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Uncle Tom

It was signed under the hope that that piece of legislation would open up opportunities...

It was signed under the hope that that piece of legislation would open up opportunities for the blacks

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It was signed under the hope
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that that piece of legislation
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would open up opportunities for the blacks.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:07
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
To have equal access, to have first class citizenship, - Uncle Tom 00:08
To have equal access, to have first class citizenship,
That was the dream that Dr. Martin Luther King talked about. - Uncle Tom 00:06
That was the dream that Dr. Martin Luther King talked about.
(crowd cheering) - Uncle Tom 00:19
(crowd cheering)
To prevent the bill from ever getting onto the floor - Uncle Tom 00:05
To prevent the bill from ever getting onto the floor
Al Gore's dad by the way died a Democrat. - Uncle Tom 00:04
Al Gore's dad by the way died a Democrat.
He didn't make a big switch to join the racist Republicans. - Uncle Tom 00:06
He didn't make a big switch to join the racist...
Whenever I began to read the Republican party platform, - Uncle Tom 00:11
Whenever I began to read the Republican party platform,
I began to wonder, well, if I can't find anything - Uncle Tom 00:11
I began to wonder, well, if I can't find anything
And I started with Abraham Lincoln, who was a Republican. - Uncle Tom 00:05
And I started with Abraham Lincoln, who was a Republican.
You can argue, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation - Uncle Tom 00:08
You can argue, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation
But at the end of the day, - Uncle Tom 00:08
But at the end of the day,
And then if you fast forward to women suffrage, - Uncle Tom 00:14
And then if you fast forward to women suffrage,
It was Republican votes in the Senate and in the House - Uncle Tom 00:08
It was Republican votes in the Senate and in the House
When we look at the history of entities like the KKK, - Uncle Tom 00:13
When we look at the history of entities like the KKK,
That was always what the KKK was founded to do. - Uncle Tom 00:05
That was always what the KKK was founded to do.
A lot of black people were voting for Democrats - Uncle Tom 00:06
A lot of black people were voting for Democrats
If you don't vote for Democrats, - Uncle Tom 00:08
If you don't vote for Democrats,
And so, you fast forward to today, - Uncle Tom 00:05
And so, you fast forward to today,
They can turn back many of the things - Uncle Tom 00:07
They can turn back many of the things
Didn't nobody donate to us the right to vote. - Uncle Tom 00:05
Didn't nobody donate to us the right to vote.