April 7, 1968 rally on the main quad, continued
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(applause) | 0:02 | |
- | Good old Nick. | 0:11 |
You meant Nick, listen. | 0:13 | |
- | The guitar (mumbles) he let me study. | 0:15 |
He's a great guy. | 0:18 | |
He's gonna sing a song for us. | 0:23 | |
- | What's his name? | 0:26 |
- | Nick Atkins. | 0:27 |
- | Let's sing a couple of songs. | 0:32 |
You have the song sheet. | 0:34 | |
You've got the song sheet, | 0:38 | |
let's sing a couple of songs. | 0:40 | |
First one, "Oh, Freedom". | 0:42 | |
♪ Oh, Freedom ♪ | 0:56 | |
♪ Oh, Freedom ♪ | 1:00 | |
♪ Freedom over me ♪ | 1:04 | |
♪ And before I'd be a slave, ♪ | 1:11 | |
♪ I'd be buried in my grave ♪ | 1:15 | |
♪ And go home to my Lord and be free ♪ | 1:19 | |
♪ No more mournin', no more mournin' ♪ | 1:27 | |
♪ No more mournin' over me ♪ | 1:34 | |
♪ And before I'll be a slave ♪ | 1:41 | |
♪ I'll be buried in my grave ♪ | 1:45 | |
♪ And go home to my Lord and be free ♪ | 1:49 | |
♪ No more cryin', no more cryin' ♪ | 1:56 | |
♪ No more cryin' over me ♪ | 2:04 | |
♪ And before I'll be a slave ♪ | 2:11 | |
♪ I'll be buried in my grave ♪ | 2:15 | |
♪ And go home to my Lord and be free ♪ | 2:18 | |
♪ And go home to my Lord and be free ♪ | 2:26 | |
(applause) | 2:35 | |
♪ We shall overcome, we shall overcome, ♪ | 2:41 | |
♪ We shall overcome someday ♪ | 2:51 | |
♪ Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, ♪ | 3:00 | |
♪ We shall overcome someday ♪ | 3:11 | |
♪ We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand, ♪ | 3:20 | |
♪ We'll walk hand in hand someday ♪ | 3:29 | |
♪ Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, ♪ | 3:37 | |
♪ We shall overcome some day ♪ | 3:47 | |
♪ We are not afraid, we are not afraid, ♪ | 3:56 | |
♪ We are not afraid today ♪ | 4:05 | |
♪ Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, ♪ | 4:13 | |
♪ We shall overcome someday ♪ | 4:22 | |
♪ Black and white together, black and white together ♪ | 4:30 | |
♪ Black and white together now ♪ | 4:39 | |
♪ Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe ♪ | 4:47 | |
♪ We shall overcome someday ♪ | 4:56 | |
(applause) | 5:06 | |
(clapping) | 5:15 | |
♪ On the main quad, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:16 | |
♪ On the main quad, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:19 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 5:23 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 5:27 | |
♪ Local 77, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:31 | |
♪ Local 77, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:35 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 5:38 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 5:42 | |
♪ $1.60 wages, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:46 | |
♪ $1.60 wages, we shall not be moved ♪ | 5:50 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 5:53 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 5:57 | |
♪ We'll stay here until we win, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:05 | |
♪ We'll stay until we win, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:09 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 6:12 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 6:16 | |
♪ The timid generation, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:20 | |
♪ The timid generation, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:24 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 6:27 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 6:31 | |
♪ We shall not be, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:36 | |
♪ We shall not be, we shall not be moved ♪ | 6:40 | |
♪ Just like a tree that's standing by the water ♪ | 6:43 | |
♪ We shall not be moved ♪ | 6:47 | |
(applause) | 6:51 | |
(helicopter flying overhead) | 7:10 | |
- | Let's see as we place the spirit. | 7:12 |
- | Anybody out there who can play the guitar? | 7:14 |
We're looking for somebody who can do "Blowing in the Wind". | 7:18 | |
Here we go. | 7:22 | |
- | Okay, kumbaya people, kumbaya. | 7:35 |
♪ Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 7:51 | |
♪ Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 7:59 | |
♪ Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:07 | |
♪ Oh, Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:13 | |
Faster? | 8:17 | |
Okay, someone's singin' Lord! | 8:21 | |
♪ Someone's singin' Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:24 | |
♪ Someone's singin' Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:32 | |
