Godfather of Harlem (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - Homeland or Death - full transcript

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I really admire how
you stood your ground

- for your friend Malcolm X.
- He's my brother.

Malcolm and Che are gonna be
speaking at the United Nations.

That's just between me and you.

I don't want nothing
to happen to Malcolm.

I would never betray
your confidence.

Chin Gigante put
a hit out on me...

Something he couldn't have done
without your fuckin' approval.

I told Fineman you
tried to fuck me.

- Ohh.
- I'm sorry.

I got you into this
mess. I'll get you out.



One of those bosses
tried to have me killed.

We figure out who that
was, use it as leverage.

Oh!

Who'd you get to put
the hit out on me?

Gambino? Lucchese?

What the fuck does that
have to do with me?

He knows, Tommy. He
knows everything.

You not only put a hit
out on a boss's daughter,

you also fucked his wife.

Word gets out, you don't make
it past breakfast tomorrow.

I spoke
with Sister Marny,

made her think I
was on her side.

And she pointed me to
Mosque Number 25 in Newark,

where Brother Clyde
and Sister Sondra



are crafting a plan
to kill you, Malcolm.

Why are you doing all
this? Why risk your life?

I wanted to redeem myself
through deed and not word.

You want me to convince Lillian
to go away with her husband,

and you won't tell me why?

Archie's been doing
some work for me.

And there's some
people that think

that he might be
talking to the Feds.

They could be right.

Ellsworth, what have
you gotten him into?

Oh!

God! Archie! Archie!

Archie Gaines... The
classified informant!

You left him wide-ass open!

I have no idea who
Archie Gaines is.

And there's a much bigger
game being played here.

It's about the fate
of this country.

I should've smelled
a rat sooner myself.

What?

You were the only one
I told about Malcolm

speaking with Che at
the United Nations.

Do you understand what
your friend is doing?

Partnering with Che Guevara,
a man who wants to have

communist revolutions
all over the world.

The buddy-buddy shit with
this Malcolm character

is gonna destroy your
business, if not your life.

If I get touched, Operation
Mongoose goes public.

I'm sorry, brother. I
don't trust you anymore.

This partnership is over.

What's that?

Ernesto Che Guevara, Cuba's
Minister of Industry,

arrived in New
York this morning,

set to address
the United Nations

General Assembly this week.

It's rumored that he
may be accompanied

by Black militant nationalist
Malcolm El Shabazz,

better known as Malcolm X.

Their appearance has
been deemed controversial

and even dangerous,

as U.S. officials worry

that these radicals
aim to perpetuate

the spread of communism from
the Soviet Union and Cuba.

You'd be a fool to
make that speech.

The spread of communism...

And why is that?

In other parts of the world...

The CIA, the FBI.

The NOI, the KKK.

It's all part of the
wallpaper now, brother.

I didn't work so hard
to protect your ass

to watch you blow it.

♪ Right now

You haven't touched your food.

♪ I know it's late

A man stops eating
when his mind eats him.

Talk to me, brother.

I lost Mayme.

I'm sorry to hear that.

♪ Please steal away

What was the trouble?

♪ Now, don't start thinkin'

I had to start dealing
narcotics again.

Things got... complicated.

One of our friends
was laundering money.

Got caught in the crossfire.

♪ I know it's late

♪ Whoa, I can't wait

Bumpy, that's actually
part of the reason

I asked you here to breakfast.

Now, I'm sorry about Mayme.

I'm sure your love
for one another

will overcome these obstacles.

But I believe it's time for you
to dismiss the security detail.

No.

Are you serious?

We have United Nations security
as we prepare to speak.

It just doesn't work to have
ex-felons as part of the detail.

I'm sorry.

I'm forever grateful to you for
protecting my family and me.

But a man can't help anyone...

'til his own house is in order.

Don't let your home
collapse around you.

Rebuild.

You haven't worked this hard
for your own ass to blow it.

It takes
a lot of ingenuity

to kill two men at once,

but I think we've got
the perfect solution.

An M-20? Where the
fuck did you get this?

23rd and 10th.
Army Surplus store.

You bought this in a store?

Well, that's the beauty.

Any schmo off the street
can walk in and buy one.

