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Claudette Colvin

I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was an extremist.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other.

– Claudette Colvin

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.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

I left the South in 1963 and was living in Morristown, New Jersey, when the March on Washington took place, so I watched it on television instead.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

I was ostracized by my community.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

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

Claudette Colvin

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.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

We were churchgoing people.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

I sleep when the sleep comes down on me.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

New York is a completely different culture to Montgomery, Alabama.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

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.

– Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

What do we have to do to make God love us?’ I always grew up with that. I always used to go around thinking that. ‘God loved the white people better. He must’ve. That’s why he made them white.’

– Claudette Colvin

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