In celebration of Black history, we've rounded up quotes from inspirational icons like Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, and Claudette Colvin, a pioneer of the ...

bus—setting a match to the dry tinder of the civil-rights movement—a "smart, angry teenager" named Claudette Colvin actually did it first. When Claudette's bus driver shouted for her to make ...