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Claudette Colvin Rosa Parks
Born in 1939, Claudette Colvin is a person who is not recognized for what she did as much as Rosa Parks is. Claudette Colvin wouldn't give up her seat to a white man, the same thing Rosa Parks did, only 9 months before Parks did it. I don't really know why Parks is more known for doing it, but Colvin should be known for it too. When she was only 15, she was on a bus to go home. A white man boarded and had no place to sit. The bus driver told Claudette, “Get up, this man needs a place to sit.” Claudette didn't get up and replied, “No, I got this seat first so I will not let him have it.” The bus driver called the cops and they arrested Claudette. When Claudette was released from jail, a day later, she decided she’d had enough of black people
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