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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

This is for the Pullmanporters who smiled and welcomed a 14-year-old boy ontotheir train...

This is for the Pullman
porters who smiled and welcomed a 14-year-old boy onto
their train in 1955

Full Transcript

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This is for the Pullman porters who smiled and welcomed
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a 14-year-old boy onto their train in 1955.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:47
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Rada Studio,Confluential Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Bertha Doc Society,HBO Documentary Films

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A look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
They noticed his slight limp that he tried to disguise - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
They noticed his slight limp that he tried to disguise
They noticed his stutter and probably understood - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
They noticed his stutter and probably understood
Fourteen-year-old Black boys with limps and stutters - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
Fourteen-year-old Black boys with limps and stutters
So this is for the Pullman porters - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
So this is for the Pullman porters
And if Emmett Till had been able to stay on that train all summer - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:12
And if Emmett Till had been able to stay on that train all s...
And was horribly, brutally, inexcusably, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And was horribly, brutally, inexcusably,
"This is for the Pullman porters who, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:09
"This is for the Pullman porters who,
Got his body home to Chicago - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:14
Got his body home to Chicago
And this is for all the people who said, 'Never again.' - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
And this is for all the people who said, 'Never again.&...
And in not being able to stand it, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
And in not being able to stand it,
"The women gather - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
"The women gather
It is not unusual that the old bury the young. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
It is not unusual that the old bury the young.
It is not strange that the unwise - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:11
It is not strange that the unwise
The women gathered with cloth and ointments, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
The women gathered with cloth and ointments,
Willows shall stand swaying but unbroken - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Willows shall stand swaying but unbroken
She's doing pretty good. She's not with me, um... - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
She's doing pretty good. She's not with me, um...
Actually, Ginney's not the problem right now - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:06
Actually, Ginney's not the problem right now
So, we're not, you know, doing a big deal with it, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:07
So, we're not, you know, doing a big deal with it,
Uh, it probably is a cancer, - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:08
Uh, it probably is a cancer,
A breast... You know, a thing in the breast. - Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 00:05
A breast... You know, a thing in the breast.