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I’d like my grandchildren to be able to see that their grandmother stood up for something, a long time ago.

Claudette Colvin

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
I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right even if you have to stand alone.
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Dream Myself People Right Thinking Young
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’d like my grandchildren to be able to see that their grandmother stood up for something, a long time ago.
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Family Myself See
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
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 their fare just like the white passengers.
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Myself Right White Young
We were churchgoing people.
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People Religious
I was ostracized by my community.
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Community Myself Oppression
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
There were many African Americans – many, many stories similar to my story.
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Myself Race Story
I never swore when I was young.
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Myself Young
When our founding fathers drafted the Constitution and Bill of Rights, black people weren’t even considered human.
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Father Human Ourselves People
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
There was segregation everywhere. The churches, buses and schools were all segregated and you couldn’t even go into the same restaurants.
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Oppression Yourself
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

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