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David Lee:
Miss Johnson? Don't you teach in your school about folk who ain't dead? Camille:
Sure! Here's one about a man who's very much alive. Dr. William E.B. DuBois. David Lee:
What does he talk about? Camille:
Here, I'll read something he said: [reading from "Of the Training of Black Men"] Camille:
"The longing of black men must have respect." [pauses to explain to David Lee] Camille:
Which means a man and a woman are human and must be treated that way. [continues reading] Camille:
"The rich and bitter depth of their experience, the unknown treasures of their inner life, the strange rendings of nature they have seen, may give the world new points of view and make their loving, living, and doing precious to all human hearts. And to themselves in these days that try their souls, the chance to soar in the dim blue air above smoke is to their finer spirits boon and guerdon for what they lose on earth by being black." David Lee:
You're a nice lady, Miss Johnson
Miss Johnson? Don't you teach in your school about folk who ain't dead? Camille:
Sure! Here's one about a man who's very much alive. Dr. William E.B. DuBois. David Lee:
What does he talk about? Camille:
Here, I'll read something he said: [reading from "Of the Training of Black Men"] Camille:
"The longing of black men must have respect." [pauses to explain to David Lee] Camille:
Which means a man and a woman are human and must be treated that way. [continues reading] Camille:
"The rich and bitter depth of their experience, the unknown treasures of their inner life, the strange rendings of nature they have seen, may give the world new points of view and make their loving, living, and doing precious to all human hearts. And to themselves in these days that try their souls, the chance to soar in the dim blue air above smoke is to their finer spirits boon and guerdon for what they lose on earth by being black." David Lee:
You're a nice lady, Miss Johnson
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Ms Johnson don't you teach in your school about folk who
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ain't dead
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Sure
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Here's one about a man who's very much alive
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Dr William E B DuBois
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What'd he talk about
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Here I'll read something he said
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The longing of black men must have respect
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which means that a man and a woman are human and must be
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treated that way
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The rich and bitter depth of their experience
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the unknown treasures of their inner life
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the strange rendings of nature they have seen may give the
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world new points of view and make their loving living
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and doing precious to all human hearts and to themselves in
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these days that try their souls the chance to soar in the dim
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blue air above the smoke is to their finer spirits boon and
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guerdon for what they lose on earth by being black
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You're a nice lady Ms Johnson
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Movie Summary
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Actors
David Lee
Camille
