I was ostracized by my community.
CLAUDETTE COLVINI was about four years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites.
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I was about four years old the first time I ever saw what happened when you acted up to whites.
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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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New York is a completely different culture to Montgomery, Alabama.
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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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There were many African Americans – many, many stories similar to my story.
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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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Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn’t the case at all.
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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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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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I sleep when the sleep comes down on me.
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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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I never swore when I was young.
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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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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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When I told my mother I was pregnant, I thought she was going to have a heart attack.
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