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The deal was we were going to be treated as soldiers
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The 24th

The deal was we were goingto be treated as soldiers and as men, sir

The deal was we were going
to be treated as soldiers and as men, sir

Full Transcript

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The deal was we were going to be treated as soldiers
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and as men, sir.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:50
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
New Slate Ventures,EMJAG Productions

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Movie Summary

It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.
William, I've done all I can do here. - The 24th 00:04
William, I've done all I can do here.
I don't want to go. - The 24th 00:05
I don't want to go.
I'd just be another Uncle Tom - The 24th 00:04
I'd just be another Uncle Tom
My daddy had a storefront church, right down in San Felipe - The 24th 00:08
My daddy had a storefront church, right down in San Felipe
Daddy's deacon, - The 24th 00:11
Daddy's deacon,
Church was riding high and Daddy... - The 24th 00:05
Church was riding high and Daddy...
One evening after choir let out, - The 24th 00:10
One evening after choir let out,
Whole town thought I was this whore - The 24th 00:06
Whole town thought I was this whore
But I ain't gonna lay down and die - The 24th 00:07
But I ain't gonna lay down and die
I would never separate a woman from her piano. - The 24th 00:06
I would never separate a woman from her piano.
"You gotta play by the white man's rules." - The 24th 00:09
"You gotta play by the white man's rules."
Every man here has got a lit fuse. - The 24th 00:05
Every man here has got a lit fuse.
Thought you could get chummy with that white man. - The 24th 00:04
Thought you could get chummy with that white man.
Norton, he onto greener pastures, - The 24th 00:06
Norton, he onto greener pastures,
Well, welcome to the club. We all sick of it. - The 24th 00:04
Well, welcome to the club. We all sick of it.
Watching our boys come though that gate head bloodied, beat up by the law - The 24th 00:06
Watching our boys come though that gate head bloodied, beat ...
"Be on my way, sir." - The 24th 00:08
"Be on my way, sir."
At least what I did made a difference, - The 24th 00:05
At least what I did made a difference,
You the first colored man to ever arrest a white man - The 24th 00:05
You the first colored man to ever arrest a white man
I'll get Major Lockhart to put your papers through as you requested. - The 24th 00:05
I'll get Major Lockhart to put your papers through as y...