She was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and finished her high school, something uncommon among black women at the time.
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Among other things, she investigated the rape of black women by white men that the cops refused to address, driving around and packing heat.
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@ejwillingham Can we all buy poor Mr DeSouza a copy of March?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Again though, thank you to
@dmcguire13 for her incredible research and writing, pushing women's stories to the forefront of our history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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thanks for writing that. I knew of her story but didn't have the facts at hand to tweet about how cool she was.
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Has D'souza been chained to the floor of an underwater cave his whole life? That might explain it.
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@arthur_affect When I was in grad school, we had a few readings from D'Souza. Took pleasure in shredding him in discussion. -
read his affirmative action stuff in high school, 20 years later he's still facile and full of it.
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& all the hours of organizing she helmed. As well as sacrificing her privacy to become the face of the boycott!
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although still sad that most people don't know of Claudette Colvin, but everyone knows Rosa's name.
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