On the other hand, every step forward for our people has started a fight somewhere. For the time being, anyhow.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:43.448 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Who goes out to these ballparks, Jackie? Just white men?
- No. Anybody can buy a ticket, Reverend. Colored or white.
- I don't know. They might call me names. They might even beat me up.
- I don't mean what would happen to you, Jackie. I mean what would happen to the colored people?
- Might start fights. Might even start a riot.
- I know. That's why I came to you for help.
- A great deal depends upon you, Jackie.
- What kind of a man you are...? I suppose upon what kind of a ballplayer you are, too.
- Well, I don't know what kind of a man I am, Reverend, but I think I'm a pretty good ballplayer.
[...]
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Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.
Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)
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