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COATES: I thought back
on the sit-ins, the protesters
with their stoic faces, the ones I had scorned
for hurling their bodies at the worst things in life. (INDISTINCT CLAMOR) COATES: Perhaps
they had known something. These Black people prostrate
before clubs and dogs were not simply shameful, indeed were not shameful
at all. They were just true
on the sit-ins, the protesters
with their stoic faces, the ones I had scorned
for hurling their bodies at the worst things in life. (INDISTINCT CLAMOR) COATES: Perhaps
they had known something. These Black people prostrate
before clubs and dogs were not simply shameful, indeed were not shameful
at all. They were just true
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COATES: I thought back
on the sit-ins,
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the protesters
with their stoic faces,
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the ones I had scorned
for hurling their bodies
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at the worst things in life.
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(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
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COATES: Perhaps
they had known something.
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These Black people prostrate
before clubs and dogs
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were not simply shameful,
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indeed were not shameful
at all.
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They were just true.
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Movie Summary
The special will include powerful readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, it will also incorporate documentary footage from the actors' home life, archival footage, and animation.
