were wringing their hands. 956 00:45:31,206 --> 00:45:32,338 They were saying, 957 00:45:32,555 --> 00:45:33,556 "Wait another day. 958 00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:36,298 Compromise. Slow down. 959 00:45:36,472 --> 00:45:38,605 Don't get too hasty." 960 00:45:38,779 --> 00:45:40,607 And it was that... that attitude 961 00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:43,088 and that energy of youth, of saying, 962 00:45:43,262 --> 00:45:45,699 "Why do we have to wait our entire lives 963 00:45:45,873 --> 00:45:49,137 to be seen as equal in the eyes of the law?" 964 00:45:50,138 --> 00:45:52,097 [indistinct chatter] 965 00:45:55,491 --> 00:45:57,493 Nancy Pelosi: One of my great experiences 966 00:45:57,667 --> 00:45:59,713 in the Congress, which I treasure, 967 00:45:59,887 --> 00:46:02,237 was working under John Lewis's leadership 968 00:46:02,411 --> 00:46:05,240 and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus. 969 00:46:05,632 --> 00:46:08,026 We put together the Voting Rights Act 970 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,769 that was passed in 2006. 971 00:46:11,943 --> 00:46:13,945 In a bipartisan way, 972 00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:16,686 we walked House and Senate leadership 973 00:46:16,861 --> 00:46:19,602 down the steps of the capitol to salute the fact 974 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:22,344 that we have written a new Voting Rights Act. 975 00:46:22,518 --> 00:46:24,390 The right of ordinary men and women 976 00:46:24,564 --> 00:46:26,435 to determine their own political future 977 00:46:26,827 --> 00:46:29,003 lies at the heart of the American experiment. 978 00:46:29,177 --> 00:46:30,831 By re-authorizing this act, 979 00:46:31,005 --> 00:46:32,485 Congress has reaffirmed 980 00:46:33,225 --> 00:46:34,487 its belief 981 00:46:35,314 --> 00:46:37,142 that all men are created equal. 982 00:46:37,490 --> 00:46:40,885 I view the Voting Rights Act of 1965 983 00:46:41,059 --> 00:46:43,017 and its subsequent amendments 984 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:45,498 as the most important civil rights bill 985 00:46:45,672 --> 00:46:48,066 that was passed during the '50s and '60s 986 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:51,765 because it effectively enfranchised minority voters, 987 00:46:51,939 --> 00:46:55,247 and not just African-Americans in the South 988 00:46:55,421 --> 00:46:59,251 but other minority voters of different ethnic backgrounds 989 00:46:59,425 --> 00:47:00,643 in the North, 990 00:47:00,948 --> 00:47:02,907 and I think that the cooperation, 991 00:47:03,081 --> 00:47:06,954 which has been outstanding between John Lewis and myself, 992 00:47:07,128 --> 00:47:09,348 ends up being an example 993 00:47:09,522 --> 00:47:11,480 that we can get important things done 994 00:47:11,654 --> 00:47:12,960 by being bipartisan, 995 00:47:13,134 --> 00:47:15,702 whereas if we were not bipartisan, 996 00:47:15,876 --> 00:47:17,312 they never would have happened. 997 00:47:17,922 --> 00:47:19,184 Pelosi: President George Bush 998 00:47:19,358 --> 00:47:20,925 signed the legislation 999 00:47:21,099 --> 00:47:24,102 and came to Selma for the 50th anniversary 1000 00:47:24,276 --> 00:47:26,191 and spoke about how proud he was 1001 00:47:26,365 --> 00:47:28,193 to have signed that Voting Rights Act, 1002 00:47:28,454 --> 00:47:30,848 so I think that the Voting Rights Act 1003 00:47:31,022 --> 00:47:33,851 and John Lewis cannot be separated. 1004 00:47:35,548 --> 00:47:38,943 [pensive music] 1005 00:47:39,117 --> 00:47:40,074 Female anchor: It's considered one 1006 00:47:40,248 --> 00:47:41,771 of the most important pieces 1007 00:47:41,946 --> 00:47:44,122 of civil rights legislation ever passed, 1008 00:47:44,296 --> 00:47:46,951 but by five to four, the U.S. Supreme Court today 1009 00:47:47,125 --> 00:47:50,258 took the teeth out of a law enacted nearly 50 years ago. 1010 00:47:50,432 --> 00:47:51,999 Male anchor: President Lyndon Johnson 1011 00:47:52,173 --> 00:47:55,046 signed the landmark law in 1965, 1012 00:47:55,220 --> 00:47:56,743 and ever since, the Voting Rights Act 1013 00:47:56,917 --> 00:47:58,876 has policed voting discrimination. 1014 00:48:00,399 --> 00:48:01,879 Lewis: Today the Supreme Court 1015 00:48:03,010 --> 00:48:05,186 stuck a dagger in the heart 1016 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,755 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 1017 00:48:09,843 --> 00:48:11,279 They're saying, in effect, 1018 00:48:11,453 --> 00:48:13,368 that history cannot repeat itself, 1019 00:48:14,195 --> 00:48:15,805 but I say come 1020 00:48:16,328 --> 00:48:18,417 and walk in my shoes. 1021 00:48:21,420 --> 00:48:22,595 Eric Holder: Shelby County was suing 1022 00:48:22,769 --> 00:48:24,205 the Justice Department, 1023 00:48:24,379 --> 00:48:26,120 and when you sue the Justice Department, 1024 00:48:26,294 --> 00:48:28,775 you name the attorney general as the defendant in the case, 1025 00:48:28,949 --> 00:48:30,864 and so that's why my name, 1026 00:48:31,038 --> 00:48:33,388 unfortunately, appears on that case. 1027 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:36,696 The Shelby County decision is one of the most disastrous 1028 00:48:36,870 --> 00:48:39,264 Supreme Court decisions of all time. 1029 00:48:39,438 --> 00:48:41,266 It gutted the pre-clearance authority 1030 00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,833 that the United States Department of Justice had, 1031 00:48:44,008 --> 00:48:45,879 which in essence gave the Justice Department 1032 00:48:46,053 --> 00:48:48,447 the ability to challenge a change 1033 00:48:48,621 --> 00:48:51,363 that was gonna be made in a covered locality 1034 00:48:51,537 --> 00:48:53,539 with regard to voting procedures, 1035 00:48:53,713 --> 00:48:54,932 so that way, the Justice Department 1036 00:48:55,106 --> 00:48:56,803 could stop something from happening 1037 00:48:56,977 --> 00:48:58,413 as opposed to filing a lawsuit 1038 00:48:58,587 --> 00:49:00,459 after an election had already occurred. 1039 00:49:01,460 --> 00:49:03,375 Since Shelby County, about 27 states 1040 00:49:03,549 --> 00:49:07,335 have actually passed unnecessary photo ID laws, 1041 00:49:07,509 --> 00:49:10,469 purged voter rolls, and over 1,000 polling places 1042 00:49:10,643 --> 00:49:12,601 around the country have been closed. 1043 00:49:12,775 --> 00:49:15,256 Polling places have been moved without any notice, 1044 00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:16,779 and a whole variety of things 1045 00:49:16,954 --> 00:49:18,520 to make it more difficult for people 1046 00:49:18,694 --> 00:49:20,131 to get access to the ballot 1047 00:49:20,305 --> 00:49:22,568 go very contrary to the very work that... 1048 00:49:22,829 --> 00:49:24,874 Eric Holder: John Lewis has stood for all his life. 1049 00:49:26,006 --> 00:49:28,574 One federal judge said about what North Carolina did, 1050 00:49:28,748 --> 00:49:31,446 is they acted with surgical-like precision 1051 00:49:31,620 --> 00:49:33,927 to disenfranchise African-Americans. 1052 00:49:34,275 --> 00:49:36,930 Um, that's hard for me to watch that happen, 1053 00:49:37,104 --> 00:49:39,759 and John Lewis beat back numerous attempts 1054 00:49:39,933 --> 00:49:41,239 over his career of people 1055 00:49:41,413 --> 00:49:43,893 trying to alter voting rights in a way 1056 00:49:44,068 --> 00:49:46,853 that would discriminate against not just African-Americans, 1057 00:49:47,027 --> 00:49:49,421 but low-income Americans and so many others. 1058 00:49:49,682 --> 00:49:52,250 We have state legislatures that are deliberately trying 1059 00:49:52,424 --> 00:49:54,034 to make it harder for people to vote. 1060 00:49:54,817 --> 00:49:56,210 Over time, 1061 00:49:57,951 --> 00:50:02,477 the hard-won battles of 50 years ago erode... 1062 00:50:04,958 --> 00:50:06,960 And our democracy erodes. 1063 00:50:10,746 --> 00:50:12,835 Man: We just came out of the 2016 election, 1064 00:50:13,010 --> 00:50:14,489 where it was the first presidential election 1065 00:50:14,663 --> 00:50:16,448 in 50 years without the full protections 1066 00:50:16,622 --> 00:50:17,927 of the Voting Rights Act. 1067 00:50:18,102 --> 00:50:20,452 I waited six hours and 15 minutes to vote. 1068 00:50:20,626 --> 00:50:24,064 The expected wait time was three to four hours. 1069 00:50:24,369 --> 00:50:26,197 They should just open it up, let them come inside, 1070 00:50:26,371 --> 00:50:27,763 and go on home. 1071 00:50:28,155 --> 00:50:31,202 They had one polling location for 100,000 students. 1072 00:50:31,376 --> 00:50:33,987 Then a recorder goes out and blames the voters for this. 1073 00:50:34,161 --> 00:50:35,815 How dare you blame us for this. 1074 00:50:35,989 --> 00:50:37,599 [cheers and applause] 1075 00:50:37,773 --> 00:50:39,210 Female anchor 1: House Democrats unveiled 1076 00:50:39,384 --> 00:50:41,908 their first major piece of legislation. 1077 00:50:42,082 --> 00:50:43,953 Female anchor 2: It puts more power in the hands of voters 1078 00:50:44,128 --> 00:50:45,868 by restoring the Voting Rights Act 1079 00:50:46,043 --> 00:50:48,523 and improving automatic voter registration. 1080 00:50:49,959 --> 00:50:52,745 Pelosi: Today we are introducing HR1 1081 00:50:52,962 --> 00:50:54,181 to clean up corruption 1082 00:50:54,355 --> 00:50:57,184 and restore integrity to government. 1083 00:50:57,358 --> 00:51:00,187 [cheers and applause] 1084 00:51:02,146 --> 00:51:04,235 Lewis: The last two years 1085 00:51:04,452 --> 00:51:07,368 have made it clear there are forces 1086 00:51:07,542 --> 00:51:12,112 which invest thousands and millions of dollars 1087 00:51:12,460 --> 00:51:16,247 in drowning out the voice of the people of this country. 1088 00:51:17,422 --> 00:51:20,729 I truly believe the way votes were not counted 1089 00:51:20,903 --> 00:51:23,819 and purged in Georgia and Florida... 1090 00:51:23,993 --> 00:51:25,952 - Go on, tell it, John. - And other states 1091 00:51:26,126 --> 00:51:28,433 changed the outcome of the last election. 1092 00:51:28,607 --> 00:51:32,045 That must never happen again in our country, never again. 1093 00:51:32,219 --> 00:51:33,351 Never again. 