CIA... plausible deniability.

Come with me.

This is a demonstration model,

a fifth as powerful as
the one we'll repurpose.

Now, the shell is loaded
with Composition B.

If it hits, anything
within 50 feet is charcoal.

Che Guevara, Malcolm X.

Two commies, one stone.

♪ Yeah

♪ Change

♪ Yeah

♪ Open up my window again

♪ Open up my window again ♪

♪ I can hear death
callin' my name ♪

♪ I can hear death
callin' again ♪

♪ I swear to God, things
ain't gon' change ♪

♪ I swear to God, things
ain't gon' change ♪

♪ I keep a revolver
with your name ♪

♪ I keep a revolver
with your name ♪

♪ Just in case

[rapping] ♪ Lay on my back
watchin' the ceilin' fan ♪

♪ I had a dream to
touch a kilo gram ♪

♪ Still at odds
with the Irish mob ♪

♪ Rolls-Royce down
Malcolm X Boulevard ♪

♪ Lord, these... really
out here preyin' on me ♪

♪ Got the .40 on me
and his hand on me ♪

♪ Snow-white mink like
I'm Dutch Schultz ♪

♪ Run the books and let me
show you how the numbers look ♪

♪ You can't be lucky
like you Luciano ♪

♪ The kilos slammin'
like they new pianos ♪

♪ And Fat Boy got the big body

♪ Coast-to-coast, I
could shoot product ♪

♪ Open up my window again

♪ Open up my window again ♪

♪ I can hear death
callin' my name ♪

♪ I can hear death
callin' again ♪

♪ I swear to God, things
ain't gon' change ♪

♪ I swear to God, things
ain't gon' change ♪

♪ I keep a revolver
with your name ♪

♪ I keep a revolver
with your name ♪

♪ Just in case

What the fuck are
you doing here?

I don't want to waste your time,
so I'm gonna make this simple.

You take no action against Che

that would endanger Malcolm
at the United Nations.

He's my brother.

He's my homeland.

You understand?

You want to protect your friend?

Advise him not to show up.

Excuse me. I got a date.

You know what my
father always said?

The IRS is your friend.

- Friend?
- Mm-hmm.

I'd like to go
down to Washington

and personally blow up
their fucking headquarters.

♪ Pretty baby

You own all these
trucking companies, right?

Yeah.

You registered the
trucks out of state.

To avoid New York tax.

Why the fuck should
I pay them anything?

Exactly. You also own
all these gas stations.

♪ Pretty baby

I get it from all ways.

A piece of the
union, the trucking,

the fuel that goes
into the truck.

But you're collecting four
cents a gallon for the IRS

and you're paying them. Why?

'Cause it's four fucking cents.

Shit like that's what got
Al Capone thrown in jail.

- I got a better idea.
- Oh, yeah?

Keep the taxes for a year,

then go out of business
and start new companies.

♪ You need me by your side

For the gas stations?

Exactly. Then legally,
they can't collect.

You get to keep the four cents,

which comes to about...
$1.8 million a year.

♪ Honey, you can
run to the west ♪

Oh, that big, beautiful
brain of yours!

Mwah!

See? The IRS is your friend.

It's a philosophy I
picked up from my father.

Yeah, well...

maybe you can tell me what
his next move is gonna be.

How do you mean?

Well, he's gonna
come after me again.

Yeah. He will.

But how is anybody's guess.

Joe Colombo is
the devil himself.

He framed me by making up lies

that I tried to kill
my own stepdaughter.

Heaven help us.

I'm scared, Father.

I'm sorry. I don't know who
else to turn to for help.

You must trust in
the Lord, Olympia.

I want you to say
ten "Hail Marys"...

No! That is not what
I'm talking about.

I need your help.

I need you to straighten
out the situation.

Meet me outside in five minutes.

You need to know Joe Colombo

is trying to destroy
our family, Lou.

Olympia, there is a plan
for all of us in this life.

We're given choices.

We must choose to
put our faith in God.

God.

Ohh...

God is the one who put
us in this position

in the first place, Lou.

Do you understand? He turned
our Stella into a rat.

He put her in the hands of the
devil himself, Joe Colombo.

