"Whenever people ask me 'Why didn't you get up when the bus driver asked you?' I say it felt as though Harriet Tubman's hands were pushing me down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth's hands were pushing me down on the other shoulder. I felt inspired by these women because my teacher taught us about them in so much detail."
—Claudette Colvin

Quotation source: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43171799
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Rest in peace, Claudette Colvin.

She did a Rosa Parks 9 months before Parks did, but for some reason didn't make the news in the same way, which is maybe why you haven't heard of her. I will confess that I hadn't until I heard about her on the radio this morning.

Anyway, a true pioneer of the US civil rights movement who deserves to be remembered.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dknn00v3eo

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