1094 00:51:33,655 --> 00:51:36,484 [cheers and applause] 1095 00:51:38,791 --> 00:51:40,836 Woman: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 1096 00:51:41,010 --> 00:51:44,057 says the Senate will not vote on HR1. 1097 00:51:44,231 --> 00:51:45,493 Their bill would make election day 1098 00:51:45,667 --> 00:51:49,193 a new paid holiday for government workers. 1099 00:51:49,454 --> 00:51:53,197 This new Democrat socialist majority 1100 00:51:53,936 --> 00:51:56,765 wants the federal government to interfere 1101 00:51:56,939 --> 00:51:58,550 in our free and fair elections. 1102 00:51:58,767 --> 00:52:01,509 It violates our free speech rights by requiring 1103 00:52:01,683 --> 00:52:05,034 the publishing of the names and addresses of donors. 1104 00:52:05,470 --> 00:52:08,647 Lewis: Every day in the Congress is a fight. 1105 00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:10,953 I just keep on believing 1106 00:52:11,432 --> 00:52:12,955 that we can change things, 1107 00:52:13,130 --> 00:52:15,480 that we can make things better. 1108 00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:26,230 Bettie Mae Fikes: [singing] ♪ When the world♪ 1109 00:52:26,404 --> 00:52:27,318 Ha! 1110 00:52:27,492 --> 00:52:30,756 ♪ Is tossing me ♪ 1111 00:52:30,930 --> 00:52:32,627 Man: Yeah. Yeah. 1112 00:52:32,888 --> 00:52:34,934 ♪ Like a ship ♪ 1113 00:52:35,108 --> 00:52:40,766 ♪ Out on ♪ 1114 00:52:40,940 --> 00:52:41,854 Hmm. 1115 00:52:42,028 --> 00:52:45,118 ♪ The sea ♪ 1116 00:52:45,292 --> 00:52:47,990 ♪ Thou who knows ♪ 1117 00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:53,387 ♪ All about it ♪ 1118 00:52:53,561 --> 00:52:58,349 ♪ Stand by, stand by ♪ 1119 00:52:58,523 --> 00:53:02,788 ♪ Stand by ♪ 1120 00:53:02,962 --> 00:53:06,444 ♪ Me ♪ 1121 00:53:06,618 --> 00:53:08,185 When we got arrested, 1122 00:53:09,011 --> 00:53:10,926 the things that held us up 1123 00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:15,540 and helped us go through all the brutality 1124 00:53:16,149 --> 00:53:18,847 and uncertainty was the music. 1125 00:53:20,806 --> 00:53:22,503 John was with us a lot of times. 1126 00:53:22,677 --> 00:53:24,331 Lewis: I couldn't carry a tune. 1127 00:53:24,505 --> 00:53:26,377 - I couldn't carry a tune. - [laughs] 1128 00:53:26,551 --> 00:53:28,509 Man: Congressman Lewis said he couldn't carry a tune. 1129 00:53:28,683 --> 00:53:30,119 - Do you want to... - Lewis: No, no, no. 1130 00:53:30,294 --> 00:53:31,947 [laughter] 1131 00:53:32,165 --> 00:53:33,601 But we would sing. 1132 00:53:33,862 --> 00:53:35,951 Well, they played together, the dogs, you know, 1133 00:53:36,125 --> 00:53:38,824 from the black family and the white family, 1134 00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,174 but the children couldn't play together. 1135 00:53:42,262 --> 00:53:45,265 So, they made up a song, you know, called "Dogs." 1136 00:53:45,439 --> 00:53:47,833 [group singing] ♪ My dog loves your dog ♪ 1137 00:53:48,007 --> 00:53:49,095 ♪ And your dog ♪ 1138 00:53:49,269 --> 00:53:50,401 ♪ Loves my dog ♪ 1139 00:53:50,575 --> 00:53:53,491 ♪ Then why can't we ♪ 1140 00:53:53,665 --> 00:53:56,581 ♪ Sit under the apple tree ♪ 1141 00:53:56,755 --> 00:53:59,148 ♪ You won't walk with me ♪ 1142 00:53:59,323 --> 00:54:01,847 ♪ You won't talk with me ♪ 1143 00:54:02,021 --> 00:54:04,806 ♪ Well, why don't you Hold my hand ♪ 1144 00:54:04,980 --> 00:54:07,287 ♪ Tell me you understand ♪ 1145 00:54:07,461 --> 00:54:11,900 ♪ Now, can't you see that you and me ♪ 1146 00:54:12,074 --> 00:54:14,990 ♪ We'll be so happy ♪ 1147 00:54:15,164 --> 00:54:18,037 ♪ Sitting under The apple tree ♪ 1148 00:54:18,211 --> 00:54:21,083 [vocalizing] 1149 00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:24,086 [all harmonizing] 1150 00:54:24,261 --> 00:54:26,872 [cheers and applause] 1151 00:54:27,133 --> 00:54:28,439 Woman: That was awesome. 1152 00:54:28,613 --> 00:54:31,355 [lively music playing] 1153 00:54:40,146 --> 00:54:41,843 Get with it, Michael. 1154 00:54:42,017 --> 00:54:45,282 [indistinct singing] 1155 00:54:45,456 --> 00:54:46,935 Welcome, brother. How you been doing? 1156 00:54:47,109 --> 00:54:48,415 I'm doing good. 1157 00:54:48,589 --> 00:54:49,721 How you doing, my dear? 1158 00:54:49,895 --> 00:54:51,331 Hey, so good to see you again. 1159 00:54:51,505 --> 00:54:53,028 - Good to see you again. - Yes. 1160 00:54:53,202 --> 00:54:54,769 - Thank you all so much. - Woman: Our honor. 1161 00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:56,641 - It was our honor. - Thank you. Good to see you. 1162 00:54:56,815 --> 00:54:58,207 - Our honor. - Thank you. 1163 00:54:58,382 --> 00:54:59,600 - God bless you. - It's just for the Lord. 1164 00:54:59,774 --> 00:55:00,819 That's what it was. 1165 00:55:00,993 --> 00:55:02,255 Thank you. 1166 00:55:03,125 --> 00:55:04,039 You come... 1167 00:55:04,213 --> 00:55:06,128 [indistinct] 1168 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:08,043 It was like, whoo! 1169 00:55:08,217 --> 00:55:10,045 [laughter] 1170 00:55:10,481 --> 00:55:12,004 Collins: Got lipstick on the lips. 1171 00:55:12,178 --> 00:55:13,440 That's a good sign. 1172 00:55:13,614 --> 00:55:15,442 Congressman, you're on tape. 1173 00:55:15,616 --> 00:55:19,054 [laughter] 1174 00:55:19,228 --> 00:55:20,839 You're on tape. Uh... 1175 00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:23,842 You just came out of church. 1176 00:55:24,016 --> 00:55:25,452 Praise God. 1177 00:55:25,626 --> 00:55:27,454 You got lipstick on the side, on the front. 1178 00:55:27,672 --> 00:55:29,804 - Michael, you need to stop it. - Collins: I'm just saying. 1179 00:55:30,022 --> 00:55:31,328 I'm just saying. 1180 00:55:31,502 --> 00:55:33,460 Talk... pray for this guy. Pray. 1181 00:55:33,634 --> 00:55:35,941 Collins: Got lipstick on the front, on the side. 1182 00:55:36,115 --> 00:55:37,464 - Woman: On the side. - Collins: Everywhere. 1183 00:55:37,638 --> 00:55:39,466 I didn't ask anyone to kiss me. 1184 00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,991 Hey, the little lady just walked up and planted a kiss. 1185 00:55:43,165 --> 00:55:45,951 [laughter] 1186 00:55:48,257 --> 00:55:49,824 Lewis: Michael, you're not gonna assist 1187 00:55:49,998 --> 00:55:51,173 an old man going up the step? 1188 00:55:51,522 --> 00:55:52,784 Got a step it... 1189 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,179 Be like old [indistinct], come on. 1190 00:55:57,528 --> 00:55:59,704 - Stop it. - [laughing] 1191 00:56:01,183 --> 00:56:02,663 Watch the water. 1192 00:56:02,837 --> 00:56:04,143 - Michael? - What? 1193 00:56:04,491 --> 00:56:06,624 Look, I've been baptized, so you just... 1194 00:56:07,146 --> 00:56:09,148 some water was sprinkled on your head. 1195 00:56:09,322 --> 00:56:10,584 I went under. 1196 00:56:12,978 --> 00:56:14,109 What's the difference? 1197 00:56:14,283 --> 00:56:15,676 It's a different. 1198 00:56:15,850 --> 00:56:17,591 You mean, you're more baptized than me? 1199 00:56:17,765 --> 00:56:18,897 Yes. 1200 00:56:19,506 --> 00:56:22,030 I went under, in a creek. 1201 00:56:22,204 --> 00:56:23,597 I had the sprinkle. 1202 00:56:23,771 --> 00:56:24,903 What's that matter? What's the difference? 1203 00:56:25,077 --> 00:56:25,991 - That just... - [Collins laughs] 1204 00:56:27,079 --> 00:56:28,472 ...some beads 1205 00:56:29,037 --> 00:56:30,343 going on your head. 1206 00:56:31,779 --> 00:56:34,434 We go down under the water. They bring us back up. 1207 00:56:34,782 --> 00:56:35,653 Ooh. 1208 00:56:36,697 --> 00:56:40,092 [laughter] 1209 00:56:40,266 --> 00:56:41,441 So silly. 1210 00:56:41,615 --> 00:56:42,790 Don't let me fall. 1211 00:56:44,357 --> 00:56:46,228 - Hi, you. - How you doing? 1212 00:56:46,403 --> 00:56:47,621 I'm doing fine. 1213 00:56:47,882 --> 00:56:49,406 Hey, how your chickens doing? 1214 00:56:50,363 --> 00:56:51,799 Good. 1215 00:56:52,104 --> 00:56:53,888 Chickens are mean creatures. 1216 00:56:54,062 --> 00:56:55,716 Really? What they do? They fight? 1217 00:56:55,890 --> 00:56:57,239 Fight each other, pecking. 1218 00:56:57,414 --> 00:56:59,111 They'll fight through the wire. 1219 00:57:00,895 --> 00:57:03,768 If one chicken is on one side, they'll fight? 1220 00:57:05,944 --> 00:57:07,946 See, my chickens are nonviolent. 1221 00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:09,643 I taught them the way of peace. 1222 00:57:11,123 --> 00:57:12,429 So, that's the way I looked 1223 00:57:12,603 --> 00:57:13,821 as a young boy 1224 00:57:14,779 --> 00:57:16,476 growing up outside of Troy. 1225 00:57:17,129 --> 00:57:19,566 Ah. So, the very first time I saw this piece, 1226 00:57:19,958 --> 00:57:23,135 I said, "Well, part of me thinks it's John Lewis, 1227 00:57:24,179 --> 00:57:26,704 but the other part thinks it might be Jay-Z 1228 00:57:26,878 --> 00:57:28,749 'cause it's got a little hair on it." 1229 00:57:28,923 --> 00:57:30,316 Man 1: That is so true though. that is true. 1230 00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:32,318 - I have to tell my... - Man 1: A young Jay-Z. 1231 00:57:32,492 --> 00:57:34,363 That is so true. That is funny. 1232 00:57:34,538 --> 00:57:35,974 Man 2: That's crazy. 1233 00:57:36,148 --> 00:57:38,803 [soft piano music] 1234 00:57:41,849 --> 00:57:43,460 Lewis: When I was asked 1235 00:57:43,634 --> 00:57:46,593 by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1236 00:57:46,941 --> 00:57:49,466 to chair the organization, 1237 00:57:50,336 --> 00:57:53,252 I was elected, and I moved to Atlanta. 1238 00:57:55,428 --> 00:57:57,691 I remember being in one meeting. 1239 00:57:58,779 --> 00:58:01,869 Thurgood Marshall said, "John, 1240 00:58:02,130 --> 00:58:04,306 you all just damn fools, really, 1241 00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:06,047 for keep going, getting arrested, 1242 00:58:06,221 --> 00:58:08,397 and getting your head beat in." 1243 00:58:08,702 --> 00:58:10,574 He said, "Just get one case, 1244 00:58:11,749 --> 00:58:13,838 and we'll take it to the NAACP." 1245 00:58:14,099 --> 00:58:15,361 I said, "Mr. Marshall... " 1246 00:58:15,709 --> 00:58:17,058 I was so young. 1247 00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:21,628 Then I was 21, talking to Thurgood Marshall. 1248 00:58:22,063 --> 00:58:23,238 I said, "Mr. Marshall, 1249 00:58:24,631 --> 00:58:26,415 I appreciate all of your work. 1250 00:58:26,633 --> 00:58:28,287 I appreciate your contribution, 1251 00:58:28,722 --> 00:58:30,507 but we need a mass movement." 