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Malcolm X:
What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam? Sam Cooke:
[laughing in contempt]
Ha. Malcolm X:
No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food. Sam Cooke:
Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody. Malcolm X:
Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out! Sam Cooke:
Umm hm. Malcolm X:
Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother Sam Cooke:
The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss 'em off?
What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam? Sam Cooke:
[laughing in contempt]
Ha. Malcolm X:
No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food. Sam Cooke:
Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody. Malcolm X:
Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out! Sam Cooke:
Umm hm. Malcolm X:
Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother Sam Cooke:
The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss 'em off?
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What kind of message are you sending though
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by doing one show for white folks
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and a completely different show for Black folks Sam
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scoffs You N No listen to me
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You re performing in in places where the only Black people
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not onstage are the ones serving the food
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Don t you think I know that
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Can t tell you how many times I wanted to reach out
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and punch somebody but you c
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Then then then then strike with the weapon
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that you have man your voice
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Black people we we standing up
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Mm hmm We we speaking out
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Sam you have possibly one of the most effective
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beautiful outlets of us all
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Y You re not using it to help the cause brother
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The hell I m not
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I got the masters to my songs
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I started a label
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I m producing tons of Black artists
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Don t you think my determining
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my creative and business destiny
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is every bit as inspiring to people
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as you standing up on a podium trying to piss them off
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Movie Summary
A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
Actors
Malcolm X
Sam Cooke
