A Little Black History

Did you know that before Rosa Parks there was Claudette Colvin (and many other African American men and women)?

I didn’t either. Interesting read. Referencing one woman in particular; Claudette Colvin spontaneously resisted Alabaman bus segregation preceding the better known Rosa Parks.

However, her case  (and many others) was not publicized for long by black leaders because of her image as a lower-class, dark-skinned, unmarried pregnant woman; “Her circumstances would make her an extremely vulnerable standard-bearer“.

Ain’t that about a bleep?

Click here to read more information about Claudette Colvin

P.S. I love my cousin because she is super intelligent and reads my blog 🙂