1252 00:58:32,813 --> 00:58:36,513 My first major responsibility was to represent SNCC 1253 00:58:36,774 --> 00:58:39,777 to help organize the March on Washington. 1254 00:58:40,647 --> 00:58:43,258 I wrote Congressman Lewis' introduction speech 1255 00:58:43,432 --> 00:58:45,957 for... Barack Obama 1256 00:58:46,131 --> 00:58:48,873 when he was being nominated in 2008. 1257 00:58:49,047 --> 00:58:51,876 I said to him, "Congressman, have you ever spoken 1258 00:58:52,050 --> 00:58:53,965 before a crowd this large?" 1259 00:58:54,139 --> 00:58:55,619 And he looked at me and said, 1260 00:58:55,793 --> 00:58:59,057 "Brenda, I spoke at the March on Washington," 1261 00:58:59,753 --> 00:59:02,147 and I thought, "Right, of course." 1262 00:59:02,408 --> 00:59:05,324 [applause] 1263 00:59:09,023 --> 00:59:10,329 I have the pleasure 1264 00:59:10,503 --> 00:59:12,592 to present to this great audience, 1265 00:59:12,766 --> 00:59:15,726 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1266 00:59:15,987 --> 00:59:17,858 Brother John Lewis. 1267 00:59:18,119 --> 00:59:21,122 [cheers and applause] 1268 00:59:21,296 --> 00:59:22,907 Lewis: In the beginning, President Kennedy 1269 00:59:23,081 --> 00:59:25,649 was not supportive of the idea of a march. 1270 00:59:25,823 --> 00:59:28,042 He thought there would be violence and chaos 1271 00:59:28,216 --> 00:59:29,740 and we wouldn't get a civil rights bill 1272 00:59:29,914 --> 00:59:31,350 through the Congress. 1273 00:59:31,872 --> 00:59:36,094 I learned to listen to people like A. Philip Randolph, 1274 00:59:36,355 --> 00:59:38,836 Dr. King, Roy Wilkins, 1275 00:59:39,010 --> 00:59:42,230 James Forman, Whitney Young. 1276 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:44,276 Lafayette: John was sensitive and aware 1277 00:59:44,450 --> 00:59:47,584 that he wanted things to go smoothly, 1278 00:59:47,801 --> 00:59:49,673 and when they asked him to change his speech, 1279 00:59:49,847 --> 00:59:52,414 one phrase was talking about marching into Atlanta 1280 00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:53,938 like Sherman, 1281 00:59:54,155 --> 00:59:57,550 which sounds a little bit inflammatory. 1282 00:59:57,985 --> 01:00:00,684 He agreed that he would accommodate, 1283 01:00:00,858 --> 01:00:02,773 you know, by taking that out. 1284 01:00:03,817 --> 01:00:06,559 Let us not forget that we are involved 1285 01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:08,605 in a serious social revolution. 1286 01:00:08,822 --> 01:00:10,650 Where is the political party 1287 01:00:10,824 --> 01:00:13,653 that will make it unnecessary to march on Washington? 1288 01:00:14,001 --> 01:00:16,525 Where is the political party that will make it unnecessary 1289 01:00:16,700 --> 01:00:18,832 to march in the streets of Birmingham? 1290 01:00:19,441 --> 01:00:22,357 Those that say be patient and wait, 1291 01:00:22,531 --> 01:00:24,577 we must say that we cannot be patient. 1292 01:00:25,056 --> 01:00:26,666 If we do not get meaningful legislation 1293 01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:28,102 out of this Congress, 1294 01:00:28,276 --> 01:00:29,930 we will march through the South, 1295 01:00:30,104 --> 01:00:31,628 through the streets of Jackson, 1296 01:00:31,802 --> 01:00:33,107 through the streets of Danville, 1297 01:00:33,281 --> 01:00:34,674 through the streets of Cambridge, 1298 01:00:34,848 --> 01:00:36,589 through the streets of Birmingham. 1299 01:00:36,763 --> 01:00:39,636 [cheers and applause] 1300 01:00:43,378 --> 01:00:44,771 But we will march 1301 01:00:45,206 --> 01:00:46,991 with the spirit of love 1302 01:00:47,165 --> 01:00:49,776 and with the spirit of dignity that we have shown here today. 1303 01:00:51,343 --> 01:00:54,041 We must say wake up, America, wake up. 1304 01:00:54,215 --> 01:00:57,871 For we cannot stop, and we will not and cannot be patient. 1305 01:00:58,306 --> 01:01:01,353 [cheers and applause] 1306 01:01:01,570 --> 01:01:03,877 [solemn music] 1307 01:01:19,327 --> 01:01:21,112 [siren wailing] 1308 01:01:21,286 --> 01:01:23,462 Male anchor: Eighteen days after the March on Washington, 1309 01:01:23,636 --> 01:01:25,116 Birmingham, Alabama, 1310 01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:28,032 a bomb exploded in the 16th Street Baptist Church 1311 01:01:28,206 --> 01:01:30,512 just before a Sunday morning service. 1312 01:01:30,817 --> 01:01:32,514 Fifteen people were injured. 1313 01:01:33,037 --> 01:01:34,516 Four children were killed. 1314 01:01:44,483 --> 01:01:45,832 Malcolm X: Black people in this country 1315 01:01:46,006 --> 01:01:47,312 have been the victims 1316 01:01:47,704 --> 01:01:48,574 of violence at the hands of the white man 1317 01:01:48,748 --> 01:01:50,054 for 400 years, 1318 01:01:50,228 --> 01:01:52,926 and following the ignorant Negro preachers, 1319 01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:54,841 we have thought that it was Godlike 1320 01:01:55,015 --> 01:01:56,190 to turn the other cheek 1321 01:01:56,364 --> 01:01:57,975 to the brute that was brutalizing us, 1322 01:01:58,149 --> 01:01:59,672 and today the honorable Elijah Muhammad 1323 01:01:59,846 --> 01:02:01,543 is showing black people in this country 1324 01:02:01,718 --> 01:02:02,936 that just as the white man 1325 01:02:03,110 --> 01:02:04,721 and every other person on this Earth 1326 01:02:04,895 --> 01:02:07,375 has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, 1327 01:02:07,549 --> 01:02:08,986 any kind of rights that you can think of 1328 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:10,770 when it comes to defending himself, 1329 01:02:10,944 --> 01:02:12,554 black people should have... we should have the right 1330 01:02:12,729 --> 01:02:13,947 to defend ourselves also. 1331 01:02:17,255 --> 01:02:18,822 Lewis: I took the position 1332 01:02:19,866 --> 01:02:21,781 that whatever we do, 1333 01:02:22,390 --> 01:02:24,131 we must do it in an orderly, 1334 01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:27,569 peaceful, nonviolent fashion. 1335 01:02:28,527 --> 01:02:32,705 And I believed in a biracial or interracial movement. 1336 01:02:32,923 --> 01:02:34,881 That's the only way we going to succeed. 1337 01:02:36,491 --> 01:02:38,929 I served three long years 1338 01:02:39,581 --> 01:02:41,279 as chair of SNCC, 1339 01:02:42,236 --> 01:02:46,327 and I remember people at one of the meetings that we had 1340 01:02:46,980 --> 01:02:49,200 started talking about black power. 1341 01:02:49,548 --> 01:02:52,420 [jazzy music] 1342 01:02:52,594 --> 01:02:55,772 During those days, I never chanted "black power." 1343 01:02:56,947 --> 01:02:58,383 I think we all have power. 1344 01:03:01,168 --> 01:03:02,561 I was challenged 1345 01:03:02,779 --> 01:03:04,345 and then de-elected. 1346 01:03:06,086 --> 01:03:07,740 Stokely succeeded. 1347 01:03:08,001 --> 01:03:09,437 Stokely Carmichael: So, we form our own party, 1348 01:03:09,611 --> 01:03:10,482 and we seek power. 1349 01:03:10,656 --> 01:03:11,918 We don't seek integration. 1350 01:03:12,092 --> 01:03:13,485 That's irrelevant for what we want. 1351 01:03:13,659 --> 01:03:15,400 We want power, and this is the way we get it. 1352 01:03:15,922 --> 01:03:17,924 And I said, "It's time for me to leave." 1353 01:03:25,192 --> 01:03:26,150 Kitty? 1354 01:03:26,324 --> 01:03:27,194 [cat mews] 1355 01:03:29,718 --> 01:03:30,850 Kitty, kitty? 1356 01:03:32,460 --> 01:03:34,419 The other one went under there someplace. 1357 01:03:52,350 --> 01:03:54,743 This piece, it's saying, in effect, 1358 01:03:54,918 --> 01:03:57,398 that the same hands that pick cotton, 1359 01:03:58,399 --> 01:04:01,750 well, today these hands are picking elected officials. 1360 01:04:01,925 --> 01:04:03,187 Woman: Or they are elected officials. 1361 01:04:03,448 --> 01:04:05,319 They are elected officials. 1362 01:04:06,712 --> 01:04:11,151 This is one of the first major pieces of art that we acquired. 1363 01:04:11,325 --> 01:04:14,372 My wife was born and raised in Los Angeles. 1364 01:04:15,155 --> 01:04:17,897 In downtown L.A. we went by this gallery, 1365 01:04:18,071 --> 01:04:19,159 and we saw this piece, 1366 01:04:20,508 --> 01:04:22,336 and my wife fell in love with it. 1367 01:04:22,510 --> 01:04:24,164 I fell in love with it. 1368 01:04:24,817 --> 01:04:26,688 This is "Confrontation at the Bridge." 1369 01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:30,083 It just is a... it's a very powerful piece. 1370 01:04:30,518 --> 01:04:34,174 My wife, she was determined in some way to... 1371 01:04:34,435 --> 01:04:37,656 save enough money in order for us to buy it, 1372 01:04:37,830 --> 01:04:39,136 and that's what she did. 1373 01:04:39,963 --> 01:04:43,444 [soft piano music] 1374 01:04:47,753 --> 01:04:49,842 Xernona Clayton: Lillian had come to Atlanta 1375 01:04:50,016 --> 01:04:53,150 to accept a job at Atlanta University. 1376 01:04:53,454 --> 01:04:57,589 She knew every speech that Martin Luther King ever made, 1377 01:04:57,937 --> 01:05:00,331 and he had heard about her. 1378 01:05:00,505 --> 01:05:02,681 So, he said, "Do you remember, Lillian, 1379 01:05:02,855 --> 01:05:06,163 when I made the speech at the University of Ohio?" 1380 01:05:06,424 --> 01:05:10,254 So, she said, "No, that wasn't where you made that speech. 1381 01:05:10,428 --> 01:05:12,386 That was the University of Denver," or something. 1382 01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:13,692 [laughs] 1383 01:05:13,866 --> 01:05:15,259 And he would fall down laughing. 1384 01:05:15,999 --> 01:05:18,262 She was very opinionated, 1385 01:05:18,436 --> 01:05:20,742 independent, and smart. 1386 01:05:21,743 --> 01:05:25,356 I liked John because he was just kind, 1387 01:05:25,965 --> 01:05:28,054 and one day, I just got the idea, 1388 01:05:28,272 --> 01:05:31,101 "Hmm, I think they'd make a good match." 1389 01:05:31,492 --> 01:05:35,279 And she was wearing a beautiful dress, 1390 01:05:36,193 --> 01:05:37,672 and it had the peace symbols, 1391 01:05:37,846 --> 01:05:39,152 and I said to myself, 1392 01:05:39,457 --> 01:05:41,241 "This young lady believes in peace," 1393 01:05:41,415 --> 01:05:42,851 and I don't know whether it was planned 1394 01:05:43,026 --> 01:05:44,462 or whether it was a conspiracy 1395 01:05:44,636 --> 01:05:46,681 on the part of the host of the party. 