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Originally Posted by Rob!
I actually learnt so much that episode. I had no idea Rosa knew MLK, I didn’t know she was married to a white man and I didn’t have a clue that she was still around in 1999 to receive that award  |
You should read up on Claudette Colvin, the
actual first black woman to refuse to give her seat up on the bus, but the Civil Rights Movement didn't want to use her as a face of the movement due to her being a pregnant teen (and some people say because her skin was much darker than Rosa's)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin
She's still alive in 2018!