05/30/2025
As part of our ongoing work supporting Ms. Claudette Colvin we were honored to facilitate and witness a powerful moment of cross-cultural legacy-building.
Yesterday, Ms. Colvin, a Roseboro Holdings client, welcomed Swedish journalist and author Jessica W. Sandberg and world-renowned photographer Paul Hansen for a historic conversation. Their visit marks an important step in bringing Ms. Colvin’s story to a global audience.
At just 15 years old, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus—an act of resistance that came months before Rosa Parks and helped ignite a movement. Too often overlooked, her legacy is one of unapologetic truth and generational impact.
Jessica’s upcoming book, The Art of Being Uncomfortable, honors bold disruptors who dared to challenge the status quo. Ms. Colvin’s story will appear alongside global voices like Greta Thunberg, Colin Kaepernick, P***y Riot, and Suzanne Osten.
At Roseboro Holdings, we specialize in strategic communications—ensuring that voices like Ms. Colvin’s are not only heard, but remembered, elevated, and preserved. We thank Jessica and Paul for making the journey from Sweden and for their commitment to telling the whole story.
— Roseboro Holdings | Strategic Communications
Yesterday, we welcomed Swedish journalist and author Jessica W. Ssndberg and world-renowned photographer Paul Hansen for a conversation that bridges generations, continents, and movements.
At 15, Claudette Colvin made a decision that would shape the course of American history — refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus months before Rosa Parks. That act of resistance, born of principle and fire, is often overlooked — but not forgotten.
Jessica’s upcoming book, The Art of Being Uncomfortable, seeks to honor those who’ve disrupted norms to make way for justice. We were honored that Jessica and Paul made the trip from Sweden. Ms. Colvin’s story will be featured among a global collection of bold voices like Greta Thunberg, Colin Kaepernick, P***y Riot, and Suzanne Osten.
Thank you, Jessica and Paul, for seeing the value in discomfort — and in telling the whole story.
— The Claudette Colvin Foundation