Black History Fact…
DID YOU KNOW? March 1955, just nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger; 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did precisely the same thing. Eclipsed by Parks, her act of defiance was largely ignored for many years; she didn’t really speak about it much either. (Photo Courtesy: BBC News)
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