“I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other, saying, 'Sit down girl!”

— Claudette Colvin

I was glued to my seat. <br class="br"> Claudette Colvin https://www.biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378 at biograph.com, accessed 27 July 2018

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