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I grew up in NYC and wrote an episode of the tv show 'Atlanta' (ep. 307) inspired by this, it's called 'Trini 2 De Bone'. It's about a white family that goes to the funeral of their Trini nanny, only to discover their son, Sebastian is not their own, but Trinidadian.

Happy 85th birthday to Claudette Colvin! She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 15 & pregnant. Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks A THREAD!

A century before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth Jennings In 1854, she refused to get off of a streetcar that only allowed white passengers. She was arrested. She sued (and won), and her case led to the eventual desegregation of NYC's public transit.

In 1944, Irene Morgan refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Greyhound bus in Gloucester County, VA. She was charged with violating Virginia Jim Crow laws. In 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in her favor, striking down Virginia’s law in Morgan v. Virginia case.

4 years before Rosa Parks, there was PFC Sarah Keys from the Keyesville neighborhood of Washington, NC, who when traveling from Fort Dix in NJ back home to Washington, NC in 1951, was told to give her seat to a white Marine and move to the back of the bus.

In October 21, 1955: 18 year old Mary Louise Smith REFUSED to give up her seat on a city line bus to a white passenger thus she was arrested.

Ida B. Wells successfully sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company after she was forcefully removed from a Tennessee train for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. The victory was later reversed by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Does data recovery software for a super dead phone really work? My phone died and i need my voice notes.

In 1968, Sidney Poitier was at a press conference at the height of his career. He made it very clear how he felt about the press. Funny that I had to find this on a discarded film reel with 1000s of books, Microfiche and films. Now you can see it.

In 1991, Keenen Ivory Wayans got a chance to give his idol Richard Pryor his flowers in person

Gonna be me on Tuesday.

I'm working on my own podcast thing and while it's purely for me and how I figure out how to "be" in this world- i can't wait to share the conversation I just had.

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