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It's my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady. I paid my fare, it's my constitutional right.

— Claudette Colvin

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I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it, You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'

I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other, saying, 'Sit down girl!' I was glued to my seat.

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