Deborah P’s Reviews > The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement > Status Update

The Little Rock 9. Prince Edward County, VA just completely disregarding Brown V board of education . And other embarrassing parts of our history that we, apparently, haven’t learned from.

Septima Clark — designed educational programs to teach African American community members how to read and write. She thought this was important in order to vote and gain other rights. Her idea for “citizen education” became the cornerstone of the Civil Right Movement.

Claudette Colvin- the 1st black American who refused to give up her seat on a city bus. She was only 15 & later became friends with & inspired Rosa Parks. Claudette was wrongfully accused & convicted of unruly behavior & assaulting an officer for literally just sitting there. And she was in the black section of the bus!😡

Daniel Inouye
Norman Mineta

The treatment of Japanese Americans in the 1950s looked a lot like the treatment of Mexican Americans today. It’s like we’ve learned nothing in 75 years. How sad for us.

Julius “JR” Rosenbaum… The financial backing behind the well-known hard work of Booker T. Washington for educating black students. Because of the social climate of the time, having a white face on the project was necessary… he funded the building and development of upwards of 5000 schools for black children.

Suffrage was not granted it was seized. By a pigeon named Cher.

Inez Milholland- suffragist in leagues with Elizabeth Cary Stanton. Been fighting the patriarchy since before it was cool.
Maria De Lopez- ambulance air corps in WWI. Go off, queen.
Rebecca Brown Mitchell- more women’s suffrage, but make it churchy.

All these women are basically fed up with men’s shit and just want to live their lives and use their talents.

Virginia Randolph- founder and steward of black education and later major player in all of public education for Henrico County, Va. Deeply caring, generous to a fault.

Katharine Lee Bates- the first badass feminist. Definitely gay af. Katie’s letter to Katharine upon her death bed made me cry.

First segment was Clara Brown, an enslaved woman from Kentucky who was later freed and was instrumental in Pioneering Colorado. (The first woman to get the pioneer pension!) She was well known for her kindness and service to others. Many powerful politicians attended her funeral.