♪ Someone's singin' Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:39 | |
♪ Oh, Lord, kumbaya ♪ | 8:46 | |
Okay. | 8:54 | |
- | Yay. | 8:56 |
- | Okay, this is an awful big crowd, | 9:04 |
but we're gonna try Blowin' in the Wind. | 9:07 | |
Okay? | 9:10 | |
Now, you all should have access to a song, see. | 9:12 | |
If you don't, try to find somebody who has one | 9:16 | |
and close up the rank, and everybody sing. | 9:19 | |
Okay, now this is your last chance to sing | 9:34 | |
and we've gotta make our presence felt with our voices. | 9:38 | |
So that the whole darn community | 9:43 | |
and the whole world can hear us sing, okay? | 9:44 | |
Alright. | 9:52 | |
♪ How many roads must a man walk down ♪ | 9:56 | |
♪ Before you can call him a man ♪ | 10:01 | |
♪ And how many seas must a white dove sail ♪ | 10:07 | |
♪ Before she sleeps in the sand ♪ | 10:12 | |
♪ And how many times must the cannon balls fly ♪ | 10:18 | |
♪ Before they're forever banned ♪ | 10:23 | |
♪ The answer my friend is blowing in the wind ♪ | 10:29 | |
♪ The answer is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 10:34 | |
♪ How many years can a mountain exist ♪ | 10:40 | |
♪ Before it's washed to the sea ♪ | 10:45 | |
♪ And how many years can some people exist ♪ | 10:50 | |
♪ Before they're allowed to be free ♪ | 10:55 | |
♪ Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head ♪ | 11:00 | |
♪ And pretend that he just doesn't see ♪ | 11:06 | |
♪ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, ♪ | 11:11 | |
♪ The answer is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 11:16 | |
Louder now! | 11:22 | |
♪ How many times must a man look up ♪ | 11:23 | |
♪ Before he can see the sky ♪ | 11:28 | |
♪ And how many years must one man have ♪ | 11:33 | |
♪ Before he can hear people cry ♪ | 11:39 | |
♪ And how many deaths will it take till he knows ♪ | 11:43 | |
♪ That too many people have died ♪ | 11:48 | |
♪ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 11:54 | |
♪ The answer is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 11:59 | |
The chorus, once more! | 12:02 | |
♪ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 12:05 | |
♪ The answer is blowin' in the wind ♪ | 12:10 | |
(applause) | 12:15 | |
- | We want to thank all of you | 12:29 |
who've come out to the rally today. | 12:31 | |
Those of us who've been on the vigil | 12:34 | |
appreciate, sincerely, very deeply, your support. | 12:36 | |
We welcome you, if you wish to stay with us this afternoon | 12:40 | |
and into tonight, and into tomorrow. | 12:43 | |
We're gonna win. | 12:46 | |
Thank you. | 12:48 | |
(applause and cheers) | 12:49 | |
- | I'd like to speak to and for | 13:01 |
those of us who are not with you all in the vigil, | 13:03 | |
but are around the outskirts, | 13:06 | |
and particularly the members of the faculty | 13:08 | |
and the Durham community. | 13:10 | |
Many of y'all have expressed concern and have very kindly | 13:11 | |
agreed to bring food tonight. | 13:16 | |
What we wanna do for these people here | 13:18 | |
is bring them a good, hot meal tonight for dinner. | 13:20 | |
It's gonna be cold out here. | 13:23 | |
(cheers) | 13:24 | |
And this is particularly, | 13:29 | |
many of you members of the community | 13:30 | |
and the faculty have wanted to know how you can help. | 13:32 | |
This is what we as students cannot do. | 13:35 | |
If you would go back this afternoon and come back | 13:38 | |
around dinner time, 5:30's a real good time, | 13:41 | |
with hot casseroles, we're doing pretty well now, | 13:44 | |
as far as getting hot things lined up, | 13:47 | |
but please, for those of you in the community, especially, | 13:50 | |
we would greatly appreciate this. | 13:53 | |
To all (mumbles) is replacing the union as a food provider, | 13:54 | |
so please, if you can bring casseroles, do so. | 13:59 | |
We need more sandwiches, and we need breakfast! | 14:02 | |
(applause) | 14:05 | |
- | Alright, alright, alright! | 14:07 |
I'm hungry, I wanna eat. | 14:10 | |
- | Thank y'all. | 14:11 |
- | [Martin Luther King Jr.] One hundred years later, | 14:21 |
the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty | 14:22 | |
in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. | 14:27 | |
One hundred years later, | 14:32 | |
the Negro finds himself an exile in his own land. | 14:36 | |
So we've come here today | 14:43 | |
to dramatize a shameful condition. | 14:46 | |
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital | 14:50 | |
to cash a check. | 14:53 | |
When the architects of our republic | 14:55 | |
wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution | 14:58 | |
and the Declaration of Independence, | 15:01 | |
they were signing a promissory note | 15:04 | |
to which every American was to fall heir. | 15:07 | |
This note was a promise that all men, | 15:10 | |
yes, black men as well as white men, | 15:13 | |
would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" | 15:17 | |
of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." | 15:20 | |
It is obvious today | 15:25 | |
that America has defaulted on this promissory note, | 15:28 | |
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. | 15:32 | |
Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, | 15:36 | |
America has given the Negro people a bad check, | 15:42 | |
a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." | 15:46 | |
But we refuse to believe | 15:50 | |
that the bank of justice is bankrupt. | 15:52 | |
We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds | 15:55 | |
in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. | 15:58 | |
So, we've come to cash this check, | 16:02 | |
a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom | 16:04 | |
and the security of justice. | 16:09 | |
It would be fatal for the nation | 16:11 | |
to overlook the urgency of the moment. | 16:13 | |
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent | 16:16 | |
will not pass | 16:20 | |
until there is an invigorating autumn | 16:22 | |
of freedom and equality. | 16:25 | |
1963 is not an end, but a beginning. | 16:27 | |
There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America | 16:31 | |
until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. | 16:35 | |
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue | 16:39 | |
to shake the foundations of our nation | 16:41 | |
until the bright day of justice emerges. | 16:44 | |
But there is something that I must say to my people. | 16:49 | |
In the process of gaining our rightful place, | 16:53 | |
we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. | 16:57 | |
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom | 17:01 | |
by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. | 17:06 | |
We must forever conduct our struggle | 17:09 | |
on the high plane of dignity and discipline. | 17:11 | |
We must not allow our creative protest | 17:15 | |
to degenerate into physical violence. | 17:19 | |
Again and again, | 17:21 | |
we must rise to the majestic heights | 17:24 | |
of meeting physical force with soul force. | 17:27 | |
The marvelous new militancy | 17:30 | |
which has engulfed the Negro community | 17:33 | |
must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, | 17:37 | |
for many of our white brothers, | 17:40 | |
as evidenced by their presence here today, | 17:42 | |
have come to realize that their destiny | 17:45 | |
is tied up with our destiny. | 17:47 | |
They have come to realize that their freedom | 17:51 | |
is inextricably bound to our freedom. | 17:53 | |
We cannot walk alone. | 17:57 | |
And as we walk, | 18:00 | |
we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. | 18:03 | |
We cannot turn back. | 18:08 | |
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, | 18:11 | |
"When will you be satisfied?" | 18:16 | |
We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro | 18:18 | |
is the victim of the unspeakable horrors | 18:21 | |
of police brutality. | 18:24 | |
We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, | 18:26 | |
heavy with the fatigue of travel, | 18:30 | |
cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways | 18:33 | |
and the hotels of the cities. | 18:36 | |
We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility | 18:38 | |
is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. | 18:43 | |
We can never be satisfied | 18:47 | |
as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood | 18:49 | |
and robbed of their dignity by signs stating | 18:52 | |
"For Whites Only." | 18:55 | |
We cannot be satisfied | 18:57 | |
as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote | 18:59 | |
and a Negro in New York believes | 19:03 | |
he has nothing for which to vote. | 19:05 | |
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here | 19:07 | |
out of great trials and tribulations. | 19:12 | |
Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. | 19:15 | |
Some of you have come from areas | 19:18 | |
where your quest for freedom | 19:20 | |
left you battered by the storms of persecution | 19:22 | |
and staggered by the winds of police brutality. | 19:26 | |
