"It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out."

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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