Make a statement no matter where
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- It made an impression on me that I could make a statement no matter where.
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The bus driver said, "We ain't gonna have none of that.
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(Around 1940) So I got on the bus,
there was no place to sit.
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I kept going towards the back.
And finally there was one place
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and I asked the black man,
"May I sit next to you ?"
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Because I knew that was not customary.
And what could he say?
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I was a white woman.
So I sat down and the bus driver
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he got up and said:
" We ain't gonna have none of that."
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And I said: "That's OK. I'll stand."
And that's what I did.
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And nobody said anything.
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I don't know whether
that made any impression or not.
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But it made an impression on me
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that I could make a statement
no matter where.
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(Around 1940) So I got on the bus, there was no place to sit. I kept going towards the back. And finally there was one place and I asked the black man, "May I sit next to you ?" Because I knew that was not customary. And what could he say? I was a white woman. So I sat down and the bus driver he got up and said: " We ain't gonna have none of that." And I said: "That's OK. I'll stand." And that's what I did. And nobody said anything. I don't know whether that made any impression or not. But it made an impression on me that I could make a statement no matter where.