Claudette Colvin Quotes

• I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.

  Claudette Colvin

  Justice, Way, Easy

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• Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don't the adult around here just say something? Say it so they know we don't accept segregation? I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did.

  Claudette Colvin

  Teenager, Thinking, Justice

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• I just couldn't move. History had me glued to the seat.

  Claudette Colvin

  Moving, History, Glue

  "Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. March 2, 2015.

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