1396 01:05:48,248 --> 01:05:50,207 Clayton: And it was a beautiful marriage. 1397 01:05:51,164 --> 01:05:52,383 John Miles Lewis: And I loved my ma. 1398 01:05:52,557 --> 01:05:53,906 She was a... 1399 01:05:54,385 --> 01:05:55,560 ray of light. 1400 01:05:56,256 --> 01:05:58,041 That was my heart right there. 1401 01:05:59,042 --> 01:06:00,957 Lewis: She loved to travel. 1402 01:06:01,131 --> 01:06:03,002 We'd go down to rural Alabama. 1403 01:06:03,872 --> 01:06:05,396 She couldn't stand us going fishing. 1404 01:06:05,570 --> 01:06:07,093 She said it was so cruel 1405 01:06:07,398 --> 01:06:10,662 pulling the fish out of the water, 1406 01:06:10,836 --> 01:06:13,795 and the fish is jumping and trying to breathe for life, 1407 01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:16,276 and she just think that... 1408 01:06:16,537 --> 01:06:18,017 the right thing to do. 1409 01:06:19,497 --> 01:06:21,803 But then we cooked the fish. 1410 01:06:22,195 --> 01:06:23,501 She ate the fish. 1411 01:06:31,161 --> 01:06:34,294 Clayton: I think he relied on her tremendously. 1412 01:06:41,519 --> 01:06:43,216 It's hard to tell 1413 01:06:43,651 --> 01:06:47,177 what kind of void that creates for him. 1414 01:06:48,961 --> 01:06:50,876 I think he got quieter, 1415 01:06:51,529 --> 01:06:54,271 you know, like, sad, sad. 1416 01:06:54,923 --> 01:06:57,839 But you love 'em, 1417 01:06:58,318 --> 01:06:59,754 but you gotta let 'em go. 1418 01:07:08,111 --> 01:07:11,114 [cheers and applause] 1419 01:07:11,288 --> 01:07:12,637 Ruth Berg: I am honored and privileged 1420 01:07:12,811 --> 01:07:15,292 to welcome all of you to the staff reunion 1421 01:07:15,466 --> 01:07:18,077 for the honorable Congressman John Lewis. 1422 01:07:18,425 --> 01:07:20,427 I worked for the congressman for 20 years 1423 01:07:20,601 --> 01:07:22,255 as his receptionist. 1424 01:07:22,429 --> 01:07:24,344 I am so very grateful 1425 01:07:24,518 --> 01:07:27,260 for valuable lessons that I learned from him. 1426 01:07:27,478 --> 01:07:29,175 Get into trouble, 1427 01:07:29,436 --> 01:07:30,437 good trouble. 1428 01:07:30,742 --> 01:07:32,657 Speak up, and speak out. 1429 01:07:32,961 --> 01:07:34,615 And most importantly, 1430 01:07:35,094 --> 01:07:37,705 don't get lost in a sea of despair. 1431 01:07:38,271 --> 01:07:40,099 What he has meant to me, I'm sure he means 1432 01:07:40,273 --> 01:07:41,927 the same thing to all of you folks 1433 01:07:42,101 --> 01:07:43,842 that are in this room tonight. 1434 01:07:44,060 --> 01:07:46,236 Let's give him a big round of applause. 1435 01:07:46,410 --> 01:07:48,020 Come on up, Mr. Lewis. 1436 01:07:48,194 --> 01:07:50,936 [cheers and applause] 1437 01:07:51,110 --> 01:07:52,416 Hello, everybody. 1438 01:07:53,025 --> 01:07:54,766 - All: Hello. - You look good. 1439 01:07:54,940 --> 01:07:56,811 [scattered laughter] 1440 01:07:56,985 --> 01:07:58,726 All of you look so young. 1441 01:07:59,249 --> 01:08:00,511 What happened to me? 1442 01:08:02,078 --> 01:08:04,123 Thank you for putting up with me. 1443 01:08:04,297 --> 01:08:06,256 [laughter] 1444 01:08:06,430 --> 01:08:08,345 I know sometimes I was not the most 1445 01:08:08,823 --> 01:08:10,390 nonviolent person... 1446 01:08:10,564 --> 01:08:12,653 [laughter] 1447 01:08:12,827 --> 01:08:14,307 But I appreciate you. 1448 01:08:14,829 --> 01:08:16,222 I love you. 1449 01:08:16,396 --> 01:08:20,400 - Man: Tell the chicken story. - Oh, oh. 1450 01:08:20,574 --> 01:08:22,576 You really don't wanna hear that story. 1451 01:08:23,099 --> 01:08:25,318 No. Don't make me do it. 1452 01:08:25,492 --> 01:08:26,928 [laughter] 1453 01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:28,713 Don't try me. 1454 01:08:30,410 --> 01:08:33,457 Well, you know, I grew up in rural Alabama... 1455 01:08:33,631 --> 01:08:36,460 [laughter, applause] 1456 01:08:39,941 --> 01:08:42,857 Outside of a little place called Troy. 1457 01:08:44,990 --> 01:08:47,340 Any of you know anything about raising chickens? 1458 01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:49,690 Oh, you don't wanna hear this story. 1459 01:08:49,864 --> 01:08:51,257 Man: We can learn it from you. 1460 01:08:51,431 --> 01:08:52,693 Lewis: Look, when I was a little boy, 1461 01:08:52,867 --> 01:08:54,391 I wanted to be a minister, 1462 01:08:54,695 --> 01:08:56,784 and I would preach to the chickens. 1463 01:08:57,045 --> 01:08:59,178 Some of these chickens would bow their heads. 1464 01:08:59,352 --> 01:09:01,398 Some of these chickens would shake their heads. 1465 01:09:01,572 --> 01:09:04,140 They never quite said "amen". 1466 01:09:04,314 --> 01:09:05,880 Well, that's enough of that. 1467 01:09:06,054 --> 01:09:07,230 [laughter] 1468 01:09:07,404 --> 01:09:08,579 Look... 1469 01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:10,711 we all have been called to do something. 1470 01:09:11,756 --> 01:09:15,107 You that are so young must continue to lead. 1471 01:09:20,982 --> 01:09:22,462 Jamila, this is what I'm saying to members 1472 01:09:22,636 --> 01:09:23,985 of... to our committee? 1473 01:09:24,290 --> 01:09:25,552 Yes, sir, this is the statement 1474 01:09:25,726 --> 01:09:27,989 for the introduction of the caucus. 1475 01:09:28,164 --> 01:09:29,600 How many witnesses are we having? 1476 01:09:29,774 --> 01:09:31,254 - We only have five. - Oh, my God. 1477 01:09:31,428 --> 01:09:33,169 Yes sir, four Democrats, one Republican. 1478 01:09:33,386 --> 01:09:35,171 - Okay. - Two former... 1479 01:09:35,345 --> 01:09:36,911 Don't... don't make me laugh. 1480 01:09:37,608 --> 01:09:38,522 Don't do it. 1481 01:09:38,696 --> 01:09:39,827 I won't. 1482 01:09:40,263 --> 01:09:41,655 Two of our witnesses are... 1483 01:09:41,829 --> 01:09:43,135 Seems like we're... 1484 01:09:45,006 --> 01:09:46,269 we're doing to them... 1485 01:09:46,443 --> 01:09:48,358 - What they did to us. - Mm. 1486 01:09:49,097 --> 01:09:50,316 But we haven't done this in so long. 1487 01:09:50,490 --> 01:09:51,491 So long. 1488 01:09:52,797 --> 01:09:54,364 Lewis: Now we're in a majority. 1489 01:09:55,147 --> 01:09:56,409 Today's hearing, 1490 01:09:56,583 --> 01:09:58,803 we will review whether a president, 1491 01:09:59,107 --> 01:10:01,545 vice president, or any candidate 1492 01:10:01,806 --> 01:10:05,201 for these offices should be required by law 1493 01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:08,334 to make their tax return available to the public. 1494 01:10:08,987 --> 01:10:10,162 Ken Keyes, 1495 01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:12,904 Mr. Keyes, you're not a stranger. 1496 01:10:13,078 --> 01:10:16,342 You've been before this committee before, so. 1497 01:10:16,821 --> 01:10:18,257 We'll try to keep a little humor going. 1498 01:10:18,431 --> 01:10:20,085 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 1499 01:10:20,303 --> 01:10:21,217 So, you have 20 minutes. 1500 01:10:21,391 --> 01:10:22,479 Have you eaten yet, Congressman? 1501 01:10:22,653 --> 01:10:24,307 - Yes, yes, mm-hmm. - Okay. 1502 01:10:24,481 --> 01:10:26,004 I think we're ready. 1503 01:10:26,744 --> 01:10:29,181 Woman: This is good, takes a little shine off there. 1504 01:10:29,964 --> 01:10:31,401 What about my forehead? 1505 01:10:31,836 --> 01:10:33,664 I don't want it to blind anyone. 1506 01:10:33,838 --> 01:10:35,579 [woman chuckles] 1507 01:10:39,322 --> 01:10:40,845 I told them, I said oversight, 1508 01:10:41,062 --> 01:10:42,890 we're like a well-oiled machine. 1509 01:10:43,064 --> 01:10:44,370 We don't do drama. 1510 01:10:52,291 --> 01:10:54,380 When President Nixon faced questions 1511 01:10:54,554 --> 01:10:56,774 about his federal income taxes, 1512 01:10:57,601 --> 01:10:58,993 he said, 1513 01:10:59,559 --> 01:11:01,953 "I welcome this kind of examination 1514 01:11:02,432 --> 01:11:04,695 because people have got to know 1515 01:11:05,086 --> 01:11:06,349 whether or not 1516 01:11:06,914 --> 01:11:08,655 their president is a crook." 1517 01:11:09,352 --> 01:11:11,354 Understanding President Trump's financial interests 1518 01:11:11,528 --> 01:11:13,094 could, for example, 1519 01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:15,706 shed light on exactly how he and his businesses 1520 01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:18,056 will be affected by the massive tax legislation 1521 01:11:18,230 --> 01:11:19,797 he championed last year. 1522 01:11:20,058 --> 01:11:22,103 It would set a very dangerous precedent, 1523 01:11:22,278 --> 01:11:24,454 and the question is, where does it end? 1524 01:11:24,628 --> 01:11:26,282 What about the tax returns of the Speaker, 1525 01:11:26,456 --> 01:11:27,761 members of Congress? 1526 01:11:28,109 --> 01:11:30,111 The chairman of the committee may request 1527 01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:32,462 the tax return information of any taxpayer 1528 01:11:32,636 --> 01:11:34,420 from the treasury secretary, 1529 01:11:34,725 --> 01:11:36,901 who is obligated to furnish it. 1530 01:11:37,249 --> 01:11:38,903 Should the secretary refuse, 1531 01:11:39,077 --> 01:11:41,340 we would be in uncharted territory. 1532 01:11:42,863 --> 01:11:44,648 Female reporter: The treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, 1533 01:11:44,822 --> 01:11:47,085 defying yet another subpoena from Congress, 1534 01:11:47,259 --> 01:11:49,740 this time for six years of the president's tax returns. 1535 01:11:49,914 --> 01:11:51,481 Male reporter: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today 1536 01:11:51,655 --> 01:11:53,221 became the latest Democrat to call 1537 01:11:53,396 --> 01:11:55,136 the Trump administration's refusal to comply 1538 01:11:55,441 --> 01:11:56,747 with congressional subpoenas 1539 01:11:57,269 --> 01:11:59,053 a constitutional crisis. 1540 01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:03,014 [indistinct conversation] 1541 01:12:13,807 --> 01:12:15,853 John, hey. John Lewis. 1542 01:12:16,027 --> 01:12:18,464 - Hi, how you doing? - Hello. Meet my old lady. 1543 01:12:18,638 --> 01:12:19,639 Hi, how you doing, young lady? 1544 01:12:19,813 --> 01:12:21,162 I'm doing great. 1545 01:12:21,467 --> 01:12:22,338 Man, I appreciate everything you're doing, man. 1546 01:12:22,512 --> 01:12:23,730 Thank you. 1547 01:12:23,904 --> 01:12:24,992 Thank you, sir, for all your service. 