And what can I do?

Do I have to spell
it out for you?

Joe Colombo is using the lies

to align the
families against us.

He wants to start a war.

You're gonna have to
talk to the other bosses.

You're gonna have to tell
them that your brother

will not tolerate these lies!

I don't think it's a good
idea for me to get involved.

There are lives at
stake here, Lou.

You have to look
deep in your heart

and you have to ask yourself...

"What would Jesus do?"

What would Jesus do?

Mr. Guevara,
Mr. Johnson,

thank you for coming
to meet with us.

Mr. Guevara, any friend of
Malcolm's is a friend of mine.

Mm.

As for me.

As I no longer have my
men protecting Malcolm,

I come with a warning.

I have credible information
that CIA proxies are planning

to assassinate you both...
This week at the UN.

The CIA has been throwing
poisonous darts at Fidel

since '59.

Why would they hit
the bull's-eye now?

Because you're
here. On our shores.

And later this week,
they have you both

in the same place
at the same time.

With the
world watching.

They'll stop at nothing.
I-I know these men.

Che's cause is our cause.

His words are for the good

of brown and black
people the world over.

What good can a man do for
blacks and browns if he's dead?

What do you do when
faced with an enemy?

Do you run? Do you hide?

I fight. I fight smart.

You and Malcolm should
not be in the same place

at the same time!

I should be serving you.

It helps for me to keep busy.

Keeps my mind occupied.

Really, Lillian, my problems
are nothing compared to yours.

Eat. You look like
you're wasting away.

Both of our husbands involved
in criminal activity.

Still can't believe it.

I will never forgive Bumpy

for involving Archie
in his affairs.

I thought he knew better...

my Archie.

Now he's dead.

Oh, Lillian, my
heart breaks for you.

If you don't mind
my saying so, Mayme,

I never understood
how you could be

with a criminal in
the first place.

A good Christian woman like you.

Bumpy has many sides.

You need to find yourself
a good man, a decent man.

A man like Archie.

And when you find
him, hold on tight.

Never let him out of your sight.

Because maybe one
day he'll be gone...

- Oh, Lillian.
- Mnh.

Take my advice.

Stay away from Bumpy Johnson.

And never look back.

Everything
in your autobiography

is in your own words.

I don't know how you did it.

You got me to open
up about my past.

Hmm.

My mother, my days as a hustler.

Well, I have to admit, it
wasn't easy gaining your trust.

You've only gained
75% of my trust.

That's better than
where I started.

What was it... 20%?

Was it that high?

There is something, Alex,

that I've left out
of my autobiography.

Oh, yeah?

I've been writing
about it in my diary.

I'm thinking about turning
it into another book.

But I'm afraid my time
may be running out.

I may not write that book.

I may not live to see
this one published.

I don't like hearing
you say that.

You know I've always been
keen on not wasting time,

and I don't want to waste yours.

There's another
chapter we must write.

- About what?
- Bumpy Johnson.

The gangster. What about him?

I want to explain our friendship

and why white society

should fear him even
more than they fear me.

Thanks for agreeing to meet me.

I agreed to talk.
This isn't a date.

I know.

It's for Lillian.

I'll be sure she gets them.

I wish this could've
all been avoided.

Yes. If he'd never met you.

I tried to help Archie.
This is not my fault.

It's the same old story.

I've heard it before.

Anyway, I didn't come here to
talk about that or us, so...

No?

I want to ask you for a favor.

A favor?

- You have your nerve.
- For Malcolm.

- What about Malcolm?
- He's in serious danger.

I want you to talk to Powell,

see if he can put
Federal agents on him.

Trustworthy ones.

Is this really about Malcolm?

That why you're here?

Well, I'd plead to have
you come back home,

but I know that's
not gonna work.

So... yeah, I'm
here for Malcolm.

Adam's in Washington.

I'll have to talk
to Roy Wingate.

- Thanks.
- Is there anything else?

Yeah.

I love you.

Come home.

Gentlemen, I want to
thank you all again

for agreeing to meet with me.

I'm very honored to be here.

Well, the honor is really
ours there, Father Louis.

I haven't been to
church for a long time.

Your being here
makes me feel good.

