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Into History.

com. It's an overcast morning in Lewishimymn, South London on August 13, 1977.

A college student, Andrew, pushes his way through a crowd of people.

Up ahead, marching beneath a sea of Union Jack flags are members of the National Front, a far right political organization.

Andrew is of West Indian heritage.

He is one of hundreds of counter-protesters who come to let the National Front know they are not welcome here in Lewisham.

Standing between Andrew and the National Front Marchers is a police court, separating the two groups and hopefully staving off violence.

Over the tops of the policeman's helmets, Andrew can see the National Front placards bearing racist slogans.

He can hear chance of if they're black send them back.

Anger coursette through Andrew's veins. He hates the National Front and he

resents the police for escorting these fascist through his neighborhood.

Then Andrew spots something glinting on the ground, an empty glass bottle.

Without pausing to think, Andrew picks the bottle up and with a rush of adrenaline throws the bottle as hard as he can.

It soars through the air and smashes in the midst of the National Front demonstrators.

Andrew's action inspires others to do the same and soon

bottles and bricks and other debris rain down on the fascist marchers.

As scuffles begin to break out between the police and the counter-protesters,

Andrew rushes forward, crashes through the police quarter, and hurls himself into the middle of

the melee. During the Battle of Lewisham, as this event will come to be known, someone in the area opened a window, placed a set of speakers on the window, and turned on music.

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