Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white woman, a 15-year-old girl did the same. She was a child who, like Parks, also grew up in rural Alabama. She dreamt of being a civil rights lawyer long before police dragged her off a public bus for civil disobedience. She… Continue reading Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin Took a Stand
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(Weird)Destiny
The origin of the word "weird" has a a twisty, turny origin story, one with large implications for how we treat each other today.