Janice Bryant Howroyd Instagram – Did you know about Claudette Colvin?
Claudette Colvin was an early activist in the civil rights movement in Alabama. Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person, Claudette Colvin did the same. At the young age of 15, Colvin was arrested, and one of the charges brought against her was violating the city’s segregation laws. Colvin later told Newsweek, “I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder, and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other—saying, ‘Sit down, girl!’ I was glued to my seat.”
#blackhistorymonth | Posted on 24/Feb/2024 22:30:27
