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TIL: 59 years ago Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. But 59 years and 9 months ago Claudette Colvin did the same thing, but the black community leaders didn’t publicize it because she was an unwed pregnant teen and didn’t want her to be the face of the cause.

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