The quiet erasure of America’s civil rights memory - St. Louis American

Source: St. Louis American — February 11, 2026

“History had me glued to my seat. It felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other.” — Claudette Colvin When Claudette Colvin died this month, too many Americans learned her name for the first time in an obituary.

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