You have been the veterans of creative suffering. | 19:29 | |
Continue to work with the faith | 19:32 | |
that unearned suffering is redemptive. | 19:34 | |
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, | 19:38 | |
go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, | 19:41 | |
go back to Louisiana, | 19:44 | |
go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, | 19:45 | |
knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. | 19:50 | |
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. | 19:55 | |
I say to you today, my friends, | 19:59 | |
though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, | 20:02 | |
I still have a dream. | 20:07 | |
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. | 20:09 | |
I have a dream that one day | 20:13 | |
this nation will rise up | 20:16 | |
and live out the true meaning of its creed: | 20:18 | |
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, | 20:21 | |
"that all men are created equal." | 20:24 | |
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, | 20:27 | |
the sons of former slaves | 20:32 | |
and the sons of former slave owners | 20:34 | |
will be able to sit down together | 20:36 | |
at the table of brotherhood. | 20:39 | |
I have a dream | 20:41 | |
that one day | 20:43 | |
even the state of Mississippi, a state | 20:46 | |
sweltering with the heat of injustice, | 20:49 | |
sweltering with the heat of oppression, | 20:54 | |
will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. | 20:57 | |
I have a dream that my four little children | 21:02 | |
will one day live in a nation | 21:06 | |
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin | 21:07 | |
but by the content of their character. | 21:11 | |
I have a dream today! | 21:13 | |
(cheers) | 21:14 | |
I have a dream that one day, | 21:20 | |
one day right down in Alabama, | 21:24 | |
little black boys and black girls | 21:26 | |
will be able to join hands with little white boys | 21:29 | |
and white girls as sisters and brothers. | 21:31 | |
I have a dream today! | 21:34 | |
(cheers) | 21:35 | |
This is our hope. | 21:37 | |
This is the faith that I go back to the South with. | 21:38 | |
With this faith, | 21:42 | |
we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair | 21:44 | |
a stone of hope. | 21:48 | |
With this faith, we will be able to transform | 21:49 | |
the jangling discords of our nation | 21:52 | |
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. | 21:55 | |
With this faith, we will be able to work together, | 21:58 | |
to pray together, to struggle together, | 22:01 | |
to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, | 22:03 | |
knowing that we will be free one day. | 22:08 | |
(cheers) | 22:11 | |
This will be the day when all of God's children | 22:16 | |
will be able to sing with new meaning, | 22:20 | |
"My country 'tis of thee, | 22:23 | |
"sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. | 22:25 | |
"Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, | 22:28 | |
"From every mountainside, let freedom ring!" | 22:32 | |
And if America is to be a great nation, | 22:36 | |
this must become true. | 22:39 | |
So let freedom ring | 22:41 | |
from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. | 22:43 | |
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. | 22:46 | |
Let freedom ring | 22:51 | |
from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. | 22:53 | |
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. | 22:56 | |
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. | 23:00 | |
But not only that, | 23:04 | |
let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. | 23:07 | |
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. | 23:12 | |
Let freedom ring from every hill | 23:16 | |
and molehill of Mississippi. | 23:19 | |
From every mountainside, let freedom ring. | 23:22 | |
And when this happens, | 23:26 | |
(cheers) | 23:27 | |
and when we allow freedom ring, | 23:31 | |
when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, | 23:34 | |
from every state and every city, | 23:38 | |
we will be able to speed up that day | 23:41 | |
when all of God's children, black men and white men, | 23:45 | |
Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, | 23:48 | |
will be able to join hands | 23:52 | |
and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, | 23:54 | |
"Free at last! | 23:58 | |
"Free at last! | 23:59 | |
"Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" | 24:01 | |
(overwhelming cheers) | 24:03 |
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