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The text quotes Claudette Colvin explaining why she would not get up from her bus seat. She stated, “I paid my fare, so I do not have to get up. It’s my constitutional right to sit here just as much as that lady. It’s my constitutional right!” Explain how the Equal Protection Clause provides Claudette with the right to remain in her seat.

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Claudette Colvin, stated her rights from The Clause, and that Clause states that nobody under any circumstances can deny anyones rights due to the color of their skin and the basic rights we all have, such as sitting on a bus in the front seat.

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