1548 01:12:25,166 --> 01:12:26,080 Lewis: Thank you. How you doing? 1549 01:12:26,254 --> 01:12:27,517 Very well today, thank you. 1550 01:12:27,908 --> 01:12:29,345 - What a pleasant surprise. - Good to see you. 1551 01:12:29,519 --> 01:12:31,303 - You're my hero. - Well, thank you, brother. 1552 01:12:31,564 --> 01:12:33,000 I just want to thank you for all your service. 1553 01:12:33,174 --> 01:12:34,306 - Thank you. - For all these years. 1554 01:12:34,480 --> 01:12:35,525 We really look up to you. 1555 01:12:35,742 --> 01:12:37,004 Female producer: What is it like 1556 01:12:37,178 --> 01:12:38,223 walking through an airport with him? 1557 01:12:39,442 --> 01:12:41,531 - Tedious. - [laughs] 1558 01:12:41,748 --> 01:12:43,446 How you doing? Fine, good to see you. 1559 01:12:43,620 --> 01:12:44,882 - Okay. - I'm fine. 1560 01:12:45,056 --> 01:12:46,187 You doing okay? 1561 01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:47,624 Sometimes it might take 30 minutes. 1562 01:12:47,798 --> 01:12:49,103 It could take an hour and 30 minutes. 1563 01:12:49,277 --> 01:12:50,235 Hello. How are you doing this morning? 1564 01:12:50,409 --> 01:12:51,541 Hello, so nice to meet you. 1565 01:12:51,715 --> 01:12:52,803 - Good to meet you. - Thank you. 1566 01:12:53,238 --> 01:12:55,762 I've had to impersonate John a number of times, 1567 01:12:56,415 --> 01:12:59,375 and the reason is, is that you'll have... 1568 01:12:59,549 --> 01:13:01,768 I'll have a whole family come up. 1569 01:13:01,942 --> 01:13:03,727 [laughing] 1570 01:13:03,901 --> 01:13:05,119 And they're saying, 1571 01:13:05,293 --> 01:13:07,383 "Johnny, this is John Lewis," 1572 01:13:07,557 --> 01:13:10,560 and I'm like... I don't want to embarrass the parents. 1573 01:13:10,734 --> 01:13:14,215 I don't want to... so I've gotten a lot of pictures taken 1574 01:13:14,390 --> 01:13:17,044 with people just assuming that I was John Lewis. 1575 01:13:17,218 --> 01:13:18,350 But you know what? 1576 01:13:19,264 --> 01:13:21,745 I am so glad that 1577 01:13:22,441 --> 01:13:24,095 they mistake me for a great man. 1578 01:13:25,618 --> 01:13:28,752 One time we were in Ghana in the marketplace. 1579 01:13:28,926 --> 01:13:30,188 "John Lewis!" 1580 01:13:30,362 --> 01:13:31,581 What an honor to be in front of you. 1581 01:13:31,755 --> 01:13:32,886 Lewis: Well, it's good to see you. 1582 01:13:33,060 --> 01:13:34,410 - Love you. - You're wonderful. 1583 01:13:34,584 --> 01:13:36,107 - Thank you, girl. - It's such an honor. 1584 01:13:36,324 --> 01:13:38,022 Cab drivers in Egypt. 1585 01:13:38,196 --> 01:13:39,676 Collins: Okay, one, two, three. 1586 01:13:42,679 --> 01:13:45,116 Just... he always been busy. 1587 01:13:49,512 --> 01:13:51,078 The afternoon's really packed, 1588 01:13:51,252 --> 01:13:52,863 so we're gonna move quickly through those meetings. 1589 01:13:53,037 --> 01:13:55,996 You've got Dov Wilker. You remember him from AJC. 1590 01:13:56,170 --> 01:13:57,520 Woman: Yes, sir. 1591 01:13:58,477 --> 01:13:59,391 Lewis: Okay. 1592 01:13:59,652 --> 01:14:01,219 Sorry keeping you. 1593 01:14:01,567 --> 01:14:03,482 Man 1: We would really appreciate 1594 01:14:03,656 --> 01:14:06,311 if you would consider drafting a letter 1595 01:14:06,485 --> 01:14:08,269 - to the Georgia delegation... - Mm-hmm. 1596 01:14:08,574 --> 01:14:10,533 to support the project. 1597 01:14:10,707 --> 01:14:12,056 Mm-hmm. 1598 01:14:12,230 --> 01:14:13,710 Man 2: I'm a first-generation immigrant. 1599 01:14:14,275 --> 01:14:16,364 The system needs to be developed in a way 1600 01:14:16,539 --> 01:14:18,149 where it is helpful 1601 01:14:18,323 --> 01:14:19,890 for those who are trying to follow the system. 1602 01:14:20,064 --> 01:14:21,065 Lewis: Mm-hmm. 1603 01:14:21,282 --> 01:14:22,283 Okay. 1604 01:14:22,458 --> 01:14:23,850 Make yourself comfortable. 1605 01:14:24,024 --> 01:14:26,549 Who else could advocate better for veterans 1606 01:14:26,723 --> 01:14:28,986 when the nurses who are sitting right there 1607 01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:30,944 at the bedsides taking care of them? 1608 01:14:31,118 --> 01:14:32,206 Lewis: I'm sorry to keep you waiting. 1609 01:14:32,380 --> 01:14:33,556 No problem, that's fine. 1610 01:14:33,730 --> 01:14:34,557 - How you doing? - Good to see you. 1611 01:14:34,731 --> 01:14:35,775 Good to see you. 1612 01:14:36,559 --> 01:14:37,821 I noticed most of you are drinking water. 1613 01:14:37,995 --> 01:14:39,257 We have something a little stronger. 1614 01:14:39,431 --> 01:14:40,563 - We have... - [laughter] 1615 01:14:40,867 --> 01:14:43,435 We have Coca-Cola. We have tea. 1616 01:14:44,044 --> 01:14:46,960 We're hoping through your oversight committee 1617 01:14:47,221 --> 01:14:50,486 that you could bring our CEO of AT&T, 1618 01:14:50,660 --> 01:14:52,139 one of our largest employers, 1619 01:14:52,313 --> 01:14:53,967 Randall Stephenson, before your committee. 1620 01:14:54,141 --> 01:14:55,099 Lewis: Okay. 1621 01:14:55,447 --> 01:14:58,450 He promised 7,000 new jobs 1622 01:14:58,668 --> 01:15:00,408 - if they pass the tax bill. - Lewis: Okay. 1623 01:15:01,409 --> 01:15:02,976 Man: So, we are asking 1624 01:15:03,150 --> 01:15:05,457 for an investigation into these major corporations 1625 01:15:05,631 --> 01:15:08,678 and what have they done with the tax breaks. 1626 01:15:08,895 --> 01:15:10,984 You are my representative, so I'm coming to you, 1627 01:15:11,158 --> 01:15:14,553 so you could try to help us to start this impeachment. 1628 01:15:14,727 --> 01:15:16,207 We have to save our democracy. 1629 01:15:16,381 --> 01:15:17,904 Woman: Yes, we have to. 1630 01:15:18,078 --> 01:15:21,342 And sometimes I feel like we're gonna lose it. 1631 01:15:22,126 --> 01:15:25,608 I think by winning the majority back in the House, 1632 01:15:26,434 --> 01:15:31,222 we... as Nancy Pelosi said, the speaker, 1633 01:15:31,701 --> 01:15:33,006 whatever we do, 1634 01:15:33,224 --> 01:15:36,270 we're going to do it in a systematic way. 1635 01:15:36,749 --> 01:15:38,011 So, stand by, so. 1636 01:15:38,185 --> 01:15:39,273 Lewis: You know it's been a long day. 1637 01:15:39,447 --> 01:15:40,536 - I know. - There you go. 1638 01:15:40,710 --> 01:15:42,102 Hold on. You frame him up. 1639 01:15:42,276 --> 01:15:43,321 Man: Want to come closer, or are you good? 1640 01:15:43,495 --> 01:15:44,888 No, I'm good. 1641 01:15:45,410 --> 01:15:47,064 I just want David to be still, stop flying like a chicken. 1642 01:15:47,238 --> 01:15:48,935 - [woman laughs] - Stop flying like a chicken? 1643 01:15:49,109 --> 01:15:50,154 No, I'm playing with you now. 1644 01:15:50,328 --> 01:15:51,677 No, I got you, I got you. 1645 01:15:51,851 --> 01:15:52,852 Man: Keep that smile. Keep that energy. 1646 01:15:53,287 --> 01:15:54,724 Y'all take care. Thank you for coming. 1647 01:15:54,898 --> 01:15:56,682 - Buh-bye. Buh-bye. - Bye. 1648 01:15:57,770 --> 01:15:58,858 - Lewis: Rachelle? - Yes, sir? 1649 01:15:59,032 --> 01:16:00,512 - Where's Mike? - They're coming. 1650 01:16:00,773 --> 01:16:02,079 They're with Jared. 1651 01:16:02,253 --> 01:16:03,297 Rachelle O'Neil: In the district office 1652 01:16:03,471 --> 01:16:05,169 it's just... it's more light, 1653 01:16:05,343 --> 01:16:08,346 so we get a jovial, funny... we get the lighter 1654 01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:10,522 John Lewis in the district office. 1655 01:16:10,827 --> 01:16:12,655 It was the congressman's birthday, 1656 01:16:12,829 --> 01:16:16,354 and we had had a birthday lunch and birthday cake. 1657 01:16:16,572 --> 01:16:18,008 - No, I'm full. - [music playing] 1658 01:16:18,182 --> 01:16:19,749 I'm so full, I can't even move. 1659 01:16:20,314 --> 01:16:21,533 O'Neil: We get a little loopy, I guess, 1660 01:16:21,707 --> 01:16:23,448 from all the sugar. 1661 01:16:23,622 --> 01:16:24,928 - Woman: ♪ I'm happy ♪ - ♪ Come along ♪ 1662 01:16:25,102 --> 01:16:26,799 - ♪ If you feel ♪ - [laughter] 1663 01:16:26,973 --> 01:16:27,583 - Woman: Go, Congressman. - ♪ Without a roof ♪ 1664 01:16:27,757 --> 01:16:29,410 And I posted it. 1665 01:16:30,107 --> 01:16:31,456 Woman: Now, break it down. 1666 01:16:31,848 --> 01:16:33,545 This my song. 1667 01:16:35,634 --> 01:16:37,418 O'Neil: The next day, I was getting calls 1668 01:16:37,593 --> 01:16:40,247 from everyone saying it had gone viral. 1669 01:16:40,421 --> 01:16:41,858 I didn't know what "gone viral" meant. 1670 01:16:42,032 --> 01:16:43,337 This has nothing to do with civil rights. 1671 01:16:43,511 --> 01:16:44,817 It has everything to do with 1672 01:16:44,991 --> 01:16:46,689 a little bit of, shall we say, mojo? 1673 01:16:46,863 --> 01:16:48,473 O'Neil: There was just so much going on in the country 1674 01:16:48,647 --> 01:16:49,561 at the time. 1675 01:16:49,735 --> 01:16:52,042 It made people happy, literally. 1676 01:16:52,782 --> 01:16:54,610 Oh, he loves to dance! 1677 01:16:54,784 --> 01:16:56,263 Did you see the video? 1678 01:16:56,437 --> 01:16:57,743 Okay. 1679 01:16:58,875 --> 01:17:00,006 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1680 01:17:00,180 --> 01:17:01,965 ♪ Clap along if you feel ♪ 1681 01:17:02,139 --> 01:17:04,228 ♪ Like that's what You want to do ♪ 1682 01:17:24,161 --> 01:17:25,858 Lewis: Oh, the light just went on. 1683 01:17:28,034 --> 01:17:30,689 My mother would not be happy with me 1684 01:17:30,863 --> 01:17:33,344 having you to see this junky, 1685 01:17:33,518 --> 01:17:35,781 disorganized place. 1686 01:17:36,303 --> 01:17:38,088 So that's my collection of chickens. 1687 01:17:38,828 --> 01:17:40,525 This birdhouse came from Atlanta, 1688 01:17:40,699 --> 01:17:42,483 and I made it a chicken house. 1689 01:17:42,962 --> 01:17:44,790 So, you see the little chicks in there. 1690 01:17:45,922 --> 01:17:48,881 My great-grandfather, Frank Carter, 1691 01:17:49,273 --> 01:17:50,927 was a wonderful man. 1692 01:17:52,058 --> 01:17:56,367 This is a picture with my late friend Julian Bond. 1693 01:17:56,759 --> 01:17:59,544 This picture was taken in the delta of Mississippi. 1694 01:18:00,371 --> 01:18:02,286 We were doing voter registration, 1695 01:18:02,852 --> 01:18:04,723 urging people to get registered. 