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"What do we have to do to make God love us?' I always grew up with that. I always used to go around t..." — Claudette Colvin

What do we have to do to make God love us?' I always grew up with that. I always used to go around thinking that. 'God loved the white people better. He must've. That's why he made them white.'
Claudette Colvin
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