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Respect Your Elders: Claudette Colvin

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#RespectYourElders: Everyone knows Rosa Parks, her influence on African American civil rights and her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. But nine months before Parks became known for her […]

Respect Your Elders: George Merz

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#RespectYourElders: George Merz, 94, is a World War Two veteran who fought at D-Day in Normandy, France and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium. Merz was born in […]