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Before Rosa, Claudette Sat by Alivia Hsu reclaims the powerful yet overlooked story of Claudette Colvin, a fifteen-year-old Black girl who defied segregation months before Rosa Parks. With lyrical conviction, the poem honors Claudette’s quiet bravery and questions why history forgets the youth who dare to lead. Weaving the past into the present, it calls upon youth to recognize their own power and dares us to remember the teen who stayed seated so others can stand tall.

Before Rosa, Claudette Sat

by Alivia Hsu from United States

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