stripping basic services — including cancer and STI screenings — from the communities that need them most. Texas also has one of thehighest maternal mortality rateswhich disproportionately affects Black mothers. survetement boohooman reached Colvin by phone at her home in New York to talk about her experience. The following is a condensed and edited version of those conversations.Teen VogueTell us about the day of your protest.Claudette Colvin: survetement boohooman I was afraid, but as I got on the stand and started to look around, I realized that I might as well get involved. I gained strength from the audience when I was testifying. [Attorney Fred Grey, the young civil rights lawyer representing Claudette] didn’t go over the questions beforehand. I didn’t rehearse. I just wanted to expose to white people what I was going through, and how African Americans were treated. We were second class citizens. And there was no cause for it. Just because they think that they are superior. survetement boohooman While her speech inside was full of harsh words for the powerful people Greta says have failed to intervene in the climate crisis, her speech on a stage outside the event to a very friendly crowd was a rallying cry asking people of all ages to join student strikers.The teenageNobel Peace Prize nominee survetement boohooman