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ClaudetteCC

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3. A hero

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:08 PM

Tuesday

Her actions on the bus were of her own initiative. Civil rights campaigners decided she would not make a good person to champion as a hero so they planned with Rosa Parks to do a repeat.

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