1696 01:18:04,897 --> 01:18:08,988 It was so dangerous to attempt to get registered to vote. 1697 01:18:09,902 --> 01:18:12,731 ["Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] 1698 01:18:12,905 --> 01:18:18,606 ♪ Will the circle be unbroken ♪ 1699 01:18:18,781 --> 01:18:24,134 ♪ By and by, Lord, by and by ♪ 1700 01:18:24,438 --> 01:18:25,962 Lewis: The Voter Education Project 1701 01:18:26,179 --> 01:18:28,225 is working in 11 states in the South. 1702 01:18:28,399 --> 01:18:32,098 We are working in states from Virginia to Texas. 1703 01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:37,103 Our message to blacks in Mississippi is simple. 1704 01:18:38,017 --> 01:18:39,149 Only you 1705 01:18:39,889 --> 01:18:41,891 can make the necessary choices 1706 01:18:42,195 --> 01:18:44,458 about what your destiny will be. 1707 01:18:45,503 --> 01:18:46,809 - Mr. Lewis. - How you doing? 1708 01:18:46,983 --> 01:18:49,159 [overlapping chatter] 1709 01:18:49,333 --> 01:18:51,117 - Good to see you. - Representative Julian Bond. 1710 01:18:51,291 --> 01:18:52,945 - I know him. - All right. 1711 01:18:53,119 --> 01:18:54,686 How you doing? 1712 01:18:54,947 --> 01:18:58,168 [indistinct chatter] 1713 01:18:58,559 --> 01:18:59,865 Julian Bond: Have you registered to vote yet? 1714 01:19:00,039 --> 01:19:01,388 - No. - No? 1715 01:19:01,606 --> 01:19:02,563 Man: We're going to take some of your neighbors 1716 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:04,304 down in the morning at 10:00. 1717 01:19:04,522 --> 01:19:06,002 - Woman: Right, this one. - Someone will pick you up, 1718 01:19:06,176 --> 01:19:07,699 take you to the county courthouse, and bring you back. 1719 01:19:07,873 --> 01:19:09,396 It's the easiest thing in the world. 1720 01:19:09,614 --> 01:19:11,659 Lewis: It's not enough just to register, 1721 01:19:11,834 --> 01:19:13,966 but on election day, we must vote. 1722 01:19:14,445 --> 01:19:17,622 We must have some control over our own political destiny. 1723 01:19:18,405 --> 01:19:22,366 In Selma, they had only about 2.1% of the black people 1724 01:19:22,540 --> 01:19:26,239 of voting age registered in 1965. 1725 01:19:27,763 --> 01:19:29,547 Today in Selma, 1726 01:19:30,156 --> 01:19:32,289 more than 30 percent of the blacks of voting age 1727 01:19:32,463 --> 01:19:33,856 are registered to vote. 1728 01:19:34,682 --> 01:19:36,206 Female reporter: Do you remember 1729 01:19:36,380 --> 01:19:38,425 when you decided to run for office? 1730 01:19:39,078 --> 01:19:42,778 Lewis: I was in Robert Kennedys' room 1731 01:19:42,952 --> 01:19:46,912 when he was murdered in Los Angeles, 1732 01:19:47,391 --> 01:19:50,481 and I said, "Maybe, maybe I should run for something," 1733 01:19:50,655 --> 01:19:52,265 and I decided to run, 1734 01:19:52,613 --> 01:19:53,614 and my first race, 1735 01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:55,007 that was not that successful. 1736 01:19:55,181 --> 01:19:56,661 - Mm-hmm. - I went to Washington 1737 01:19:57,009 --> 01:19:59,229 and worked with President Carter for three years 1738 01:19:59,403 --> 01:20:00,578 and came back 1739 01:20:01,187 --> 01:20:04,060 and ran for a city council seat in Atlanta. 1740 01:20:04,538 --> 01:20:07,150 When the congressional office came open, I ran. 1741 01:20:07,628 --> 01:20:09,630 Male reporter: Julian Bond and John Lewis, 1742 01:20:10,066 --> 01:20:12,285 friends for 25 years, 1743 01:20:12,590 --> 01:20:15,549 now running against each other for the same seat in Congress. 1744 01:20:15,811 --> 01:20:17,421 So how you doing today? Good to see you. 1745 01:20:17,595 --> 01:20:19,336 Appreciate your help. Good to see you. 1746 01:20:19,510 --> 01:20:21,338 Lewis: It's the highest possibility 1747 01:20:21,555 --> 01:20:23,731 for a black elected official that would like to move up, 1748 01:20:23,906 --> 01:20:26,430 and I think most politicians would like to move up. 1749 01:20:26,604 --> 01:20:29,433 I'm gonna win, but we're still gonna be good friends. 1750 01:20:29,607 --> 01:20:31,130 Male reporter: The runoff has been nasty. 1751 01:20:31,304 --> 01:20:32,958 There were no serious issue differences 1752 01:20:33,132 --> 01:20:35,004 between the two until Lewis made one. 1753 01:20:35,265 --> 01:20:36,527 He took a drug test 1754 01:20:36,788 --> 01:20:38,746 and challenged Bond to do the same. 1755 01:20:38,964 --> 01:20:41,097 These tests are wrong, they're wrong in the workplace, 1756 01:20:41,401 --> 01:20:42,663 and they're wrong in your attempt 1757 01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:44,578 to pander to the fears of the voters 1758 01:20:44,752 --> 01:20:46,102 of the fifth congressional district. 1759 01:20:46,363 --> 01:20:47,625 Male reporter: Bond called the drug test 1760 01:20:47,799 --> 01:20:49,061 a cheap political trick, 1761 01:20:49,235 --> 01:20:50,889 demagoguery, McCarthyism. 1762 01:20:51,194 --> 01:20:52,499 I've known you for 25 years. 1763 01:20:52,673 --> 01:20:54,762 Our families went to Disneyland together. 1764 01:20:54,937 --> 01:20:56,634 We've been to South Africa together. 1765 01:20:56,808 --> 01:20:58,244 We've marched together. We've picketed together. 1766 01:20:58,418 --> 01:20:59,855 I've never heard you say 1767 01:21:00,072 --> 01:21:01,204 some of the things you've said about me this year. 1768 01:21:02,422 --> 01:21:04,207 Male reporter: John Lewis voted today 1769 01:21:04,381 --> 01:21:06,731 a few blocks from where Julian Bond cast his ballot. 1770 01:21:07,079 --> 01:21:09,386 It was a stunning political upset. 1771 01:21:09,560 --> 01:21:11,692 Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis 1772 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,912 defeated State Senator Julian Bond. 1773 01:21:14,086 --> 01:21:15,261 Bryant Gumbel: John Lewis, congratulations. 1774 01:21:15,435 --> 01:21:16,654 Lewis: Thank you. 1775 01:21:16,828 --> 01:21:18,264 Gumbel: You gained the nomination. 1776 01:21:18,743 --> 01:21:20,005 Was it worth the price, the stress on your friendship? 1777 01:21:20,179 --> 01:21:22,660 Well, this race was a very difficult race. 1778 01:21:22,834 --> 01:21:25,532 Julian is a very good and close friend. 1779 01:21:25,706 --> 01:21:27,839 We were friends long before this campaign, 1780 01:21:28,013 --> 01:21:29,710 and we will continue to be friends. 1781 01:21:29,972 --> 01:21:31,712 Julian Bond, do you still see 1782 01:21:31,887 --> 01:21:33,932 John Lewis as you did before this began? 1783 01:21:34,106 --> 01:21:35,673 Oh, no, I couldn't say that. 1784 01:21:36,065 --> 01:21:37,457 There's been a real strain 1785 01:21:37,631 --> 01:21:39,111 put on this relationship between the two of us, 1786 01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:40,939 but you know, time is a great healer, 1787 01:21:41,113 --> 01:21:43,594 and I'm sure in time the wounds will heal. 1788 01:21:44,029 --> 01:21:45,509 You had a big lead, 1789 01:21:45,726 --> 01:21:47,032 and you were supposed to have won this election. 1790 01:21:47,206 --> 01:21:48,991 Why didn't you wind up with more votes? 1791 01:21:49,730 --> 01:21:52,081 - He got more votes than I did. - Gumbel: Why? 1792 01:21:52,603 --> 01:21:54,866 Well, it's pretty obvious from the returns that 1793 01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:58,739 while black voters favored me by a pretty substantial margin, 1794 01:21:58,914 --> 01:22:02,308 about 60-40, white voters favored him about 80-20, 1795 01:22:02,482 --> 01:22:04,136 and that was the deciding factor. 1796 01:22:04,310 --> 01:22:05,790 Here you were, an activist on the front line 1797 01:22:05,964 --> 01:22:07,400 of the movement in the 1960s. 1798 01:22:07,574 --> 01:22:09,576 Now you're a bureaucrat, pardon me, in Washington, 1799 01:22:09,750 --> 01:22:11,448 working in an important agency, 1800 01:22:11,622 --> 01:22:13,319 but nonetheless, you've become part of the establishment. 1801 01:22:13,493 --> 01:22:17,062 Well, I see my role today and I see the role of others 1802 01:22:17,236 --> 01:22:19,630 that are part of government 1803 01:22:19,935 --> 01:22:22,633 as continuing that movement of the '60s. 1804 01:22:22,807 --> 01:22:24,374 Interviewer: The battleground has shifted, you're saying, 1805 01:22:24,548 --> 01:22:26,071 to Washington and these other areas. 1806 01:22:26,245 --> 01:22:30,554 Well, it is no longer the drama in the streets. 1807 01:22:30,728 --> 01:22:33,383 It is in Washington, it is in City Hall, 1808 01:22:33,687 --> 01:22:35,689 the state capitols around the South 1809 01:22:35,863 --> 01:22:37,082 and around this country. 1810 01:22:37,561 --> 01:22:39,041 You know, being on the outside, I had to struggle. 1811 01:22:39,215 --> 01:22:40,303 I had to fight. 1812 01:22:40,564 --> 01:22:42,218 But now I'm fighting from within. 1813 01:22:42,827 --> 01:22:44,524 - I have not looked back since. - Woman: Mm-hmm. 1814 01:22:45,351 --> 01:22:47,963 It's a calling, to serve. 1815 01:22:49,660 --> 01:22:52,576 There's nothing wrong with putting poor people to work, 1816 01:22:52,750 --> 01:22:55,448 providing job training and daycare. 1817 01:22:55,840 --> 01:22:59,191 People like to think of him as a civil rights icon. 1818 01:22:59,365 --> 01:23:00,801 They don't like to think of him 1819 01:23:00,976 --> 01:23:02,586 as a legislator. 1820 01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:05,241 Lewis: Today we are considering a fair housing measure 1821 01:23:05,415 --> 01:23:08,592 which not only protects our nation's minorities, 1822 01:23:08,766 --> 01:23:11,334 but it protects the needs of those with disabilities 1823 01:23:11,508 --> 01:23:13,249 and families with children. 1824 01:23:13,684 --> 01:23:15,077 Ronald Reagan: Every senator and representative 1825 01:23:15,251 --> 01:23:16,948 standing up here with me today 1826 01:23:17,122 --> 01:23:19,255 played an important role 1827 01:23:19,559 --> 01:23:22,040 in the passage of this landmark civil rights bill, 1828 01:23:22,214 --> 01:23:23,520 and I want to mention 1829 01:23:23,694 --> 01:23:26,610 especially Representative John Lewis. 1830 01:23:26,784 --> 01:23:30,135 Lewis: You are voting for a declaration of war. 1831 01:23:30,309 --> 01:23:32,529 The American people don't want war. 1832 01:23:32,703 --> 01:23:34,270 How long do we have to wait 1833 01:23:34,444 --> 01:23:36,750 before we decide to ban assault weapons? 1834 01:23:37,142 --> 01:23:40,798 We have another opportunity to bring more of our citizens 1835 01:23:40,972 --> 01:23:42,278 into political participation. 