How can we help you, Father?

As God is my witness,

the concerns I'm about
to convey are not my own.

They come from my
brother Vincent,

who, you know,
remains in prison.

If Chin has a beef,
let us hear it.

My brother seems to think
that there are rumors

about his wife
and... and daughter

that are being spread for the
purpose of creating division.

And he's concerned that
this could lead to violence.

Naturally, he wishes
to prevent this.

Naturally, Father.

My brother is...

of the belief that
you, Joe Colombo,

have falsely accused
his wife, Olympia,

of trying to kill
his daughter, Stella.

Father, I was entrusted with
protecting Chin's daughter

from men who tried to kill her.

Unfortunately, to this day,

we still don't
know who that was.

I've never said a word about
Chin's wife or daughter

to anyone.

Gentlemen, I...

I don't mean to cause problems.

My message is simple.

Stop these rumors.

And keep my brother
in... in your prayers

that he may be released soon.

I'm sure he will. Is there
anything else, Father?

There is one more
piece of information

that I've been asked to convey.

My brother has lost all
faith in Joe Colombo

to look after his
affairs in Harlem.

He wishes it to be
known to all of you

that he and Joe Colombo no
longer have any agreement.

What?

I hope my words have helped

to lower the temperature
between you all

and that we will avoid
any unnecessary violence.

Good day.

That motherfucker!

What kind of fucking
priest is this?!

He just threw a hand
grenade into the commission!

It can't have been his idea.

My guess is that Olympia
put him up to it.

She's probably terrified

my father's gonna
find out and kill her.

It's safer for her if he's at
war with you and the others.

So what do you recommend
we do? Kill Olympia?

No.

The man my father trusts most
in this world is Uncle Louis.

The trick's to convince
him that Olympia's lying.

Oh! How do I do that?

I'm not sure.

I gotta nip this in the bud.

The other families may
side with Chin in a war,

even though they know
I'm telling the truth!

What are you gonna do?

I've never killed
a priest before.

First time for everything.

Joe, please don't do that.

What if I don't have a choice?

Uncle Louis is the one
member of my family

who's always been good to me.

Just let me speak with him.

Please?

Y-Yes. Yes, sir. I
understand. But...

Okay.

Thank you for your time.

Police commissioner refuses
to put any men on Malcolm.

Adam called him personally
from Washington.

He also called the mayor

and Assistant District
Attorney Pike.

He's very concerned, as you are,

but there's pushback
from law enforcement.

- Of course.
- The usual excuses.

Not enough manpower.

And with Che being in town,
they're using extra men to guard

against Cuban agitators
and communist spies.

Malcolm's the one they
should be protecting.

After his trip from Africa,

he's more influential
than ever and more feared.

Because he's helping to
fight for a more just world.

Why is that so scary?

Maybe people are afraid
of what they don't know.

I mean, we don't know
what a world with equality

would look like, do we?

No.

You have to convince Malcolm
to stay away from the UN.

He's been breaking his back,

struggling to put a coalition
together for months.

He won't get another
opportunity like this.

Talking about the NYPD,

the FBI, the CIA.

All puppet-masters.

How many chances will he
get to take the world stage

with someone like Che?

Tell me about the guards.

He peeled me off.
Who's on him now?

He's got about 30 followers
who were Fruit of Islam,

so they have some background.

And the United Nations
is providing security

for the event.

You gotta talk him outta this.

He's a... He's a sittin' duck.

It's almost like he
knows he's gonna die.

He's accepted it.

He's tired of running.

There's no way anybody's
gonna talk him out of it.

Not you. Not me. Not Betty.

Not anybody.

Then for your safety I can't
condone you sitting by his side.

What you do or don't condone

stopped mattering to
me a long time ago.

But I'll keep my eyes open
and my eyes to the ground,

like you taught me.

Twenty blocks around the UN
will be completely shut down.

Pedestrian checkpoints
at every crossing.

NYPD in full engagement,
coordinating 150 motorcades.

What about the Feds?

The Feds'll have 40
first-rank USMC snipers

on every building top.

What's this?

Staging a protest
as a distraction.

That's where they'll
be expecting trouble...

The protesters.

