Boycott Page #3

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presented here this morning, I find you, Rosa Parks,

guilty of violating the state segregation statute, and I hereby fine you $10, plus $4 court cost. Gray: Your Honor, Mrs. Parks

will refuse to pay the fine and hereby notices her appeal. judge: Very well. I'm setting her appeal bond

at $100. Pay the clerk. [gavel pounds] - Folks just gonna have

to get smart and join the Klan. [overlapping conversations] man: Order! [gavel pounds]

Order. Order! Now, there's

a motion on the floor to suspend the boycott. [all talking at once] - Now, now, it's too soon

to quit, now. It's too soon to quit. Huh, now, we just

getting started. - That's right.

- That's right. - Now, I tell you

what we need to do. We need to have a little bit

more faith in our people and ourselves. - That's right. Banyon: Order! Order! [all talking at once,

people clapping] - We--

[gavel pounds] Now, now,

we talkin' about whether or not

to end the boycott. Now, that's putting the cart

before the horse. What we need to be talkin' about

is electing us a leader to represent us;

then we can go on... - He's had his eyes

on that seat for a while. - You think? - Somebody to negotiate

with the city and present our demands. - I like him, though.

- Mm. - Old union man. - Christ, Lewis,

I don't care. I got something to say! - You don't have the floor.

- Now... - Rufus Lewis,

he's a-- what you might say

a man of the classes. - Now, you ministers

have been living off these washwomen

for the last 100 years and ain't done nothing

for 'em. - These are men

of the masses. Nixon: Let's tell the truth. Let's tell the truth.

Let's tell the truth! It's our women

who've been carrying the torch. It's our women

who've been getting arrested while y'all hide behind

their skirts like a bunch of damn cowards! Martin: Brother Nixon,

Brother Nixon, Brother Nixon. Brother Nixon, uh, I'm not

a coward, and I don't want anybody calling me a coward,

but I agree with you. Uh, the time has come

to stop hiding. Now, uh, Mrs. Parks

didn't hide this morning before that judge,

and we should act openly. Now, as for the question

of whether or not to suspend the boycott,

well, it seems to me that ought to be left up

to the folks who attend that meeting tonight. After all, they're the ones who

gonna be doing that walking. [all talking at once] - While I respect

Mr. Nixon's years of service to the struggle,

I feel we need a minister

to unite our entire community. I think he ought to be,

uh, a young man, a strong man. 'Cause we know this job is gonna take

a lot of energy. man: Amen, that's right. - Therefore,

I nominate, as president of the Montgomery

Improvement Association, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. [people murmuring

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