1836 01:23:43,279 --> 01:23:45,020 Bill Clinton: There were offenses 1837 01:23:45,194 --> 01:23:47,370 put in the criminal code that carried the death penalty, 1838 01:23:47,544 --> 01:23:49,328 and he was against the death penalty 1839 01:23:49,502 --> 01:23:51,113 as a matter of conscience, 1840 01:23:51,287 --> 01:23:53,463 and I must say, the older I've gotten, 1841 01:23:53,637 --> 01:23:55,856 the closer I've come to his position, 1842 01:23:56,509 --> 01:23:59,121 and maybe what we need is a little more 1843 01:23:59,469 --> 01:24:01,166 reconciliation and rebuilding. 1844 01:24:02,254 --> 01:24:03,864 Lewis: American workers are suffering. 1845 01:24:04,039 --> 01:24:05,301 They're working hard, 1846 01:24:05,475 --> 01:24:07,346 and they're still living in poverty. 1847 01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:08,869 That's not right. 1848 01:24:09,783 --> 01:24:12,873 We should have put an end to Don't Ask, Don't Tell 1849 01:24:13,222 --> 01:24:14,527 long ago. 1850 01:24:14,919 --> 01:24:17,226 We're going to pass national healthcare. 1851 01:24:17,487 --> 01:24:19,010 We must stop this cycle 1852 01:24:19,184 --> 01:24:22,709 from being repeated over and over again. 1853 01:24:24,015 --> 01:24:26,496 He challenges the conscience of the Congress 1854 01:24:26,670 --> 01:24:28,802 every day that he is here. 1855 01:24:28,976 --> 01:24:30,935 We're calling on the leadership of the House 1856 01:24:31,109 --> 01:24:34,591 to bring common-sense gun control legislation 1857 01:24:34,765 --> 01:24:35,940 to the House floor. 1858 01:24:36,201 --> 01:24:37,246 Let us vote! 1859 01:24:37,724 --> 01:24:39,204 We came here to do our job! 1860 01:24:39,378 --> 01:24:40,771 We came here to work! 1861 01:24:41,076 --> 01:24:43,774 We will occupy this floor. 1862 01:24:44,427 --> 01:24:46,907 Rashida Tlaib: And he sat on the House floor 1863 01:24:47,082 --> 01:24:48,735 holding hands with other members, 1864 01:24:48,909 --> 01:24:50,041 and I thought to myself, 1865 01:24:50,215 --> 01:24:51,651 "That's exactly what I would do." 1866 01:24:51,825 --> 01:24:53,958 He probably didn't realize this girl, you know, 1867 01:24:54,132 --> 01:24:55,916 sitting in her living room in southwest Detroit 1868 01:24:56,091 --> 01:24:58,963 looking at the screen of this legendary man, 1869 01:24:59,398 --> 01:25:01,052 it was pretty incredibly inspiring, 1870 01:25:01,226 --> 01:25:02,923 and then later on, now I'm serving with him. 1871 01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:04,099 It's kind of surreal. 1872 01:25:04,490 --> 01:25:05,709 When Donald Trump came in 1873 01:25:05,883 --> 01:25:07,058 and tried to take away healthcare, 1874 01:25:07,232 --> 01:25:08,494 I called John Lewis up, and I said, 1875 01:25:08,668 --> 01:25:10,235 "I don't know what to do, but can we just 1876 01:25:10,409 --> 01:25:12,498 open up Facebook and have a conversation?" 1877 01:25:12,759 --> 01:25:14,892 Sometimes, you know, by sitting in or sitting down, 1878 01:25:15,066 --> 01:25:16,459 you're really standing up. 1879 01:25:16,633 --> 01:25:18,025 Booker: And because of him, 1880 01:25:18,243 --> 01:25:20,115 five, ten, twenty, 1881 01:25:20,376 --> 01:25:22,813 hundreds of people show up to sit with us 1882 01:25:22,987 --> 01:25:25,772 and have a conversation about why healthcare is so important. 1883 01:25:26,164 --> 01:25:28,819 We were in a stalemate 1884 01:25:28,993 --> 01:25:31,735 regarding the building of the wall, 1885 01:25:32,039 --> 01:25:34,346 that we went to the United States Senate, 1886 01:25:35,042 --> 01:25:36,696 and we did a sit-in, 1887 01:25:37,349 --> 01:25:38,872 and I remember 1888 01:25:39,046 --> 01:25:41,353 myself and some of my other freshman colleagues 1889 01:25:41,527 --> 01:25:46,750 wanting to yell out from the sides, "Shame on you," 1890 01:25:46,924 --> 01:25:49,405 and Congressman Lewis said, 1891 01:25:50,188 --> 01:25:51,755 "That's not how we do this." 1892 01:25:52,582 --> 01:25:55,411 And I mean, you could have heard a pin drop. 1893 01:25:55,585 --> 01:25:58,718 John Lewis introduced the legislation in 1988 1894 01:25:58,892 --> 01:26:01,634 for the African-American Culture and History Museum. 1895 01:26:01,895 --> 01:26:04,681 So, John was always trying to tell the story 1896 01:26:04,855 --> 01:26:07,249 of African-Americans in this country 1897 01:26:07,423 --> 01:26:09,555 and the imperativeness 1898 01:26:09,729 --> 01:26:12,558 of treating people with dignity and equality. 1899 01:26:14,299 --> 01:26:16,954 Stacey Abrams: You cannot replace a John Lewis 1900 01:26:17,694 --> 01:26:19,391 because it is a matter of strategy, 1901 01:26:19,565 --> 01:26:22,786 someone who's cultivated a story 1902 01:26:23,265 --> 01:26:25,441 to remind us that our past is not passed. 1903 01:26:29,096 --> 01:26:30,489 This is something you know a lot about, 1904 01:26:30,663 --> 01:26:32,839 so I wanted to put this front and center. 1905 01:26:34,624 --> 01:26:36,626 And you see Hosea holding his nose. 1906 01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:39,411 He knew they were getting ready to use the tear gas. 1907 01:26:39,585 --> 01:26:42,066 - Oh, that's what he was doing. - Mm-hmm. 1908 01:26:42,501 --> 01:26:43,676 Lonnie Bunch: Did you ever despair? 1909 01:26:43,850 --> 01:26:44,764 Lewis: No. 1910 01:26:44,982 --> 01:26:46,288 You couldn't. 1911 01:26:46,679 --> 01:26:49,204 You have to be hopeful. You have to be optimistic. 1912 01:26:49,552 --> 01:26:51,206 You get knocked down, and... 1913 01:26:52,207 --> 01:26:53,730 you get up, 1914 01:26:53,904 --> 01:26:54,861 keep going. 1915 01:26:59,126 --> 01:27:01,128 Lewis: The Monday after Bloody Sunday, 1916 01:27:01,955 --> 01:27:04,654 after we were beaten in Selma, 1917 01:27:05,089 --> 01:27:07,874 Dr. King came to my hospital bedside and said, 1918 01:27:08,048 --> 01:27:09,485 "John, don't worry. 1919 01:27:10,355 --> 01:27:13,880 I issued a call for religious leaders to come." 1920 01:27:15,795 --> 01:27:17,797 Man: The events in Selma have been brought to a climax 1921 01:27:17,971 --> 01:27:20,887 by a nighttime attack on a white Boston minister 1922 01:27:21,061 --> 01:27:21,888 by white men. 1923 01:27:22,062 --> 01:27:23,760 He died two days later. 1924 01:27:24,761 --> 01:27:27,590 Lewis: President Lyndon Johnson spoke to the nation. 1925 01:27:28,591 --> 01:27:30,680 It's not just Negros, 1926 01:27:31,289 --> 01:27:33,073 but really, it's all of us 1927 01:27:34,161 --> 01:27:36,338 who must overcome 1928 01:27:36,512 --> 01:27:41,647 the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice, 1929 01:27:42,648 --> 01:27:45,390 and we shall overcome. 1930 01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,176 Lewis: First time an American president 1931 01:27:50,003 --> 01:27:53,833 quoted the words of the theme song of the movement. 1932 01:27:54,486 --> 01:27:58,360 I was in the hospital from Sunday until about an hour ago. 1933 01:27:59,012 --> 01:28:01,885 I don't know if I will be able to participate 1934 01:28:02,146 --> 01:28:03,843 in the march today, 1935 01:28:04,714 --> 01:28:06,106 but it is my feeling 1936 01:28:07,064 --> 01:28:08,935 that people all over this country, 1937 01:28:09,109 --> 01:28:11,373 but particularly the people right here in Alabama, 1938 01:28:11,547 --> 01:28:12,722 right here in Selma, 1939 01:28:14,289 --> 01:28:16,682 should continue to march toward Montgomery. 1940 01:28:17,422 --> 01:28:19,772 All: ♪ Turn me round, oh, turn me round ♪ 1941 01:28:19,946 --> 01:28:21,600 ♪ Oh, turn me round ♪ 1942 01:28:21,774 --> 01:28:24,734 ♪ Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round ♪ 1943 01:28:24,995 --> 01:28:28,085 ♪ I'm gonna keep on a-walking, keep on a-talking ♪ 1944 01:28:28,259 --> 01:28:30,870 - ♪ Walking into freedom land ♪ - ♪ Oh ♪ 1945 01:28:31,044 --> 01:28:35,353 ♪ Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me around ♪ 1946 01:28:35,527 --> 01:28:38,748 ♪ Turn me around, Turn me around ♪ 1947 01:28:38,922 --> 01:28:42,708 ♪ Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me around ♪ 1948 01:28:42,882 --> 01:28:47,322 ♪ I just keep on a-walking, Keep on a-talking ♪ 1949 01:28:47,496 --> 01:28:50,760 ♪ Marching on to freedom land ♪ 1950 01:28:50,934 --> 01:28:53,458 ♪ Ain't gonna let nobody Turn me around ♪ 1951 01:28:53,763 --> 01:28:56,592 ♪ Can't let them Turn me around, oh Lord ♪ 1952 01:28:56,766 --> 01:28:58,898 - ♪ Turn me around ♪ - ♪ Turn me around ♪ 1953 01:28:59,159 --> 01:29:03,033 ♪ Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around ♪ 1954 01:29:03,207 --> 01:29:07,211 ♪ I just keep on a-walking Oh, I keep on a-moving... ♪ 1955 01:29:07,385 --> 01:29:09,779 I'll have great trials and tribulations, 1956 01:29:09,953 --> 01:29:13,260 but I said when we go across the city line tomorrow, 1957 01:29:13,435 --> 01:29:15,350 we have a new song that we're going to sing, 1958 01:29:15,611 --> 01:29:16,786 "We Have Overcome." 1959 01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:17,830 [cheering] 1960 01:29:18,004 --> 01:29:19,658 We were not afraid. 1961 01:29:21,530 --> 01:29:23,009 ♪ Turn me around ♪ 1962 01:29:23,183 --> 01:29:24,794 ♪ You know, I keep on a-walking ♪ 1963 01:29:25,142 --> 01:29:27,623 ♪ I just keep on a-talking ♪ 1964 01:29:27,797 --> 01:29:29,973 ♪ Marching on To freedom land ♪ 1965 01:29:30,147 --> 01:29:32,541 Male anchor: President Johnson sends to Congress a bill 1966 01:29:32,715 --> 01:29:34,325 to reinforce the right to vote. 1967 01:29:34,499 --> 01:29:36,109 The president signs an accompanying letter 1968 01:29:36,327 --> 01:29:37,676 to the legislators 1969 01:29:37,850 --> 01:29:39,461 urging swift passage for the bill 1970 01:29:39,635 --> 01:29:41,985 that would outlaw discriminatory practices. 1971 01:29:42,159 --> 01:29:44,291 Lewis: We will use the energy 1972 01:29:44,466 --> 01:29:46,772 and the resources of our organization 1973 01:29:47,294 --> 01:29:49,514 to implement the voting law. 1974 01:29:49,732 --> 01:29:52,387 We are going to the entire state of Georgia, 1975 01:29:52,648 --> 01:29:54,301 Alabama, Mississippi, 1976 01:29:54,476 --> 01:29:58,088 parts of North Carolina, to get hundreds and thousands 1977 01:29:58,262 --> 01:29:59,872 and literally millions of Negro people 1978 01:30:00,046 --> 01:30:02,962 who have been denied the right to vote that right 1979 01:30:03,136 --> 01:30:04,747 and to quicken the day 1980 01:30:04,921 --> 01:30:08,228 when they will participate in the democratic process. 