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"The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955, and by 1956 NAACP leaders came to me and asked me..." — Claudette Colvin

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955, and by 1956 NAACP leaders came to me and asked me to be part of a lawsuit they wanted to file on my behalf and that of three other women, to challenge segregation on public buses.
Claudette Colvin
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