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For African-Americans, it’s still going to be – some people say double hard – I’d say four times as hard. Be an opportunist. Take advantage of your resources, because the only way to win is with education, self-esteem, having value in yourself.

Claudette Colvin

That was worse than stealing, you know, talking back to a white person.
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Person Talk White Worst
I sleep when the sleep comes down on me.
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Myself Sleep
A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you are going to get your hair that straight, especially in the summer.
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Hairs Myself Women
New York is a completely different culture to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Culture Different History
I never swore when I was young.
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Myself Young
I was ostracized by my community.
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Community Myself Oppression
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other.
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Black Establishment Myself People World
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first one to rebel against the segregated seats. I was the first one.
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Myself Oneself Oppression Strength
Being dragged off that bus was worth it just to see Barack Obama become president, because so many others gave their lives and didn’t get to see it, and I thank God for letting me see it.
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God Live Thankful Worth
I’ve always told my children that once they go out into the world, they must have two heads and two minds: one to keep grounded, the other to deal with corporate America.
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Children Deal Myself World
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 Donald Trump as the president. There’s a disconnect there. We don’t want to regress, we want progress.
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Change Grow Up Myself Thinking
When I told my mother I was pregnant, I thought she was going to have a heart attack.
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Heart Mom Myself Pregnant
I wanted to be an attorney. My mother would say I never stopped talking. I always had a lot of questions to ask, and I was never satisfied with the answer. A lot of things I wasn’t satisfied by.
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Mom Myself Satisfaction Stop
We were churchgoing people.
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People Religious
The light-skinned girls always thought they were better looking. So did the teachers, too. That meant most of the dark complexion ones didn’t like themselves.
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Darkness People Skin
When you’ve been abused daily and you see people humiliated and harassed, you just get tired of it.
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Humility People Yourself

For African-Americans, it’s still going to be – some people say double hard – I’d say four times as hard. Be an opportunist. Take advantage of your resources, because the only way to win is with education, self-esteem, having value in yourself.

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