Claudette Colvin

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• Who is the first person? Claudette Colvin? -- ❤️BabyBlanco❤️
• Just learned about the story of Claudette Colvin, so interesting, definitely something that should be added to history textbooks -- Emily Anderson
• But the BEST THING about is its focus on all the people who are typically ignored in the history books, like Claudette Colvin -- Katherine Memmel
• Thanks for teaching me about Claudette Colvin. -- JAMIE MEGGAS
• Shoutout to Claudette Colvin. -- The Love Below
• I learned about Claudette Colvin from and I'm only mildly ashamed. -- Jamel
• Claudette Colvin was the first black woman arrested for not sitting at the back of the bus. Preceding Rosa Parks by 9 months. -- Jason Eccles
• I LOVE on Fun way to learn abt incredible people I'd never heard of, like Percy Julian & Claudette Colvin. -- Melenie Parkes
• Do you know Claudette Colvin? You should. She is amazing! -- Dominick Evans
• Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white person 9 months before rosa parks .. Just a little fact for those who weren't hip -- Esh Holland
• Claudette Colvin -- B.Darby
• Claudette Colvin, resisted Bus Segregation, before Rosa Parks , by 9 months -- FactsFeed
• Because JoAnn Robinson exists. Claudette Colvin exists. Rosa Parks exists...and not for what you think. -- Signed, ABA
• Claudette Colvin -- eddie iraheta
• Claudette colvin was the first to refuse to give up her set on a bus, nine months before rosa parks -- Avery Hoang
• Observation 1: same ppl who called trayvon martin, mike brown "thugs" would've called claudette colvin "a whore." -- Dr. A. Belk, Jr.
• Claudette Colvin Dorothy Counts Bessie Coleman -- Enisséo
• Lots of talk about Bayard Rustin too. But less talk about Claudette Colvin. Far less talk about the THOUSANDS of everyday folks who stood up -- Ebony Elizabeth
• TIL about Claudette Colvin from drunk history. Amazing how politics affect our lives everywhere. I appreciate her bravery. -- Lina H
• You know about Claudette Colvin, who was Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks became "Rosa Parks" but didn't fit into patriarchal respectability? -- buy The Pinkprint
• Respectability politics are why every schoolkid knows who Rosa Parks is, but no one knows who she is. -- Iron Spike
• It's February, Black History Month. May I recommend CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE by Phillip Hoose? A book I hope is read all year. -- Shannon Hale
• Y'all so busy worried about Tyga, Khloe + Amber but do y'all know who Bayard Rustin or she is? -- Debra Whitley
• "I knew then and I know know, when it comes to justice, there is no way way to get it."-Claudette Colvin -- Visionary Dance
• I seriously want someone to make a film on Claudette Colvin. Why hasn't anyone done this yet? -- Becca
• Rosa Parks is a dick. She stole the idea to sit there from Claudette Colvin who was arrested previously for the same event...true story. -- ♡
• This is correlation to the NAACP opting to use Rosa Parks as the face of the movement as opposed to Claudette Colvin. -- Mayte Lisbeth
• Claudette Colvin does not get enough credit for HER bravery and being the 1st person for being arrested for not giving up her seat -- Salilo Ma'o
• ...when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You have to take a stand and say, This is not right. -Claudette Colvin -- Manushka
• When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You have to take a stand and say "This is not right." And I did. Claudette Colvin -- Stephanie Logan
• I'm reading "the 100 year fight for civil rights" and they mention claudette colvin and i am so happy. -- steve buscemi's gaze
• This book is giving me the chills. Claudette Colvin's story is just, wow. -- Someone, Somewhere
• I really don't support Rosa Parks/NAACP due to historical events. Go read about Claudette Colvin and come talk to me later -- The Σociologist
• Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old student from Montgomery, Ala -- Ashley Miller
• Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks. -- rez.
• My personal heroes: Queen Esther, Claudette Colvin, Annie Oakley, and Tatiana Romanov. -- Erica Smith
• "Nah." - Claudette Colvin, 1955(Before Rosa Parks) -- Chippa Jones
• Claudette Colvin avait refusé de ceder sa place à un blanc avant Rosa Parks -- _Noigga
• Claudette Colvin, at age 15 was the first african american woman to refuse giving up her seat . -- elena .
• Not voting for Rosa Parks on the 20 either. she has a street in every town. she stole Claudette Colvin's legacy. -- emily monster
• Not to discredit Martin Luther King Jr. but Claudette Colvin's efforts weren't publicized because she was an unwed pregnant teenager... -- black. 4/15 ♈️
• Why do they not teach us about Claudette Colvin in elementary school? She got arrested for sitting on the front of a bus before Rosa Parks. -- Gabby Carpenter
• Same thing with Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin -- ספר שמואל
• Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old student from Montgomery when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger -- TX Higher Ed Journal
• Tiens, cette année, l'affaire Rosa Parks, ça fait 60 ans. J'en profite pour en placer une pour Claudette Colvin, tant qu'à faire. -- Nicolas - Onigiri
• I feel like Claudette Colvin was unsung and a hero. Look it up -- Jannelle
• Dont forget Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat before parks but they didn't make her the face of the movement cus she was too dark -- Lablonde James
• Fun Fact: Claudette Colvin was the first black woman to not give up her seat to a white person on a bus, not Rosa Parks. -- duchess
• "History had me glued to the seat" -Claudette Colvin -- The Architect
• Claudette Colvin was the first African American woman to be arrested for resisting bus segregation. 9 months before Rosa Parks. I love her. -- Deep Ellum Blues

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