Got mostly, uh, señoritas

from whatever's left of
Operation 40 in Union City.

Fantastic.

Yeah. Yeah.

East River... Zones 1 and
2... Completely shut down.

No commercial vessels
from 35th to 59th.

So how the fuck are we gonna
kill these two commie bastards?

Queens? Long Island City?

So we got to figure
out how these motherfuckers

are gonna hit Malcolm and Che

with all the security
at the United Nations.

Rifle hits, if
they're professional,

work off triangulation
of crossfire.

You can't do that
with two targets.

First one's down, all
hell breaks loose.

The odds of hitting the
second go down to zero.

Pettigrew, go now...
Stake out Battle's.

I want to know who's coming
and who's going, alright?

You got it, Bump.

NYPD and the Feds are
pullin' out all the stops.

Shit's sealed tight.

They gonna have to
get real creative.

And they will.
Don't doubt that.

Want I should call my boy
Crawford in the 13th Precinct?

See if he's heard anything
around the campfire?

Later. First, I want you to send
a message to Wild Bill Harvey

and do a little recon.

You alright?

Yeah.

Anything you wanna jaw about?

You're not a praying man.
I'm not a praying man.

But before you go
to bed tonight,

let's hit our knees for Malcolm.

A man like Bumpy Johnson is
more than just a criminal.

He's a... a
hyper-intelligent, fearless,

self-made man who knows
who and what he is

and takes pride in being
an unstoppable force.

He's forged in the
fires of adversity

and willed himself to be a
king in the white man's jungle.

A man like that can
change the world.

And has Bumpy done so?

Not yet.

It's a project I'm
still working on.

Look, Malcolm...

maybe writing this chapter
isn't such a good idea.

I need future
generations to understand

why I'm friends with a
man who, on the surface,

is morally against
everything I believe in.

Society judges men like Bumpy
because they're scared of him,

just like they're scared of me.

You have your faith.

How does a man like
Bumpy transform like you?

By believing in something
bigger than himself.

And what is that?

A vision...

of a future that's so
real you can taste it.

A world where we are
honored and equal,

where past hurts
no longer haunt us.

Where a man like Bumpy Johnson

can apply his
considerable intelligence

to pursuits that have
nothing to do with narcotics.

When the black gangster gains
political and social conscience

and makes the so-called
"ghetto" his homeland

and treats her with the...

The respect a true
homeland deserves,

white America will tremble.

Mm.

May God be with you.

Father Louis, why would you try

to start a war
against Joe Colombo?

Stella? W-What are
you doing here?

I'm here to tell you that
Olympia's full of shit.

She's lying to you.

She got Tommy Lucchese
to send one of his men

to kill me, but I managed
to kill him first.

Have you been taking
your medication?

I'm not crazy, Uncle Louis.

You know how vengeful
Olympia can be.

No. I don't believe that.

And... And why in God's
name are you siding

with Joe Colombo
over your own family?

I'm siding with truth.

I thought as a man of
God you would, too.

Olympia is a good
and kind woman.

She would never be
a part of a murder.

Why are you doing this?

Even after you had Vincent
arrested he forgave you.

He's your family.
He stuck by you.

Why can't you do the same?

It's a dangerous game
you're playing with Olympia.

I'm actually trying to help you.

Joe Colombo would just
as soon whack you.

Devil spawn! These are the
words of Beelzebub himself.

He's clearly taken
possession of your soul.

You get out of my confessional!

And don't come back until
you're ready to repent!

I'll say ten "Hail
Marys" for you, Uncle.

You're gonna need them.

- Good evening.
- Go on ahead.

Thanks for seeing me.

Well, I hear you got
something good. Lay it on me.

Well, as you know, my boss
has been protecting Malcolm X.

Yeah. That's, uh, old news.

Well, I'm here to tell
you that you have an ally.

- An ally? Is that so?
- Yeah.

'Cause I hate that big-mouth
motherfucker more than you do.

Why is that?

What some of my people
fail to understand is...

America-haters like Malcolm X,

they don't help the
cause. They fuck it up.

So I'd love to see that
motherfucker smoked.

Yeah, you know,
people tend to forget

that this is a great
fucking country.

