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"A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you are going to get your hair that straight, especially in the summer."

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About Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin is an American civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her act of resistance occurred months before Rosa Parks' widely known protest. She was also a plaintiff in the Browder v. Gayle case challenging bus segregation.

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