People said I was crazy, because I was 15 years old and defiant and shouting,' It's my constitutional right !'. Claudette Colvin More Quotes by Claudette Colvin More Quotes From Claudette Colvin Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don't the adult around here just say something? Say it so they know we don't accept segregation? I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did. Claudette Colvin teenager justice thinking I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. Claudette Colvin easy justice way I just couldn't move. History had me glued to the seat. Claudette Colvin glue history moving I want us to move forward and be better, when I think about why I'm seeking to have my name cleared by the state, it is because I believe if that happened it would show the generation growing up now that progress is possible and things do get better. It will inspire them to make the world better. Claudette Colvin