You're damn right. I
fought for this country.

Yeah, I know.

Delbert C. Chance. 503rd.

All-black field
artillery battalion.

2nd Infantry. Silver star.

That's me.

Do you know why the
Civil Rights Act passed?

Why Negroes are now
getting elected to office?

Because guys like me
eliminate impediments.

- Impediments?
- Well, to democracy.

I keep the train tracks
clear of impediments

like Malcolm X who just
want to blow shit up

instead of working to improve
the Negro situation over time.

I keep the train moving forward.

So how can I help
you clear the tracks?

Well, mostly by
cutting the shit.

Whether you actually
hate Malcolm X or not,

we both know you are more
loyal to Bumpy Johnson

than anyone or anything.

So as I respect your
service to this country,

I will afford you 30 seconds to
say what you came here to say

and then get the fuck out.

Bumpy wanted me to remind
you... In case you forgot...

That he's still got this
little bedtime story

called Operation Mongoose.

You tell Bumpy Johnson

that Malcolm X's UN speech is
a greater threat to America

than any fringe
article he might...

cook up about Fidel Castro.

Bumpy should tell his friend
to keep his fat mouth shut

about revolution in
the streets of America

if he wants to keep Betty
from becoming a widow.

Thank you for your time.

Bumpy.

Hey. How'd it go?

That Wild Bill
is one fat, crazy fucker.

He don't fuck around at all.

But I got a good look at
things, just like you wanted.

I saw an artillery
box in his office

with the word "Stovepipe"
printed on it.

- Stovepipe?
- Yeah.

In the war, that's what we used
to call M-20 rocket launchers.

Bunker-busters... Used
for blastin' tanks

from up to 1,100 feet.

Long-range weaponry.

East River's only about
900 feet from the UN.

They could launch that thing

anywhere from up and
down the shoreline

off 50th Avenue
at Hunter's Point

all the way up to
the Pepsi-Cola sign.

Crazy. But smart.

They could avoid all of the
cops on the UN perimeter.

On my way in, I
saw a fruit truck.

Now, that "fruit cart" tactic...

That shit goes way
back to the Civil War.

They had weapons
in those things.

Alright. What you wanna do?

Tomorrow, before the speech,

you and Pettigrew are gonna
cover from Hunter's Point

all the way to the Pepsi sign,

see if you can find
that fruit truck.

Alright. What about you?

I'm gonna have to cancel
Malcolm's schedule for the day.

I'm sorry, Lillian.
Am I interrupting?

It's okay, Mayme.
Mr. Gilford was just leaving.

You must be Mrs. Johnson.

I've heard so much about you.

You have my agency's
card. We'll be in touch.

Who is that man?

He's one of the best private
detectives in the country.

I've just hired him to
find Archie's murderer.

What are you talking about?

I can't trust the police.
They're doing nothing.

Between you and me, we can
bring whoever's guilty to jail.

But Archie was involved in
my husband's businesses.

That's our first clue.

But a private detective
could put Bumpy in jeopardy.

So what?!

You fight for social
justice, don't you?

How about regular justice?

Lillian, you're going to
put my husband in danger.

Your husband can burn
in hell, for all I care.

And you should
feel the same way.

Now, Archie was up to his
neck in criminal activities,

just like Ellsworth.

He didn't deserve to die for it!

Bumpy tried to save him.

- You're on his side?!
- You bet your ass I am.

- Call that man off.
- I will not!

- Call that man off.
- I will not!

Now, I know you don't want me
to rip that wig off your head

and parade you down St. Nick.

Dial.

You know me?

I told him he shouldn't
have talked to you that way.

If it wasn't for
you, he'd be dead.

If he knows what's good for
him, he'll mind his business.

Let's go.

Well, the parts are heavy.
Needs to be assembled on site.

Axis, shield plate,
base-skis, launch tube.

We'll load it in the back
of a fruit truck for cover.

I have a bunch of crates of
apples and bananas in the back.

After the hit, going
over the bridge.

You'll position on the
crest right here...

The bank of the Adam Metal
Supply Plant on 50th Avenue.

Now, we've arranged for
you to use their garage

as cover if need be.

The truck will leave from here?

