claudette colvin joins me now.for having me. >> what does selma mean for you? your work was in montgomery but what does selma mean for you? >> oh selma means that we can come here and reflect on all the progress that we have made in civil rights and the laws that we have changed. >> you were 15 years old when you made a decision not to give up your seat. what inspired you to do that? >> all the injustices that was perpetrated on the black community at that time. >> is there something specific about the experience of being young people being teenagers, that makes you willing to risk so much? >> i was willing to risk a lot because so many things was unfair. one of my classmates was supposedly a serial rapist his name was jerry mirece and he was later executed. >> i want to bring in my colleague in new york dorian warren, and ask you, dorian if you also want to weigh in or christina greer there on this question of how young people have been particularly relevant for social movement. >> melissa, that was one of my ques