Uptight (1968)

James McEachin: Mello

Quotes 

• Teddy : You remember me, Corbin? We were together in Selma. They threw us in the same jail. I remember you, when we cried together in Mississippi. That's when we heard they killed those three kids. Two white, one Black. I remember you when you read a pamphlet I wrote in Birmingham. And you said "that's good, Teddy. That's good."

  B.G. : Other times, man, other times. Things have changed.

  Teddy : I haven't changed. I have every right to be here.

  Mello : Man, oh, man, when whitey talks about his rights.

  Teddy : Will you get off that whitey crap! I'm no conscience-stricken liberal.

  B.G. : We're wasting time. Selma, lunch counters, Birmingham: yesterday. A phase we went through together. Now we don't walk together anymore. It's policy now. No whites.

  Teddy : That's great. Stomped on, spilled blood, but you can't work here anymore. Disqualified. Wrong complexion!

  Corbin : Don't shout, friend. We got to do it alone.

  Teddy : You can't do it alone. Without me, you can't win. Without me, you're gonna get killed.