The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955, and by 1956 NAACP leaders came to me and asked me to be part… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don't the adult around here just say something? Say it so they know… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
There was segregation everywhere. The churches, buses and schools were all segregated and you couldn't even go into the same restaurants. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn't the case at all. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When I got to 10th grade at Booker T. Washington High, I had a teacher, Miss Geraldine Nesbitt. I think she came from New… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I left the South in 1963 and was living in Morristown, New Jersey, when the March on Washington took place, so I watched it… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When you've been abused daily and you see people humiliated and harassed, you just get tired of it. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted the young African-American girls also on the bus to know that they had a right to be there, because they had paid… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
A lot has changed since I grew up, but there's still a long way to go. I don't think we can move forward with… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an attorney. My mother would say I never stopped talking. I always had a lot of questions to ask, and… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
