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Corporal Ira Clark:
Now that white people have accustomed themselves to seeing negro men with guns fighting on their behalf, and even getting the same pay, in a few years perhaps they can abide the idea of negro lieutenants and captains. In fifty years, maybe a negro colonel. In a hundred years, the vote. Abraham Lincoln:
What will you do after the war, Corporal Clark? Corporal Ira Clark:
Work sir. Perhaps you'll hire me. Abraham Lincoln:
Perhaps I will. Corporal Ira Clark:
But you should know, sir, that I get sick at the smell of bootblack, and I cannot cut hair. Abraham Lincoln:
[grins]
I've yet to find a man could make a difference with mine. Private Harold Green:
You got springy hair for a white man. Abraham Lincoln:
I do. My last barber hanged himself. And the one before that. Left me his scissors in his will
Now that white people have accustomed themselves to seeing negro men with guns fighting on their behalf, and even getting the same pay, in a few years perhaps they can abide the idea of negro lieutenants and captains. In fifty years, maybe a negro colonel. In a hundred years, the vote. Abraham Lincoln:
What will you do after the war, Corporal Clark? Corporal Ira Clark:
Work sir. Perhaps you'll hire me. Abraham Lincoln:
Perhaps I will. Corporal Ira Clark:
But you should know, sir, that I get sick at the smell of bootblack, and I cannot cut hair. Abraham Lincoln:
[grins]
I've yet to find a man could make a difference with mine. Private Harold Green:
You got springy hair for a white man. Abraham Lincoln:
I do. My last barber hanged himself. And the one before that. Left me his scissors in his will
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Now that white people have accustomed themselves
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to seeing Negro men with guns
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fighting on their behalf
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and now that they can tolerate
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Negro soldiers getting equal pay
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maybe in a few years they can abide the idea
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of Negro lieutenants and captains
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In fifty years maybe a Negro colonel
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In a hundred years the vote
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What will you do after the war Corporal Clark
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Work sir
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Perhaps you'll hire me
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Perhaps I will
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But you should know sir
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that I get sick at the smell of boot black
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and I cannot cut hair
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I've yet to find a man could cut mine
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so that it'd make any difference
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You got springy hair for a white man
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Yes I do
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My last barber hanged himself
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And the one before that
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Left me his scissors in his will
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Movie Summary
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Actors
Corporal Ira Clark
Abraham Lincoln
Private Harold Green
