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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:
#OtD 2 Mar 1955 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to vacate her bus seat for whites. Her case wasn't taken up by civil rights leaders for legal technical reasons, as well as public opinion worries about her class and dark skin. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9207/claudette-colvin-arrested
