In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
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Brave woman. A far better person than you will ever be.
you have no idea.
And the world changed forever.
the best Sci i writers and producers in the whole world followed thanks to the man in the blue box.
And the cheapo wobbly sets, Auntie Beeb would not spend much, not even build a space age rocket or use an existing one. "What have we got?", "a Police Telephone box!" , "OK we will use that" , "Ok, idea, it is a special circuit to disguise itself, a chameleon circuit, to cunningly disguise itself, ho it got stuck, it is faulty". Iconic - he better not ever fix it, that would spoil it.
"How does a Dalek move?" , "Like this!" picks up vinegar bottle and slides it across the table, I had one of those glass vinegar bottles with bumps on them, that`s how the Dalakes got their bumps - Iconic.