1981 01:30:08,620 --> 01:30:10,840 Male anchor: In three years, more than 62 percent 1982 01:30:11,014 --> 01:30:12,885 of eligible blacks are registered. 1983 01:30:13,059 --> 01:30:16,585 Mississippi alone increased registration 800%, 1984 01:30:16,759 --> 01:30:19,283 and this was the beginning of a political revolution. 1985 01:30:28,074 --> 01:30:30,773 The official inaugural book. 1986 01:30:33,340 --> 01:30:34,646 Female producer: What did that feel like, 1987 01:30:34,820 --> 01:30:35,908 to see him... 1988 01:30:36,213 --> 01:30:37,649 be elected? 1989 01:30:37,823 --> 01:30:39,129 Lewis: Oh, I cried. 1990 01:30:39,303 --> 01:30:40,783 I cried uncontrollably. 1991 01:30:41,827 --> 01:30:44,047 I jumped so high, and I started crying. 1992 01:30:44,264 --> 01:30:45,962 I didn't think my feet were gonna touch the ground. 1993 01:30:46,136 --> 01:30:47,093 I cried. 1994 01:30:48,268 --> 01:30:50,140 I was crying for Dr. King, 1995 01:30:50,314 --> 01:30:52,447 for President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, 1996 01:30:54,231 --> 01:30:56,146 my parents and grandparents and others, 1997 01:30:56,320 --> 01:30:57,452 hundreds and thousands of people 1998 01:30:57,626 --> 01:30:59,062 who didn't live to see this. 1999 01:31:00,716 --> 01:31:02,935 When the inauguration was over, 2000 01:31:03,370 --> 01:31:05,024 I had a piece of paper. 2001 01:31:05,198 --> 01:31:07,636 I said, "Mr. President, will you sign something?" 2002 01:31:07,897 --> 01:31:09,289 Well, he wrote on it, 2003 01:31:09,594 --> 01:31:11,683 "It's because of you, John. 2004 01:31:12,118 --> 01:31:13,511 Barack Obama." 2005 01:31:14,077 --> 01:31:16,732 And when I saw him at the second inauguration, 2006 01:31:18,647 --> 01:31:21,258 he said to me... and he remembered so well. 2007 01:31:21,998 --> 01:31:24,000 He said, "It's still because of you, John." 2008 01:31:24,174 --> 01:31:25,871 I said, "Well, thank you, Mr. President." 2009 01:31:27,394 --> 01:31:30,354 Ooh, like a dream come true to think about it. 2010 01:31:30,528 --> 01:31:31,877 And what is going on now just... 2011 01:31:32,051 --> 01:31:35,141 Oh, make me feel like crying again. 2012 01:31:37,579 --> 01:31:39,798 They want everybody to vote. 2013 01:31:40,495 --> 01:31:42,322 I don't want everybody to vote. 2014 01:31:42,714 --> 01:31:45,543 Elections are not won by a majority of people. 2015 01:31:45,717 --> 01:31:47,850 They never have been from the beginning of our country, 2016 01:31:48,024 --> 01:31:49,591 and they are not now. 2017 01:31:49,765 --> 01:31:51,636 As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections, 2018 01:31:51,810 --> 01:31:55,161 quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down. 2019 01:31:56,032 --> 01:31:58,643 Our democracy is under attack, 2020 01:31:58,904 --> 01:32:00,297 and it's under attack in a way 2021 01:32:00,471 --> 01:32:02,081 that we have not seen for... 2022 01:32:02,647 --> 01:32:03,996 50 years. 2023 01:32:16,487 --> 01:32:18,707 Today I come with a heavy heart, 2024 01:32:19,359 --> 01:32:22,754 deeply concerned about the future of our democracy. 2025 01:32:23,059 --> 01:32:24,582 The people have a right to know 2026 01:32:24,756 --> 01:32:26,236 whether they can put their faith 2027 01:32:26,410 --> 01:32:29,500 and trust in the outcome of our election. 2028 01:32:31,197 --> 01:32:34,287 Some of those old battles that many of us thought 2029 01:32:34,549 --> 01:32:36,420 had been fought and won, 2030 01:32:36,638 --> 01:32:38,030 we have to re-engage. 2031 01:32:38,248 --> 01:32:40,250 This is not a time for despair. 2032 01:32:40,424 --> 01:32:42,208 This is a time for action, 2033 01:32:42,382 --> 01:32:44,776 and that's what I learned from John Lewis. 2034 01:32:45,647 --> 01:32:48,432 [dramatic music] 2035 01:32:52,392 --> 01:32:54,786 Barack Obama: In one afternoon, 50 years ago, 2036 01:32:55,352 --> 01:32:57,615 so much of our turbulent history, 2037 01:32:58,137 --> 01:33:00,226 all that history met on this bridge. 2038 01:33:01,184 --> 01:33:02,489 Their faith was questioned. 2039 01:33:03,708 --> 01:33:05,362 Their lives were threatened, 2040 01:33:06,972 --> 01:33:09,061 their patriotism challenged, 2041 01:33:10,323 --> 01:33:12,369 and yet what could be more American 2042 01:33:12,543 --> 01:33:14,284 than what happened in this place? 2043 01:33:14,850 --> 01:33:16,591 The Voting Rights Act 2044 01:33:16,765 --> 01:33:18,897 was one of the crowning achievements of our democracy. 2045 01:33:20,072 --> 01:33:21,770 President Reagan signed its renewal 2046 01:33:21,944 --> 01:33:23,249 when he was in office. 2047 01:33:23,423 --> 01:33:25,338 President George W. Bush signed its renewal 2048 01:33:25,512 --> 01:33:26,731 when he was in office. 2049 01:33:27,166 --> 01:33:28,864 If we want to honor this day, 2050 01:33:29,038 --> 01:33:32,128 pledge to restore that law this year! 2051 01:33:32,302 --> 01:33:34,391 That's how we honor those on this bridge. 2052 01:33:50,015 --> 01:33:52,322 [crowd singing] ♪ This little light of mine ♪ 2053 01:33:52,496 --> 01:33:55,194 ♪ Yeah, I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 2054 01:33:55,368 --> 01:33:58,154 ♪ Everybody say This little light of mine ♪ 2055 01:33:58,415 --> 01:34:01,723 ♪ O Lord I'm gonna let it shine ♪ 2056 01:34:01,897 --> 01:34:03,594 ♪ Well, let it shine ♪ 2057 01:34:03,768 --> 01:34:08,468 ♪ Let it shine Let it shine ♪ 2058 01:34:09,687 --> 01:34:11,863 We will create the beloved community. 2059 01:34:12,168 --> 01:34:15,040 We will redeem the soul of America. 2060 01:34:15,737 --> 01:34:18,478 There may be some setbacks, some delays, 2061 01:34:19,828 --> 01:34:21,873 but as a nation and as a people, 2062 01:34:22,047 --> 01:34:23,614 we will get there, 2063 01:34:24,180 --> 01:34:27,357 and I still believe we shall overcome. 2064 01:34:35,495 --> 01:34:37,672 ["Happy" by Pharrell Williams] 2065 01:34:37,846 --> 01:34:40,892 ♪ It might seem crazy What I'm 'bout to say ♪ 2066 01:34:41,066 --> 01:34:44,113 All: We love John! We love John! 2067 01:34:44,461 --> 01:34:46,028 Male reporter: Congressman John Lewis 2068 01:34:46,202 --> 01:34:47,725 leads thousands of people 2069 01:34:47,899 --> 01:34:49,292 through the streets of downtown Atlanta, 2070 01:34:49,466 --> 01:34:51,598 a march for social justice and women, 2071 01:34:51,773 --> 01:34:53,818 one of hundreds of similar events 2072 01:34:53,992 --> 01:34:55,428 organized all around the globe. 2073 01:34:55,646 --> 01:34:57,343 Male reporter 2: Georgia Congressman John Lewis 2074 01:34:57,517 --> 01:34:58,649 will introduce one of the Best Picture nominees 2075 01:34:58,823 --> 01:35:00,216 during the weekend's Oscars. 2076 01:35:00,607 --> 01:35:03,132 You know, it's good to be out of Washington sometimes. 2077 01:35:03,306 --> 01:35:06,483 ♪ ...if you feel like a room Without a roof ♪ 2078 01:35:06,657 --> 01:35:08,354 Anything you need from me, you let me know. 2079 01:35:08,528 --> 01:35:10,052 Thank you. 2080 01:35:10,269 --> 01:35:12,271 Man: John Lewis has earned our lasting gratitude 2081 01:35:12,445 --> 01:35:14,273 for a lifetime dedicated to the pursuit 2082 01:35:14,447 --> 01:35:16,145 of equality and justice for all. 2083 01:35:16,406 --> 01:35:18,060 ♪ ...what happiness is to you ♪ 2084 01:35:18,408 --> 01:35:20,323 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2085 01:35:20,497 --> 01:35:23,892 ♪ Clap along if you feel like That's what you wanna do ♪ 2086 01:35:25,894 --> 01:35:28,244 ♪ Here come bad news Talking this and that ♪ 2087 01:35:30,594 --> 01:35:32,335 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2088 01:35:32,727 --> 01:35:34,250 ♪ Well, give me all you got And don't hold it back ♪ 2089 01:35:36,600 --> 01:35:38,167 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2090 01:35:38,776 --> 01:35:40,212 ♪ Well, I should probably Warn you I'll be just fine ♪ 2091 01:35:42,649 --> 01:35:44,086 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2092 01:35:44,477 --> 01:35:46,784 ♪ No offense to you Don't waste your time ♪ 2093 01:35:47,132 --> 01:35:48,133 ♪ Here's why ♪ 2094 01:35:48,307 --> 01:35:50,179 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2095 01:35:50,440 --> 01:35:53,922 ♪ Clap along if you feel Like a room without a roof ♪ 2096 01:35:54,096 --> 01:35:55,967 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2097 01:35:56,141 --> 01:35:59,971 ♪ Clap along if you feel like Happiness is the truth ♪ 2098 01:36:00,145 --> 01:36:01,973 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2099 01:36:02,234 --> 01:36:05,803 ♪ Clap along if you know What happiness is to you ♪ 2100 01:36:05,977 --> 01:36:07,805 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2101 01:36:08,066 --> 01:36:12,027 ♪ Clap along if you feel Like that's what you wanna do ♪ 2102 01:36:12,201 --> 01:36:13,550 ♪ Hey, uh ♪ 2103 01:36:13,724 --> 01:36:16,466 ♪ Bring me down Can't nothin' ♪ 2104 01:36:16,858 --> 01:36:18,468 ♪ Bring me down ♪ 2105 01:36:18,642 --> 01:36:21,166 ♪ My level is too high To bring me down ♪ 2106 01:36:21,340 --> 01:36:23,821 ♪ Can't nothin' Bring me down ♪ 2107 01:36:23,995 --> 01:36:25,736 ♪ I said Let me tell you now, uh ♪ 2108 01:36:26,084 --> 01:36:28,521 ♪ Bring me down Can't nothin' ♪ 2109 01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:30,175 ♪ Bring me down ♪ 2110 01:36:30,349 --> 01:36:33,048 ♪ Can't nothin' Bring me down, I said ♪ 2111 01:36:33,222 --> 01:36:35,180 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2112 01:36:35,354 --> 01:36:39,054 ♪ Clap along if you feel Like a room without a roof ♪ 2113 01:36:39,228 --> 01:36:41,099 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2114 01:36:41,273 --> 01:36:45,103 ♪ Clap along if you feel Like happiness is the truth ♪ 2115 01:36:45,364 --> 01:36:47,192 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2116 01:36:47,453 --> 01:36:50,935 ♪ Clap along if you know What happiness is to you ♪ 2117 01:36:51,109 --> 01:36:53,024 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 2118 01:36:53,198 --> 01:36:57,072 ♪ Clap along if you feel Like that's what you wanna do ♪ 2119 01:36:57,637 --> 01:36:58,551 ♪ Come on ♪ 2120 01:36:59,683 --> 01:37:02,729 Be happy, everybody, happy.