Yeah. But you're gonna be
in place and ready to go

by the time Che arrives
at the United Nations.

And the coordinates?

40.748 and 73.968.

Very good.

Your target is the third
floor of the General Assembly

where Che and
Malcolm will speak.

Make your shot. You
hop in the truck,

and you deliver whatever
bullshit fruit we left you.

Alright.

Go take a peek and make sure
the launcher's properly hidden.

Then go kill these bastards.

- Copy that.
- Copy that.

Give them hell.

Those are great guys you have.

It's a shame.

Easy to clean?

Clean?

No family, records,
permanent address, right?

My understanding was they
would only be eliminated

in case of an arrest.

Succeed or fail, we were never
gonna leave them alive, Jose.

I thought you understood that.

We're not playing Monopoly here.

What is this?
What is this, Bumpy?

I'm sorry, Malcolm. You're
not going to the UN.

- I'm afraid I am.
- I can't allow it.

This is the single most
important opportunity

I've ever had to build a
coalition for our people.

Or it's a deathtrap.

Have you lost your mind?

Brother Malcolm,
if Brother Johnson

has what he deems as
credible information...

I'm tired of running scared.

I made a vow to protect you.

And that's what I'm doing.

Man, I wish this
car could go faster.

Yeah. We just need
to get by the water.

- Stay by the water.
- Okay.

As
the world watches,

Che Guevara is minutes
away from taking the stage

at the United Nations
in New York City,

while thousands of concerned
citizens take to the streets

to protest his message of
revolutionary communism

as a threat to our democracy.

Also slated to
speak is Malcolm X,

who has joined forces with Che

in what promises to be
another incitement of violence

on the streets of urban
centers throughout our nation.

I want your
protection dismissed.

Now, please move out of
the way so we can go.

You gonna shoot me, brother?

I'll shoot you in the
goddamn foot if I have to.

You're not going anywhere.
Don't make me do it.

Security is tight as Che Guevara

makes his way through a hall

packed with diplomats
and reporters.

He and the rest of
the Cuban delegation

take their place in
the General Assembly.

However, still no
sign of Malcolm X.

I won't forgive you for this.

Mr. Guevara takes his place

at the podium of the
General Assembly.

Let's listen in.

I welcome
this opportunity

to speak to the
Nations of the World.

Many of whom fear me...

and my people, the Cuban people.

But why do they fear us?

Because we are willing to
die for what we believe in.

That's it.

Homeland or death.

That is the question
all Cuban people

should ask in the
face of the aggressor

who see our freedom
as a danger to theirs.

Why would any revolutionary
die for their cause?

Because their cause is just.

And although we don't have
the power of a United States,

the fact that we are willing
to die makes us more powerful.

I will never quit.

- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
- Okay. We got it. We got it.

If you tremble with
indignation at every injustice,

then you are a comrade of mine.

To all revolutionaries
around the world,

if you want justice
and equality,

ask yourselves,

are you willing to die?

Homeland or death.
That is the choice.

And whatever your cause is...

Civil rights, economic
freedom, or racial equality...

Never surrender.

I have a wish.

It is a fear, as well...

- I think it's over there.
- That my end will be by...

Okay. We're almost at it.

Where's my rifle?

And each one of us
alone is worth nothing,

and so we fight.

We fight for our independence...

and hear well our cry of battle.

Patria o muerte.

IVenceremos!

It seems your precautions
were unnecessary after all.

I suggest you take
your men and leave.

For good.

Have it your way, Malcolm.

Let's go, fellas.

Baby.

Oh.

I can't live without
you.

It is as simple as that.

I've been so lost.

So lost.

I am glad you got
me to write this chapter

on Bumpy Johnson.

I understand your thesis...

That a society that denies the
opportunity to the black man

can only expect him
to become an outlaw.

And as legitimate
opportunities grow

with our civil rights movement,

the black gangster
will have to shift

his unique skills to
larger social purposes

than simply his own enrichment.

No, Alex.

I was wrong.

What are you doing?

Maybe a man like Bumpy
Johnson can't change.

Maybe he's stuck
in that hidebound

"Negro ain't nothing
but a criminal" mode.

I want nothing more
to do with him.