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This episode starts in 1943 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. A young, weary African American lady called Rosa Parks is verbally and physically abused by a white bus driver.
12 years later, the Doctor and her human friends arrive in Alabama. The travellers soon realise that Alabama in the 1950s is not a safe place for some people.
In their race to ensure history plays out as it should, our friends meet key members of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King Jr.
Think about...
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The part of the episode when Rosa refuses to give up her seat.
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The Doctor’s Challenges
What do you know about the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?
Can you use the Internet to do some research and write five facts about it?
The slave trade, where millions of African people were kidnapped and sold into slavery, is the backdrop to the need for the Civil Rights Movement. Can you find out some more about this?
Think about...
The part of the episode when Ryan meets Martin Luther King Jr.
The Doctor’s Challenges
Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil RightsMovement of the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr. was the minister of the Dexter Avenue BaptistChurch in Montgomery and helped plan the Montgomery bus boycott. He was arrested many times and was eventually assassinated in 1968.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Find out about him and fill in the gaps.
Civil Rights
BaptistChurch
bus
1968
The Doctor’s Challenges
Can you find the speech online?
How do you think his audience at the time felt when listening to the speech?
How does it make you feel?
What are some of the phrases Martin Luther King Jr. repeats?
One of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speeches has become known as the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.
Filming Info
Can you find Cape Town on a map? Which country is it in? How about its continent?
Can you find out more about racism in South Africa? Here's a clue - ask an adult to help you look up the word 'apartheid'.
An important figure in the fight against apartheid was Nelson Mandela. Find out five important facts about him.
The episode was filmed in Cape Town.
Did You Know…?
The episode was co-written by Malorie Blackman. Malorie Blackman is a British author who was Children’s Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She was awarded an OBE in 2008. Can you find out what an OBE is and who awards them?
The Children's Laureate is a position awarded every few years to an author or illustrator of children's books to honour their achievements. Can you find out the names of other people who have been Children’s Laureate? Can you find out the names of their books? Have you read any of them?
Did You Know…?
Rosa Parks had encounters with the same bus driver, James Blake, in 1943 and 1955. In 1943, Blake told Rosa Parks to get off the bus and he drove off without her. He was also driving the bus the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955.
The Doctor jokes about being Banksy. Banksy is a British street artist. His works of art often appear in areas around the world but no one actually knows his real identity.
Did You Know…?
Segregation on Alabama buses ended on 21st
December 1956.
The struggle for civil rights continued. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed into law. However, life for many African Americans continued to be a struggle.
Did You Know…?
Emmett Till, who Rosa Parks mentions when she first meets the Doctor and her companions, was a 14-year-old boy who was visiting family in 1955 when he was killed for talking to a white woman in a shop.
After her stand, life continued to be hard for Rosa Parks. Both she and her husband lost their jobs and were unable to find other work. For many years, they lived with very little money.
Did You Know…?
In June 1999, Rosa Parks received the Congressional Medal of Honour, the highest award given to civilians from the USA.
The episode ends with the Doctor showing her friends Asteroid 284996 – also known as ‘Rosa Parks’.
Did You Know…?
53 years after the events of the episode, the USA would have a black president. This is Barack Obama, who became president in 2008. In a speech, his wife Michelle spoke of what it was like to be descended from enslaved people and yet living in the White House, which was ‘built by slaves’.
Listen…
The song featured on the episode is ‘Rise Up’ by Andra Day. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016. This episode is one of only a few in the history of the show not to end with the traditional theme tune.
How does it make you feel?Why do you think this song was included at the end of the episode?Can you think of another song that would work here?How would you represent this music visually on paper?
Quiz
Where do the events of the episode take place?
Where was the Doctor trying to get to?
Where had Krasko come from?
Who is the famous civil rights leader that Ryan meets?
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AnswerMartin Luther King Jr.
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Sheffield
Stormcage, a high-security prison
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Quiz
What is the name of the bus driver?
What does Rosa Parks have named after her?
What is the name of the song in the episode?
Where was the episode filmed?
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Answer‘Rise Up’ by Andra Day
James Blake
An asteroid
Cape Town, South Africa
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