Tomorrow marks the 63rd anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to relinquish her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus. What most of us were taught in school was just the story of a tired seamstress who would not get up and move when it was demanded by a white bus driver. History, of course, is always more complicated than the few paragraphs we get in school books. Social movements take planning and organizing and hard work. They’re also about optics and symbols and being smart. For every Rosa Parks, who is very rightfully celebrated as a hero for the ages, there is a Claudette Colvin who history has largely forgotten. So here, thanks to a few cocktails, is a celebration of both women and the history they made. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward so many wonderful women working so hard for the cause of justice. Happy weekend, all.
This is just so brilliant. Have a great weekend Dorothy xx
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"Rosa" is the third episode of the eleventh series of the British science fiction television programme 'Doctor Who.' It was written by Malorie Blackman and executive producer Chris Chibnall, and directed by Mark Tonderai, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 21 October 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_(Doctor_Who)
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, it was just an hourlong TV show, but "Rosa" was watched by more than 9 million viewers (UK and USA). Some will delve further into civil rights history. Malorie Blackman was the first black writer for "Doctor Who." I doubt she'll be the last.