Deborah Bernat - Coldwell Banker Realty

07/19/2025

Still here…..😎

03/02/2025

in 1955, Montgomery, Alabama teen Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a city bus.

Colvin was arrested and charged with 2 counts for violating Montgomery's segregation ordinance as well as a felony count for assaulting a police officer. She was convicted on all counts in juvenile court and placed on "indefinite probation" after her conviction on the assault charge. Her record was expunged 66 years later in December 2021.

Colvin’s actions preceded those of civil rights icon, Rosa Parks by 9 months. Unlike Parks, who had many connections with grassroots civil rights activists through her work with the NAACP, Colvin had not been active in civil rights issues as a teenager. In fact, many refused to support her since she had not been active with organizations such as the NAACP and was seen as a rebellious teenager, not a civil rights activist or an inspiring figure that could effectively lead a boycott movement.

Decades after her refusal to relinquish her seat she said of her protest, “I felt that [Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman] each had a hand on my shoulders pushing me down. History had me glued to the seat.” This figure protested the treatment of Black Americans on local buses months before Montgomery Boycott begun.

📸 Courtesy of the Visibility Project, Claudette Colvin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

03/01/2025

Thanks Mom❤️

11/18/2024

Bye

Hello

11/05/2024

Once you are in line, even if the polls close….It is your right to and
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11/05/2024

10/26/2024

Vote early! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

08/22/2024

“I haven’t given a lot of big speeches, but I have given plenty of pep talks.

We’ve only got 76 days to go. And we’re gonna leave it all on the field.

It’s the fourth quarter, we’re down a field goal, but we’re on offense and we have the ball. We’re driving down the field. And boy do we have the right team...our job is to get into the trenches and do the blocking and tackling, one inch at a time, one yard at a time...”
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02/14/2023

My Guardian Angel❤️ ❤️

12/02/2022

The 52nd Season of Boston’s Production of Black Nativity Begins Tonight! Get your tickets today at www.blacknativity.org

11/24/2022

Thankful for the lives of my ancestors🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡
Especially this beautiful ray of sunshine🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡 She gave her all, and I am forever grateful🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday, and she made sure everyone at her table had their favorite foods to enjoy🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡

11/11/2022

Thank you…..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