Illustrations by Ren RaderClaudette ColvinB. 1939Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person, Claudette Colvin did the same thing. When the bus driver ordered her to get...

I am an open book. I like to talk about myself and I'll tell you just about anything. There's only one story I hesitate to share, and it is the story that most needs to be shared: The story of my sexual...